VOTERS are heading to the polls to elect new members of Staffordshire County Council.
Ballots will be cast across the county from 7am to 10pm today (1st May) as residents choose their elected representative.
Successful candidates will take on responsibility for key services such as social care, transport and education at the county council.
More than a third of councillors have opted not to stand again across the county, meaning there will be several new faces in the chamber going forward.
The vote will also likely be the last, with the county council set to be abolished and replaced with a new unitary authority in future as part of local government reforms.
The full list of candidates in local divisions are:
Burntwood North:
- Andrew Clissett (Reform)
- Paul Ray (Lib Dem)
- Jane Smith (Labour)
- Richard Stephenson (Conservatives)
Burntwood South:
- Darren Ennis (Labour)
- Robin Hall (Reform)
- Antony Jones (Conservatives)
- Miles Trent (Lib Dem)
Lichfield City North:
- Kate Greening (Labour)
- Jordan Lane (Lib Dem)
- David Melhuish (Green)
- Janice Silvester-Hall (Conservatives)
- Matthew Wallens (Reform)
Lichfield City South:
- Martın Bayley (Reform)
- Jamie Christie (Lib Dem)
- Colin Greatorex (Conservatives)
- Jessica Kelly (Green)
- Jacob Marshall (Labour)
Lichfield Rural East:
- Tracey Dougherty (Reform)
- Jenny Mackintosh (Labour)
- Andrew Rushton (Lib Dem)
- Alan White (Conservatives)
Lichfield Rural North:
- Richard Holland (Conservatives)
- Morag Maclean (Lib Dem)
- John Madden (Reform)
- Ben Watkins (Labour)
Lichfield Rural South:
- Sarah Beech (Reform)
- Philip Bennion (Lib Dem)
- Alex Farrell (Conservatives)
- David Thompson (Labour)
Lichfield Rural West:
- Richard Cox (Conservatives)
- David Cullen (Green)
- Janet Higgins (Reform)
- Paul Taylor (Labour)
- Ash Walters (Lib Dem)
Needwood Forest:
- Catherine Brown (Conservatives)
- Rosie Harvey-Coggins (Labour)
- Richard Howard (Reform)
- Jack Mellor (Green)
- Patrice Moreau (Lib Dem)
