THE list of candidates running in next month's Bradford Council elections has been revealed.

One seat in each of the Bradford District's 30 wards will be up for grabs when voters go to the polls on Thursday May 2.

And the list of candidates standing for re-election includes some of the most senior figures in Bradford Council.

Bradford Council currently operates a system where one third of the 90 seats on the authority are contested each year, followed by one year without election.

It means that each councillor is up for election once every four years.

The main three parties, Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats, will be running in each ward, with the Green Party also fielding a candidate in each ward.

UKIP will be fielding candidates in nine wards, and other parties running include The Yorkshire Party and numerous independents.

The Council's political make up is currently 51 Labour Councillors, 21 Conservatives, nine Liberal Democrats, two Green Party Councillors, two The Independents, two Bradford Independent Party, one Independent, one Queensbury Independent and one Bingley Independent.

Significant figures in the Council up for re-election this year include Bradford Council Leader Councillor Susan Hinchcliffe will be defending her seat in Windhill and Wrose.

Two other members of the Council's Executive, Sarah Ferriby (Wyke) and Imran Khan (Bowling and Barkerend), will also be contesting their seats.

And Liberal Democrat leader on the Council, Jeanette Sunderland, will be looking to keep her seat in the Idle and Thackley wards.

The votes will be counted the following day (May 3) at Victoria Hall in Keighley and the Richard Dunne Sports Centre in Bradford.

It is likely to be the last time Richard Dunn hosts a vote count - as the centre is due to be sold by the Council later this year.

The full list of candidates - as of Friday April 5

BAILDON

DUNK, Carl Andrew - Green Party

PLACE, Stephen Anthony - UKIP

POLLARD, Mike - Conservative

SUTTON, Thomas George - Labour Party

WILKINSON, David John - Liberal Democrats

BINGLEY

CHENEY, Glen - Liberal Democrats

DEARDEN, Marcus Peter - Labour

DRUCQUER, Rachael Katharine - Green Party

SHAW, Mark Christopher John - Ind

WINNARD, Geoff - Conservative

BINGLEY RURAL

BARANOWSKI, Helen - Liberal Democrats

MIAH, Mohammed Ashraf - Labour

NEWHAM, Brian - Green Party

SULLIVAN, Paul Gerald - Conservative

BOLTON AND UNDERCLIFFE

CHOUDHRY, Suhail Mushtaq - Labour Party

GAZI, Jafrul Kabir - Liberal Democrats

SHARP, Jasmine - Green Party

SINGH, Ranbir - Conservative

BOWLING AND BARKEREND

KHAN, Imran Ahmed - Labour Party

MAHMOOD, Ansar - Conservative

SAFI, Aryan - Liberal Democrats

STANFORD, Andrew John - Green Party

BRADFORD MOOR

ALI, Amjad - Liberal Democrats

HUSSAIN, Zubair - Conservative

IQBAL, Zafar - Labour Party

MCGOLDRICK, Julia Louise - Green Party

CITY

IQBAL, Abid - Liberal Democrats

LAL, Shakeela Jan - Labour Party

WHITELEY, Geoff - Conservative

WOOLLARD, Charlotte Mary Merope - Green Party

CLAYTON AND FAIRWEATHER GREEN

AKHTAR, Sajid - Conservative

COTTERILL, Steven Michael - Liberal Democrats

MAY, Susan - Green Party

THIRKILL, Carol Ann - Labour Party

CRAVEN

ATKINSON, Chris - Independent

GOODALL, Owen Michael - Conservative

KAYE, Peter John - The Yorkshire Party

LOUD, David Andrew - Labour Party

MANN, Paul Michael - Liberal Democrats

WHITAKER, Caroline - Green Party

ECCLESHILL

ALIPOOR, Margaret - Labour Party

BARRAS, Lara Joy - The Yorkshire Party

BOOTA, Harry - Conservative

DICK, Sarah Elizabeth - Green Party

KNOX, Susan - Liberal Democrats

WOOD, Sam - UKIP

GREAT HORTON

HALL, Lesley Margaret - Green Party

HUSSAIN, Tariq - Labour Party

SAKHAWAT, Kamran - Conservative

WHITRICK, Mary - Liberal Democrats

HEATON

AMRAN, Mohammed - Labour Party

HICKSON, Celia Ruth - Green Party

HUSSAIN, Awais Ahmed - Conservative

RIACH, Ines Linda - Liberal Democrats

IDLE AND THACKLEY

BLACKMORE, Garry - UKIP

LAWRENCE, Tess - Green Party

MITCHELL, Alex - Labour Party

SKINNER, Rasjid - Conservative

SUNDERLAND, Jeanette - Liberal Democrats

ILKLEY

BROWN, Ros - Green Party

FRANKS, Thomas Robert - Liberal Democrats

GREEN, Kyle Jameson - Conservative

STEWARD, Kath - Labour Party

KEIGHLEY CENTRAL

ALI, Zafar - Conservative

BACON, Cath - Labour Party

RUSSELL, Peter Shannon - Liberal Democrats

SWALES, Allan Ralph - Green Party

KEIGHLEY EAST

CORKINDALE, Peter Allan Gilchrist - Conservative

JACKSON, Trudie Jane - Green Party

JONES, Bob - Liberal Democrats

LEE, Doreen - Labour Party

KEIGHLEY WEST

BANNISTER, Ian - UKIP

COLE, John Malcolm Charles - Liberal Democrats

KIRBY, John Stevens - Conservative

LINTERN, Julie - Labour Party

LITTLE HORTON

ALI AROBI, Nurjahan - Green Party

HUSSAIN, Ghazanfar - Conservative

SALAM, Taj Mubarik - Labour Party

VIPOND, Ian - Liberal Democrats

MANNINGHAM

AKHTAR, Sameena - Labour Party

BARNES, Bruce William - Green Party

HUSSAIN, Jawad - Conservative

PICKARD, Anthea Lynne - Liberal Democrats

QUEENSBURY

BIBBY, Matthew Hywel - Conservative

DODWELL, Eithne Mary - Green Party

DOUGHERTY, Christopher John - Liberal Democrats

DUGGAN, Terry John - UKIP

WAGSTER, Eve Honey - Labour Party

ROYDS

DEVONSHIRE, Shauna Ann - Liberal Democrats

HODGSON, Derrick John - UKIP

SERVANT, David John - Conservative

TAIT, Angela - Labour Party

WORSNOP, Phil - Green Party

SHIPLEY

BLUNDELL, Stephen Robert - Labour Party

JONES, Caroline Rosemary - Liberal Democrats

LONGHORN, Darren James - The Yorkshire Party

QUARRIE, Andrew - Conservative Party

WARNES, Kevin Robert - Green Party

THORNTON AND ALLERTON

BERRY, John Samuel Frederick - Conservative

DUFFY, Susan - Labour Party

HUNT, James - Liberal Democrats

WATSON, Anna Georgina - Green Party

TOLLER

DOBIECH, Sean - Green Party

MIDDLETON, Howard - Liberal Democrats

RASHAD, Haseeb - Conservative

SHAHEEN, Fozia - Labour Party

TONG

EDWARDS, Matt - Green Party

MUKHTAR, Kausar - Labour Party

OBA, Sylvia Martha Amisi - Liberal Democrats

STEAD, Lincoln - UKIP

WARD, Eddie - Conservative

WHARFEDALE

HAYDEN, Chris - Labour and Co-operative Party

NEEDLE, Jamie Luke - Liberal Democrats

TURNER, Chris - Green Party

WHITELEY, Jackie - Conservative

WIBSEY

BERRY, Ralph David Ritchie - Labour and Co-operative Party

BOULTON, Brian James - Liberal Democrats

CROSBY, Stephen John - Democrats and Veterans Party

HAINSWORTH, Richard Michael - UKIP

SHEARD, Richard Ian - Conservative

STEVENS, David Edward - Green Party

WINDHILL AND WROSE

HINCHCLIFFE, Susan Kathryn - Labour Party

LOVE, Helen - Green Party

THORNE, Gillian - Liberal Democrats

THORNE, Tim - UKIP

WILLIAMS, Stephen John - Conservative Party

WORTH VALLEY

ILYAS, Faiz - Labour Party

KIRKHAM, Kay - Liberal Democrats

POULSEN, Rebecca - Conservative Party

RUSSELL, Janet Ann - Green Party

WYKE

FERRIBY, Sarah - Labour Party

HALL, Kevin Anthony - Liberal Democrats

LEWTHWAITE, James Graham - British Democrats stop immigration leave EU

PARKINSON, Darren James - Green Party

STEFANYSZYN, Francesca Louise - Conservative Party