DARWEN Town Council is up for election on Thursday next week on a new political map for the first time.
Voters should have gone to the polls on new ward boundaries last year but the poll was postponed for a 12 months because of coronavirus.
There will still be 13 town councillors elected but from four wards instead of five.
Two long-serving members are standing down - Labour's Pete Hollings and Liberal Democrat Vicky Rothwell.
The coming election, run alongside that for Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council, is not expected to see much change from the current balance of five Labour councillors, four Conservatives and four Liberal Democrats.
It could see two father and son partnerships with Mark Davies seeking to join dad Roy in Darwen East for the LibDems and Ryan Slater looking to win Darwen West and his father Neil standing in Darwen South.
Husband and wife Albert and Liz Johnson are seeking election in Darwen East for Labour.
The three main wards will each elect four town councillors with Darwen South Rural choosing just one from two candidates.
Darwen West Labour candidate Dave Smith, on the body since its foundation in 2009, said: "It should be an interesting election on the new ward boundaries.
"People tend to vote on a mix of personalities and party."
The full list of 27 candidates is:
DARWEN EAST WARD
Paul Browne - Liberal Democrat;
Mark Davies - Liberal Democrat;
Roy Davies - Liberal Democrat
Eileen Entwistle - Labour and Co-operative Party
Simon Huggill - Liberal Democrat
Albert Johnson - Labour Party
Liz Johnson - Labour Party
Martin McCaughran - Labour Party
DARWEN SOUTH WARD
Kevin Connor - Conservative Party
Matt Gibson - Labour Party
Joan Hepple - Liberal Democrat
Laura Higab - Labour Party
Sarah Rose - Labour Party
Jude Rowley - Labour Party
Lilian Salton - Conservative Party
Neil Slater - Conservative Party
Andrew Walker - Conservative Party
DARWEN WEST WARD
Stephanie Brookfield - Labour Party
Janine Crook - Conservative Party
Jonathan Hamer - Labour Party
Lynn Perkins - Conservative Party
Ryan Slater - Conservative Party
David Smith - Labour Party
Brian Taylor - Labour Party
Rob Toner - Conservative Party
DARWEN SOUTH RURAL WARD
John East - Liberal Democrat
Matthew Jackson - Labour Party
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