CANDIDATES for the upcoming parish and town council elections on May 3 - the same day as the district polls - have been named.

Voters will choose members on Broome, Churchill & Blakedown and Cookley & Wolverley Parish councils, along with Stourport Town Councils.

Broome (seven seats): Don Billington, Denise Brownridge, Peter Butler, Hilary Clement, David Pheysey, Neal Shipley, Nicola Speakman. NO CONTEST.

Churchill & Blakedown - Blakedown Ward (six seats): Ashley Cairns, Sally-Ann Cartwright, Simon Charman, Primrose Coley, Paul Cook, Stuart Danks (Local Honest Person for Local People), Peter Dearden, Timothy Gardiner, James Long, Vicky Swindells.

Churchill & Blakedown - Churchill Ward (three seats): Pauline Hayward, Brian Pitt, Robert Whiston. NO CONTEST.

Stourport Town Council - Areley Kings East (three seats): Geoffrey Bulmer (Conservative), Ken Henderson (Independent Health Concern), Violet Higgs (Labour), Sandra Holden (Conservative), Reg Knott (Labour), Jamie Shaw (Labour), Christopher Thomas (Independent Health Concern), Christopher Williams (Conservative).

Stourport Town Council - Areley Kings West (three seats): Wyndham Jones (Conservative), Maureen Mason (Conservative), Michael Partridge (Conservative), Cedric Smith (Labour), John Thomas (Independent Health Concern), Nigel Thomas (Independent Health Concern).

Stourport Town Council - Central (three seats): Julie Bennett (Independent Health Concern), William Jones (Conservative), Gill Smith (Independent Health Concern), Gary Talbot (Conservative), Gary Watson (Labour), Rebecca Williams (Conservative).

Stourport Town Council - Lickhill (three seats): Clem Dalley (Conservative), Paul Gittins (Labour), Tony Hinton (Conservative), Jim Parish (Independent Health Concern), Christopher Rogers (Conservative), Dixon Sheppard (Independent Health Concern), Janice Sheppard (Independent Health Concern).

Stourport Town Council - North(three seats): Don Giles (Labour), David Keogh-Smith (Labour), David Little (Conservative), David Millis (Independent Health Concern), June Salter (Conservative), Gordon Yarranton (Conservative).

Stourport Town Council - Stour and Wilden(three seats): Michael Freeman (Conservative), John Holden (Conservative), Michael Salter (Conservative), Carol Warren (Labour).

Parish of Wolverley & Cookley - Cookley Ward (seven seats): Ammar Ahmad (Conservative), Mumshad Ahmed (Conservative), John Aston (Conservative), Phil Bainbridge (Independent), Arthur Buckley (Conservative), Geoffrey Bulmer (Conservative), Dean Cox (Labour), Joanne Cox (Labour), Cally Godfrey (Independent Health Concern), Carole Lewis (Labour), Barry McFarland (Labour), David Moore (Labour), Christopher Nicholls (Labour), Julian Phillips (Conservative), Janet Pitt (Labour), Helen Rowe (Independent), Steve Rushton (Independent), Gordon Yarranton (Conservative).

Parish of Wolverley & Cookley - Wolverley Ward (seven seats): Vicki Bordewich (Conservative), Trevor Botterill (Independent), Malcolm Hazlewood (Conservative), Charles Sherrey (Conservative), Richard Sherrey (Conservative), Peter Smith (Conservative), Do Walker (Conservative).