Local Elections 2024: Every candidate running in Lancashire

Voters in eight of the county’s boroughs will be going to the polls, while the role of Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner is also up for election.

There are a few notable names who will be seeking re-election to their respective councils, while changing party allegiances, many due to UK political stances on the Israel/Hamas conflict, have also added to the choice for the electorate.

In Blackburn with Darwen, the likes of children’s services boss Julie Gunn and leading Conservative Mark Russell are up for re-election, as is former Tory Altaf ‘Tiger’ Patel, who quit the party over its stance on the conflict in Gaza.

The 4 BWD group of ex-Labour councillors who also quit over their party’s handling of the war in Gaza will also be hoping to make gains.

In Burnley, the 11-strong Burnley Independent Group of ex-Labour councillors is currently in power,  but with three of their number up for election and another not running, control of the borough hands in the balance.

Hyndburn sees heavyweights such as deputy leader Peter Britcliffe, Noordad Aziz and Munsif Dad vying to keep their seats, while control of the council remains on a knife edge.

Pendle saw all 20 Labour councillors quit the party earlier this month, and with five up for election will be hoping to claw back some standing in the borough.

Andrew Snowden will be aiming to be re-elected as Lancashire police and crime commissioner (Image: Lancs Police and Crime Commissioner)

Meanwhile, Rossendale sees more than 80 candidates in the running, with an all-out election being held after the number of wards and councillors was cut after boundary reviews.

With a general election almost certainly to be held later this year, the local elections will also be a good litmus test for public opinion.

The main political parties are all fielding plenty of candidates across the county, while a number of smaller groups and independent candidates are also in the running.

Campaigning is already well underway as parties and candidates lobby the public to try and win their votes ahead of election day.

These are all the candidates standing in every council ward across Lancashire in this year's local elections:

Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council

Councillor Julie Gunn is up for election

Audley & Queen’s Park – Lyall Ainscow (Conservative), Aadil Chopdat (Green), Faryad Hussain (Labour), Amin Kapadia (Independent)

Bastwell & Daisyfield ­– Ella Hardman (Con), Iftakhar Hussain (Lab), Rana Khan (Ind), Khurram Shahzad (Ind)

Billinge & Beardwood – Waqar Hussain (Ind), Reece Macauley (Con), Aadil Patel (Lab)

Blackburn Central – Terri Mahmood (Ind), Keith Murray (Con), Liyakat Patel (Lab)

Blackburn South & Lower Darwen – Denise Gee (Con), Liz Johnson (Lab)

Blackburn South East – Henry Arnold (Con), Riff Haworth (Ind), Tony Humphrys (Lab)

Darwen East – Paul Browne (Ind), Katrina Fielding (Lab), Ryan Slater (Con)

Darwen South – Steve Duncan (Con), Matt Jackson (Lab), Denise Morgan (Green)

Darwen West – Lilian Salton (Con), Brian Taylor (Lab)

Ewood – John Milburn (Green), Saraj Mohammed (Ind), Rick Moore (Con), Ashley Whalley (Lab)

Little Harwood & Whitebirk – Les Cade (Con), Ismail Esat (Ind), Tiger Patel (Ind), Naushad Surve (Lab)

Livesey with Pleasington – Mark Russell (Con), Isma Sajid (Lab)

Mill Hill & Moorgate – Julie Gunn (Lab), John Murphy (Con), Natasha Shah (Ind)

Roe Lee – Imran Ahmed (Ind), Sylvia Liddle (Lab), Helen Voegt (Con)

Shear Brow & Corporation Park – Hussain Akhtar (Lab), Muntazir Patel (Ind), Judith Pearson (Con)

Wensley Fold – Robin Field (Green), Dave Harling (Lab), Mags Marrow (Con), Iqbal Masters (Ind)

West Pennine – Simon Charlesworth (Lab), Neil Slater (Con).

Burnley Borough Council

Bank Hall – Lubna Khan (Independent), Susan Nutter (Conservative), Hannah Till (Labour)

Briercliffe – Pete Coles (Lab), Julie Hurt (Green), Margaret Lishman (Liberal Democrats), Richard Sagar (Con)

Brunshaw – Claire Ingham (Con), Mubashar Lone (Ind), Andrew Newhouse (Green), Shaun Sproule (Lab)

Cliviger with Worsthorne – Scott Cunliffe (Green), Ivor Emo (Con), Gorgyanna Kenzington (Lib Dem), Carol Lukey (Lab)

Coalcough with Deerplay – Anna Hewitt (Green), Jacqueline Ingle (Lib Dem), Jeff Slee (Lab), Tom Watson (Con)

Daneshouse with Stoneyholme – Saeed Chaudhary (Ind), James Harrison (Lab), Ikram Rafiq (Lib Dem), Mohammed Saleh (Con)

Gannow – Lewis Bridges (Green), Gemma Haigh (Lab), Kathryn Haworth (Lib Dem), Khalil Pascall (Ind), Rhys Williams (Con)

Gawthorpe – Barbara Dole (Lab), Karen Ingham (Con)

Hapton with Park – Elaine Cotterell (Lab), Sarah Hall (Green), Alan Hosker (Con)

Lanehead – Asif Raja (Ind), Abdul Shahid (Con), Andy Waddington (Lab)

Queensgate – Aurangzeb Ali (Ind), Keith Till (Lab), Bailey Webster (Con)

Rosegrove with Lowerhouse – Chris Bridges (Green), Ashley Brown (Lab), Bea Foster (Ind), Abbey Hartley (Con)

Rosehill with Burnley Wood – Simon Bonney (Con), Fi Hornby (Green), Bill Horrocks (Lab), Russell Neal (Lib Dem)

Trinity – Dale Ferrier (Con), Martyn Hurt (Green), Tony Martin (Lab)

Whittlefield with Ightenhill – Mitchell Cryer (Ind), Duncan Reed (Green), David Roper (Ind), Liam Walsh (Lab), Don Whitaker (Con).

Chorley Borough Council

Adlington & Anderton – Neil Baglow (Conservative), Sally Felton (Green), Kim Snape (Labour)

Buckshaw & Whittle – Russell Green (Lab), Aidy Riggott (Con), Rachel Smith (Green)

Chorley East – Mark Grandi (Con), Catherine Hunter-Rossall (Green), Hasina Khan (Lab), Aamir Khansaheb (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

Chorley North & Astley – Ryan Grogan (Con), Tahir Khansaheb (TUSC), Adrian Lowe (Lab), Jon Royle (Green)

Chorley North East – Simon Cash (Green), Margaret France (Lab), Gregory Morgan (Con)

Chorley North West – Aaron Beaver (Lab), Arif Khansaheb (TUSC), Peter Malpas (Con), Mark Tebbutt (Green)

Chorley South East & Heath Charnock – Alistair Bradley (Lab), Jenny Hurley (TUSC), Sandra Mercer (Con), Jane Weston (Green)

Chorley South West – Olga Cash (Green), Peter Davenport (Con), Katie Wilkie (Lab)

Clayton East, Brindle & Hoghton – Irene Amahwe (Lab), Alan Cullens (Con), Gail Ormston (Liberal Democrat), Pauline Summers (Green)

Clayton West & Cuerden – Sam Chapman (Con), Mark Clifford (Lab), Stephen Fenn (Lib Dem), Clare Hales (Green)

Coppull – Anne Calderbank (Green), Conor Dawson (Con), Alex Hilton (Lab)

Croston, Mawdesley & Euxton South – John Clare (Green), Mark Frost (Lib Dem), Debra Platt (Con), Caroline Turner (Lab)

Eccleston, Heskin & Charnock Richard – Steve Bland (Con), Sef Churchill (Green), Rowan Power (Lib Dem), Alan Whittaker (Lab)

Euxton – Danny Gee (Lab), Madeleine Houghton (Green), Christine Turner (Con).

Hyndburn Borough Council

Peter Britcliffe will be hoping to be re-elected

Altham – Vanessa Alexander (Labour), David Heap (Conservative)

Barnfield – Clare McKenna (Lab), Foyzun Nur (Con), Joan West (Green)

Baxenden – Edward Blake (Lab), Terence Hurn (Con)

Central – Ijaz Ahmed (Lab), Allah Dad (Con), Mohammed Fazal (Green), Mohammed Irfan (Workers Party)

Church – Sohail Asghar (Green), Stewart Eaves (Lab), Sajid Mahmood (Con)

Netherton – Noordad Aziz (Lab), Mohammed Riaz (Con)

Overton – Paul Knighton (Ind), Judith McKelvey (Con), Julie Stubbins (Green), Clare Yates (Lab)

Peel – Nav Afzal (Ind), Jean Hurn (Con), Michael Miller (Green), Clare Pritchard (Lab)

Rishton – Carole Haythornthwaite (Con), Ethan Rawcliffe (Lab)

Spring Hill – Munsif Dad (Lab), Wayne Fitzharris (Green), Saeed Ullah (Con)

St Andrew’s – Peter Britcliffe (Con), Andy Gilbert (Lab)

St Oswald’s – Richard Oakley (Reform UK), Andy Tatchell (Lab), Tina Walker (Con).

Lancashire Police and Crime Commissioner

Neil Darby (Liberal Democrats), Clive Grunshaw (Labour), Andrew Snowden (Conservative).

Pendle Borough Council

Asjad Mahmood quit Labour earlier this month

Barnoldswick – Euan Clouston (Labour), Sylvia Godfrey (Green), Carol Goulthorp (Conservative), Tom Whipp (Liberal Democrat)

Barrowford & Pendleside – Nadeem Ahmed (Con), Philip Berry (Lib Dem), Susan Nike (Lab)

Boulsworth & Foulridge – Wayne Blackburn (Lab), Sarah Cockburn-Price (Con), Robin Hargreaves (Lib Dem), Lyndsey Taylor (Green)

Bradley – Mohammed Iqbal (Ind), Hassan Mahmood (Con)

Brierfield East & Clover Hill – Naeem Ashraf (Ind), Adam Brierley (Con)

Brierfield West & Reedley – Sajjad Akbar (Ind), Mohammed Hanif (Ind), Isaac Iqbal (Lab), Pauline McCormick (Con)

Earby & Coates – David Hartley (Lib Dem), David Johns (Lab), Richard Rutherford (Con), Jane Wood (Green)

Fence & Higham – Howard Hartley (Con), Brian Newman (Lib Dem)

Marsden & Southfield – Mohammed Adnan (Ind), Elliot Gribble (Lab), Azim Khan (Ind), Craig McBeth (Ind), Neil McGowan (Ind), Marie Stone (Con)

Vivary Bridge – Andy Bell (Lib Dem), Patricia Hannah-Wood (Lab), Benjamin Harrop (Green), Richard O’Connor (Con)

Waterside & Horsfield – Craig Edwards (Lib Dem), David Penney (Green), Graham Roach (Lab), Ash Sutcliffe (Con)

Whitefield & Walverden – Mohamad Ayub (Con), Manzar Iqbal (Lab), Asjad Mahmood (Ind).

Preston City Council

Ashton – Daniel Duckworth (Conservative), James Hull (Labour), Rebecca Potter (Liberal Democrat)

Brookfield – Edward Craven (Lib Dem), Sara Holmes (Lab), Al-Yasa Khan (Con)

Cadley – Paul Balshaw (Independent), Jono Grisdale (Lab), Sarah Hart (Con), Julie Van Mierlo (Lib Dem)

City Centre – Salim Desai (Lab), Peter Lawrence (Lib Dem), Andy Pratt (Con)

Deepdale – Siraz Natha (Lab), Hasan Tunay (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition), Jürgen Voges (Lib Dem), Nilli Williamson (Con)

Fishwick & Frenchwood – Alana Mullen (Lib Dem), Martyn Rawlinson (Lab), Ishaq Vaez (Con)

Garrison – Claire Craven (Lib Dem), Peter Kelly (Lab), Lakwinder Singh (Con)

Greyfriars – Avery Greatorex (Lab), Dave Leme Da Silva (Con), Michael Peak (Lib Dem)

Ingol & Cottam – Trevor Hart (Con), Adam Malik (Lab), David Preston (Reform UK), Ben Ward (Lib Dem)

Lea & Larches – Ann Cowell (Ind), Mark Jewell (Lib Dem), Jenny Mein (Lab), Tracy Slater (Con)

Plungington – Nweeda Khan (Lab), Martin McKeever (Con), Cristina Mylroie (Lib Dem), Joel Patton (TUSC)

Preston Rural East – Mark Bell (Con), Victoria Blundell (Lab), Joanne Joyner (Lib Dem)

Preston Rural North – Taylor Donoghue-Smith (Lab), Daniel Guise (Lib Dem), Keith Middlebrough (Con)

Ribbleton – Kate Bosman (Lib Dem), Anna Hindle (Lab), Mary Kennedy (Con)

Sharoe Green – George Kulbacki (Lib Dem), Mark Routledge (Lab), David Walker (Con)

St Matthews – Sohaib Ashraf (Con), Suleman Sarwar (Lab), Rene Van Mierlo (Lib Dem).

Rossendale Borough Council

Bacup – Helen Bauld, Daniel Brogan, Dympna Bull (all Greens), Judith Driver, Jimmy Eaton, David Hancock (all Labour), Jayde Holmes, Deborah Lord (both Conservative)

Britannia & Lee Mill – Danielle Ashworth, Michell Smith, Andrew Walmsley (all Lab), James Delargy, Joanne Jackson, Alex Vijatov (all Green), Jenny Rigby, Robert Wells (both Con)

Goodshaw & Cribden – Alyson Barnes, Greg Bleakley, Christine Gill (Lab), Maureen Anderson, Ingrid Falat, David Goodwin (Green), Tony Cope, Jonathan Foxcroft, John Greenwood (Con)

Greenfield & Eden – Anne Cheetham, Simon Holland, Christian Lee (Con), Sharon Green, Gillian Hewitt, Jacob Rorke (Green), Neil Looker, Nick Pilling (Lab)

Hareholme & Waterfoot – Chris Adams, Sara Bird, Elliot Green (Green), Tom Belli, Nick Harris, Annie McMahon (Lab), Matthew Littler, Barbara Marriott, Kenneth Slaughter (Con)

Haslingden – Hazel Armor, Katrina Brockbank, Kamran Shah (Green), Ken Booth, Toby Cheetham (Con), Ann Kenyon, Adrian Lythgoe, Marilyn Procter (Lab)

Helmshore – Samara Barnes, Ann McIntyre (Lab), Geoff Blow, Jean Duckworth, Chich Hewitt (Green), Ann Hodgkiss, Caroline Snowden, Alan Woods (Con)

Longholme – Mohammed Abdullah, Elaine Brignall, Margaret Pendlebury (Con), Terry Bird, Harold Duckworth, Rosie Jones (Green), Samantha Harrison, Liz McInnes, Matt Norton (Lab)

Whitewell & Stacksteads – Julie Adshead, Bob Bauld, John Payne (Green), Jan Brindley, John Lowe, David Watson (Con), Jackie Oakes, Marie Rolli, Gill Windwood (Lab)

Whitworth – Caitlin Chippendale (Lab), Vivienne Hall, Andrew Ovens, Paul Shellard (Green), Alan Neal, Mike Royds (Community First), Scott Smith (Con), Janet Whitehead (Independent).

West Lancashire Borough Council

Aughton & Holborn – Paul Hamby (Green), Gordon Johnson (Our West Lancashire), Kerry Lloyd (Labour), Bruce Porteous (Conservative), Nigel Wilson (Reform UK)

Burscough Bridge & Rufford – Paul Hesketh (OWL), Swin Purple (Lab), Jayne Rear (Con), Reese Riding (Green), Karen Taylor (Liberal Democrat)

Burscough Town – Judy Abbott (Lab), Adi Cotter (OWL), Simon Greenhalgh (Green), Ruth Melling (Con), Neil Pollington (Lib Dem)

North Meols & Hesketh Bank – William Black (Green), Sarah Clifton (Lib Dem), Ian Eccles (Con), Jan Monaghan (Lab)

Old Skelmersdale – Jason Chapman (Con), Kath Lockie (Green), Donna West (Lab)

Ormskirk East – Simon Evans (Reform), Jason Grice (Con), Janet Ingman (OWL), Richard Taylor (Green), Adam Yates (Lab)

Ormskirk West – John Bullock (Reform), Anne Fennell (Lab), Paul French (Green), Juliana Gudgeon (Con), Jane Thompson (OWL)

Rural North East – Carole Dundas (Green), Jennie Jackson (Lab), David Whittington (Con)

Rural South – Paul Dickie (Lab), Karen Field (Green), Asheem Naraen (Con), Adrian Owens (OWL)

Rural West – Mark Brown (OWL), George Oliver (Lab), Lisa Smith (Green), Marilyn Westley (Con)

Skelmersdale North – Sue Brake (Con), Peter Chandler (Lib Dem), Melissa Parlour (Lab)

Skelmersdale South – Julian Finch (Lab), Sue Janvier (Con)

Tanhouse & Skelmersdale Town Centre – Richard Ainsworth (Con), Brian McElhinney (Green), Maureen Nixon (Lab)

Tarleton Village – Edwin Black (Green), Michelle Matthews (Lab), John Mee (Con), Damian Owen (Lab), Tina Stringfellow (Lib Dem), David Westley (Con)

Up Holland – Charlotte Houltram (Green), Gaynar Owen (Lab), Julie Peel (Con).