THE full list of candidates in next month's local elections has been released by Oldham Council.

One of three seats in each of the borough's wards is up for election when the polls open on May 5, plus an additional seat in Medlock Vale Ward due to the resignation of Sahr Abid.

Currently, the Labour Group holds overall control of the council with 40 seats, although it lost six seats last year, including the one belonging to its leader at the time Sean Fielding.

Other parties hope to make inroads into this majority, alongside a number of independent candidates.

Here is the full list of candidates:

ALEXANDRA
Andrea Chaverra Valencia (Green)
Martin Dinoff (Lib Dem)
Shaid Mushtaq (Labour and Co-Operative)

CHADDERTON CENTRAL
Barbara Beeley (Lib Dem)
Cath Jackson (Northern Heart)
Jess Mahoney (Green)
Colin McLaren (Labour)
Sharif Miah (Conservative)

CHADDERTON NORTH
Moudud Ahmed (Conservative)
Barbara Brownridge (Labour)
Daniel Clayton (Green)
Katie Gloster (Lib Dem)

CHADDERTON SOUTH
Robert Barnes (Conservative)
Joe Beeston (Lib Dem)
Arooj Shah (Labour)

COLDHURST
Montaz Ali Azad (Independent)
John Hall (Lib Dem)
Abdul Malik (Labour)
Michele Stockton (Conservative)

CROMPTON
Syed Maruf Ali (Labour)
Phelyp Bennett (Conservative)
Chelle Moore (Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth)
Dave Murphy (Lib Dem)

FAILSWORTH EAST
Marzia Babakarkhail (Labour)
Lucia Rea (Failsworth Independent)
Lynne Thompson (Lib Dem)

FAILSWORTH WEST
Sandra Ball (Failsworth Independent)
Peter Davis (Labour and Co-Operative)
Keith Pendlebury (Lib Dem)

HOLLINWOOD
Karen Barton (Lib Dem)
Maqsood Hussain (Conservative)
John Lawrence (National Housing Party)
Jean Stretton (Labour)
Rob Vance (Northern Heart)

MEDLOCK VALE
Mark Birchall (Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth)
Lewis Farnworth (Lib Dem)
Sajed Hussain (Labour)
Brian Lord (Lib Dem)
Umar Nasheen (Labour)
Tuhin Rahman (Conservative)
Kaiser Rehman (Conservative)

ROYTON NORTH
Paul Goldring (Alliance for Democracy and Freedom)
Lewis Quigg (Conservative)
Hannah Roberts (Labour)
John Swift (Lib Dem)
Lina Valencia Shaw (Green)

ROYTON SOUTH
Marie Bashforth (Labour)
Anne Fiander-Taylor (Northern Heart)
Jeff Garner (Lib Dem)
Anthony Prince (Independent)
Jim Stidworthy (Green)
Gary Tarbuck (Conservative)

SADDLEWORTH NORTH
Pam Byrne (Conservative)
Joshua Charters (Labour and Co-Operative)
Gary Kershaw (Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth)
Mick Scholes (Lib Dem)

SADDLEWORTH SOUTH
Helen Bishop (Independent)
Kevin Dawson (Lib Dem)
John Fay (Labour)
Simon Hodgson (Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth)
Chris McManus (Conservative)

SADDLEWORTH WEST AND LEES
Jonathan Ford (Conservative)
Alicia Marland (Lib Dem)
Ghazala Rana (Labour)
Paul Shilton (Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth)

SHAW
Hazel Gloster (Lib Dem)
Marc Hince (Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth)
Dion Linton (Labour and Co-Operative)

ST JAMES
Joe Gloster (Lib Dem)
Amoy Lindo Crooks (Proud of Oldham and Saddleworth)
Tom Lord (Conservative)
Leanne Munroe (Labour)
Roger Pakeman (Green)

ST MARY'S
Roger Blackmore (Lib Dem)
Miranda Meadowcroft (Green)
Shefur Miah (Conservative)
Ali Aqeel Salamat (Labour)

WATERHEAD
Riaz Ahmad (Labour and Co-Operative)
Linda Dawson (Lib Dem)
Lynne Kovacs (Conservative)
Paul Taylor (Northern Heart)

WERNETH
Shoab Akhtar (Labour)
Mohammad Riaj Alom (Conservative)
Pat Lord (Lib Dem)