A total of 138 people have reached out their hands for the levers of local government by becoming candidates for the upcoming North Norfolk District Council election. 

The aspiring councillors will contest 40 wards stretching from Wells with Holkham and The Raynhams in the west, to Hickling and St Benet in the east. 

Steve Blatch, North Norfolk returning officer, said: “Residents eligible to vote should now have received their poll cards and I would remind all voters without a postal vote of the new requirements around voter ID at the polling station, and if necessary apply for their Voter Authority certificate, postal vote or nominate a proxy voter to ensure they are able to cast their vote on polling day.”

Fakenham & Wells Times: Steve Blatch, returning officer for North NorfolkSteve Blatch, returning officer for North Norfolk (Image: Supplied)

Along with independents, parties putting forward candidates in North Norfolk are the Conservatives, the Greens, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and Reform UK.

Most Tory candidates have listed their party as ‘Local Conservatives’ while a few, including the party’s current group leader on the council, Christopher Cushing, have listed themselves as ‘The Conservative Party candidate’.

Fakenham & Wells Times: The local government elections will be on May 4The local government elections will be on May 4 (Image: Newsquest)

Here is a full list of candidates for each ward:

Bacton: Mat Armitage (L), Andrew Fletcher (LD), Pauline Porter (C)

Beeston Regis and The Runtons: Neil Adams (G), Rebecca Hill (C), Emma Lane (L), Kim Toye (LD), Russell Wright (R)

Briston: Emma Coleman (LD), Bill O’Connor (L), Jolanda Stenton* (C)

Coastal: David Allison (LD), Will Gee (L), Victoria Holliday* (C)

Cromer Town: Tim Adams* (LD), Mike Bossingham (G), Jill Boyle (LD), Hilary Cox (C), Jenni Randall (L), Stephen Scott-Fawcett (C), Jenny Tabecki (L)

Erpingham: Timothy Bartlett (L), Jennifer English (C), Stephen Green (G), John Toye* (LD)

Gresham: Ruth Bartlett (L), Alicia Hull (G), Charles Mack (C), Callum Ringer (LD)

Happisburgh: Elizabeth Dixon (G), Bryony Nierop-Reading (L), Luke Paterson (C), Steven Stockton (LD)

Hickling: Harry Blathwayt* (LD), Bryonie Jones (L), Richard Price (C)

Holt: Martin Batley (LD), Fiona Hayward (L), Jonny Perry-Warnes (C), Maggie Prior (I), Simon Russell (G), Eric Vardy* (C), Paul Welsh (LD)

Hoveton and Tunstead: Nigel Dixon* (C), Callum Hoy (LD), Gerard Mancini-Boyle* (C), Judeline Nicholas (LD), Jason Patchett (R), Clive Sellick (L), Richard Stowe (L)

Lancaster North: Sue Brisbane (L), Annie Claussen-Reynolds (I), Christopher Cushing* (C), Tasha Southerland (G)

Lancaster South: Talon Fast (C), Kris Marshall-Smith (G), Tony Pope (L), Jeremy Punchard* (I), John Rest* (I) Liz Vickers (C)

Mundesley: Wendy Fredericks* (LD), Derek Smith (C), Ruth Smith (L)

North Walsham East: Garry Bull (LD), Tracey Ginbey (C), Paul Heinrich* (LD), Nick Lee (C), David Marten (L)

North Walsham Market Cross: Paul East (C), Rebecca Shaw (L), Richard Sims (LD)

North Walsham West: Donald Birch* (LD), Julia Cavanagh (L), Ferdi Reis (C), Rob Scammell (C), Lucy Shires* (LD)

Poppyland: Angela Fitch-Tillett* (I), Steven Moore (L), Rex Parfitt (LD), Crispian Riley-Smith (C), Melissa Sargent (G)

Priory: Sarah Bütikofer (LD), Steve Dye (C), Jacqueline Moore (L)

Roughton: Tim Blyth (C), Nick Coppack (I), Roy MacDonald (LD), David Russell (L), Clare Wilson (G)

Sheringham North: Martin Langsdon (L), Cliff Morris (C), Liz Withington* (LD)

Sheringham South: Michelle Allard (C), Philip Bailey (LD), Sue Brocklehurst (G), Colin Heinink* (LD), Judy Oliver (C), Tom Smith (L)

St Benet: Mike Lowenstein (L), Tony Lumbard (C), Adam Varley* (LD)

Stalham: Kevin Bayes (C), Jacqui Cross (L), Pauline Grove-Jones* (LD), Stephen Lennane (LD), Michael Macartney-Filgate (G), Matthew Taylor* (C)

Stibbard: Mike Hankins (LD), Helena Parker-Wright (C), Duncan Pearson (L), Barbara Wyvill (G)

Stody: Andrew Brown* (LD), Mark Cook (C), Martyn Sloman (L)

Suffield Park: David Batley (L), Nigel Pearce (C), Emma Spagnola* (LD), Paul Sutcliff (G)

The Raynhams: Evie-May Ellis (LD), Vincent FitzPatrick (I), Nigel Housden* (I), Julia Marozzi (C), Christopher Rowe (L), Ritchie Tennant (G)

Trunch: Peter Crouch (G), Graham Jones (L), Peter Neatherway (C), Nicola Page (LD)

Walsingham: Adam Coombes (L), Tom FitzPatrick* (C), Ashley Perks (LD)

Wells with Holkham: Michael Dalby (C), Peter Fisher* (LD), Phil Harris (L)

Worstead: John Alcock (L), Christopher Oakes (C), Saul Penfold* (LD), Diane Wiles (G)

Key: C - Conservative, G - Green, I - Independent, L - Labour, LD - Liberal Democrats, R - Reform UK  *Denotes sitting councillor