THE 13 candidates in the Hartlepool mayoral election have been confirmed.

The election, on Thursday, June 4, will be the third time townspeople have gone to the polls to select a mayor.

Current Mayor Stuart Drummond is again standing for re-election.

The candidates, in alphabetical order, are: Martyn Aiken, UK Independence Party; Christine Blakey, Independent; Ian Cameron, Independent; Stuart Drummond, Independent; Cheryl Dunn, British National Party – Protecting British Jobs; Lynne Gillam, Liberal Democrat; Jim Gillespie, Independent; Barbara Jackson, Independent; Tony Morrell, Independent; Iris Ryder, Independent; Chris Simmons, Labour; Alison Willetts, Independent; and David Young, Conservative Party.

Pictured are, Mayoral candidates David Young, Alison Willetts, Chris Simmons, Iris Ryder, Tony Morrell, Barbara Jackson, Jim Gillespie, Lynne Gillam, Cheryl Dunn, Ian Cameron, Christine Blakey and Martyn Aiken.