Cheshire East Council has revealed the names of the candidates standing for the three Alsager seats in May's elections.

All 82 seats are up for grabs in next month's Cheshire East elections.

Altogether, 254 candidates are standing across the borough, with the Conservatives putting forward the most candidates at 81 and Labour fielding 60.

The Greens have 34 candidates standing and the Liberal Democrats have 30.

Cheshire East has 82 councillors in 52 wards.

The council is currently run by a joint Labour and Independent administration after the Conservatives, who had been in control since the council was formed in 2009, lost their majority in 2019.

Despite not being in control, the Tories are still currently the biggest party on Cheshire East. The make-up of the council at present is 30 Conservative councillors; 24 Labour; 17 Independent Group councillors – this group includes others such as Bollington First, Residents of Wilmslow and Alderley Edge First.

The Liberal Democrats currently have four councillors on Cheshire East and there also four non-grouped councillors – they are Independents who are not members of the Independent Group.

Alsager Ward

Alsager Ward is represented by three councillors. Below is a list of candidates standing in May's elections for the three district councillor positions.

Drake, Brian Thomas, Labour Party

Fletcher, Rod,  Liberal Democrats

Kain, Reg,  Liberal Democrats

McCarthy, Richard Giles, Green Party First Choice Candidate

Robinson, Hilary Jean, Green Party

Unett, Michael James, Labour Party

Whittaker-Large, Wendy,  Local Conservatives

Worthington, Sam Mitchell,  Local Conservatives

This year's elections, which take place on May 4th,  are different in that you will need photographic ID. You need to show one form of photographic ID to staff at the polling station, but it needs to be the original version and not a scan, image or photocopy.

You cannot use a picture of the document on your phone. It must be the original document. If you have a form of accepted photo ID which is out of date, you can still use it if it still looks like you.

There following are acceptable ID:

• passport
• driving licence (including provisional licence)
• blue badge
• certain concessionary travel cards
• identity card with PASS mark (Proof of Age Standards Scheme)
• biometric Immigration document
• defence identity card
• certain national identity cards