Democracy is alive and kicking in the Dales, where two parish council elections are due to be fought.

Ten candiates have put themselves forward for the nine seats on Grassington Parish Council and an amazing 11 people are standing for the five-seat Kettlewell-with-Starbotton Parish Council.

But, in Bolton Abbey, there are not enough nominations to form a new council and another election will have to be called.

Elsewhere, Appletreewick, Linton and Threshfield have just the right number of nominations and Buckden, Cowling, Draughton and Hebden will have to co-opt members to bring them up to the required numbers.

The full list of nominations is: Appletreewick (five seats): Rebecca Louise Nelson, Thomas Jeffrey Spratt, Patrick Walker, Stuart George Whyte, James Michael Wright.

Bolton Abbey (five seats): John Andrew Gill, Moyra Patricia Gill.

Buckden (five seats): Peter Anthony Breen, Christopher Ashton Clark, Christine Ann Peters, Garry John Schofield.

Cowling (nine seats): Maurice Benson, Chris Timothy Carter, Andrew Lynch, Alan Perrow, Tracey Jane Solley, Joan Margaret Tindale.

Draughton (five seats): Margaret Ann Billing, Robert Holt Clayton, Elizabeth Meriel Curtis, John Richard Garnett.

Grassington (nine seats): John Benson, Susan Jean Brooksbank, Robin Ashley Charlton, Andrew Kenneth Colley, Karen Linda Darwin, Kathleen Gower, David Anthony Lofthouse, Michael Richard Rooze, Eric Rowley, James Burke Smith.

Hebden (five seats): Colin James Hargreaves, Peter Triggs Hodge, David Anthony Welton Joy, Richard Arthur Stockdale.

Kettlewell-with-Starbotton (five seats): Richard Appleton, Christopher Hugh Beazley, David Belk, Grace Catherine Coupland, Ian Cuthbert, Cecilia Evelyn Jonne Harvey, John Leslie Heseltine, Douglas John McLellan, David George Nelson, Alan Joseph Parker, Richard Michael Wilkinson.

Linton (five seats): John Bennett, Thomas Geoffrey Boothman, Janet Florence Muir Gibson, Jonathan Edward Metcalfe, Ian Stewart.

Threshfield (five seats): David Richard Bradley, Joanna Clarke, Angus Dean, John Anthony Dean, Harold Hugh Randall.