Local Elections 2022: Every candidate running in Lancashire

Seats across nine of the county's 14 boroughs are up for grabs when people go to the polls on Thursday, May 5, to cast their ballot and elect their representatives.

Hundreds of people are in the running representing the big parties; Conservatives, Greens, Labour, Liberal Democrats; with a number of minor parties such as Our West Lancashire and Reform UK - formerly the Brexit Party - also running, along with a host of independent candidates.

Campaigning is already getting underway as existing councillors try to keep hold of their seats and rivals aim to wrestle them from their grasps.

In some areas, incumbent politicians are stepping down meaning fresh faces will be joining council chambers next month, and in some wards more than one seat are up for grabs.

These are all the candidates standing in every council ward across Lancashire in this year's local elections:

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Audley & Queen’s Park – Yusuf Jan-Virmani (Independent), Hifzur Lorgat (Conservative), Mohammed Patel (Independent), Ehsan Raja (Labour)

Bastwell & Daisyfield – Parwaiz Akhtar (Lab), Fajila Patel (Con)

Billinge & Beardwood – Tasleem Fazal (Lab), Tahir Mahmood (Ind), Rizwan Shah (Con)

Blackburn Central – Siama Bhatti (Ind), Zamir Khan (Lab), Ismail Patel (Ind), Ghulam Sabir (Con)

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen – Liz Johnson (Lab), Jacqueline Slater (Con)

Blackburn South East – Keith Murray (Con), Jim Shorrock (Lab)

Darwen East – Mark Davies (Liberal Democrats), Martin McCaughran (Lab), Ryan Slater (Con)

Darwen South – Kevin Connor (Con), John East (Lib Dem), Matthew Jackson (Lab)

Darwen West – Janine Crook (Con), Connor Plumley (Lib Dem), David Smith (Lab)

Ewood – Les Cade (Con), Elaine Whittingham (Lab)

Little Harwood & Whitebirk – Mohammed Kapadia (Con), Sonia Khan (Lab)

Livesey with Pleasington – Derek Hardman (Con), Michael Jackson (Lab)

Mill Hill & Moorgate – Rick Moore (Con), Jim Smith (Lab)

Roe Lee – Saj Ali (Lab), Henry Arnold (Con), Phil Riley (Lab), Helen Voegt (Con)

Shear Brow & Corporation Park – Suleman Khonat (Lab), Carolyn Marrow (Con)

Wensley Fold – Aaliyah Alli (Con), Sabahat Imtiaz (Lab)

West Pennine – Bernard Johnson (Lib Dem), Jude Rowley (Lab), Julie Slater (Con).

Blackpool Council

No elections this year.

Burnley Borough Council

Bank Hall – Afrasiab Anwar (Labour), Julie Hurt (Green), Susan Nutter (Conservative)

Briercliffe – Vic Alker (Green), Arthur Lishman (Liberal Democrat), Lian Pate (Labour & Co-operative), Richard Sagar (Con)

Brunshaw – Alex Hall (Green), Claire Ingham (Con), Christine Sollis (Lab)

Cliviger with Worsthorne – Ivor Emo (Con), Nussrat Kazmi (Lab), Jack Launer (Green)

Coalcough with Deerplay – Gordon Birtwistle (Lib Dem), Janet Hall (Green), Bill Horrocks (Lab), Linda Whittaker (Con)

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme – Josh Gillies (Con), Mohammed Haji-Nazrul (Lib Dem), Shah Hussain (Lab), Craig Simpkin (Green)

Gannow – Helen Bridges (Green), Neil Mottershead (Independent), Thomas Watson (Con), Fiona Wild (Lab)

Gawthorpe – Joe Davis (Green), Alun Lewis (Lab), Nicola Thompson (Con)

Hapton with Park – Jamie McGowan (Con), Duncan Reed (Green), Abdul Salek (Labour)

Lanehead – Mark Alker (Green), Tom Commis (Con), Sue Graham (Lab), Pippa Lishman (Lib Dem)

Queensgate – Syeda Kazmi (Lab), Jai Redman (Green), Bailey Webster (Con)

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse – James Anderson (Ind), Gail Barton (Lab), Jane Davis (Green), Peter McCann (Lib Dem), Maison McGowan-Doe (Con)

Rosehill with Burnley Wood – Margaret Brindle (Lab), Tony Davis (Green), Kev Shackell (Con), Jeff Sumner (Lib Dem)

Trinity – Dale Ferrier (Con), Andy Fewings (Green), Stephen Reynolds (Lab)

Whittlefield with Ightenhill – Mitchell Cryer (Ind), Andrew Newhouse (Green), Nicola Sedgwick (Ind), Shaun Sproule (Lab), Mike Steel (Con).

Chorley Borough Council

Adlington & Anderton - Neil Baglow (Conservative), June Molyneaux (Labour & Co-operative), Jon Royle (Green)

Buckshaw & Whittle - Dedrah Moss (Labour), Rachel Smith (Green), Christine Turner (Con)

Chorley East - Zara Khan (Lab), Emma Kilburn (Green), Susan Morris (Con)

Chorley North & Astley - Kath Becker (Green), Oliver Knights (Con), Alistair Morwood (Lab)

Chorley North East - Ryan Grogan (Con), Daisy Royle (Green), Jenny Whiffen (Lab)

Chorley North West - Matthew Lynch (Lab), Peter Malpas (Con), Mark Tebbutt (Green)

Chorley South East & Heath Charnock - Jenny Hurley (Trade Unionist & Socialist Coalition), Samir Khan (Lab), Sandra Mercer (Con), Jane Weston (Green)

Chorley South West - Marie Gray (Con), Terry Howarth (Lab), Andy Hunter-Rossall (Green)

Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton - Olga Gomez-Cash (Green), Michelle Le Marinel (Lab), Gregory Morgan (Con)

Clayton West & Cuerden - Clare Hales (Green), William Simmance (Con), Neville Whitham (Lab)

Coppull - Anne Calderbank (Green), Andi Mac (Con), Ryan Towers (Lab)

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South - Alan Platt (Con), Caroline Turner (Lab), Robert Wade (Green), John Wright (Liberal Democrats)

Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard - John Dalton (Con), Sally Felton (Green), Mark Frost (Lib Dem), Arjun Singh (Lab)

Euxton - Tommy Gray (Lab & Co-op), Richard Kilburn (Green), Rosie Russell (Con).

Fylde Borough Council

No elections this year.

Hyndburn Borough Council

Clayton-le-Moors – Peter Edwards (Conservative), Timothy O’Kane (Labour)

Huncoat – Danny Cassidy (Con), Samina Mahmood (Lab)

Immanuel – Josh Allen (Con), Joanne Dexter (Lab)

Milnshaw – Andy Clegg (Lab), Shahed Mahmood (Con), Malcolm Pritchard (Independent)

Netherton – Navid Afzal (Con), Jodi Clements (Labour & Co-operative), Ian Robinson (Reform UK)

Overton – Scott Brerton (Lab), Wayne Fitzharris (Ref), Gareth Molineux (Con)

Peel – Sarah-Kay Fitzharris (Ref), Jean Hurn (Con), Joyce Plummer (Lab)

Rishton – Bernard Dawson (Lab & Co-op), Paul Hacker (Ref), Andrew Harris (Ind), Michael Miller (Con)

Spring Hill – Allah Dad (Con), Kimberley Whitehead (Lab)

St Andrew’s – Stewart Eaves (Lab), Steven Smithson (Con)

St Oswald’s – Janet Brown (Ind), Paul Brown (Ref), Glen Harrison (Lab), Marlene Haworth (Con), Wajid Hussain (Lab), Zak Khan (Con), Richard Oakley (Ref).

Lancaster City Council

No elections this year.

Morecambe Town Council

Bare South West – Phil Forster (Liberal Democrat), Sarah Knight (Morecambe Bay Independents), Thomas Tyler (Labour).

Pendle Borough Council

Barnoldswick – Chris Church (Liberal Democract), Euan Clouston (Labour), Sylvia Godfrey (Green), Debbie Moore (Conservative)

Barrowford & Pendleside – Nadeem Ahmed (Con), Susan Nike (Lab), Robert Oliver (Lab), Martyn Stone (Con)

Boulsworth & Foulridge – Wayne Blackburn (Lab), Andrew Macdonald (Lib Dem), Kevin Salter (Con), Lyndsey Taylor (Green)

Bradley – Mohammad Kaleem (Con), Mohammad Sakib (Lab)

Brierfield East & Clover Hill – Sajjad Ahmed (Lab), Mohammed Arshad (Con), Doris Haigh (Lib Dem)

Earby & Coates – Miles Parris (Con), David Whipp (Lib Dem), Jane Wood (Green)

Marsden & Southfield – Mohammad Ammer (Lab), Paul Graham (Green), Karen Howarth (Con), Keith Thornton (Lib Dem)

Vivary Bridge – David Clegg (Lib Dem), Benjamin Harrop (Green), Manzar Iqbal (Lab), Kieran McGladdery (Con), Paul McGladdery (Con), Howard Thomas (Lib Dem), Ann Wrigley (Lab)

Waterside & Horsfield – Neil Butterworth (Con), David Foat (Labour & Co-operative), Karan Leslie (Green), Alice Mann (Lib Dem)

Whitefield & Walverden – Thabasum Anwar (Lab), Annette Marti (Green), Chaudhary Zaman (Con).

Preston City Council

Ashton – Robert Boswell (Labour), Jeremy Dable (Liberal Democrats), Tracy Slater (Conservative)

Brookfield – Mel Close (Lab), Sandra Finch (Lib Dem), Mary Kudi (Con), Naoimh McMahon (Lab), Cristina Mylroie (Lib Dem), Bowen Perryman (Con)

Cadley – Phoenix Adair (Lib Dem), Takhsin Akhtar (Lab), Paul Balshaw (Con)

City Centre – Lynne Brooks (Lab), Christopher Finch (Lib Dem), Andy Pratt (Con)

Deepdale – Zafar Coupland (Lab), Jurgen Voges (Lib Dem), Nilli Williamson (Con)

Fishwick & Frenchwood – John Rutter (Lib Dem), Ishaq Vaez (Con), Valerie Wise (Lab)

Garrison – Amber Afzal (Lab), Lakwinder Singh (Con), Mike Turner (Lib Dem)

Greyfriars – Sean Aldridge (Con), Fiona Duke (Lib Dem), Mark Routledge (Lab)

Ingol & Cottam – Neil Darby (Lib Dem), Connor Dwyer (Lab), Carolyn Gibson (Con)

Lea & Larches – David Borrow (Labour & Co-operative), Edward Craven (Lib Dem), Scott Rainford (Con)

Plunginton – Pav Akhtar (Lab), Pamela Homer (Con), Rebecca Potter (Lib Dem)

Preston Rural East – Ahmed James (Lab), Peter Lawrence (Lib Dem), Stephen Whittam (Con)

Preston Rural North – Daniel Guise (Lib Dem), Adam Sarwar (Lab), Stephen Thompson (Con)

Ribbleton – Luke Bosman (Lib Dem), Jonty Campbell (Con), Jonathan Saksena (Lab)

Sharoe Green – Helen Disley (Green), Maxwell Green (Con), George Kulbacki (Lib Dem), Samir Vohra (Lab)

St Matthews – Colin Homer (Con), Joanne Joyner (Lib Dem), Jade Morgan (Lab).

Ribble Valley Borough Council

No elections this year.

Rossendale Borough Council

Eden – Anne Cheetham (Conservative), David Hancock (Labour), Gill Hewitt (Green)

Goodshaw – Alyson Barnes (Lab), Ingrid Falat (Green), Jonathan Foxcroft (Con)

Greenfield – Geoff Blow (Green), Neil Looker (Labour & Co-operative), Granville Morris (Con), Val Roberts (Independent)

Greensclough – Jimmy Eaton (Ind), Stuart Haughan (Con), Alexander Vijatov (Green)

Hareholme – Paul Chynoweth (Green), Matthew Littler (Con), Annie McMahon (Lab)

Healey & Whitworth – Alan Neal (Community First), Michael Whitworth (Con)

Helmshore – Thomas Belli (Lab), Katrina Brockbank (Green), Caroline Snowden (Con), Dave Stansfield (Ind)

Irwell – Daniel Brogan (Green), Michelle Smith (Lab), Scott Smith (Con)

Longholme – Chich Hewitt (Green), Liz McInnes (Lab & Co-op), Bob Smethurst (Con)

Stacksteads – Jackie Oakes (Lab), Clare Pickup (Green), David Watson (Con)

Whitewell – Mary Coogan (Lab), Karl Kempson (Con), John Payne (Green), Gareth Trickett (Ind)

Worsley – Ann Kenyon (Lab), Deborah Lord (Con), Richard Lord-Navin (Green).

South Ribble Borough Council

Earnshaw Bridge – Lou Jackson (Labour), Craige Southern (Conservative), Simon Thomson (Liberal Democrats).

West Lancashire Borough Council

Ashurst – Peter Chandler (Liberal Democrats), Yvonne Gagen (Labour), George Rear (Conservative)

Aughton & Downholland – Paul Hennessy (Lab), Dermot O’Hara (Lib Dem), David O’Toole (Con)

Aughton Park – Rob Molloy (Labour & Co-operative), Doreen Stephenson (Con)

Burscough East – Julie Baxter (Con), Patricia Burnside (Lab), Jason Grice (Con), Damian Owen (Lab), Neil Pollington (Lib Dem)

Burscough West – Alexander Dow (Our West Lancashire), Andy Fowler (Lab), George Pratt (Con)

Derby – Callum Clark (Lib Dem), Ian Davis (OWL), Nikki Hennessy (Lab & Co-op), Gillian Taylor (Con)

Hesketh-with-Becconsall – Ian Eccles (Con), Melissa Parlour (Lab)

Knowsley – Gareth Dowling (Lab & Co-op), Janet Ingman (OWL), Julie Peel (Con)

Moorside – Susan Brake (Con), John Fillis (Lab)

Newburgh – Eddie Pope (Con), John Tribe (Lab)

North Meols – Linda Gresty (Con), Tony Lockie (Lab), Karen Taylor (Lib Dem)

Parbold – Margaret Blake (Lab), David Whittington (Con)

Scarisbrick – Jane Marshall (Con), George Oliver (Lab & Co-op)

Scott – Mark Anderson (Lab), Ruth Melling (Con), Neil Pye (OWL)

Skelmersdale South – Joy Balan (OWL), Vickie Cummins (Lab & Co-op), Jayne Rear (Con)

Tanhouse – Paul Hogan (Lab), Susan Janvier (Con)

Tarleton – Chris Houlihan (Lab), John Mee (Con), Tina Stringfellow (Lib Dem)

Up Holland – Alexander Holcroft (Con), Suresh Patel (Lab)

Wrightington – Robert Bailey (Con), Catherine West-McGrath (Lab).

Wyre Borough Council

No elections this year.