VOTERS will head to the polls today for the BCP Council elections.
All 76 seats across 33 wards will be contested when residents go to the polls on Thursday, May 4.
The results are expected to be declared the following day.
The council has received 296 nominations across the wards in the three towns.
Find details on who is in the running to be a councillor in the local elections in the list below.
ALDERNEY AND BOURNE VALLEY (three seats)
Adrian David Chapmanlaw, Liberal Democrat
Renato Roberto Colonna, Green Party
Michael Abraham Labidi, The Conservative party
Rachel Marie Maidment, Liberal Democrat
Celia McCormack, Labour Party
Philip Murray, Labour Party
Gavin Sean Ridley, Animal Welfare Party - People, Animals, Environment
Stephen Sinsbury, Labour Party
Martin David Smalley, Independent
Lisle Carol Smith, The Conservative Party
Tony Trent, Liberal Democrat
Sam Way, The Conservative Party
BEARWOOD AND MERLEY (three seats)
Leona Jayne Allen, Conservative Party
Marcus Julian Charles Andrews, Liberal Democrat
Siobhan Helen Bardsley, Labour Party
David Anthony Brown, Liberal Democrat
Richard Glyn Burton, Liberal Democrat
Debbie Ferguson, Conservative Party
Roger Ashton Gregory, Conservative Party
Alison Randall, Green Party
BOSCOMBE EAST & POKESDOWN (two seats)
Eleanor Connolly, Labour Party
Rebecca Sian Edwards, Liberal Democrat
George Farquhar, Labour Party
Andy Jones, Independent
Mariam Kazem-Malaki, Conservative Party
James Robert Lees, Liberal Democrat
Gayatri Balakrishna Lokhande, Conservative Party
Mike Squires, Green Party
BOSCOMBE WEST (two seats)
Patrick Canavan, Labour Party
Sarah Rehana Choudhury, Conservative Party
Jane Kelly, Conservative Party
Gillian Mary Martin, Labour Party
Paul Radcliffe, Liberal Democrat
Philip James Stanley-Watts, Independent
Nick Tidiman, Green Party
Rev Ian Whitham, Liberal Democrat
BOURNEMOUTH CENTRAL (two seats)
Hazel Elizabeth Allen, The Conservative Party
Jon Crewe, Green Party
Ed Down, The Conservative Party
David George England, Liberal Democrat
Jamie Paul Martin, Labour Party
Ian Paul Prankerd, Labour Party
Martin Alistair Rodger, Liberal Democrat
David Smith, Independent
Alan Zaczek, Independent
BROADSTONE (two seats)
JOHN LESLIE BILL, Conservative Party
Soo Chapman, Green Party
David Mark Newell, Conservative Party
Robin William Phillips, Labour Party
Peter Thomas Sidaway, Liberal Democrat
Vikki Slade, Liberal Democrat
BURTON AND GRANGE (two seats)
Michael Adams, Conservative Party
Robert Franklin Dawson, Liberal Democrat
Simon Peter Charles Dawson, Labour Party
David Anthony Flagg, The Christchurch Independents Party
Alinda Jane Howland, Liberal Democrat
Samuel Nicholas Joynson, Conservative Party
Graham Paul Kendrick, Green Party
Simon Jonathan McCormack, Christchurch Independents
Deb Sutton, Green Party
CANFORD CLIFFS (two seats)
Jim Buchanan, Labour Party
Sheridan Burnett, Poole Engage – Action not Words
John Ernest Challinor, Conservative Party
Rich Douglas, Liberal Democrat
May Yuen Haines, Conservative Party
Sharala Lowe, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Peter George Pawlowski, Independent
Ray Sparrow, Liberal Democrat
Johnny Tutton, Green Party
CANFORD HEATH (three seats)
Sean Gabriel, Conservative Party
Janet Green, Labour Party
Pamela Margaret Jefferies, Green Party
Helen Louise Lawrence, Conservative Party
Chris Matthews, Liberal Democrat
Sandra Elizabeth Hazel Moore, Liberal Democrat
Manoj Pillai, Conservative Party
Clare Elaine Weight, Liberal Democrat
CHRISTCHURCH TOWN (two seats)
Sam Cato, Green Party
Viv Charrett, Christchurch Independents
Avril Elizabeth Coulton, Christchurch Independents
Mike Cox, Liberal Democrat
Julian Spurr, Labour Party
Luc Wesley Swarbrick, Conservative Party
Michael John Tarling, Liberal Democrat
Steven Miles Thomas, Green Party
John Trickett, Conservative Party
COMMONS (two seats)
Robin Thomas Adamson, Independent
Mark Stuart Davies, Liberal Democrat
Tara Jane Fox, Conservative Party
Carol Ann Gardiner, Green Party
Cat Gold, Liberal Democrat
Margaret Phipps, Christchurch Independents
Lynda Price, The Conservative and Unionist Party
Vanessa Helen Ricketts, Christchurch Independents
Peter Stokes, Labour Party
CREEKMOOR (two seats)
Judes Butt, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Neil John Duncan-Jordan, Labour Party
Sarah Jayne Hollis, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Bob Lister, Conservative Party
Tony Reeves, Conservative Party
Paul Richard Slade, Liberal Democrat
Paige Emma Stevens, Liberal Democrat
Diana Carolyn Tozer, Green Party
EAST CLIFF AND SPRINGBOURNE (three seats)
Sara Louise Armstrong, Green Party
Martin Joseph Bedford, Labour Party
Dwaid Tyrone Edwin Coleman, Liberal Democrat
Anne Brenda Filer, Conservative Party
Paul Alexander Gray, Green Party
Frank Hollowell, Liberal Democrat
David Anthony Kelsey, Conservative Party
Louise Samantha Kenchington, Green Party
Anne-Marie Moriarty, Labour Party
Roberto Rocca, Conservative Party
Ash Santini, Liberal Democrat
Declan George Stones, Labour Party
EAST SOUTHBOURNE AND TUCKTON (two seats)
Jane Maria Bull, Green Party
Eddie Coope, Conservative Party
Alan Davidson, Labour Party
Malcolm George Davies, Conservative Party
Bernadette Patricia Nanovo, Liberal Democrat
Judy Richardson, Liberal Democrat
Jan Youngs, Labour Party
HAMWORTHY (three seats)
Julie Bagwell, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Daniel James Butt, Poole Engage – Action not Words
David Chapman, Liberal Democrat
Jude Chapman, Liberal Democrat
Peter Jonathan Cooper, Labour Party
Brian Hitchcock, Poole People – independent and local
Mohan Iyengar, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Yasmine Leila Osbourne, Green Party
Steve Robinson, Liberal Democrat
Janet Mary Walton, Conservative Party
Mike White, Conservative Party
Mike Wilkins, Conservative Party
HIGHCLIFFE AND WALKFORD (two seats)
Nigel David Brooks, Independent
Lorraine Brown, Labour Party
Vince Cable, Reform UK – Changing Politics for Good
Robin Alan Beresford Ede, Liberal Democrat
Mike Ellis, Conservative Party
Keith Harrison, Liberal Democrat
Andy Martin, Christchurch Independents
David Francis Martin, Christchurch Independents
Efe Ohwofasa, Conservative Party
Carol Ann Wilcox, Communist Party of Britain
Helen Frances Woodall, Green Party
KINSON (three seats)
Cameron Ralph Adams, The Conservative Party
Jemima Jane Elizabeth Astill, Green Party
Neil Graeme Atkinson, Liberal Democrat
Michelle Andrea Dower, Labour and Co-operative Party
Duane William Farr, The Conservative Party
Laurence Martin Peter Fear, The Conservative Party
Zach Eli David Griffiths, Labour and Co-operative Party
Sue Lennon, Independent
Claire Smith, Liberal Democrat
Richard Paul Smith, Liberal Democrat
Paul Victor Williams, Labour and Co-operative Party
LITTLEDOWN AND IFORD (two seats)
David John Thornton Ball, Green Party
Catherine Alison Bishop, Liberal Democrat
Toni Elizabeth Colledge, Labour Party
Patrick Francis Connolly, Labour Party
Bobbie Dove, Conservative Party
Chris Mayne, Liberal Democrat
Lawrence Williams, Conservative Party
MOORDOWN (two seats)
Sarah Catherine Anderson, Conservative Party
Mary Apperley, Labour Party
Beverley Ann Dunlop, Conservative Party
Andrew David Hallam, Liberal Democrat
Alice Kate Salmon, Green Party
Joe Angus Salmon, Green Party
David Llewellyn Kelsey Stokes, Labour Party
MUDEFORD, STANPIT AND WEST HIGHCLIFFE (two seats)
Claire Stephanie Bath, The Conservative Party
Sam Davies, Liberal Democrat
Lesley Margaret Dedman, Christchurch Independents
Paul Alan Hilliard, Christchurch Independents
Adie Saunders, Green Party
Erin Samantha Tarling, Liberal Democrat
Ian Wands, Labour Party
MUSCLIFF AND STROUDEN PARK (three seats)
Farah Bassinder, Labour Party
Robert Bassinder, Labour Party
Derek Frank Borthwick, Conservative Party
Brian George Castle, Independent
Ian Charles Clark, Conservative Party
Liz Lucas, Independent
Johny M Skaria, Labour Party
Lisa Northover, Independent
Brian James Palmer, Liberal Democrat
Kierran Lister Paxton, Conservative Party
Martin Michael Sheppard, Liberal Democrat
Oliva Sidaway, Liberal Democrat
Kieron Wilson, Independent
NEWTON AND HEATHERLANDS (three seats)
Millie Clementine Earl, Liberal Democrat
Malcolm Farrell, Conservative Party
Emma Lang, Labour Party
Marion Le Poidevin, Liberal Democrat
Sandra Mackrow, Liberal Democrat
Louise Sarah Russell, Conservative Party
Sylvia Alexandra Saxon, Conservative Party
Bruce Tomalin, Green Party
OAKDALE (two seats)
David Herbert Brandwood, Liberal Democrat
Alan Albert Daniels, Labour Party
Steve Hayes, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Simon Peter Hollosi, Conservative Party
Sunil Kumar, Conservative Party
Peter Francis Miles, Poole People – independent and local
Marie Patricia Pethen, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Felicity Joy Rice, Poole People – independent and local
Molly Charlotte Slade, Liberal Democrat
PARKSTONE (two seats)
Elaine Joan Atkinson, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Steve Baron, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Bryan Dion, Conservative Party
Ashley Fraser, Conservative Party
Crispin James Goodall, Liberal Democrat
Emily Carrie Harman, Liberal Democrat
Matilda Marie Northover, Poole People – independent and local
Ben Pantling, Green Party
Susan Jane Stockwell, Poole People – independent and local
Darren James Taylor, Labour Party
PENN HILL (two seats)
Remy John Aquilina, Conservative Party
Sophie-Julienne Burnett, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Jo Clements, Liberal Democrat
Helen Joanna Nicol, Green Party
Tony O’Neill, Conservative Party
Jake Oliver Ruggier, Labour Party
Nathelie Anna Tudberry, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Oliver John Walters, Liberal Democrat
POOLE TOWN (three seats)
Sue Aitkenhead, Labour Party
Leanne Barnes, Conservative Party
Christopher James Bulteel, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Dave Butt, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Leo Jon Butterworth, Green Party
Ian Leslie Davies, Poole Engage – Action not Words
Andy Hadley, Poole People – independent and local
Mark Edward Howell, Poole People – independent and local
Sarah Therese O’Connell, Conservative Party
Katharine Anne Palfrey, Liberal Democrat
Charmaine Cassandra Parkinson, Poole People – independent and local
Mark Andrew Robson, Liberal Democrat
Abbi Carolyn Slade, Liberal Democrat
Gavin Scott Wright, Conservative Party
QUEEN’S PARK (two seats)
Mark Edward John Anderson, Conservative Party
Sharon Lesley Carr-Brown, Labour Party
Lorraine Ann Crouch, Liberal Democrat
Cheryl Anne Johnson, Conservative Party
Alasdair Keddie, Green Party
Nicole Nagel, Green Party
Gillian Elizabeth Pardy, Liberal Democrat
Christopher Richard Talman, Labour Party
REDHILL AND NORTHBOURNE (two seats)
Ines Antunovic Thomson, Liberal Democrat
Stephen Gordon George Bartlett, Independent
Heather Margaret Dalziel, Liberal Democrat
Carwyn Geraint Davies, Green Party
Jackie Edwards, Independent
Karen Jill Hay, The Conservative Party
Ruth Messer, Labour Party
Ann Williams, Labour Party
Daniel Charles Wilson, The Conservative Party
TALBOT AND BRANKSOME WOODS (three seats)
Mark Battistini, Liberal Democrat
Philip Alan Broadhead, The Conservative Party
Jim Burch, Heritage Party
Ian Charles Cunliffe, Green Party
Paul Forsdick, Labour Party
Matthew Stephen Gillett, Liberal Democrat
Jane Newell, The Conservative Party
Daniel Parkin, Liberal Democrat
Karen Alexis Rampton, The Conservative Party
Charlotte Robinson
Stephen Stones, Labour Party
Elaine Yiannaki, Labour Party
WALLISDOWN AND WINTON WEST (two seats)
Olivia Maria Brown, Liberal Democrat
Matthew Peter Burgress, Green Party
Michael Cracknell, Labour Party
Julia Elizabeth Harding Drage, Labour Party
Nigel Patrick Hedges, The Conservative Party
Richard Herrett, Liberal Democrat
Toby William Johnson, The Conservative Party
WEST SOUTHBOURNE (two seats)
Simon Patrick Adorian, Labour Party
Brian Chick, Liberal Democrat
Susan Graham, Green Party
Jeff Hanna, Liberal Democrat
Ray Hatchard, Conservative Party
Bob Lawton, Conservative Party
Joanne Oldale, Labour Party
WESTBOURNE AND WEST CLIFF (two seats)
John William Beesley, The Conservative Party
David D’Orton Gibson, The Conservative Party
Liz Elwick, Green Party
Jill Grower, Labour Party
Daniel Moore, Labour Party
Russell Paul Trent, Liberal Democrat
Allan Turner Ward, Liberal Democrat
WINTON EAST (two seats)
Terry Ali, The Conservative Party
Simon Richard George Bull, Green Party
Paul Robert Dredge, Liberal Democrat
Sash Jolliffe, The Conservative Party
Austin McCormack, Labour Party
Mike Ramsdale, Labour Party
Chris Rigby, Green Party
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