Here is everything you need to know about the local elections next week.

St Albans City and District Council elections take place on Thursday 3 May 2018 with polling stations open from 7am to 10pm.

Votes will be counted at Batchwood Sports Centre, in Batchwood Drive, St Albans, from 10 pm on 3 May.

The first result is due to be announced around 12.45am on 4 May and the last one at approximately 2.30am.

Results will be posted on the council’s website during the night at www.stalbans.gov.uk/elections and tweeted on the Council’s Twitter feed and Facebook page.

The Council currently has a Conservative Party majority and the political composition is:

Conservatives - 31

Liberal Democrats - 17

Labour - 7

Green - 1

Independent – 2

Of the 20 seats contested, 10 are held by the Conservatives, seven by the Liberal Democrats and three by Labour.

There are 83 candidates: 20 Conservatives, 20 Liberal Democrats, 20 Labour, 19 Green, two UKP and two independents.

Sitting Councillors are contesting 16 wards and are marked with an asterisk below. The following Councillors are not seeking re-election:

Gerald McHale, Clarence, Liberal Democrat; Geoffrey Turner, Harpenden North, Conservative; Steven McKeown, Marshalswick South, Conservative; and Aislinn Lee, Park Street, Liberal Democrat.

The following candidates have been nominated to contest the May 2018 elections:

Ashley

Jagat Mohan Chatrath – Labour, Stephane Antoine Farenga – Green, Anthony Francis Rowlands – Liberal Democrats, John Stephen Whale – Conservative,

Batchwood

Roma Mills – Labour, Liz Needham – Liberal Democrats, Nadine Standish – Conservative, Lucy Swift – Green

Clarence

Caroline Brooke – Lib Dems, Mary Henry – Green, Patti Seabright – Conservative, Alexander Veitch – Labour

Colney Heath

Jamie Day – Lib Dems, Eileen Francis – Labour, David Johns – Conservative, Thomas Langton – Green

Cunningham

Phil Fletcher – Green, Alan Malin – UKIP, Robert Prowse – Lib Dems, Abdur Rahim – Labour, Sarah Tallon – Conservative

Harpenden East

Guy Cozon – Lib Dems, James Gill – Labour, Mary Maynard – Conservative

Harpenden North

Paul Cousin – Conservative, Melanie Priggen – Lib Dems, Linda Spiri – Labour, Ian Troughton – Green

Harpenden South

George Fraser – Labour, Zoe Galvin – Lib Dems, Teresa Heritage – Conservative, Sally Leonard – Green

Harpenden West

Julian Daly – Conservative, Michael Gray-Higgins – Labour, Candy Whittome – Green, Alison Woodley – Lib Dems

London Colney

Robert Dunster – Conservatives, Chris Flynn – Independent, Katherine Gardner – Labour, Tony Lilico – Lib Dems , Matt Maddock – Green, Charles Mason – UKIP

Marshalswick North

Tom Clegg – Lib Dems, Guillermo Duran – Conservative, ary Mcintyre – Labour, Dee Thomas – Green

Marshalswick South

Helen Campbell – Lib Dems, Susan Devi – Independent, Craig Fothergill – Conservative, Jill Mills – Green, Jonathan Pierce- Labour

Park Street

Syed Abidi – Lib Dems, Janet Blackwell 0 Labour, stella Nash – Conservative, Rosalind Paul – Green

Redbourn

Christopher Brattle – Lib Dems, Ruth Farenga – Green, Victoria Mead – Conservative, Anothone Neville – Labour

Sandridge

Stefania Estacchini – Lib Dems, Jonathan Hegerty – Labour, James Lomas – Green, Beric Read – Conservative

Sopwell

Frankie Drummond Charig – Green, Ian Grant – Labour, Shakir Rahman – Lib Dems, Heather Rench – Conservatives

St Peters

Keith Cotton – Green, Alun Davies – Conservative, Mark Ewington – Labour, Jacqui Taylor - Lib Dems

St Stephen

Sue Featherstone – Conservative, Mark Park-Crowne – Green, Alison Ross –Liberal Democrats, Heather Tory – Labour

Verulam

Gordon Baisley – Labour, Edgar Hill – Lib Dems, Josie Mcnally – Green, Nicholas Verity – Conservative

Wheathampstead

Annie Brewster – Conservatives, Andrew Crofts – Lib Dems, Oliver Hitch – Green, Neil Sankey – Labour

There are also by-elections for a seat on Hertfordshire County Council and for a seat on London Colney Parish Council.

St Albans North

Salih Gaygusuz – Conservative, Simon Grover- Green, Roma Mills – Labour, Karen Young – Lib Dems

North West

Tony Lilico – Lib Dems, Matt Maddock – Green, Mohammad Mortuza – Labour, Stephen Pearl – Conservative