TAMESIDE: All the candidates standing in the 2024 local elections in Tameside

The local elections next month are looming, and dozens of hopeful candidates will be vying for one of the 19 seats on the council.

On May 2, voters will get the chance to select one councillor in each ward across the borough. This is on a smaller scale to last year at the all-out elections when all 57 council seats were up for grabs following the boundary change review. 

The political makeup of Tameside Council currently consists of 57 elected members, 51 representing the Labour Party and six representing the Conservative Party.

A total of 56 people have been named as standing for the 19 available seats. Labour will be hoping to maintain or extend their dominance over the other parties in the borough come the start of May – fielding a candidate in every single ward.

Two of Labour’s top councillors will be defending their seats this time around though with cabinet members Coun Jack Naylor and Coun Eleanor Mills both up for election in Denton South and Dukinfield/Stalybridge respectively. 

In addition to the options of who they want as their local councillor, residents will get to vote on who they want as their next Greater Manchester mayor as incumbent Andy Burnham’s spot is up for election as well. So residents will have two boxes to cross when they get their ballot paper.

If you are not already registered to vote, you must register before midnight on Tuesday, April 16. If you vote in person at your local polling station, you must show a valid photo ID. 

If you do not have any valid photo ID, you can apply for a Voter Authority Certificate instead. The deadline to apply for this certificate is 5pm on Wednesday, April 24. 

The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm on April 17.

Here is the council candidate standing for each ward seat in Tameside:

Ashton Hurst

Hilary Jones (GREEN)

Mohammed Karim (LAB)

Roy Miller (CON)

Ashton St Michael’s

Aaisha Ajmal (IND)

John Bartley (LIB DEM)

Kevin Berry (CON)

Jean Drennan (LAB)

Ashton Waterloo

Lee Huntbach (GREEN)

Sangita Patel (LAB)

Audenshaw

Glenn Piper (GREEN)

Teresa Smith (LAB)

Denton North East

John Bradley (GREEN)

Vicent Ricci (LAB)

Denton South

Jack Naylor (LAB)

Chris Parr (GREEN)

Hayley Woodcock (CON)

Denton West

Clive Patrick (CON) 

Mike Smith (LAB)

Keith Whitehead (GREEN)

Droylsden East

Laura Boyle (LAB)

Rowan Fitton (LIB DEM)

Melissa Mooney (CON)

Lorraine Whitehead (GREEN)

Droylsden West

David Dawson (CON)

Barrie Holland (LAB)

Luke Robinson (GREEN)

Dukinfield

Zebedee Powell (GREEN)

Naila Sharif (LAB)

Dukinfield/Stalybridge

Ben Hart (GREEN)

Malcolm Smith (CON)

Eleanor Wills (LAB)

Hyde Godley

Francesca Coates (LAB)

Andrea Colbourne (CON)

Emma Powell (GREEN)

Hyde Newton

Peter Ball-Foster (LIB DEM)

Andrew Moss (CON)

Hugh Roderick (LAB)

Audel Shirin (WORKERS)

Hyde Werneth

Alex Cooper (GREEN)

Jim Fitzpatrick (LAB)

Phil Fitzpatrick (IND)

Christopher Halligan (CON)

Longdendale

Trevor Clarke (GREEN)

Jacqueline Owen (LAB)

Kieron Wild (CON)

Mossley

Stephen Homer (LAB)

Callum Percival (CON)

Sarah Whitely (GREEN)

St Peters

Kaleel Khan (IND)

David McNally (LAB)

Stalybridge North

Steven Barton (IND)

Jan Jackson (LAB)

Elisabeth Tilbrook (CON)

Stalybridge South

Amanda Hickling (GREEN)

Stuart McKenzie (LAB)

David Tilbrook (CON)