WITH less than one month to go until the elections, the names of those who are hoping for the chance to become  Sedgemoor District councillors have been published.

On May 2, Sedgemoor residents will head to the polls to vote for the people it wants to see represent them at the authority for the next four years.

Here is the list of candidates who have put their names forward:

Axevale Ward

- Stewart Frances Conning - Independent

- Graham Roger Pearson-Godwin - Conservative

- Joan Hasler - Liberal Democrat

- Liz Scott - Conservative

- Catherine Timothy - Labour Party

- Mary Wardman - Liberal Democrat

Berrow

- Richard Baum - Liberal Democrat

- Tony Grimes - Conservative

- Shah Amit Shantilal - Labour

Bridgwater Dunwear Ward

- Suria Aujla - Conservative

- Pele Barnes - Conservative

- Christine Alexia Bartlett - Labour

- Phillipa Ann Lorna King - Liberal Democrat

- Diogo Rodrigues - Labour

- Richard Gordon Scammell - UKIP

Bridgwater Eastover Ward

- Susan Bristowe - Conservative

- Jonathan Fraser-Howells - Conservative

- Li Gibson - Labour Party

- Tony Heywood - Labour

- Jorane Torane Shaw - Liberal Democrat

Bridgwater Fairfax Ward

- Sarah Victoria Baker - Liberal Democrat

- Hilary Joan Bruce - Labour

- Mike Cresswell - Conservative

- Alex Glassford - Labour

- Graham John Granter - Labour

- Helen Julia Marsh - Conservative

-Adrian David Nicholls - Liberal Democrat

Bridgwater Hamp Ward

- Stephen Barry Austin - Independent

- David George Filmer - Conservative

- Elizabeth Ann Leavy - Labour

-Paul Francis Mills - Conservative

- Adrian John Moore - Independent

- Leigh Paul Redman - Labour

Bridgwater Victoria Ward

- Julie Marie Cordiner - Labour

- Lance John Duddridge - Conservative

- John Harwood - Conservative

- Mick Lerry - Labour

Bridgwater Westover Ward

- Michael Asher - Conservative

- Roland Lee - Liberal Democrat

- Gareth Edwin Lewis - Conservative

- Antony Nickolls - Liberal Democrat

- Kathryn Elizabeth Pearce - Labour

- Brian David Smedley - Labour

Bridgwater Wyndham Ward

- Peter Ian Johnstone - Liberal Democrat

- Rachel Helen Lilly - Conservative

- Inika Raine Palaram - Labour

- Stuart Adrian Ridewood - Labour

- Gill Slocombe - Conservative

- Dean Waghorn - Liberal Democrat

Burnham Central Ward

- Sue Barber - Conservative

- Michael Clarke - Independent

-Alisdar Scott Elrick - Liberal Democrat

- Ganesh Gudka - Liberal Democrat

- Phil Harvey - Liberal Democrat

- Alisdair Hendry - Conservative

- Corey Miller - Labour

- Edith Rowley - Conservative

Burnham North Ward

- Andy Ballard - Labour

-Cheryl Burnett - Conservative

- Peter Clayton - Conservative

- Mike Facey - Conservative

- Helen Groves - Liberal Democrat

-Bev Milner- Simonds - Liberal Democrat

- Mike Murphy - Liberal Democrat

Cannington and Wembdon Ward

- Janice Joanna Somers Beasley - Liberal Democrat

- Brian Bolt - Conservative

- Ian Dyer - Conservative

- Gemma Grace Shanahan - Labour

Cheddar and Shipham

- Peter Downing - Conservative

- Paul Robert Finneran - Independent

- Dawn Hill - Conservative

-Lisa Methley - Liberal Democrat

- Nick Persaud - Labour

- Charlie Riches - Liberal Democrat

- Jeff Savage - Conservative

- Neil Shaban - Liberal Democrat

East Poldens Ward

- Camael King - Independent

- Duncan McGinty - Conservative

-Stephen Richard Oxbrow - Labour

Highbridge and Burnham Marine Ward

- Nick Bayliss - Liberal Democrat

- Dawn Carey - Liberal Democrat

-John Fenton Fones - Labour

- Kathy Jones - Conservative

- Janet Keen - Conservative

- Roger Keen - Conservative

- Joji Matthew - Labour

- Alan Matthews - Conservative

- Sue Park - Labour

-Victoria Weavell - Liberal Democrat

Huntspill and Pawlett Ward

- Liam Tucker - Labour

- John Charles Woodman - Conservative

Puriton and Woolavington Ward

- James Peter Ashby - Liberal Democrat

- Chelsea Chadwick - Labour

- Barrie Crowe - Conservative

-Mark Healey - Conservative

- Gary Andrew Derek Tucker - Labour

Quantocks Ward

- Michael Caswell - Conservative

- Maggy Layton - Labour

- Julie Pay - Conservative

Wedmore and Mark Ward

- Polly Costello - Conservative

- Will Human - Conservative

- Jo Keen - Liberal Democrat

- Graham Paul McLelland - Labour

- Claire Rowena Prior - Liberal Democrat

West Poldens Ward

- Alison Borman - Labour

- Stuart Kingham - Conservative