THE candidates have been announced for four by-elections in an East Lancashire borough caused by the resignation of two long-serving politicians.

Former Liberal Democrat leader Allan Knox and his wife Sue resigned from both Ribble Valley Borough and Clitheroe Town Councils to start a new life in Scotland.

This has caused polls in the Primrose and Littlemoor wards for both authorities on Thursday August 19.

People wishing to vote in the four by-elections have to be registered by Thursday August 3.

The Littlemoor candidates for Ribble Valley Borough Council are: Jimmy Newhouse (Conservative), Gaynor Patricia Hibbert (Liberal Democrat), Mandy Pollard (Labour) and Anne Elizabeth Peplow (Green).

The political hopefuls in the ward for Clitheroe Town Council are: Jimmy Newhouse (Conservative), Gaynor Patricia Hibbert (Liberal Democrat), Mandy Pollard (Labour) and Anne Elizabeth Peplow (Green).

The Primrose candidates for Ribble Valley Borough Council are: Katei Blezard (Conservative), Kerry Elizabeth Fletcher (Liberal Democrat), Michael St John Graveston (Labour), and Malcolm Charles Peplow (Green).

These standing for Clitheroe Town Council in the ward are: Katei Blezard (Conservative), Kerry Elizabeth Fletcher (Liberal Democrat), Michael St John Graveston (Labour), and Malcolm Charles Peplow (Green).