CANDIDATES have been announced for the Calderdale Council elections.

Seventeen of the council’s 51 seats are up for grabs on May 1. The local candidates are as follows:

BRIGHOUSE

Howard Blagbrough, Conservative

Ann Martin, Labour

Nick Yates, Lib Dem

ELLAND

Pat Allen, Lib Dem

Stewart Brown, Labour

Mick Clarke, English Democrats

Christian Corkish, Conservative

Susan Thomas, Green

GREETLAND AND STAINLAND

Pamela Fellows, Labour

John Ford, Conservative

Michael Hall, BNP

Mark Mullany, Green

Jonathan Rogan, English Democrats

Keith Watson, Lib Dem

HIPPERHOLME AND LIGHTCLIFFE

Graham Hall, Conservative

Susan Press, Labour

Jim Souper, Lib Dem

RASTRICK

Philip Jeffrey, Lib Dem

Ann McAllister, Conservative

George Richardson, Labour

David Stevenson, English Democrats