Devon residents go to the polls next month to elect new county councillors to serve their towns and villages for the next four years.

Devon residents go to the polls next month to elect new county councillors to serve their towns and villages for the next four years.

Voting will take place at local polling stations on Thursday, May 4, between 7am and 9pm.

The list of candidates standing in the Midweek Herald area is as follows:

AXMINSTER:

Bill Foster (LibDem).

Ian L Hall (Cons).

Paul G Hayward (Independent east Devon Alliance).

Jeremy W Walden (Lab).

BROADCLYST (two seats):

Ray Bloxham (Cons).

Henry F Gent (Green).

Peter M Hook (Lib Dem).

Eileen Lascelles (Independent).

Sue Mills (Lab).

Sara M Randall-Johnson (Cons).

Jan Ross (Lab).

Eleanor A C Rylance (LibDem).

FENITON and HONITON:

Andrew V Blackwell (Lab).

David N Cox (LibDem).

Graham L Smith (UKIP).

Phil Twiss (Cons).

OTTER VALLEY:

George E Downs (Lab).

Tim Venner (Cons).

Claire L Wright (Independent).

SEATON and COLYTON:

Peter W Burrows (LibDem).

Jim Knight (Independent).

Ian J Martin (Lab).

Helen E Parr (Cons).

Martin Shaw (Independent East Devon Alliance).

WHIMPLE and BLACKDOWN:

Iain Chubb (Cons).

Steve Greenway (Lab).

Jules Hoyles (LibDem).