One in 14 people in Grimsby not registered to vote

One in 14 people in Grimsby not registered to vote

According to reports, one in 14 people in Grimsby aren’t registered on the electoral roll to vote in the local elections. 

The local elections are fast approaching for the area, voters need to register by 11.59 pm on Thursday (April 14th) to vote on May 5.

According to figures from the Office for National Statistics, 116,166 people were registered to vote in December last year.

This figure reportedly represents around 93% of the adult population, which is 124,904.

You can register to vote if you’re 18 and over and a British, Irish, or EU citizen, or a Commonwealth citizen.

The Conservatives currently hold 32 out of 45 council seats, ten of which are up for election this cycle.

Anyone over the age of 18 can register to vote via the government website.

Here is the list of wards and their candidates:

Croft Baker

• Julian Best (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
• Andrew Dickson (Green)
• Oliver Freeston (Conservative)
• George Georgiou (Unaligned)
• Janet Haggis (Labour)

East Marsh

• Steve Beasant (Liberal Democrat)
• Lee Coulbeck (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
• Andrea Hardware (Conservative)
• Khawar Habib (Labour)
• Lynsey McLean (Liberal Democrat)

Freshney

• Steve Holland (Independent)
• Sheldon Mill (Labour)
• Callum Proctor (Conservative)

Haverstoe

• Margaret Cracknell (Conservative)
• Ian Rodwell (Labour)

Heneage

• Leslie Bonner (Liberal Democrat)
• Daryl Clifford (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
• Mark Sandford (Conservative)
• Kevin Shutt (Labour)

Humberston and New Waltham

• Stephen Harness (Conservative)
• Ian Townsend (Labour)

Immingham

• David Barton (Independent)
• Nathan Newton (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
• Stewart Swinburn (Conservative)
• David Watson (Labour)

Park

• Ryan Aisthorpe (Liberal Democrat)
• Quibs Brown (Labour and Co-operative)
• Dave Mitchell (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
• Paul Silvester (Conservative)

Scartho

• Robson Augusta (Labour)
• Ronald Shepherd (Conservative)

Sidney Sussex

• Sophia Farren (Labour)
• Mark Gee (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)
• Christine Vickers (Conservative)

South

• Karen Batson (Conservative)
• Tim Mickleburgh (Labour)
• Philip Moulson (Alliance for Democracy and Freedom Lincolnshire)
• Bill Ward (Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition)

Waltham

• Peter Bailey (Labour)
• Nicholas Pettigrew (Conservative)
• West Marsh
• Peter Barker (Independent)
• Kathryn Wheatley (Labour)

Wolds

• Lloyd Emmerson (Liberal Democrat)
• David Hasthorpe (Conservative)
• Lorna Kirman (Green)
• Wil Wheaton Chapman (Labour)

Yarborough

• James Cairns (Conservative)
• Edward Kaczmarek (Labour)