Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Almost 150 candidates will be putting themselves forward for Manchester council seats in the upcoming local elections Labour will be hoping to consolidate their control of the local authority by fielding a candidate in each of the city’s 34 wards on Thursday, May 6.
The Liberal Democrats will be doing the same in a bid to add to their two-strong opposition in the council chamber. Meanwhile the Conservatives and the Green Party will also be putting forward candidates in every ward with a third of the whole council up for election.
Some seats will be contested by independents, as well as hopefuls from the Womens’ Equality Party, the Social Democratic Party, the
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