West Lancashire Conservative Association have announced their candidates for this May's local Borough Council elections.
The full list of candidates for the WLCA area is as follows:
- Ashurst - Stacey Griffiths
- Aughton & Downholland - Una Atherley*
- Birch Green - Jane Marshall
- Burscough East - George Pratt*
- Burscough West - Jason Grice*
- Derby Ward - Adrian Owens*
- Digmoor - Ryan Waite
- Halsall - Doreen Stephenson*
- Knowsley Ward - David Meadows
- Moorside - Cindy Miller
- Scott Ward - Edward McCarthy
- Skelmersdale North - Amanda Shaw
- Skelmersdale South - David Gallagher
- Up Holland - Ruth Pollock*
- Wrightington - Carolyn Evans
(* Denotes sitting councillor)
Cllr Ian Grant, Conservative Group Leader on West Lancashire Borough Council, said: "Once again we have a strong team of candidates from right across West Lancashire.
"They will be joining a Conservative Group which has cut Council Tax in real terms, delivered the first Council homes in 15 years and has just announced an £8m boost to improve council homes. Our Budget also earmarked extra money for CCTV and pledged to provide more affordable housing."
Cllr Ruth Melling, Chairman of West Lancashire Conservative Association, added: "Labour are going into these elections on the back foot. Nationally they are reeling from a disastrous parliamentary by-election defeat and locally they are in disarray with senior councillors quitting and the remaining councillors being forced to defend their plans to cut 50% of funding from parished areas such as Burscough and Up Holland.
"We have a strong and united Conservative team ready and able to fight hard for hardworking families and vulnerable people across West Lancashire, and defend them from Labour's plans to tax them more to fund their own pet projects."
Promoted by Graham Jones on behalf of Stacey Griffiths, Una Atherley, Jane Marshall, George Pratt, Jason Grice, Adrian Owens, Ryan Waite, Doreen Stephenson, David Meadows, Cindy Miller, Edward McCarthy, Amanda Shaw, David Gallagher, Ruth Pollock and Carolyn Evans, all of WLCA, 72c New Court Way, Ormskirk, L39 2YT.