It’s just over three weeks until Greater Manchester’s ten Borough’s go to the polls in the latest Local Government electiions.
Boundary changes will see so called all out elections taking place in a number of the Borough’s including Oldham and Stockport but only a couple of councils will likely see any close run changes in power.
Stockport, which saw the Liberal Democrats take power last year from Labour will be watched closely while in Bolton with the Tories in charge where no party has overall control, Labour will be looking for benefit from the Government’s trials and tribulations of recent months
In Manchester, 33 of the council’s 96 seats are up for election – one in each of the city wards (representing a third of the council) plus an additional vacancy in Ardwick due to retirement of a councillor whose term had not yet expired.
The 2023 local elections will be the first to take place under new national legislation which means that anyone voting in a polling station will need to have approved photo ID with them.
Acceptable photo ID – which can be used even if it is out of date as long as the photo is still a good likeness of the elector – includes certain passports and driving licences (including provisional licences), a blue badge, some concessionary travel cards and national identity cards as well as Identity card with a PASS hologram. A full list of eligible photo ID can be found at www.electoralcommission.org.uk/voterID
In Oldham,208 candidates are running in total across the borough’s 20 wards, with every seat set to be contested in the council’s first ‘All-out’ local election since 2004.
47 candidates are also running in total across both the Shaw and Crompton, and Saddleworth Parishes.
Eighty nine candidates have now been announced ahead of Salford elections on Thursday 4 May 2023.
One councillor seat from each of Salford City Council’s 20 wards is up for election, apart from in Pendlebury and Clifton Ward where two seats are being contested.
All 63 council seats in Stockport will be up for election on 4 May with over 200 candidates standing in what will historically is always the tighest of Boroughs.Last year saw the Lib Dems take control of the council from Labout
Trafford also sees all three councillors in its 21 wards standing due to boundary changes and it is a similar position in Wigan’s all out elections with every seat on the council up for grabs with 176 candidates standing for 75 seats across 25 wards
In Bolton all 60 seats in the borough’s 20 wards are also up for grabs with a total of 246 candidates standing
And in Tameside, it’s another all out election with a total of 118 candidates are standing for councillor positions in each of the 19 wards
20 seats are being contested in Rochdale with a total of 72 candidates standing and it is the same in Bury where one third of the 51 council seats will be contested at the elections on Thursday, May 4, one in each of the 17 wards in the borough with a total of 72 candidates standing
