IT’S election time!

In Bracknell, local elections for the borough council are held every four years and each seat in all 18 wards is up for grabs.

Polling day is on Thursday, May 2 and if you are not already registered to vote, you can do so here.

Candidates from a range of parties have been announced ahead of the poll, and you can find those vying for votes in your ward listed below.

There are 42 seats for Bracknell Forest Council, with the Conservative Party currently holding 41 of them, and the Labour Party holding one seat.

Incumbent Conservative councillors Sarah Peacey, Jan Angell, Jennie McCracken, Iain McCracken, David Worrall, Jim Finnie and Clifton Thompson are all stepping down from their positions.

Polling stations, which are also listed below for each ward, will be open from 7am - 10pm on Thursday, May 2.

Ascot (two seats available)

Candidates:

Katherine Giles (Labour)

Stephen Young (Labour)

Simon Banks (Liberal Democrats)

Nigel Atkinson (Conservative Party)

Dorothy Hayes (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

North Ascot Community Centre, Fernbank Road, Ascot SL5 6LA

St Martin’s Church Hall, Church Road, Chavey Down, Ascot SL5 8RR

Binfield with Warfield (three seats)

Candidates:

Lorraine Copley (Labour)

Eric Pilmoor (Labour)

Andrew Walker (Labour)

Richard Francis (Liberal Democrats)

Ankur Bhandari (Conservative Party)

John Harrison (Conservative Party)

Ian Leake (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Binfield Memorial Hall, Terrace Road South, Binfield, Bracknell RG42 4DJ

Farley Wood Centre, Turnpike Road, Binfield, Bracknell RG42 1FW

Newbold College, St Mark's Rd, Bracknell RG42 4AN

Jennett’s Park Community Centre, (Meeting Rooms 1 and 2), 1 Tawny Owl Square, Bracknell RG12 8EB

Brownlow Memorial Hall, Newell Green, Warfield, Bracknell RG42 6AB

Bullbrook (two seats)

Candidates:

Lara Johnson (Labour)

David McMullen (Labour)

Kim Lyons (Liberal Democrats)

Bob Angell (Conservative Party)

Ian Kirke (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Bullbrook Community Centre, Bullbrook Row, Bay Road, Bracknell RG12 2NL

Central Sandhurst (two seats)

Candidates:

Leo Anniballi (Labour)

Garrett Cooke (Labour)

Mike Forster (Liberal Democrats)

Leigh Quigg (Liberal Democrats)

Rosie Chandler (Green Party)

Michael Brossard (Conservative Party)

Gaby Kennedy (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Sandhurst Town Council Offices, Memorial Park, Yorktown Road, Sandhurst GU47 9BJ

College Town (two seats)

Candidates:

Clive Urquhart (Labour)

Matt White (Labour)

Philip Thompson (Liberal Democrats)

Pauline McKenzie (Conservative Party)

Nick Allen (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Sandhurst School - Sports Centre, Owlsmoor Rd, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst GU47 0SP

Crown Wood (three seats):

Candidates:

Christopher Foxon (Labour)

Guy Gillbe (Labour)

Danielle Turner (Labour)

Stephen Clay (Liberal Democrats)

Marc Brunel-Walker (Conservative Party)

Suki Hayes (Conservative Party)

Colin Dudley (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Crown Wood Community Centre, Opladen Way, Bracknell RG12 0PE

Forest Park Community Centre, Horndean Road, Forest Park, Bracknell RG12 0XQ

Crowthorne (two seats)

Candidates:

Kate Cameron-Daum (Labour)

Jonathon Monger (Labour)

Steve Pope (Liberal Democrats)

Chris Sexton (Liberal Democrats)

Bob Wade (Conservative Party)

Tina McKenzie-Boyle (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Crowthorne Parish Hall, Heath Hill Road South, Crowthorne RG45 7BN

Great Hollands North (including Jennett’s Park) (two seats)

Candidates:

Kathryn Neil (Labour)

Mary Temperton (Labour)

Ben Hutchinson (Liberal Democrats)

Peter Hill (Conservative Party)

Max Mir (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Great Hollands Community Centre, The Square, Wordsworth, Bracknell RG12 8UX

Jennett’s Park Community Centre, Main Hall, 1 Tawny Owl Square, Bracknell RG12 8EB

Great Hollands South (two seats)

Candidates:

Naheed Ejaz (Labour)

Kathleen Nugent (Labour)

Dan Biddle (Liberal Democrats)

Derek Florey (Green Party)

Michael Gbadebo (Conservative Party)

Lizzy Gibson (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Woodenhill Primary School, Staplehurst, Bracknell RG12 8DB

Hanworth (including Birch Hill) (three seats)

Candidates:

Nicola Goddard (Labour)

Shawn Hearn (Labour)

Jenny Penfold (Labour)

Terry Enga (Liberal Democrats)

Gill Birch (Conservative Party)

Michael Skinner (Conservative Party)

Mike Gibson (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Birch Hill Community Centre, Leppington, Bracknell RG12 7WW

The Pines Community Centre, Hanworth Road, Bracknell RG12 7WX

Harmans Water (including The Parks) (three seats)

Candidates:

Tom Neill (Labour)

Diane Thomas (Labour)

John Wright (Labour)

Patrick Smith (Liberal Democrats)

Ash Merry (Conservative Party)

Isabel Mattick (Conservative Party)

Chris Turrell (Conservative Party)

Shelagh Pile (UK Independence Party)

Polling stations:

St Paul’s Church, The Square, Harmans Water, Bracknell RG12 9LP

The Parks Community Centre, Nicholson Park, Bracknell

Martins Heron Community Centre, Whitton Road, Martins Heron, Bracknell RG12 9TZ

Little Sandhurst and Wellington (two seats)

Candidates:

Nikola Mansfield (Labour)

Megan Wright (Labour)

Becca Duffett (Liberal Democrats)

Dale Birch (Conservative Party)

Paul Bettison (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Crowthorne Parish Hall, Heath Hill Road South, Crowthorne RG45 7BN

Methodist Church Hall, Scotland Hill, Sandhurst GU47 8JR

Old Bracknell (two seats)

Candidates:

Roy Bailey (Labour)

Susan Cahill (Labour)

David Maxwell (Liberal Democrats)

Malcolm Tullett (Conservative Party)

Peter Heydon (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Easthampstead & Wildridings Community Centre, Rectory Lane, Bracknell RG12 7BH

Easthampstead Baptist Church Hall, South Hill Road, Bracknell RG12 7NS

Owlsmoor (two seats)

Candidates:

Diane Allum-Wilson (Labour)

Clive Temperton (Labour)

Mark Vandersluis (Liberal Democrats)

John Porter (Conservative Party)

Ray Mossom (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Owlsmoor Community Centre, Yeovil Road, Owlsmoor, Sandhurst GU47 0TF

Priestwood and Garth (three seats)

Candidates:

Paul Bidwell (Labour)

Tricia Brown (Labour)

Steven Fearon (Labour)

Darren Bridgman (Liberal Democrats)

Graham Birch (Conservative Party)

Alvin Finch (Conservative Party)

Jennie Green (Conservative Party)

Dave Colley (Uk Independence Party)

Polling stations:

Bracknell Methodist Church Hall, Shepherds Lane, Bracknell RG42 2DD

Priestwood Community Centre, Priestwood Court Road, Bracknell RG12 1TU

Warfield Harvest Ride (3 seats)

Candidates:

Graham Firth (Labour)

Libby Miller (Labour)

Anne Shillock (Labour)

Nigel Bradly (Liberal Democrats)

Gareth Barnard (Conservative Party)

Sandra Ingham (Conservative Party)

Robert McLean (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

Whitegrove Youth & Community Centre, County Lane, Warfield, Bracknell RG42 3JP

Westmoreland Pavillion, Westmorland Dr, Warfield, Bracknell RG42 3QP

Wildridings and Central (two seats)

Candidates:

Pete Frewer (Labour)

Michael Karim (Labour)

Thomas Parker (Liberal Democrats)

James Dunsmuir (Liberal Democrats)

Kirsten Ashmen (Conservative Party)

Dee Hamilton (Conservative Party)

Maciej Pawlik (Green Party)

Polling stations:

Former Magistrates Court, 12-14 Crossway, Bracknell RG12 1AF

Wildridings Primary School, Netherton, Bracknell RG12 7DX

Winkfield and Cranbourne (two seats)

Candidates:

Bob Miller (Labour)

Alan Round (Labour)

Chris Jenkins (Liberal Democrats)

Moira Gaw (Conservative Party)

Tony Virgo (Conservative Party)

Polling stations:

The Carnation Hall, Chavey Down Road, Winkfield Row, Bracknell RG42 7PA

Warfield Park Community Hall, The Plateau, Warfield Park, BRACKNELL RG42 3RH

The Carnation Hall, Chavey Down Road, Winkfield Row, Bracknell RG42 7PA

St Peter's Church, Hatchet Ln, Cranbourne, Windsor SL4 2EG