THERE are 67 councillors on East Riding of Yorkshire Council, with 27 of them being members of the Conservative Party.

Liberal Democrats are the second strongest political group with 22 seats, with Labour trailing in third with 12.

Six Independents hold seats on the council, which is England’s largest unitary authority by area. Candidates are:

Bridlington Central & Old Town – Christine Allerston (SDP) Raymond Allerston (SDP): Robert John Buckley (Lib Dem); Keith Chambers (Lib Dem); Liam Nicholas Dealtry (Con); Ian Andrew Dunning (Ind); Ian Richard Male (Lab); David Leonard Rowlands (Lab). Bridlington North – Ronald William Adamson (Lib Dem); Alan Martin Charlesworth (Lib Dem); Michael Antony Charlesworth (Ind); Patricia Charlesworth (Lib Dem); Sylvia Joy Fleetham (SDP); Charles Richard Harrap (Con); Andrew Jeremy Knox (SDP); Tina Marie Knox (SDP); Frederick John Lee (Lab); Donald Wallace MacLeod (Ind); Anthony Padwick (Lab); Michael John Walker (Ind); John Clive Wilkinson (Con). Bridlington South – Kenneth Ambler (Ind); Cynthia Margaret Chadwick (Con); Linda Ruth Chambers (Lib Dem); Doreen Clark (Lab); Edward Brian Dunn (SDP); Shelagh Finlay (Lab); David John Grange (Lab); Michael John Heslop-Mullens (Lib Dem); Kenneth Hodgson (Con); Cyril Herbert Dennis Marsburg (Con); Roy George Muckart (Ind); Raymond James Pollard (Lib Dem); Leslie Brian Taylor (SDP); Philip Graham Wray (SDP). Driffield & Rural – Geoffrey Rowland Eastwood (Lab); Symon Hugh Fraser (Con); Jonathan Vaughan Griffith-Owen (Con); Stephen Poessl (Lib Dem); Frederick Brent Roach (Lib Dem); Paul Alec Rounding (Lab); Sheila Lynn Rounding (Lab); Frank Edward William Staff (Lib Dem); Felicity Jean Temple (Con). Howden – Linda Cressey (Con); Jon Neal (Lib Dem); Barbara Watt (Lab).

Pocklington Provincial – Rowan Margaret Blake-James (Con); Richard Bryon (Ind); John Edward Cox (Ind); Stephen Arthur Lane (Con); June Elizabeth Malcolm (Lib Dem); George McManus (Lab); Hilary Margaret Saynor (Ind); Kay West (Con).

Wolds Weighton – Edward Andrew Burton (Con); Joyce Mary Calvert (Ind); Richard Michael Clubley (Con); Marian Frith (Ind); Martha Hanson (Lab); Douglas James Hope (Lab); Dale Richard Needham (Lib Dem); Richard Peake (Lab); David Norman Rudd (Con); Jean Margaret Salmon (Lib Dem).