A TOTAL of 33 candidates will fight 11 seats on Craven District Council at the local elections on Thursday, May 2.

At Bentham the candidates will be: Mark Alan Christie, Lib Dem; David Grace, Lab; Stuart William Handley, Con; Lynda Anne Heath, UKIP.

Other seats:

Embsay with Eastby: Bob Holland, Labour; Brian Shuttleworth, Independent.

Gargrave and Malhamdale: Paula Derry, Lab; Simon Myers, Conservative.

Glusburn: Roger Baxandall, UKIP; Paul Routledge, Lab; Mark Wheeler, Ind.

Skipton East: Chris Harbron, Con; Cheryl Hounslow, UKIP; Gerardo Manuel Iannaccone, Lab; Matthew Edward Pickard, Liberal Democrat.

Skipton North: John Dawson, Con; Adrian Trevor Lunn, Lab; David Christopher Noland, Green.

Skipton South: Robert Heseltine, Ind; Brian Anthony McDaid, Lab; William Stephen Morton, Green.

Skipton West: Christopher David Clark, Con; Peter Madeley, Lab; James Alfred Keith Millar, UKIP.

Sutton-in-Craven: Stephen Morrell, Ind; John Edward Pope, Lab.

Upper Wharfedale: Anna Craven, Green; Virpi Kettu, Lab; Sue Metcalfe, Con; Sian Elizabeth Wheal, Lib Dem.

West Craven: Alex Bentley, Ind; Richard John Pringle, Ind; Geraldine Anne Reardon, Lab.