Are you ready to vote in the local elections?
On Thursday 6 May, local residents of Walsall and the surrounding areas get their chance to vote for their ward councillor, the West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner and the West Midlands Combined Authority Mayor.
Postal votes closed on April 20, so the only way to vote now is by attending your local polling station on Thursday. The polls open at 7am and close at 10pm.
If you’re wondering who is standing as your local councillor a ward near you, and who is hoping to get your vote for the new commissioner and mayor, check out the list below and click on the links to find out more.
Aldridge Central and South Candidates
- Shaz Akhtar – Labour Party
- Jonathan Michael Bates – Liberal Democrats
- Guan Khai Chan – Green Party
- Tim Wilson – Conservative and Unionist Party
Aldridge North and Walsall Wood Candidates
- Michael Bruce – Labour Party
- Isaac Ben Crosby – Liberal Democrats
- Tanya Petrovic – Green Party
- Keith Sears – Conservative and Unionist Party
Bentley and Darlaston North Candidates
- Sukhy Nijjar – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Angela Underhill – Labour
Birchills Leamore Candidates
- Amo Hussain – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Tina Joan Jukes – Labour Party
- Kevin Martin Pitt – Green Party
- Paul Andrew Wild – Liberal Democrats
- Elaine Ruth Williams – Reform UK
Blakenall Candidates
- Saghir Mohammed – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Pete Smith – Independent
- Matt Ward – Labour Party
Bloxwich East Candidates
- Gary James Flint – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Kath Phillips – Labour Party
Bloxwich West Candidates
- Brad Allen – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Stuart Ronald Hodges – Liberal Democrats
- Robert William Matthews – Reform UK
- David Morgan – Labour Party
Brownhills Candidates
- Lee Michael James Chapman – Reform UK
- Hamza Karim – Liberal Democrats
- Kerry Murphy – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Phil Parker – Green Party
- Steve Wade – Labour Party
Darlaston South Candidates
- Derek Bennett – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Chris Bott – Labour Party
Palfrey Candidates
- Sabina Kausar Ditta – Labour Party
- Moz Khan – Conservative and Unionist Party
Pelsall Candidates
- Shamim Ahmed – Labour Party
- Graham Eardley – Reform UK
- Patti Lane – Labour Party
- Deborah Elizabeth Lee – Green Party
- Ed Lee – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Jon Maltman – Labour Party
- Rose Martin – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Garry Perry – Conservative and Unionist Party
Pheasey Park Farm Candidates
- Adrian John Austin Andrew – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Matthew George Barker – Liberal Democrats
- Andrea Monica Maynard – Green Party
- Trish White – Labour Party
Pleck Candidates
- Naheed Zohra Gultasib – Labour Party
- Miah Jitu – Conservative and Unionist Party
Rushall Shelfield Candidates
- Jade Elizabeth Davies – Reform UK
- Sawra Shmim – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Richard Worrall – Labour Party
Sandwell Candidates
- Farut Shaeen – Labour Party
- Daisy Rebecca Shone – Liberal Democrats
- Steve Simcox – Conservative and Unionist Party
Short Heath Candidates
- Daniel James Barker – Liberal Democrats
- Elliot Pfebve – Labour Party
- Josh Whitehouse – Conservative and Unionist Party
St. Matthews Candidates
- Abdus Samad Nazir – Labour Party
- Michael John Walters – Green Party
- Mohammed Yaqoob – Conservative and Unionist Party
Streetly Ward Candidates
- Michael John Coulson – Labour Party
- Jennifer Gray – Liberal Democrats
- Keir Edward Pedley – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Alison Mary Walters – Green Party
Mayor of West Midlands Combined Authority Candidates
- Liam Byrne – Labour and Co-Operative Party
- Steve Caudwell – Green Party
- Peter Durnell – Reform UK
- Andy Street – Conservative and Unionist Party
- Jenny Wilkinson – Liberal Democrats
Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands Candidates
- Simon Foster – Labour Party
- Julie Hambleton – Independent
- Mark Hoath – Reform UK
- Jon Hunt – Liberal Democrats
- Desmond Jaddoo – We Matter Party
- Jay Singh-Sohal – Conservative and Unionist Party