North Yorkshire council election candidates confirmed

Voters across the region will go to the polls on May 2 to decide who will represent them in the 72 electoral divisions on North Yorkshire County Council for the next four years.

All seats are up for grabs, with the authority currently controlled by the Conservatives, who have 46 councillors. The party is fielding 71 candidates, with Labour having 63, the Liberal Democrats 35, the Greens 25 and UKIP - whose leader Nigel Farage visited Scarborough this week - 48.

There are also 32 independent candidates, with five of those standing in the Richmondshire area running under the Save the Friarage Hospital banner.

SELBY DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA
Cawood and Saxton: Rosie Corrigan (Labour); Andrew Lee (Conservative).
Escrick: Elizabeth Casling (Conservative); Steph Duckett (Labour); John Duggan (Independent); John Hamlin (Green).
Mid Selby: Jack Crawford (Labour); Mary McCartney (Independent); Christopher Pearson (Conservative).
Osgoldcross: John McCartney (Independent); Kathleen Walton (Labour); Debbie White (Conservative).
Selby Barlby: Karl Arthur (Conservative); Chris Fisher (Conservative); Colin Heath (UKIP); Brian Marshall (Labour); Steve Shaw-Wright (Labour).
Selby Brayton: Graham Gatman (Labour); Cliff Lunn (Conservative).
Sherburn-in-Elmet: James Fell (UKIP); Mike Jordan (Conservative); Bob Packham (Labour).
South Selby: Sam Horsey (Green); Margaret Hulme (Conservative); David McSherry (Independent); Rod Price (Labour).
Tadcaster: Steve Cobb (Labour); Garry Kitchin (Green); Chris Metcalfe (Conservative).

RYEDALE DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA
Hovingham and Sheriff Hutton: Sam Prest (Labour); Abigal Stokell-Beckett (Liberal Democrat); Clare Wood (Conservative).
Kirkbymoorside: Angus Alexander (UKIP); Val Arnold (Conservative); Judy Dixon (Labour); Nelly Trevelyan (LIberal).
Malton: Lindsay Burr (Liberal Democrat); Jason Fitzgerald-Smith (Conservative); Toby Horton (UKIP); Tim Prest (Labour).
Norton: Emma Lund (UKIP); Karl Reveley (Labour); Stephen Shaw (Conservative); Elizabeth Shields (Liberal Democrat); Peter Walker (Independent).
Pickering: Alan Avery (Labour); John Clark (Liberal); Linda Cowling (Conservative); John Stott (Liberal Democrat).
Thornton Dale and the Wolds: Susan Harris (Labour); Marian Hodgson (Liberal Democrat); Janet Sanderson (Conservative).

HAMBLETON DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA
Bedale: Graham Cullen (UKIP); Pan King (Labour); Ian Watkins (Independent); John Weighell (Conservative).
Easingwold: Kathleen Mullen (Labour); Peter Sowray (Conservative).
Great Ayton: Stuart Lightwing (UKIP); Heather Moorhouse (Conservative); Richard Short (LIberal Democrat); Paul Spellman (Labour).
North Hambleton: Harry Burton (UKIP); Mike Newton (Labour); Tim Swales (Conservative).
Northallerton: Tony Hall (Conservative); Claire Palmer (UKIP); Gerry Ramsden (Labour and Co-operative).
Romanby and Broomfield: David Blades (Conservative); Ann Hutchings (Labour); Joseph Warfield (UKIP).
Sowerby: Bob Baker (Conservative); Kate Fox (Labour); Steve Hunter (Green).
Stillington: Caroline Patmore (Conservative); Ewen Sommerville (Labour); Jonathan Tulloch (Green).
Stokesley: Stephen Dickins (Conservative); Eileen Driver (Labour and Co-operative); Bryn Griffiths (Liberal Democrat); David Troughton (UKIP).
Swale: Arthur Barker (Conservative); Jacqueline Brakenberry (UKIP); Lenny Cornwall (Labour).
Thirsk: Gareth Dadd (Conservative); Jude Thurlow (Labour).

SCARBOROUGH BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA
Castle: Colin Challen (Labour); Ros Fox (Conservative); Janet Jefferson (Independent); Heath Samples (UKIP); Trisha Scott (National Front).
Eastfield and Osgodby: Carole Gerada (Unaffiliated); Dr Norman Murphy (Independent); Barry Pearson (Liberal Democrat); Tony Randerson (Labour); Brian Simpson (Unaffiliated); Roberta Swiers (Conservative).
Esk Valley: John Chilton (Labour); Mark Hesp (UKIP); Bob Jackman (Liberal Democrat); Helen Swiers (Conservative).
Falsgrave and Stepney: Natasha Bartlett-Cook (Conservative); Mark Harland (UKIP); Jennifer Kelly (Conservative); David Malone (Green); Pat Marsburg (Independent); John Ritchie (Labour).
Filey: Colin Barnes (Labour and Co-operative); Mike Cockerill (Independent); Sam Cross (UKIP); Julie Moody (Conservative); Jackie Zegstroo (Liberal Democrat).
Hertford and Cayton: John Blackburn (Conservative); James Brace (Labour); Angela Hirst (UKIP); Johan Zegstroo (Liberal Democrat).
Newby: Andrew Backhouse (Conservative); John Bradley (Independent); Helen Kindness (Green); Graham Lockwood (Liberal Democrat); Carl Maw (Labour).
Northstead: Paul Bartlett-Cook (Liberal Democrat); Eric Broadbent (Labour); Hazel Lynskey (Conservative); Jason Mullen (Green); Peter Popple (Independent); Graham Taylor (UKIP).
Scalby and the Coast: Derek Bastiman (Conservative); Gerald Dennett (Labour); Amanda Nunns (Green); Kevin Riley (Liberal Democrat); Abigail Taylor (UKIP).
Seamer and Derwent Valley: Michael Cutler (Green); Michael Jay-Hanmer (UKIP); David Jeffels (Conservative); Roxanne Murphy (Independent); Edna Oxley (Labour); David Wright (Independent).
Weaponness and Ramshill: Michael James (UKIP); Penny Marsden (Conservative); Amanda Robinson (Independent); Mark Vesey (Green); John Warburton (Labour); John-Paul Zegstroo (Liberal Democrat).
Whitby Mayfield cum Mulgrave: David Chance (Conservative); Tricia Griffin (Green); Paul Hirst (UKIP); Janet Peake (Labour); Mike Ward (Independent).
Whitby Streonshalh: Diana Jeuda (Labour); Wynne Jones (Green); Joe Plant (Conservative); Lawrence Waller (UKIP).
Woodlands: Alix Bartlett-Cook (Liberal Democrat); David Billing (Labour); Bill Chatt (Independent); Chris Phillips (Green); Peter Southward (Conservative); Stuart Walker (UKIP).

HARROGATE BOROUGH COUNCIL AREA
Ainsty: John Fisher (Labour); Robert Frendt (UKIP); John Savage (Liberal); Famida Wilson (Conservative).
Boroughbridge: Alec Hendry (Labour); Paul Hudson (UKIP); Peter Phillips (Liberal); Robert Windass (Conservative).
Harrogate Bilton and Nidd Gorge: Andrew Goss (Liberal Democrat); Andrew Gray (Labour); Claire Hawkins (Green); Steven Jackson (Conservative); David Simister (UKIP); Mark Simpson (UKIP); Brian Summerson (Labour); Graham Swift (Conservative); Geoff Webber (Liberal Democrat).
Harrogate Central: Adrian Buckley (UKIP); Jean Butterfield (Conservative); Richard Cooper (Conservative); John Fox (Liberal Democrat); Nicholas Knott (Labour); Diane Maguire (Labour); James Monaghan (Liberal Democrat); Gregory Peters (UKIP).
Harrogate Harlow: Salvina Bashforth (UKIP); Jim Clark (Conservative); Kevin McNerney (Labour); Les Parkes (Liberal Democrat).
Harrogate Oatlands: Helen Burke (Labour); John Ennis (Conservative); Geoffrey Lumley (UKIP); Peter Skardon (Liberal Democrat).
Harrogate Saltergate: Gordon Charlton (Liberal Democrat); David D’Arcy Thompson (UKIP); Shaun Lowry (Green); Don Mackenzie (Conservative); Janet Morrow (Labour).
Harrogate Starbeck: Margaret-Ann De Courcey-Bayley (Liberal Democrat); Geoffrey Foxall (Labour); Benjamin Johnson (Conservative); Steven O’Neill (UKIP).
Knaresborough: John Batt (Conservative); Gillian Charters (Green); Lorraine Ferris (Labour); Bill Hoult (Liberal Democrat); Phil Ireland (Conservative); Anne Jones (Liberal Democrat); Matthew Joy (UKIP); David Rimmington (UKIP); Jan Williams (Labour).
Lower Nidderdale and Bishop Monkton: Michael Harrison (Conservative); Andrew Murday (Labour); Tom Watson (independent); Jeffrey Wells (UKIP).
Masham and Fountains: Margaret Atkinson (Conservative); Matthew Forth (Labour); Angela Hosie (Liberal Democrat); Hugh Whiteside (UKIP).
Pannal and Lower Wharfedale: Robert Darlington (Labour); Cliff Trotter (Conservative); John Upex (UKIP); Richard Wilson (Green).
Pateley Bridge: Stephen Boyden (Labour); Pete Flynn (Liberal Democrat); John Fort (Conservative); Ruth Whiteside (UKIP).
Ripon North: Bernard Bateman (Conservative); Vivienne Graham (Labour); Sid Hawke (Independent); Stephen Swindells (UKIP).
Ripon South: Jeremy Banyard (UKIP); Christine Brackley (Labour); Peter Horton (Independent); Stuart Martin (Conservative); John Stockdale (Liberal Democrat).

RICHMONDSHIRE DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA
Catterick Bridge: Jim Fryer (UKIP); Carl Les (Conservative); Anne Mannix (Labour and Co-operative); Jill McMullon (Independent); Leslie Rowe (Green).
Central Richmondshire: Eric Beechey (Labour); Bill Glover (Conservative); Helen Grant (Independent); Stephanie Todd (UKIP).
Middle Dales: John Blevins (Labour and Co-operative); Roger Harrison-Topham (Conservative); Philip Knowles (Liberal Democrat); Julie Martin (Green); Kev Taylor (UKIP); Matthew Wilkes (Independent).
Richmond: Jake Grose (Conservative); Stuart Parsons (Independent); Alan Richardson (Labour and Co-operative); Martin Vallance (UKIP).
Richmondshire North: Dave Dalton (Green); Tony Flinn (UKIP); Michael Heseltine (Conservative); Jane Parlour (Independent); Jane Richardson (Labour and Co-operative).
Upper Dales: Colin Anderson (Labour and Co-operative); John Blackie (Independent); Robbie Kelly (Green); Robin Scott (Conservative).

CRAVEN DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA
Airedale: Graeme Hitchen (Labour); Patrick Mulligan (Conservative); Mark Wheeler (Liberal Democrat).
Mid-Craven: Chris Beazley (Independent); Jim Black (Labour and Co-operative); Shelagh Marshall (Conservative); David Noland (Green).
North Craven: David Ireton (Conservative); Pascal Jacquemain (Liberal Democrat); Tony Macauley (Independent); John Matthew (Labour).
Ribblesdale: Chris Moorby (Independent); Chrstine Rose (Labour); Richard Welch (Conservative).
Skipton East: Duncan Hall (Labour); Robert Heseltine (Independent); Eric Jaquin (Liberal Democrat); Claire Nash (Green); James Stafford (Conservative).
Skipton West: Polly English (Liberal Democrat); Peter Madeley (Labour); Fiona Protheroe (Green); Andy Solloway (Independent); Paul Whitakes (Conservative).
South Craven: Philip Barrett (Independent); Roger Baxandall (UKIP); Bridie Reeves (Labour).