RESIDENTS of West Devon and East Cornwall will go to the polls on May 4 to vote for their chosen candidates in the Devon County Council and Cornwall Council elections and the town and parish council elections in Cornwall. Here is a run down of the candidates in your area.

Devon

NEARLY 600,000 Devon residents aged 18 and over will get the chance to go to the polls on election day to determine who will lead Devon County Council and be responsible for key local services for the next four years.

County council elections in England take place once every four years and this year 60 seats are up for grabs. Due to boundary commission changes, this is a reduction of two seats from the last whole council elections in 2013, where 62 seats were contested.

To be eligible to vote in the elections, residents need to register by April 13. If you are already registered, you do not need to apply again unless your details change.

For Tavistock, the candidates are: Colin Bannon, Green Party; Chris Bones, Liberal Democrats; Roy Kendrick, Labour Party; Jeff Moody, Tavistock, independent; Duncan Stuart Elliott Parker, UKIP and Debo Sellis, Tavistock, Conservative Party.

For Okehampton Rural, the candidates are: Kevin Ball, Conservative Party; John Farrand-Rogers, Liberal Democrats; Alan Gross, UKIP; Tony Leech, Okehampton, independent; Sally Parkins, Green Party; Caleb William Mark Stevens, Labour Party.

For Hatherleigh and Chagford, the candidates are: Paula Louise Frisby, Labour Party; James Raymond McInnes, Conservative; David Osbiston, Green Party; Bob Rush, UKIP; Ross Anthony Wolverson, Liberal Democrats.

For Yelverton Rural, the candidates are: Gail Bones, Liberal Democrats; Ric Cheadle, independent; Ruth Mary Craigie, Labour Party; David Pengelly, UKIP; Philip Richard Sanders, Conservative Party; Lucy Wood, Green Party.

For Torrington Rural — which covers Winkleigh and Merton, the candidates are: Ray Auvray, Liberal Democrats; Andy Boyd; James Andrew Craigie, Labour and Co-operative Party; Roger Darch, UKIP; Keith Stuart Funnell, Green Party; Andrew Saywell, Conservative Party.

For Holsworthy Rural — which covers Halwill and Shebbear, the candidates are: Vivian George Gale, Labour Party; Nigel Andrew Johnson, UKIP; Caroline Frances Herringham Leaver, Liberal Democrat; Barry Michael Parsons, Conservative Party.

At the close of poll ballot boxes will be secured overnight, the votes having first been sorted and ‘verified’ and the votes being returned to boxes and resealed. Verification of the votes — checking that the number of ballot papers issued corresponds with the number of ballot papers in each ballot box — will take place immediately after the polls have closed in each of the city, borough and/or district council areas.

As in previous elections, counting of the votes will not begin until Friday, May 5, all taking place at the same time, starting at 10am in each of the city/borough/district council areas, which it is anticipated will be finished and ‘declared’ by around noon on the Friday.

Cornwall

PEOPLE in Cornwall will be able to vote for candidates to fill the 123 seats up for grabs on Cornwall Council as well as voting in the town and parish council elections on the same day.

The count for both sets of elections will take place the following day on Friday, May 5.

To be eligible to vote, residents need to register by April 13. The deadline to apply to vote by post in 5pm on Tuesday, April 18 and the deadline to apply by proxy is 5pm on Tuesday, April 25.

In the Cornwall Council elections, the candidates for the Callington division are: Christopher Patrick Dwane, Pillaton, Liberal Democrats; Graham Fox, Callington, Labour Party; Andrew John Long, Callington, Mebyon Kernow; Sally Ann Nicholson, Callington, Conservative Party; David James Ellis Williams, Callington, UKIP.

The candidates for the Gunnislake and Calstock division are: Sydney John Peter Booth, Gunnislake, Conservative Party; Theo Brown, Metherell, Liberal Democrats; Dorothy Kirk, Gunnislake, Labour Party.

Candidates for the St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray division are: Jim Flashman, Callington, Conservative Party; Mark Robert Charles Smith, Kelly Bray, Mebyon Kernow; Alastair William Tinto, Calstock, Labour Party; Matthew David Waterworth, Kelly Bray, Liberal Democrats.

The candidates for the Stoke Climsland division are: Carl Raymond Bradley-Hughes, Launceston, Labour Party; Neil Hillson Burden, Launceston, independent; Paul Dermot Mannix, Bude, Liberal Democrats.

In the Callington Town Council elections, the candidates for the Callington ward are: Maria Coakley, Callington, Mebyon Kernow; Jamie Robert Dowdall, Callington, independent; Graham Fox, Callington, Labour Party; Karen Marie Gold, Callington; Andrew John Long, Callington, Mebyon Kernow; Richard Frederick Lumley, Callington, independent; Mark Robert Charles Smith, Kelly Bray, Mebyon Kernow; Mike Tagg, Callington, independent; Suzan Frances Tolman, Callington, independent; Peter Victor Watson, Callington, independent.

The candidates for the Kelly Bray ward are: Madelaine Ann Burrows, Kelly Bray; Deborah Charmaine Smith, Kelly Bray, Mebyon Kernow.

In the Calstock Parish Council elections, the candidates for the Calstock ward are: Dick Hoile, Calstock, independent; Robert Philip Riggs, Calstock, Labour Party.

The candidate for the Chilsworthy ward is David Jerome Irons, Gunnislake.

The candidates for the Delaware ward are: Roger Alford, St Ann’s Chapel; Ian Howard Beech, Gunnislake; Kate Latham, St Ann’s Chapel, John Francis Wells, St Ann’s Chapel; Neythen Lot Woolford, St Ann’s Chapel.

The candidates for the Gunnislake ward are: Michael Charles Greenwood, Gunnislake, independent; Dorothy Kirk, Gunnislake, Labour Party; Jim Wakem, Gunnislake, independent.

The candidates for the Harrowbarrow ward are: Terry Letchford, St Ann’s Chapel, independent; Dougal Hamish McLachlan, Harrowbarrow, independent; John Richard Roberts, Harrowbarrow; Glenys Rooker, Higher Metherell.

In the Stoke Climsland Parish Council elections, the candidates are: Philip Leonard Barriball, Stoke Climsland; Shirley Joyce Bruna, Stoke Climsland; Stuart Charles Cazaly, Stoke Climsland; Nigel John Cooper, Lower Downgate; James Henry Coumbe, Stoke Climsland; Jerry Forbes, Clitters; Martin James Howlett, Clitters; Sarah Jane Ross, Stoke Climsland; Caroline Jane Vulliamy, Luckett.