Some sixty-eight candidates have thrown their hats into the ring to vie for 13 seats on Crawley Borough Council.
The authority currently has 35 councillors across 13 wards – 25 Labour and ten Conservative.
Seats on all wards, except for Gossops Green and North East Broadfield, are up for grabs on May 7, with two in Three Bridges due to the recent resignation of Conservative councillor Brenda Burgess.
Labour, Conservatives, Green, and Reform UK have all nominated 13 candidates, with the Liberal Democrats nominating nine, the Trade Unionist
and Socialist Coalition nominating six and one person standing as an Independent.
The candidates are:
Bewbush and North Broadfield: Tina Belben (Con), Robin Burnham (TUSC), Ian Butler (Ref), Lawrence Mallinson (Lib Dem), Ryan Rooke (Green), Sharmila Sivarajah (Lab).
Broadfield: David Bowen (Con), Rachael Colbran (Lib Dem), Tim Lunnon (Lab), Marie Mariette (Ref), Carolina Rodrigues Braga (Green).
Furnace Green: Younis Ainine (Lab), Hazel Hellier (Con), Sarah Letissier (Ref), Kevin Osborne (Lib Dem), Tim Peacock (Green).
Ifield: Grainne Conway (Ref), Jilly Hart (Lab), Asim Hussain (TUSC), Valerie Knight (Con), Ines Manning (Green), Richard Symonds (Ind).
Langley Green and Tushmore: Lewis Earthrowl-Gould (TUSC), Alan Hellier (Con), Laura Menezes (Green), Oliver Pickstock (Ref), Tahira Rana (Lab), Kemuel Thompson (Lib Dem).
Maidenbower: Imtiaz Khan (Con), Max Perry (Green), Stephen Pritchard (Lab), Riszard Rzepa (Ref), Sarah Smith (Lib Dem).
Northgate and West Green: David Anderson (Lib Dem), Nicky Ascenso (Lab), Pat Gedge (TUSC), Nick Park (Green), Susan Wheeler (Con), Mitchall Whiston (Ref).
Pound Hill North and Forge Wood: Paul Castle (Con), Fidel Kuzamba (Lib Dem), Neal Murdoch (Green), Zahid Raja (Lab), James Tidy (Ref).
Pound Hill South and Worth: Flynn Cowell (Lab), Heidi James-Dunbar (Green), Bob Lanzer (Con), Bob Laycock (Ref), Theo Van Der Lugt (Lib Dem).
Southgate: Zack Ali (Con), Tim Charters (Ref), Robin Fitton (Green), Yasmin Khan (Lab), Bret Shattock (TUSC).
Three Bridges (two seats): Lekan Babalola (Green), Mandie Hains (Lab), Marilyn Hilton (Lab), Tim Holt (TUSC), Callum Johnson (Ref), Georgia-Mae Pocock (Ref), Jonathan Purdy (Con), Stephanie Robinson (Lib Dem), Omar Shafiq (Con), Tom Wiggins (Green).
Tilgate: Hazel Mehmet (Green), Tarek Miah (Con), Tony Patel (Lab), Emma Whiteoak (Ref).
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