PROSPECTIVE county councillors are getting ready to fight their corners as the date of the local election grows nearer. Nominations for the 72 seats on North Yorkshire County Council have now been published by the authority for the May 5 polling day. Hambleton District Council, which organises the election on behalf of the county council in the Hambleton area, is now sending out polling cards. All those eligible to vote should receive cards by the end of next week. The deadline to apply for a postal vote is 5pm on April 26.

Key: L - Labour; C - Conservative; LD - Liberal Democrat; I - Independent; UKIP - United Kingdom Independent Party; RIG - Richmondshire Independent Group; Lib - Liberal; G - Green Party.

Hambleton

Bedale: Claire Elizabeth Kelley LD; John Keith Weighell C.

Easingwold: Gerald Shaw L; Trevor Arthur Smith of Clifton LD; Peter George Sowray C.

Great Ayton: John Ernest Fletcher C; Nicholas Mark Land LD; Kathryn Jayne MacColl L.

North Hambleton: Janet Seymour Kirk L; Timothy Swales C; Simon Kent Whitfield LD.

Northallerton: John William Blevins L; Jack Dobson I; Anthony William Hall C.

Romanby and Broomfield: Peter Gerald Brown C; Ann Hutchings L; Linda Jean Parrish LD; Andrew Paul Wake I.

Sowerby: Robert Moray Adamson LD; William Frederick Barton C; John Alan Follett UKIP; Alan Peter Woodhead L.

Stillington: Caroline Patmore C; Stanley William Wilson LD.

Stokesley: Gabrielle Ilene Carpenter L; Stephen Philip Dickins C; Caroline Margaret Seymour LD.

Swale: Arthur William Barker C; Charles Roy Hutchins L; Wayne John Stephenson LD.

Thirsk: Gareth Wedgwood Dadd C; Janet Marshall L.

Scarborough

Castle: Michelle Andrew L; Gillian Wendy Hopkinson LD; Janet Helen Jefferson I; John Patrick Marsden G; Anthony Dale Threapleton C.

Eastfield and Osgodby: Gary Russell Hill I; Brian Anthony O'Flynn LD; Brian Simpson L; Eileen Mary Vickers C.

Esk Valley: Thomas William Miller I; John Michael Stonehouse LD; William Herbert Tindall C.

Falsgrave and Stepney: Jonathan Mark Dixon G; Patricia Marsburg L; Catherine A McNulty LD; Jane Elspeth Mortimer C; Frank Peter Wright I.

Filey: Elizabeth Carrington L; Samuel Arthur Cross I; Geoffrey Cullern C; Julie Dower LD.

Hertford and Cayton: John Stephen Blackburn C; Josephine Helen Downs G; Grace Elizabeth Ormerod LD.

Newby: Graham Andrew Backhouse C; Mary Budda L; Amanda Helen Grant G; Philip Charles McDonald I; Michael Ford Pitts LD.

Northstead: Eric Broadbent L; Michael William Kelly C; Christopher John Phillips G; Peter Popple I; Christopher Richard Walker LD.

Scalby and the Coast: James Martin LD; Helen Gall Swiers C; Philip Richard Wall G.

Seamer and Derwent Valley: Zia Hussain LD; David Colin Jeffels C; Norman Kenneth Murphy I; Bernard Stanley Pearson L.

Weaponess and Ramshill: Duncan Grant LD; Paul Johnston G; Penny Marsden I; Eric Martin Smith C; John Warburton L.

Whitby/Mayfield cum Mulgrave: Thomas William Brown I; Jane Margaret Kenyon C; Dalton Clive Peake L; Graham Mark Peirson LD.

Whitby/Strensall: Robert William Broadley LD; Peter Andrew Budd I; Dorothy Hurrell L; Barry Truman C.

Woodlands: David Lawrence Billing L; William Chatt I; Dilys Vine Cluer G; Jennifer Sara Kelly C; Margaret Anne Pitts LD.

Selby

Cawood and Saxton: Andrew Lee C; Robert James Packham L.

Escrick: Jean Bills L; Elizabeth Ann Casling C.

Mid Selby: Christopher Frank Pearson C; John Francis Vause L.

Osgoldcross: Jack Davie L; Gillian Carol Ivey C.

Selby Barlby: Brian Samuel Marshall L; Wally Norton C; Ruth Elizabeth Sayner C; Steven Shaw-Wright L.

Selby Brayton: Mark John Crane C; Graham Michael Gatman L.

Sherburn in Elmet: Donald Neil Bain-Mackay C; James Clement Snowball L.

South Selby: John Michael Duggan L; Margaret Hulme C.

Tadcaster: Eric Stephen Helsdon I; Edward Brian Mansfield L; Christopher Metcalfe C; Roderick Parker LD.

Ryedale

Hovingham and Sheriff Hutton: Robin Gamble Barker I; David Charles Fearnhead L; Clare Launa Wood C.

Kirkbymoorside: Valerie Margaret Arnold C; Ronald Ralph Chetwyn Butler Lib; Judith Margaret Dixon L.

Malton: Ann Dora Hopkinson LD; Michael Sydney Knaggs C.

Norton: James Dermott Patrick Cleary C; David Lloyd-Williams LD; Karl John Richard Milner L.

Pickering: John Samuel Clark Lib; Karen Louise Hartas LD; Jill Murkett L; Gregory Brian White C.

Thornton Dale and the Wolds: Michael Beckett LD; Linda Joyce Brittain L; Ronald Malcolm Haigh C; Brian Maud I.

Richmondshire

Catterick Bridge (4): Amanda Adams LD; Carl Anthony Les C; Anthony Pelton SDP; Claire Louise Tupling L.

Central Richmondshire: William Gustard Glover I; Helen Mary Grant RIG; John Philip Roger Harris LD; Melva Jean Stacking C.

Middle Dales: Linda Susan Curran LD; Thomas Roger Nevile Harrison C; John Michael Southwell L.

Richmond: Oliver Bigson C; Paul Anthony Cullen RIG; Stuart Parsons LD; Mark Thorpe L.

Richmondshire North: Michael Joseph Heseltine C; Jane Elizabeth Parlour LD.

Upper Dales: John Blackie C; Richard Donald Good LD.