Hundreds of would-be councillors will be battling it out for your votes ahead of elections in Greater Manchester’s ten boroughs next month.
05.04.2023 - 16:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Every council seat in Tameside is being contested as the borough’s first all-out election for nearly 20 years takes place next month.
Following a review by the Boundary Commission for England, all 57 seats at the local authority are up for election on Thursday, May 4.
A total of 118 candidates are standing for councillor positions in each of the 19 wards which make up the town hall. Currently the chamber has 47 Labour members, eight Conservatives, one Green Party member and one independent.
The polls open on May 4 from 7am until 10pm, and residents have until midnight on Monday, April 17 to make sure they are on the electoral register and therefore entitled to vote.
Labour are putting up 57 candidates across all the wards, with the Conservatives fielding 32, the Green Party 21, the Liberal Democrats three, and the Official Monster Raving Loony Party has one candidate.
Three independent candidates are also standing, and the Women’s Equality Party has put forward one candidate.
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Under new government legislation, voters must also now show photo ID when voting in person, as you will be turned away without this.
If you do not currently have an accepted form of photo ID such as a passport or driving license, you can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate before 5pm on April 25.
The deadline to register to vote by post is 5pm on Tuesday, April 18 while the deadline to register online for a proxy vote is 5pm on Tuesday, April 25.
Here is the full list of candidates standing in the Tameside elections:
Ashton Hurst
Ashton St Michael’s
Ashton Waterloo
Audenshaw
Denton North East
Denton South
Denton West
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