Voters in Middlesbrough will take to the polls on Thursday May 4 as they elect new councillors, and a mayor.

As with other elections across the region, Labour will be hoping to prove 2019 was a blip by taking back majority control of the council.

There are 46 councillor seats up for grabs, with the Labour party currently holding 21 of these spots, three short of the 24 needed for a majority.

Read more: Here is everything you need to know about voting in the upcoming local elections

There are 22 independent councillors while the Conservatives have just three positions on the council.

And voters will not just be voting for local councillors as Middlesbrough Council also has an elected mayor.

Currently held by Independent Andy Preston, the mayoral role is also up for election with four candidates hoping to win over voters.

Who’s standing in the Middlesbrough council elections?

Mayoral Candidates

  • Chris Cooke – Labour and Co-operative
  • John Henry Cooper – Conservative
  • Andy Preston – Independent
  • Jon Rathmell - Independent

Here is a ward-by-ward breakdown of who’s standing in the Middlesbrough council elections on May 5.

Acklam

  • Keith Barton – Conservative
  • Jon Carey – Liberal Democrats
  • Sheila Frances – Labour
  • Luke Robert Henman – Labour
  • Tom Livingstone – Liberal Democrats
  • Eric Polano – Independent
  • Peter Welsh – Independent

Ayresome

  • Pam Biswas – Conservative
  • Sophie Lea Micheline Drumm – Liberal Democrats
  • Antony High – Labour
  • Andrew Hill – Independent
  • Janet Thompson – Labour

Berwick Hills & Pallister

  • Ian Blades – Labour
  • Alan Blyth – Conservative
  • Julia Cooke – Labour
  • Steven James – Independent
  • Donna Jones – Independent
  • Mick Thompson – Labour
  • Anna Walker – Independent

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Brambles & Thorntree

  • Jack Banks – Labour
  • Karl Simon Gallienne – Independent
  • Peter Longstaff – Conservative
  • Paul McGrath – Labour
  • Monty Towers - Independent
  • Stella Tranter – Labour
  • Rebecca Jane Tyndall – Green Party
  • Graham Wilson – Independent

Central

  • Peter Bradburn – Conservative
  • Ian Godfrey Llewellyn Jones – Liberal Democrats
  • Linda Lewis – Labour
  • Matt Storey – Labour
  • Ian Stewart Sturrock – Green Party
  • Zafar Uddin – Labour Party
  • Jackie Young - Independent

Coulby Newham

  • Shamal Biswas – Conservative
  • David John Branson – Labour
  • Barry Jobson – Green Party
  • Luke Mason – Conservative
  • Geoff Nicholson – Labour
  • Jo Nicholson – Labour
  • Raymond Michael Sands – Independent
  • Stefan Terence Walker – Independent
  • Anna Katherine Whitmore – Independent

Hemlington

  • Valeria Jean St John Beadnall – Conservative
  • Allan Bell – Independent
  • Sajid Hussain – Conservative
  • Chris Lovell – Independent
  • Howard Thompson – Independent
  • Jeanette Ann Walker – Labour
  • Nicky Walker – Labour

Kader

  • Dominic Curtis – Conservative
  • Michael Lawrence Livingstone – Liberal Democrats
  • Catherine Tina Lyon – Conservative
  • Jim Platt – Independent
  • Sharon Platt – Independent
  • Vic Walkington – Labour

Ladgate

  • Tony Grainge – Independent
  • Luke Hurst – Conservative
  • Sally Ann Middleton – Liberal Democrats
  • Tom Mohan – Labour
  • Gemma Rushton – Labour

Linthorpe

  • Oliver Connett – Conservative
  • Paul Michael Hamilton – Liberal Democrats
  • Naweed Hussain – Labour
  • John King – Independent
  • George Robert Pugh – Conservative
  • Philippa Storey – Labour

Longlands & Beechwood

  • Jacqueline Fovargue – Independent
  • Peter Gavigan – Labour
  • Amjad Hossain – Independent
  • Nana Livingstone – Liberal Democrats
  • Joan McTigue – Independent
  • Mary Nugent – Labour
  • Sharon Sewell – Labour
  • Stephen Smith – Conservative
  • Nathaniel James Tumilty – Conservative

Marton East

  • Dorothy Davison – Independent
  • Alma Hellaoui – Labour
  • Jason Patrick McConnell – Independent
  • Mark O’Donnell – Labour
  • Roger William Paul – Liberal Democrats
  • Firas Soudani – Conservative
  • Peter Symon – Conservative

Marton West

  • Paul Austin – Conservative
  • Philip Ewan – Labour
  • David Jackson – Independent
  • Ian Boyd Morrish – Independent
  • Andy Murphy-Brown – Conservative
  • Joanna Anna Paul – Liberal Democrats

Newport

  • Barrie Cooper – Independent
  • Jill Ewan – Labour
  • John Baptist Kabuye – Labour
  • Dinesh Maddula – Liberal Democrats
  • Joyce Pugh – Conservative
  • David Francis Revett – Green Party
  • Anne Romane – Labour

North Ormesby

  • Steve McCulloch – Independent
  • David Morgan – Conservative
  • Jan Ryles – Labour

Nunthorpe

  • Tom Bailey – Liberal Democrats
  • David Drumm – Labour
  • Martin Lyon – Conservative
  • Morgan McClintock – Liberal Democrats
  • Julie McGee – Labour Party
  • Jon Rathmell – Independent
  • Mieka Smiles – Conservative
  • Wade Tovey – Independent

Park

  • Edward Clynch – Labour
  • Theo Furness – Labour
  • Matthew Gareth Harris – Green Party
  • Chris McIntyre – Independent
  • Frances McIntyre – Independent
  • Eddie Ndhlovu – Independent
  • Julia Rostron – Labour
  • Jack Thomas Stoker – Liberal Democrats
  • Valerie Symon – Conservative

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Park End & Beckfield

  • Margaret Blyth – Conservative
  • Jai Caisley – Labour
  • Eddie Dryden – Labour
  • Stephen Hill – Independent
  • Ryan Howes – Conservative
  • Brian Hubbard – Independent
  • Mick Saunders – Independent
  • Chris Williamson – Independent

Stainton & Thornton

  • David Philip Coupe – Conservative
  • Jack Paul McKenna – Labour and Co-operative

Trimdon

  • Christine Cooper – Independent
  • Christina Harris – Labour
  • Dennis McCabe – Independent
  • Scott Symon – Conservative
  • James Robert Watson – Labour