VOTERS will head to the polls in just under two weeks to elect a new Member of Parliament.
However, many will be confronted with three ballot papers on May 7 because district council, town council and parish council elections are being held at the same time.
See below for a full list of candidates for the district council election:
Braintree District Council
Bocking Blackwater (three councillors)
Stephen Canning, Con
Richard Green, Lab
Paul Lemon, Lib Dem
John Malam, Green
Merle Morris, Lab
Richard Parsons, Lab
Alan Rees, Ukip
Wendy Schmitt, Con
Shirley Walters, Con
Bocking North (two councillors)
Tony Everard, Lab
Michael Ford, Ukip
Allison Holms, Green
David Mann, Lab
Stephanie Paul, Con
Alan Scattergood, Con
Bocking South (two councillors)
Simon Attwood, Green
David Baugh, Con
Linda Campbell Hunt, Ukip
Michael Hunt, Ukip
Lene Shepherd, Con
Moia Thorgood, Lab
Lynn Watson, Lab
Braintree Central and Beckers Green (three councillors)
Dormer Andrews, Green
Agnes Bishop, Lab
John Cunningham, Con
Mary Cunningham, Con
Andrew Hensman, Con
Norma Huxter, Ukip
Colin Riches, Lab
Celia Shute, Lab
Braintree South (two councillors)
Edith Aganoke, Lab
Alan Dunn, Con
Martin Green, Lab
Vanessa Santomauro, Con
Braintree West (two councillors)
Bill Edwards, Lab
Freddie Gerrard-Abbott, Green
Keith Johnson, Ukip
John McKee, Con
Ronald Ramage, Con
Juliet Walton, Lab
Bumpstead ward, one councillor
Robert Bolton, Con
Christina Desborough, Lab
Ian Gray, Ukip
Coggeshall ward (two councillors)
Lynette Bowers-Flint, Con
Gary Knights, Lab
Patricia Newton, Con
Howard Reed, Green
Tom Walsh, Lab
Tom Wood, Ukip
Gosfield and Greenstead Green ward (one councillor)
Jenny Bishop, Green
John O’Reilly-Cicconi, Con
Deborah Warren, Lab
Great Notley and Black Notley (three councillors)
Howard Bills, Green
Graham Butland, Con
Tom Cunningham, Con
Steven Goodfellow, Lab
Rowland Pudney, Ukip
Frankie Ricci, Con
David Rice, Lab
Jacqueline Thurgood, Lab
Halstead St Andrews ward, two councillors
David Hume, Halstead Residents` Association
Stephen Kirby, Con
Stephen Knight, Lab
Andy Munday, Halstead Residents` Association
Nicholas Scales, Green
Jennie Sutton, Con
Donna Tuck, Lab
Halstead Trinity ward, two councillors
Julia Allen, Con
Malcolm Fincken, Lab
David Huxter, Ukip
Jackie Pell, Halstead Residents` Association
Gary Warren, Lab
Hatfield Peverel and Terling ward (two councillors)
Jonathan Barker, Green
David Bebb, Con
Maureen Bennett, Lab
Garry Cockrill, Ukip
Neil Coughlan, Lab
David Hodges, Ukip
Daryn Hufton-Rees
Les Priestly, Independent
Kelvedon and Feering ward (two councillors)
John Elliott, Con
Tony Lewis, Lab
Ian Marshall, Lab
Robert Mitchell, Con
Daniel Shadbolt, Green
Hedingham ward, two councillors
Jo Beavis, Con
Bernie Chilten, Ukip
Neil Fawkes, Lab
Hylton Johnson, Con
Stuart Scrivens, Lab
Fred Swallow, Ukip
Stour Valley North ward, one councillor
Peter Long, Lab
Iona Parker, Con
Ray Richards, Ukip
Stour Valley South ward, one councillor
Stephen Bolter, Lib Dem
Fred Hearn, Lab
Philip Palij, Ukip
Wendy Scattergood, Con
The Colnes ward, two councillors
Tony Gore, Lab
Felix Preston, Lab
Alan Sheppard, Green
Chris Siddall, Con
Gabrielle Spray, Con
Three Fields ward, two councillors
Andrew Bennett, Lab
Angie Jamison, Ukip
Margaret Lynch, Lab
Ursula Riedl, Green
Peter Scwier, Con
Peter Tattersley, Con
Yeldham ward, one councillor
Sam Cowie, Ukip
Noel Owen, Labour
Richard Van Dulken, Con
Stour Valley North ward, one councillor
Peter Long, Lab
Iona Parker, Con
Ray Richards, Ukip
Stour Valley South ward, one councillor
Stephen Bolter, Lib Dem
Fred Hearn, Lab
Philip Palij, Ukip
Wendy Scattergood, Con
The Colnes ward, two councillors
Tony Gore, Lab
Felix Preston, Lab
Alan Sheppard, Green
Chris Siddall, Con
Gabrielle Spray, Con
Three Fields ward, two councillors
Andrew Bennett, Lab
Angie Jamison, Ukip
Margaret Lynch, Lab
Ursula Riedl, Green
Peter Scwier, Con
Peter Tattersley, Con
Yeldham ward, one councillor
Sam Cowie, Ukip
Noel Owen, Labour
Richard Van Dulken, Con
Rayne (one councillor)
Mike Banthorpe, Con
Sean Carter, Ukip
Poppy Gerrard-Abbott, Green
Nigel Gibson, Lab
Silver End and Cressing ward (two councillors)
James Abbott, Green
Kevin Bowers, Con
Brian Day, Ukip
Jane Hayward, Lab
Greta Tew, Lab
Bob Wright, Green
Witham Central ward (two councillors)
Barry Fleet, Lib Dem
Stephen Hicks, Green
Angela Kilmartin, Con
Brian Pereira, Lab
Helen Waring, Lib Dem
Sue Wilson, Con
Duncan Wood, Lab
Witham North ward (two councillors)
Christopher Bailey, Con
Phil Barlow, Lab
Eileen Davidson, Lab
John Goodman, Con
Pamela Hooper, Lib Dem
Derek Ray, Lib Dem
Michelle Weeks, Green
Witham South ward (two councillors)
Nelson Brunton, Green
Bernard Dearlove, Lib Dem
Paul Heath, Lab
Hayden Hooper, Lib Dem
Francis MacDonald, Lab
Janet Money, Con
Corinne Thompson, Con
Witham West ward (two councillors)
Lucy Barlow, Lab
Tony Bennett, Lab
James Fleet, Lib Dem
Patrick Horner, Con
Philip Hughes, Green
Bill Rose, Con
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