With local elections less than a month a way, Newcastle City Council has announced the candidates who have put their names forward for election as councillors for the North and South Jesmond wards.

This year, the elections for North and South Jesmond will be held on Thursday May 5th. JesmondLocal will be hosting a hustings event, where the canddiates will be quizzed on policy, on Tuesday May 3rd. Further details will be announced shortly.

The candidates standing in both the North and South Jesmond wards are:

North Jesmond

Duncan Crute  (The Conservative Party)

Gerard Keating (Liberal Democrats)

Shehla Khatoon (Green Party)

Mark Lewis (UKIP)

Stella Postlethwaite (The Labour Party)

South Jesmond

James Askwith (UKIP)

Matt Busby (Green Party)

Matthew McPherson (The Conservative Party)

Felicity Mendelson (The Labour Party)

Tom Woodwark (Liberal Democrats)