Cardiff Council have published the official “Statements of Persons Nominated”. These are the lists of official candidates for May’s local elections.

I’ve added the few that I didn’t know about to our candidate list. We’re going to keep updating this list with Twitter accounts as we find them.

Some interesting points to note:

• There are 88 candidates over the 8 wards.
• There are candidates from 7 parties.
• There are 5 independent candidates.
• There are 4 UKIP candidates, all standing in Llanishen.
• There are 2 Green Party candidates.
• There is 1 candidate from the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition.

 

The number of candidates in each party:

Party	Count
Conservative	21
Labour	21
Lib Dems	21
Plaid Cymru	13
Independent	5
UKIP	4
Green Party	2
TUSC	1

The number of candidates in each ward:

Ward	Seats	No of candidates
Llanishen	4	18
Whitchurch and Tongwynlais	4	16
Heath	3	14
Rhiwbina	3	11
Llandaff North	2	10
Gabalfa	2	8
Pontprennau and Old St Mellons	2	7
Lisvane	1	4

We still need to get in touch with all the candidates so we can send them our questionnaire. If you’re a candidate please contact us.