CANDIDATES for next month's Dorset County Council elections have been announced. 

On Thursday, May 4, voters across Dorset will go to the polls to elect their local councillors. 

Residents are being urged to register to vote at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or their district or borough council, as the deadline to be registered creeps closer. All voters must have registered to vote by midnight on April 13. Anyone wanting to vote by post must have registered by 5pm on April 18. 

The opening for postal votes starts on April 18, and the polls will be held between 7am and 10pm on May 4. The results will be announced on May 5. The deadline for residents to put themselves forward for the election has now closed. 

Read more about the upcoming elections at dorsetforyou.gov.uk/elections-and-voting.

The county council’s electoral divisions were updated following a Boundary Review of the county in 2015, which can be viewed at https://consultation.lgbce.org.uk. 

See the list of councillors up for election across Weymouth, Portland, West & North Dorset and Purbeck here: 

WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND
Broadwey: 
Kevin Brookes (Conservative)
Ryan Hope (Liberal Democrat) 
David Smith (Green) 
Mark Tewkesbury (Labour) 


Lodmoor:
Anthony Ferrari (Conservative) 
Brian Heatley (Green) 
David Mannings (Liberal Democrat) 
Thomas Taylor (Labour) 


Portland Harbour: 
Kerry Baker (Conservative) 
Len Herbert (Green) 
Kate Wheller (Labour and Co-operative Party) 


Portland Tophill: 
Katharine Garcia (Conservative) 
Paul Kimber (Labour and Co-operative Party)
Claudia Moore (Green) 


Rodwell:
Matthew Hall (Labour) 
David Hastings (Conservative) 
Jill Hordle (UK Independence Party)
Clare Sutton (Green) 


Westham: 
James Askew (Green) 
Shenis Cant (Conservative) 
David Harris (Liberal Democrat) 
Kieron Womble (Labour) 


Weymouth Town: 
Francis Drake (UKIP) 
Christine James (Liberal Democrats) 
Jon Orrell (Green) 
Jason Osborne (Conservative) 
Ann Weaving (Labour) 


PURBECK 
North West Purbeck: 
Stewart Bullen (Labour) 
Josephine Evans (UKIP)
John Taylor (Liberal Democrat) 
Peter Wharf (Conservative) 


South Purbeck: 
Cherry Brooks (Conservative) 
Nigel Dragon (Independent) 
Graham Holmes (Liberal Democrat) 
Leigh Van de Zande (Labour) 


NORTH DORSET: 
Blandford Forum: 
Barrie Cooper (Liberal Democrat) 
Pat Osborne (Labour) 
Byron Quayle (Conservative) 
Jane Unwin (UKIP) 


Winterborne: 
Hilary Cox (Conservative) 
David Fox (Liberal Democrat) 
Haydn White (Labour) 


WEST DORSET: 
Beaminster:
Peter Allen (Liberal Democrat) 
Mark Gage (Labour) 
Neil Judd (Green)
Rebecca Knox (Conservative) 


Bridport: 
Robert Casey (Green Party second choice candidate) 
Kelvin Clayton (Green Party first choice candidate) 
Phyllida Culpin (Labour) 
Keith Day (Conservative)
Sarah Horniman (Liberal Democrat) 
Ros Kayes (Liberal Democrat)
Bill Mellish (Labour) 
Mark Roberts (Conservative) 


Chickerell and Chesil Bank: 
Carol Byrom (Green) 
James Canning (Liberal Democrat)
Jean Dunseith (Conservative) 
Lynda Kiss (Labour)


Dorchester: 
Richard Biggs (Liberal Democrat) 
Vicki Black (Green) 
Andy Canning (Liberal Democrat)
Gerald Duke (Conservative) 
Ian Gosling (Conservative) 
Ken Huggins (Green) 
Geoffrey Markham (UKIP)
Claudia Sorin (Labour) 
Barry Thompson (Labour) 


Linden Lea: 
Nick Ireland (Liberal Democrat) 
Richard Shrubb (Labour)
Peter Stein (Conservative) 
Rebekah Webb (Green) 
Marshwood Vale: 
Chit Chong (Green) 
Joy Everington (Labour) 
Steve Trevethan (Liberal Democrat) 
Daryl Turner (Conservative) 


Sherborne Rural: 
Matt Hall (Liberal Democrat) 
Mary Penfold (Conservative) 
Andrew Spring (Green) 


Sherborne Town:
Jon Andrews (Liberal Democrat)
Nick Boothroyd (Labour) 
Robert Gould (Conservative) 
Pam Rosling (Green) 


Three Valleys: 
Peter Barton (Green) 
Jill Haynes (Conservative) 
Janine Miller (Labour) 
David Taylor (Liberal Democrats)