Candidates announced with four weeks to go until election

Chance to view who is standing in each electoral division in Leicestershire

Graphic of a hand holding a ballot with the caption Use your vote, county council elections - Thursday 1 May

The list of nominated candidates standing across the 53 divisions in the Leicestershire County Council election are available to view.

Polling stations will open at 7am on Thursday 1 May to elect county councillors, who will represent people and to help make decisions on how council services are run.

The deadline to stand as a candidate in the election closed at 4pm on Wednesday 2 April, and a list of all the 293 nominated people can now be viewed on the website.

Voter registration closes at 11:59pm on Friday 11 April and anyone who hasn’t yet had a poll card can register to vote until then. Visit the Gov website to register.

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