The candidates for the council local elections next month have been named.

One third of the council’s 51 seats will be contested, one in each of the borough’s 17 wards on Thursday, May 2.

The local authority is reminding people to bring photographic ID to be able to vote at the polling station on election day.

Residents have until Tuesday, April 16 to make sure they are on the electoral register and therefore entitled to vote.

If you want a postal vote, you need to apply online by 5pm on Wednesday, April 17.

The deadline for applying for a proxy vote is Wednesday, April 24.

Residents will receive a polling card before the elections which tells you where your polling station is.

These stations will be open from 7am to 10pm on Thursday, May 2.

Votes will be counted the day after on Friday, May 3.

Here is the full list of candidates standing in the Bury elections:

Besses

Greg Keeley - Conservative and Unionist Party

Stephen Morris - English Democrats - "Putting England First!"

Miriam Rahimov - Labour

Martyn John West - Bury Independents

Bury East

Kevin Cadwallader - Reform UK

David Henry Foss - Liberal Democrats

Syed Muarif Hashmi - Workers Party of Britain

Gavin Phillip McGill - Labour and Co-operative Party

Jihyun Park - Conservative and Unionist Party

Fawad Sabir - Bury Independents

Bury West

Alan Bayfield - Bury Independents

Helen Jane Varnom - The Labour Party

Dene John Vernon - Conservative and Unionist Party

Elton

Michael Hankey - Bury Independents

Martin John Hayes - Labour Party

Andrew Paul Luxton - Conservative and Unionist Party

Holyrood

Geoffrey Baron - Conservative and Unionist Party

Peter Curati - The Green Party

Valerie Morris - English Democrats - "Putting England First!"

Imran Raza Rizvi - The Labour Party

Steven David Wright - Liberal Democrats

Moorside

Ciaron Michael Boles - Labour Party

Ian Cameron Strachan - Conservative and Unionist Party

Aamer Yasin - Bury Independents

North Manor

Charlie Allen - Green Party

Liam James Dean - Conservative and Unionist Party

Raymond Martin Solomon - Independent

John Damian Southworth - Labour Party

Pilkington Park

Jeff Armstrong - Reform UK

Mike Court - Bury Independents

Elizabeth Jayne Fitzgerald - Labour Party

Anthony Rose - The Conservative and Unionist Party

Shadman Zaman – Independent

Radcliffe East

Rhyse Lewis Cathcart - The Labour Party

Mark John Gregory - Conservative and Unionist Party

Ken Simpson - Radcliffe First

Radcliffe North and Ainsworth

Andrea Booth - Radcliffe First

Paul Cropper - Conservative and Unionist Party

Sally-Ann McGill - Labour Party

Radcliffe West

Des Duncalfe - Radcliffe First

Josh Harcup - Labour Party

Emma Elizabeth Lee - Conservative and Unionist Party

Ramsbottom

Martyn Bristow - Liberal Democrats

Adam Thomas Lewis - Conservative and Unionist Party

Tom Pilkington - The Labour Party

Redvales

Mazhar Aslam - Conservative and Unionist Party

Mirza Hamie - Bury Independents

Paul Johnstone - The Green Party

Shabaz Imtiaz Shamim - Workers Party of Britain

Tamoor Tariq - Labour Party

Sedgley

Ewan James Arthur - Liberal Democrats

Jonathan Grosskopf - Conservative and Unionist Party

Alan Quinn - Labour Party

St Marys

Debra Green - Labour Party

Nick Hubble - Green Party

Artjoms Markovins - Conservative and Unionist Party

Tottington

Adnan Chaudhry - Labour Party

Luis James McBriar - Conservative and Unionist Party

Angie Sutcliffe - Bury Independents

Unsworth

Iftikhar Ahmed - Workers Party of Britain

Paul Davies - Conservative and Unionist Party

Jodie Kathleen Hook - Labour Party

Steve Middleton - Bury Independents