Find out who is standing for town and parish councils in Allerdale in May's elections

Elections will take place in Bowness-on-Solway, all Cockermouth, Keswick and Workington town council wards, and Silloth Parish.

In other areas elections will not be required as there the number of people standing is equal to or fewer than the number of seats available.

The following candidates have put themselves forward.

Above Derwent Parish (11 seats): Lesley Bowlby, John Wilson Cook, Geoff Davies, Richard Bernard Kealey, Marian Joy Pemberton-Pigott, Don Thoburn, Margaret Viviene Throp.

Aikton Parish (10): Robert Graham Benson, Stuart David Collins, Melanie Housby, Katharine Mary Swan Oliver, Gordon Joseph Thomlinson, Susan Margaret Young.

Allhallows Parish (11): Margaret Abbott, Susan Lynn Barton, Margaret Bowness, Richard Bowness, Gill Edmondson, Caroline Elizabeth Mackenzie, Evelyne Janet Mansfield, Lesley Anne Read.

Allonby Parish (8): Guy Grayston, Jamie Philip Hanley, Roger Leslie Hart, Alan Trevor Jones, Pamela Claire Jones, John Kendall.

Aspatria Town Council - Central ward (7): Barbara Elizabeth Blackburn, Kevin Peter Foy, Stan Hillary, David Russell King, Marie Rose, Karen Smith.

Aspatria Town Council - East ward (5): Barry Derrick Chambers, Michael David Little, Alan William Reay.

Aspatria Town Council - West ward (3): Alan John Maxwell, Stephanie Maxwell.

Bassenthwaite Parish (9): John Kenneth Armstrong, Norman Harrop, Robert Dickinson James, Sarah Langcake, Jonathan Mattinson, Helen Reb, John Stephens, Thomas Edward Trafford.

Blennerhasset and Torpenhow Parish (9): Jean Bowe, Mark Giddings, Ann Margaret Little, Austen Keith Raine.

Blindbothel Parish (6): Jonathan Felix Moore, Penelope Jane Poole, Simon Anthony Riley, Beverley Kevyn Rowland.

Blindcrake Parish (9): Ros Berry, Sue Buckwell, Martin Corfield, James William Gate, Terry Johnstone, Joe Marrs, Alan Young Purvis.

Boltons Parish (10): Richard John Benson, Alan Bowness, Jenny Bush, David Alexander Hargrave Colborn, Malcolm Grainger, Mike Johnson, Amanda Mary Pitcher, Steve Proud.

Borrowdale Parish (8): Peter John Barron, Freda Kathleen Chapman, Nigel John Dixon, Trevor Dowson, Diddy Hindmarch, Andrew David Roberts, Andrew Webb.

Bothel and Threapland Parish (5): Sidney Charles Austin, Kenneth Nelson, Joseph Richard Teasdale, Richard Nigel Todhunter, Richard Herbert Watson.

Bowness-on-Solway Parish (11): James Birkett, Marian Carruthers, Malcolm Andrew Coates, David Evans, James Henry Graham, John Harrington, Pauline Elizabeth Hinks, John Henry Hodgson, David Frank Hutton, Bill Knowles, Annette Martin, Julie Angela Walker, Terance Walker, John Harrison Wills.

Bridekirk Parish (9): Frank Armstrong, Matthew James Buckley, David Victor Hodgson, Will Nixon, Michael Fitzgeorge Rollison, Roy William Stenson.

Brigham Parish (9): Richard William Barber, Mark Stephen Greaves, Margaret Anne Light, Michael John Myers, Sarah Jane Simcox, David Wilson.

Bromfield Parish (11): Philip Batch, Ian Ronald Brough, Julie Ann Brough, Richard Mark Davison, Shirley Holland-Reid, David John Jeffries, John Watson Lee, William Miller, Brian Thomas Sharp, Maggie Underwood.

Broughton Parish (10): Mary Heather Bradley, Alison Jayne Carruthers, Stephen John Hannah, Sue Hannah, Jackie Hobden, Carl Austin Oscar Jackson, Joanne Sewell, Bill Smith, Claire Louise Winter.

Broughton Moor Parish (11): Thomas Irving Armstrong, Marjorie Harrison, Neil Stuart Henderson, Denise Elizabeth Scott, Nicholas Paul Tweddle.

Buttermere Parish (8): Alan Dale Beard, Edward Joseph Beard, Raymond Clifford, Gwyn Evans, Yvette Kahane, Leslie William Kyle, Mark Richardson.

Caldbeck Parish (10): Norman Atkinson, John David Brown, Tim Cartmell, Cahir Paul Doherty, Angela Margaret Glendinning, Alastair Peet Buchanan Macfadzean, Ian Henry Gibson Shaw, Alan Tyson.

Camerton Parish (8): Michelle Anita Graham, Mark Ian Jenkinson (Conservative), Andy Moss, Richard Kenneth Purdon, Geoff Smith.

Cockermouth Town Council - All Saints' (4): Isabel Jeanette Burns (Labour), David Mennim Malloy (Independent), Ron Munby MBE (Conservative), Keith Skelton (Labour), Alan Smith (Labour), Christine May Smith (Labour).

Cockermouth Town Council - Christchurch (3): Chris Clarkin (Conservative), Alan Kennon (Conservative), Julie Mary Laidlow (Labour), Andrew Irving Semple (Labour), Marianne Sensier (Labour)

Cockermouth Town Council - Double Mills (2): Stephen Christopher Barnes (Lib Dem), David Cornwall (Labour), Joan Lilian Ellis (Labour), Alan Tyson (Independent).

Cockermouth Town Council - Fitz (1): Simon William Nicholson (Conservative), Michael Telford (Labour).

Cockermouth Town Council - South Lodge (2): Grace Rosalind Emma Bennion (Independent), Michael Victor Bradshaw (Conservative), Eric William Nicholson (Conservative), Richard Anthony Watson (Labour).

Crosscanonby Parish (10): Tom Frank Chamberlain, Peter Courtier, Thomas William Gibson, Edward Terence Martin, Laura Jane Morgan, Jonathan Parkin.

Dean Parish (12): William Agnew, Tim Chittenden, Jeff Ferguson, Ian Haslam, Ross Lucas Hayman, Brenda McMullen, Gillian Eleanor Moore, James Parker, Ray Gerald Perry, Keith Thomas, Anthony Worsley.

Dearham Parish (15): Margaret Jennifer Bailiff, Raymond Allan Bailiff, George Bell, Rob Bell, George Richard William Brown, John Colhoun, Joan Dunstan, Katy Jackson, Louise Elaine Maguire, Jackie Rogers, Keith Rogers, George Scott, Pauline Anne Scott, Graham Stamper.

Dundraw Parish (6): Joe Bennett, Julie Dockeray, Graham Laurie Franks, Leonard Hill, Carole Storey.

Embleton Parish (13): Ernest Garfield Boardman, Kate Brandwood, Anne Burton, Paul Glynn Carr, Alison Phillips Hewitson, Peter Howard, Rick Petecki, Sheila Wilson, Sheila Caroline Wood.

Gilcrux Parish (8): Katie Clarke, James Robert Roland Eve, David Allan, Bill Henderson, Simon Peter Robin Jones.

Great Clifton Parish (12): Jonathan Ainsley Coles, Malcolm Charles Fee, Jo Anne Kirkbride, Robert Wilson McKenzie, Irene Owens, Cecilia Paton Perry, Alyson Caroline Smith, Noreen Walker.

Greysouthen Parish (9): Helen Christine Caddy, Janet Irene Johnson, Robin Keith Lovegrove, Joan Postlethwaite, Michael Eric Ebsworth Ringquist, Margaret Elizabeth Wiltshire, Anne Woodcock.

Hayton and Mealo Parish (8): Fiona Buchanan, Duncan Tom Hillary, Stephen Glynne Hitchen, Yvonne Lockwood, Mary Elizabeth Murdock, Robert Alexander Murray.

Holme Abbey Parish (8): Margaret Lynne Hocking, Margaret Mynes.

Holme East Waver Parish (6): Joanne Nordon Bell, John Graham, Vaughan Hodgson, Ann Howe, Elinor Mary Roper, Carol Stockdale.

Holme Low Parish (6): Norman Dainton, Duncan Findlay, John Graham, Michael Pearson, Margaret Wright.

Holme St Cuthbert Parish (7): Rodney Beeby Armstrong, Susan Donachy, Paul William Gibbons, John Molyneux, Steven Routledge, Moira Vincent Schofield-Knoery, Lucy Steven.

Ireby and Uldale Parish (8): Elspeth Alexander, Fran Foster, Gordon Moore.

Keswick Town Council - East ward (7): Markus Dale Campbell-Savours (Labour), Allan Donald Daniels (Independent), Steve Harwood (no party), Sally Anne Lansbury (Labour), Duncan Moir Miller (Independent), Jean Murray (Labour), Adam Gerard Paxon (Independent), Tony Pinnick (Independent), Martin Pugmire (Independent), Allan Franciscus Todd (Green).

Keswick Town Council - West ward (5): Alexandra Helen Boardman (Independent), David Stanley Burn (Independent), Stephen Cammack (Independent), Alan Beverley Dunn (Independent), Redvers Martin Jordan (Independent), Denstone J T Kemp (Labour), Tony Lywood (Labour), Paul Charlton Titley (Independent).

Kirkbampton Parish (8): Jenny Alexander, Scott Bertram, Michael Cunliffe, John Heaney, Ted Newstead, Stephen Maurice Spencer.

Kirkbride Parish (8): Barrie Day, Alan Paul Hedworth, Benjamin Irving, Ann Kirk, Robinson Carr Little, Rod Mostyn, Ann Catherine Noblett.

Little Clifton Parish (9): Roland Bell, Ian Elliot, Margaret Jean McCartney, Barbara Lynn Philipson, Brian Peter Shaw, Kenneth Stephenson, Carol May Wilson.

Lorton Parish (7): Julian Hugh Graham Cruikshank, Peter Lloyd Deeks, Steven Irlam, Pamela Susan Jaques, Christine Mary Poate, Glenis Mary Postlethwaite.

Loweswater Parish (7): Mark Astley, Kathleen Mary Leck, Lorna Victoria Meadley, Kathryn Margaret Mitchell, David Bird Robinson, Rachel Thompson, Christopher Isaac Todd.

Maryport Town Council - Brooklands ward (1): Sharon Stamper (Labour).

Maryport Town Council - Ellenborough ward (4): Dave King (The For Britain Movement), Linda Anne Radcliffe (Labour), Janice Wood (Labour), Martin Wood (Labour).

Maryport Town Council - Ellenfoot ward (1): Karen Thompson (Labour).

Maryport Town Council - Ewanrigg ward (4): Brian Carter (Labour), Gareth Falkinghan (Labour), Peter Mallyon (Labour), Carni McCarron-Holmes (Labour).

Maryport Town Council - Flimby ward (3): Stephen Ashworth (Labour), Peter Gregory Kendall (Labour), Carol Tindall (Labour).

Maryport Town Council - Glasson ward (1): Christine Slater (Labour).

Maryport Town Council - Netherhall ward (4): Gary Hampson (Labour), Angela Hilda Kendall (Labour), John Newton (Independent), Bill Pegram (no party).

Oughterside and Allerby Parish (9): John Edward Cowan, Pauline Lukeman, Alan Morris, Lyndsey Preston-Miller.

Papcastle Parish (9): John David Conlon, Gillian Ann Coyle, Jackie Day, Robert Barnes Jackson, Robert Barnes Jackson Jnr, John David Johnson, Brian Reginald Merris, Huw Gwilym Morgan, Ian Anthony Trohear.

Plumbland Parish (9): Joshua Mark Barber, Garry Bowe, Joanne Collins, Norman Eilbeck, Richard Miller, Alan Leslie Mounsey, Laura Ellen Proudlock, Anthony John Rutheford, John Spiers-Dawson.

Seaton Parish (15): Patrick Francis Bateman, Kate Birkett (Independent), Stephen David Forrester, Daniel Horsley, Mark Ian Jenkinson (Conservative), Joyce King, Jim Musgrave, Julie Norman, Joe Sandwith, Melanie Joanne Sandwith (Independent), Kenneth Slone.

Sebergham Parish (8): Neeltje Maria Chesters-Bouma, Peter John Hay Pearson, Michael Frank Stockdale, Christine Tinnion.

Silloth-on-Solway Parish (12): Carmel Bell, John Cook, Carol Ann Elisabeth Doran, Ronald Angus Emmerson, Colin Fearon, James Edward Graham, Stuart Frank Graham, Karen Groucott, Peter John Groucott, Melanie Irving, Bill Jefferson (Independent), Tony Markley, Owen Paul Martin, Wendy Mathers, Jackie McCormick, Mark Edwin Orchard, Andrew Reynolds, Jim Snaith, Ian Ward, Graham Wilkinson, Rebecca Mary Williamson.

St John's Castlerigg and Wythburn Parish (8): Clare Gillian Archbold, William Nigel Ian Hartland, Susan Margaret Hope, David John Lamb, Judy Nora Ruth Sutcliffe, Bob Vidler, Laurie Walton.

Thursby Parish (9): Myra Armstrong, Helen Barlow, Wendy Bowe, Christopher Nicholas Wyatt Haig-Prothero, Ewan Hall, Peter Francis Hunter, Raymond McCreadie, Mike Rorke.

Underskiddaw Parish (7): Janice Lesley Boniface, Christopher Geoffrey Corder, Tony Gibbs, Ian Michael Hall, David Cranston Horsburgh, David Leslie Lake, Jim Wilson.

Waverton Parish (8): John Daniel Dixon, George Girvan, Linda Anne Graham, Anthony George Raymond Huntington, William Edward Paterson, Stephen Peile, John Wilson Spark, Stephen Andrew Wharton.

Westnewton Parish (7): Richard Mark Beaty, David Wilson Bell, George David Bell, John Alan Keighley, Keith Launchbury, Helene McLeod, Muriel Dollin Swanson.

Westward Parish (10): Stephen Routh Brockbank, William Leslie Brown, John Hartley, Edwin Malcolm Holliday, Elizabeth Mary Osborne, Jennifer Mary Robinson, Tonia Maria Rothery, Barbara Watson Stoddart, Roger Studholme, Thomas Todd.

Wigton Parish (15): Michael Armstrong, Michael Peter Maclean Bryceson, Mary Elvira Clark, Joe Cowell, John Crouch, David Harold Ferriby, Sandra Hodson, Mary Elizabeth Huntington, Elaine Lynch, Alan Clifford Curnuck Pitcher, Heather Robbins, Christopher Stapley, Patricia Anne Williams.

Winscales Parish (7): Peter Fox, Hilary Harrington, Rachel Sparks, Michele Margaret Twiss.

Woodside Parish (10): Harry Barrow, Shaun Connor, Alison Lewis, William Foster Marrs, John Mattinson, William McKie, Malcolm John Mullett, Celia Ann Robinson, David George Wright.

Workington Town Council - Harrington ward (3): Alan Lawrence Barry (Labour), Herbert Briggs (Independent), Ryan Briggs (Independent), Hilary Harrington (Independent), Jim Osborn (Labour), Mike Rollo (Labour).

Workington Town Council - Moorclose ward (3): Blain Sansom (Independent), Stephen Stoddart (Independent), Dave Tennyson (Labour), Lynda Williams (Independent), Ellie Wood (Labour), Joan Wright (Labour).

Workington Town Council - Northside ward (1): Beth Dixon (Labour), Mark Ian Jenkinson (Conservative).

Workington Town Council - Salterbeck ward (3): Carole Margaret Armstrong (Independent), Lillian Baldry (Labour), Bill Reville (Labour), Denise Susan Rollo (Labour).

Workington Town Council - St John's ward (6): Sue Fryer (Labour), Ged Glaister (Independent), Jimmy Grisdale (Labour), Jamie Michael Harrison (Labour), Michael Joseph Heaslip (Labour), Joe Holliday (Independent), Garry Whiteford Humphrey (Labour), Patrick William McCarthy (Independent), Antony McGuckin (Labour), Peter McHarry (Lib Dem), Paul Scott (Independent).

Workington Town Council - St Michael's ward (4): Mary Elizabeth Bainbridge (Labour), David Nicholas Cashman (Labour), David Farrar (Labour), Billy Miskelly (Labour), Will Wilkinson (Independent).

Workington Town Council - Stainburn ward (2): Mark Anthony Fryer (Labour), David John King (Independent), Janet King (Independent), Wendy Lightfoot (Labour).

Workington Town Council - Westfield ward (3): Barbara Ann Cannon (Labour), Amanda Jayne Gibson (Labour), John Hunter (Independent), Sean Melton (Independent), Neil Anthony Schofield (Labour).