Residents will have the opportunity to elect someone for two different positions when they head into polling both on Thursday May 4.

As well as voting to decide who will represent you at the larger local government authority Cheshire East Council, there is also the matter of town and parish elections.

Town Councils and Parish Councils across the Macclesfield area are also going to the polls.

Town Councils like Macclesfield Town Council deal with smaller, community-minded matters things like events, grants and sprucing up the town.

Confused with what a Macclesfield Town Councillor does? See the blue column on the left. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Macclesfield Nub News)

Whereas Cheshire East Council deal with things that can impact the wider borough like dealing with waste, planning applications and business rates. (See image above.

So today, we disclose the runners and riders for the Macclesfield Town Council elections of May 2023.

There are 12 current councillors across seven wards. We have listed the candidates across all political parties in no particular order.

From the planters in the town centre to organising Macclesfield's Easter, Remembrance and 'Step Into Christmas' events, Macclesfield Town Council's work is right at the heart of the community. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Macclesfield Nub News)

Broken Cross and Upton Ward

Uche John (Local Conservatives)

Gareth Jones (Local Conservatives)

Ruth Thompson (Labour)

Chris Willcock (Labour)

Macclesfield Central

James Barber (Labour)

Michael Collister (Local Conservatives)

John Knight (Green Party - Save Our Green Space)

Sandy Livingstone (Labour)

Abhishika Srivastav (Local Conservatives)

Macclesfield East Ward

Lindy Brett (Green Party)

Steve Kay (Labour)

Nicholas Taylor (Local Conservatives)

Mick Warren (Independent)

Hurdsfield

Sarah-Ann Bennett-Wake (Labour)

Barrie Malpas (Local Conservatives)

Victoria Park looking towards the town centre, on Fence Avenue in Hurdsfield. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Macclesfield Nub News)

Macclesfield South

David Dooley (Local Conservatives)

Neil Puttick (Labour)

Angela Roberts (Local Conservatives)

Fiona Wilson (Labour)

Tytherington

John Bowden (Labour)

Beverley Dooley (Local Conservatives)

David Edwardes (Tytherington Ward Independents)

Emma Gilman (Tytherington Ward Independents)

Walter Houston (Green Party)

John Le Moignan (Local Conservatives)

David Mayers (Green Party)

Ken Reed (Labour Party)

West and Ivy

Alift Harewood (Labour)

Mike Hutchinson (Labour)

Rajeev Rajan (Local Conservatives)

Adam Schofield (Local Conservatives)

Remember, you need to bring photographic ID to vote. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Macclesfield Nub News)

Broken Cross and Upton, Central, South, Tytherington and West and Ivy wards elect two Town Councillors. Hurdsfield and East wards elect one.

The make-up of the candidates are 12 Labour candidates, 12 Conservatives, three Greens, and three Independents.

The outgoing Council is a mix of Labour and Independent candidates.

Macclesfield: To view the current list of Macclesfield Town Councillors, you can click HERE.

The count for the elections will take place in Macclesfield Town Hall, with the winners being posted outside on the noticeboard and online. (Image - Alexander Greensmith / Macclesfield Nub News)

The source for this article can be found HERE.

Bollington, Adlington and other Macclesfield parishes will have their candidates revealed in a separate article.

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