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Candidates vying for spot in town's 20 council wards

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Vincent
Published date06 April 2023
Publication titleEvening Gazette
Across Middlesbrough's 20 wards, there are 46 councillor spots up for grabs at the local elections, which will be held on May 4

Labour will be looking to take back control of the council after it lost its majority for the first time in 2019.

Currently, Labour has 21 councillors, the Middlesbrough Independependent Councillors Association has 10, the Middlesbrough Independents Group has nine, the Conservatives have three and there are also three Independents not aligned to any group, alongside the Indepedent mayor. A group needs 24 politicians for a majority.

Acklam (two councillors): Keith Barton (Cons), Jon Carey (Lib Dem), Sheila Frances Dean (Lab), Luke Robert Henman (Lab) Tom Livingstone (Lib Dem), Eric Polano (Ind), Peter Welsh (Ind). Ayresome (two councillors): Pam Biswas (Cons), Sophie Lea Micheline Drumm (Lib Dem), Antony High (Lab) Andrew Hill (Ind), Janet Thompson (Lab) Berwick Hills and Pallister (three councillors): Ian Blades (Lab), Alan Blyth (Cons), Julia Cooke (Lab), Steven James (Ind), Donna Jones (Ind), Mick Thompson (Lab), Anna Walker (Ind) Brambles and Thorntree (three councillors): Jack Banks (Lab), Karl Simon Gallienne (Ind), Peter Longstaff (Cons), Paul McGrath (Lab), Monty Towers (Ind), Stella Tranter (Lab), Rebecca Jane Tyndall (Green), Graham Wilson (Ind) Central (three councillors): Peter Bradburn (Cons), Ian Godfrey Llewellyn Jones (Lib Dem), Linda Lewis (Lab) Matt Storey (Lab), Ian Stewart Sturrock (Green), Zafar Uddin (Lab), Jackie Young (Ind) Coulby Newham (three councillors): Shamal Biswas (Cons), David John Branson (Lab), Barry Jobson (Green), Luke Mason (Cons), Geoff Nicholson (Lab), Jo Nicholson (Lab), Raymond Michael Sands (Ind), Stefan Terence Walker (Ind), Anna Katherine Whitmore (Ind) Hemlington (two councillors): Valerie Jean St John Beadnall (Cons), Allan Bell (Ind), Sajid Hussain (Cons), Chris Lovell (Ind), Howard Thompson (Ind), Jeanette Ann Walker (Lab), Nicky Walker (Lab) Kader (two councillors): Dominic Curtis (Cons), Michael Lawrence Livingstone (Lib Dem), Catherine Tina Lyon (Cons) Jim Platt (Ind), Sharon Platt (Ind), Vic Walkington (Lab) Ladgate (two councillors): Tony Grainge (Ind), Luke Hurst (Cons), Sally Ann Middleton (Lib Dem), Tom...

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