TOMORROW Barnsley residents go to the polls to vote in the local council elections.
We have a round-up of candidates as well as details of what you need to know about voter ID and how to check where your polling station is.
You can vote between 7am and 10pm and you can check where your local polling station is as well as the candidates in your ward and details of the South Yorkshire Mayor candidates here: https://democracyclub.org.uk/projects/election-widget/.
You’ll need to show photo ID at polling stations before you receive your ballot paper. Accepted forms of ID include a UK, European Economic Area (EEA) or Commonwealth passport; a drivers’ licence, including provisional; some concessionary travel passes, such as an older person’s bus pass or disabled person’s pass; and the new free Voter Authority Certificate.
Voters will be able to use expired ID if they are still recognisable from the photo.
At polling stations, voters will be required to present ID to be checked by polling station staff. A private area will be available at the polling station for anyone who wants their photo ID viewed in private.
Craig Westwood, Director of Communications, at the Electoral Commission, said: “Anyone voting at a polling station in England will need to show photo ID before they can be given their ballot paper. Before you head to the polling station on Thursday, don’t forget to check you have the ID you need to vote.
“Anyone concerned about showing their face at a polling station, because they wear a face covering for example, can ask to have their ID checked in private. They won’t need to give a reason for their request or explain why they’d prefer privacy. Staff will be trained to handle requests for ID to be checked in private, discreetly and with courtesy.”
If voters lose their ID, or their Voter Authority Certificate does not arrive in time for election day, they can appoint an emergency proxy to vote on their behalf up until 5pm on election day. The person appointed as proxy, voting on someone else’s behalf, must have their own acceptable photo ID.
Here’s a list of candidates standing at the local elections in all 21 of the council wards..
CENTRAL
Catherine Teresa Rogerson – Liberal DemocratsChristopher Michael Scarfe – Green PartyNicola Sumner – LabourAdrian Thompson – Conservatives
CUDWORTH
Mark Brook – Conservatives
Steve Houghton – Labour
Kabir Nepal – Green Party
Elizabeth Kate Waters – Liberal Democrats
DARFIELD
Simon Richard Hulme – Liberal Democrats
Scott Andrew McKenzie – Reform UK
Kevin Osborne – Labour
Ian White – Conservatives
DARTON EAST
Aiden Ian Benoit – Reform UK
Simon Biltcliffe – Yorkshire Party
Gillian Ruth Millner – Conservatives
Leyla Nayeri – Liberal Democrats
Teresa Wilcockson – Labour
DARTON WEST
Kevin Bennett – Liberal Democrats
Alice Cave – Labour
Bee D’abeille Lokkit – Conservatives
Trevor Anthony Mayne – Green Party
Shaun Kenneth Turner – Reform UK
DEARNE NORTH
Wendy Cain – Labour
Brian John Evans – Liberal Democrats
Maxine Spencer – English Democrats
Mike Toon – Conservatives
DEARNE SOUTH
Linda Fielding – Liberal Democrats
David Alan Jarvis – Social Democrats
Deborah Jane Pearson – Labour Party
Janus Polenceusz – English Democrats
Elaine Weems – Conservatives
DODWORTH
Steven John Burkinshaw – Conservatives
Ian Hague-Brown – Labour
Chris Wray – Liberal Democrats
HOYLAND MILTON
Michael James Davies – Reform UK
Tom Heyes – Green Party
Glenn Lawrence – Liberal Democrats
Andrew Millner – Conservatives
Mick Stowe – Labour
Angela Ruth Waller – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
KINGSTONE
Steve Bullcock – Liberal Democrats
Peter Gordon Giles – Green Party
Liam Hardcastle – Reform UK
Roger Haw – Conservatives
Tracey-Ann Holland – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Simon Williamson – Labour
MONK BRETTON
Steve Green – Labour Party
Susan Rose – Liberal Democrats
Rachel Stewart – Independent
Alex Wilkinson – Conservatives
NORTH EAST
Raymond Archer – Independent
Samantha Bullcock – Liberal Democrats
Dorothy Coates – Labour Party
Tony Devoy – Yorkshire Party
Samuel Wilkinson – Conservatives
OLD TOWN
Steve Dangerfield – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Phil Lofts – Labour
Gillian Nixon – Green Party
Patrick Smith – Liberal Democrats
Clive Watkinson – Conservatives
PENISTONE EAST
Peter Millar – Conservatives
Kate Raynor – Green Party
John Roberts – Labour
Andy Waters – Liberal Democrats
PENISTONE WEST
Roy Garratt – Conservatives
Mandy Lowe Flello – Liberal Democrats
Frances Nixon – Labour and Co-operative Party
Richard Trotman – Green Party
David Wood – Reform UK
ROCKINGHAM
Sherry Holling – Labour
Jaz Holt – Independent
Robert Lomas – Reform UK
Sue Waters – Liberal Democrats
Phil Weems – Conservatives
ROYSTON
Jennifer Barker – Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition
Michael Barraclough – Conservatives
Neil Fisher – Independent
Jonathan Hood – Liberal Democrats
Caroline Makinson – Labour
ST HELEN’S
Matthew Nicholson – Liberal Democrats
Lee Ogden – Conservatives
Sarah Tattersall – Labour Party
STAIRFOOT
Karen Dyson – Labour
Mark Hitchmough – Conservatives
James Kitching – Liberal Democrats
Luca Turner – Reform UK
WOMBWELL
Robert Green – Liberal Democrats
James Higginbottom – Labour Party
Simon Moore – Reform UK
Jessica Roebuck – Green Party
Debbie Toon – Conservatives
WORSBROUGH
Roy Bowser – Labour
Sarah Calvert – Liberal Democrats
Jamie Owen – Reform UK
Charlotte Wilkinson – Conservatives
Mayor Election candidates
Nick Allen – Conservatives
David Bettney – Social Democratic Party
Oliver Coppard – Labour
Douglas Johnson – Green Party
Hannah Kitching – Liberal Democrats
