The nominees who want votes at the next Watford Borough Council election have been unveiled.

One seat in each of the town’s 12 wards will need to be filled on Thursday, May 4, when voters elect the people and parties they want to represent them.

The Herts local authority is made up of 36 members.

The majority of these – 27 members – belong to the Liberal Democrat Group. The Labour Group is the only political opposition in the town, with nine seats.

Watford is also one of 16 local authorities in England to have a directly elected council leader – the Mayor.

Peter Taylor (LD) was re-elected into post last year and will not face an election again until 2026.

Here are the candidates you can vote for on May 4:

Callowland
Dawn Allen-Williamson – Liberal Democrat Party
Navdeep Sachdeva – Conservative Party
Asma Suleman – Labour Party
 

Central
David Ealey – Reform UK
Sahil Ghuman – Conservative Party
Mo Wadud Hakim – Labour Party
Rabi Martins – Liberal Democrat Party
 

Holywell
Gabriel Duduta – Liberal Democrat Party
Favour Ezeifedi – Labour Party
Mark O’Connor – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Sanjaya Pant – Conservative Party
 

Leggatts
James Fanning – Conservative Party
Derek Foster – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Asif Khan – Labour and Co-operative Party
Sarah Knott – Heritage Party
Jamil Minhas – Liberal Democrat Party
 

Meriden
Helena Farrington – Labour Party
Amanda Grimston – Liberal Democrat Party
Jennie Raperport – Conservative Party
 

Nascot
Mark Hofman – Liberal Democrat Party
Ravi Kura – Conservative Party
Gary Ling – Reform UK
Edward Tunnah – Labour Party
 

Oxhey
William Hickey – Conservative Party
Chris Newstead – Liberal Democrat Party
Sue Sleeman – Labour Party
Neal Webber – Reform UK
 

Park
John Dowdle – Reform UK
Laura Griffiths – Labour Party
Penelope Hill – Liberal Democrat Party
Arijit Mukherjee – Conservative Party
 

Stanborough
Terence Butler – Labour Party
Michael Hall – Reform UK
Peter Williams – Conservative Party
Tim Williams – Liberal Democrat Party
James Willis – The Green Party
 

Tudor
Carly Bishop – Conservative Party
Malcolm Bush – Labour Party
Charlott Saunders – Liberal Democrat Party
 

Vicarage
Bobby Amin – Liberal Democrat Party
Octavian Chirila Filip – Conservative Party
Jagtar Dhindsa – Labour Party
 

Woodside
Matthew Cawthorne – Conservative Party
Anne Joynes – Labour Party
Richard Wenham – Liberal Democrat Party

To vote in the election, residents must register before 11.59pm on Monday, April 17, which they can do online: https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote