CANDIDATES in the county council election are:

Redditch wards

Batchley

Colin Beardwood (Labour); David Glover (Green); June Griffiths (Conservative); Nigel Hicks (Lib Dem).

Church Hill

William Hartnett (Labour); Kevin Hunt (Conservative); Diane Thomas (Lib Dem).

Crabbs Cross

Robin Lunn (Labour); Graham Pollard (Lib Dem); Tom Wareing (Conservative).

Lodge Park

Andrew Fry (Labour); Gordon Hazelton (Conservative); Scott Preston (Independent); Ian Webster (Lib Dem).

Matchborough

Mark Hathaway (Lib Dem); Gay Hopkins (Conservative); Philip Mould (Labour).

Redditch Central

David Gee (Lib Dem); Simon Preston (Independent); James Uphill (Conservative); John Witherspoon (Labour).

Redditch West

Isabel Armstrong (Green); William Gretton (Conservative); Robin King (Labour); Heather Phillips (Lib Dem).

Winyates

Charles Bickley (Independent); Kathleen Cummings (Lib Dem); Betty Passingham (Labour); Melody Payne (Conservative).

Alvechurch

Sandra Docker (Lib Dem); George Lord (Conservative); Derek Waters (Labour).

Studley

Michael Gerrad (Labour); Helen McCarthy (Conservative).

Wythall

Judith Marsh (Labour); Derek Woodward-Sheath (Conservative).