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This time voters will be electing councillors, not MLAs, but becoming the largest party in local government for the first time here in the north, as party president Mary Lou McDonald put it this week, would still be a significant coup for SF.

In all there are around 800 candidates, almost half of whom are destined to fail, because there are 462 seats in all.

As it stands now, the DUP are the biggest party on the Provinces councils, having won 122 seats in 2019 (and 24.1% of the first-preference vote).

Sinn Fein won 105 (and 23.2% of the first-preference vote) followed by 88 seats for the UUP (14.1%), 66 for the SDLP (12%), 53 for Alliance (11.5%) and 13 for the TUV (2.2%) with smaller parties like People Before Profit, the Greens and PUP picking up a smattering of seats too.

Here is the who and where of those vying for your vote this time round:

Antrim and Newtownabbey

Airport

Thomas Burns (SDLP), Terri Johnston (Green), Anne Marie Logue (SF), Matt Magill (DUP), Andrew McAuley (Alliance), Paul Michael (UUP), Maighread Ni Chonghaile (SF)

Antrim

Eleanor Bailey (Green), Paul Dunlop (DUP), Neil Kelly (Alliance), Roisin Lynch (SDLP), Karl McMeekin (DUP), Tommy Monaghan (Alliance), Jim Montgomery (UUP), Lucille O'Hagan (Sinn Fein), Richard Shields (TUV), John Smyth (DUP), Leah Smyth (UUP)

Ballyclare

Jeannie Archibald (DUP), Lewis Boyle (Alliance), Mel Lucas (TUV), Gerard Magee (SF), Helen Magill (DUP), Vera McWilliam (UUP), Norrie Ramsey (UUP), Robert Robinson (Green), Michael Stewart (Ind.)

Dunsilly

Jay Burbank (Alliance), Jonathan Campbell (TUV), Linda Clarke (DUP), Tom Cunningham (DUP), Henry John Cushinan (SF), Siobhan McErlean (Aontu), Annie O'Lone (SF), Ryan Wilson (SDLP), Stewart Wilson (UUP)

Glengormley

Alison Bennington (DUP), Paula Jane Bradley (DUP), Mark Spencer Cosgrove (UUP), Michael Goodman (SF), Rosie Kinnear (SF), Michael Maguire (Ind.), Noreen McClelland (SDLP), Julian McGrath (Alliance), Eamonn McLaughlin (SF), Anita Piatek (Alliance), Jason Reid (Cons), Lesley Veronica (Green)

Macedon

Rosemary Bell-McCracken (PUP), Norman Jonathan Boyd (TUV), Matthew Brady (DUP), Ellie Byrne (Green), Robert Thomas Foster (UUP), Ben Mallon (DUP), Taylor McGrann (SF), Victor Robinson (DUP), Stafford Ward (Ind), Billy Webb (Alliance)

Three Mile Water

Tom Campbell (Alliance), Mark Cooper (DUP), Stephen Cosgrove (UUP), Sam Flanagan (DUP), Julie Gilmour (Alliance), Brian Kerr (UUP), Dylan Loughlin (Green), Trevor Mawhinney (TUV), Emmanuel Mullen (SF), Stephen Edward Ross (DUP)

Ards and North Down Borough Council

Ards Peninsula

Robert Hugh Adair (DUP), Joe Boyle (SDLP), Nigel Edmund (DUP), Boyd Ireland (Ind), David Kerr (DUP), Lorna McAlpine (Alliance), Gillian McNaull (Green), Noel Sands (SF), Eddie Thompson (DUP), Tom Thompson (TUV), Pete Wray (UUP)

Bangor Central

Craig Blaney (UUP), Alistair Cathcart (DUP), Karen Douglas (Alliance), Stephen John Dunlop (Green), Alex Harbinson (Alliance), Wesley Graham Irvine (Ind), Rachel Deborah McCord (UUP), Chris McCracken (Alliance), Ray McKimm (Ind), Dean McSorley (DUP), Tim Mullen (Cons), Peter Wilson (TUV)

Bangor East and Donaghadee

Mark Ronald Brooks (UUP), David Alan Chambers (UUP), James Cochrane (DUP), CIara Henry (Green), Hannah Irwin (Alliance), Bill Keery (Ind), Paul Leeman (Cons), Janice MacArthur (DUP), Gillian McCollum (Alliance), Tom Smith (Ind)

Bangor West

Colin Breen (Cons), Christine Creighton (Alliance), Jennifer Gilmour (DUP), John Gordon (TUV), Stephen Hollywood (UUP), Peter James Martin (DUP), Tony McCann (SDLP), Barry McKee (Green), Alison McWhinney (Alliance), Susan Prentice (Ind.), Huw Stacey (Alliance)

Comber

Rachel Ashe (Alliance), Stephen James Cooper (TUV), Trevor Cummings (DUP), Libby Douglas (DUP), Patricia Morgan (Alliance), Sam Patterson (TUV), Cory Quinn (Green), John Sloan (Ind), Philip Smith (UUP)

Holywood and Clandeboye

Diane Adams (TUV), Helen Corbett (Alliance), Alan Graham (DUP), Carl McClean (DUP), Linzi McLaren (UUP), Martin Joseph McRandal (Alliance), David Rossiter (Alliance), Deirdre Vaughn (SDLP), Rachel Elizabeth Woods (Green)

Newtownards

Eddie Allen (TUV), Naomi Esther Hannah Armstrong (DUP), Ian Cox (Ind), Steven Gary Irvine (Ind), Colin George Dallas Kennedy (DUP), Ben King (Ind), Maurice Macartney (Green), Alan Joseph McDowell (Alliance), Stephen Harold McIlveen (DUP), Vicky Moore (Alliance), Richard Smart (UUP)

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

Armagh

Scott Armstrong (DUP), Daniel Connolly (Aont), Fergal Donnelly (SF), Sarah Duffy (SF), Ashley Mallon (SF), Sam Nicholson (UUP), Thomas O'Hanlon (SDLP), John g O'Kane (SF), Grinne O'Neill (SDLP), Hanagh Winter (All)

Banbridge

Glenn Barr (UUP), Ian Burns (UUP), Seamus Doyle (SDLP), Joy Ferguson (All), Paul Greenfield (DUP), Jill Jill MacAuley (UUP), Chris McCartan (SF), Brian Moorhead (TUV), Kevin Savage (SF), Ian Wilson (DUP)

Craigavon

Robbie Alexander (All), Jackie Coade (SDLP), Kate Evans (UUP), Jude Mallon (SF), Declan McAlinden (SDLP), Catherine Nelson (SF), Ian Patterson (DUP), Margaret Tinsley (DUP)

Cusher

Paul Berry (Not specified), Brna Haughey (SF), Gordon Kennedy (UUP), EmmaJayne McKernan (SDLP), Ewan McNeill (UUP), Keith Ratcliffe (TUV), Mark Skillen (All), Philip Weir (DUP), Gareth Wilson (DUP)

Lagan River

Mark Baxter (DUP), Oisn Edwards (SDLP), Jessica Johnston (All), Vincent McAleenan (SF), Tim McClelland (DUP), Sammy Morrison (TUV), Sammy Ogle (UUP), Paul Rankin (DUP), Kyle Savage (UUP)

Lurgan

Peter Haire (DUP), Keith Haughian (SF), Peter Lavery (All), Liam Mackle (SF), Sorch McGeown (SF), Louise McKinstry (UUP), Stephen Moutray (DUP), Mary O'Dowd (SF), Ciaran Toman (SDLP)

Portadown

Paul Duffy (SF), Julie Flaherty (UUP), Emma Hutchinson (Alliance), Claire McConville-Walker (SF), Zoe Claire McCullough (UUP), Lavelle McIlwrath (DUP), Eamon McNeill (SDLP), Kyle Moutray (DUP), Alan Mulholland (DUP), Robert Oliver (TUV)

Belfast City Council

Balmoral

Tara Brooks (All), Sarah Bunting (DUP), Lauren Kendall (Green), Joshua Lowry (UUP), Dnal Lyons (SDLP), Geraldine McAteer (SF), Sarah Mulgrew (SDLP), Micky Murray (All), Sean Napier (Sinn Fin), Gareth Spratt (DUP)

Black Mountain

Ciaran Beattie (SF), Ryan Brown (All), Arder Carson (SF), Matt Collins (PBP), Paul Doherty (SDLP), Micheal Donnelly (SF), Ris-Mire Donnelly (SF), Gerard Herdman (Aont), Stevie Maginn (Green), Ursula Meighan (WP), Dan Murphy (IRSP), ine McCabe (SF), Ronan McLaughlin (SF)

Botanic

Billy Dickson (TUV), Jeffrey Dudgeon (UUP), Emma-Jane Faulkner (SF), John Gormley (SF), ine Groogan (Green), Tracy Kelly (DUP), Darren Leighton (DUP), Paddy Lynn (WP), Idris Maiga (Con), Emmet McDonough-Brown (All), Gary McKeown (SDLP), Neil Moore (Soc), Chris Ogle (All), Sipho Sibanda (PBP)

Castle

Brnach Anglin (SF), Fred Cobain (DUP), Julie-Anne Corr-Johnston (UUP), Barney Doherty (PBP), Lily Kerr (WP), Conor Maskey (SF), Dean McCullough (DUP), Sam Nelson (All), Mal O'Hara (Green), Carl Whyte (SDLP)

Collin

Michael Collins (PBP), Patrick Crossan (WP), Joe Duffy (SF), Matt Garrett (SF), Ash Jones (Green), Tony Mallon (Ind), Caoimhn McCann (SF), Luke McCann (Aont), Gerard McDonald (SDLP), Julieann McNally (Ind), Eoin Millar (All), Clodhna Nic Bhranair (SF), Sanna Walsh (SF)

Court

Tina Black (SF), Claire Canavan (SF), Sara Haller (Green), Ally Haydock (All), Billy Hutchinson (PUP), Michael Kelly (IRSP), Cailn McCaffery (PBP), Frank McCoubrey (DUP), Ron McDowell (TUV), Ian McLaughlin (DUP), Olcan McSparron (SDLP), Nicola Verner (DUP), Tony Walls (WP), Geoffrey Wilson (Ind)

Lisnasharragh

Nick Cropper (PBP), Samus de Faoite (SDLP), Davy Douglas (DUP), Bradley Ferguson (DUP), Stephen Ferguson (TUV), Eric Hanvey (All), Stevie Jenkins (SF), Michael Long (All), Bill Manwaring (UUP), Anna McErlean (All), Brian Smith (Green)

Oldpark

Nichola Bradley (SF), Charlotte Carson (SDLP), Ange Cruz (Green), Jordan Doran (DUP), Fiona Ferguson (PBP), JJ Magee (SF), Ryan Murphy (SF), Fiona McCarthy (WP), Ann McClure (TUV), Paul McCusker (Ind), Toms Nill (SF), Chris Shannon (All), Gillian Simpson (DUP)

Ormiston

Christine Bower (All), Fiona Doran (PBP), Anthony Flynn (Green), John Hiddleston (TUV), Carole Howard (UUP), James Lawlor (DUP), Jenna Maghie (All), Caitrona Mallaghan (SF), Andrew McCormick (DUP), Loran McGuirk (SDLP), Ross McMullan (All), Jim Rodgers (UUP), Caitlin Sullivan (All)

Titanic

David Bell (All), Ruth Brooks (DUP), Sonia Copeland (UUP), Pdraig Donnelly (SF), George Dorrian (DUP), Sammy Douglas (DUP), Gillian Hamilton (Green), Fiona McAteer (All), Elly Odhiambo (SDLP), Anne Smyth (TUV)

Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council

Ballymoney

Caitlin Bond (SDLP), Lee Kane (All), Jonathan McAuley (TUV), Tom McKeown (UUP), Cathal McLaughlin (Ind), Alan McLean (DUP), Ciarn McQuillan (SF), Leanne Peacock (SF), Mervyn Storey (DUP), Ivor Wallace (DUP), Darryl Wilson (UUP)

Bann

Ciarn Archibald (SF), Ryan Barkley (SDLP), Sean Bateson (SF), Gemma Brolly (Aont), William Craig (TUV), Richard Holmes (UUP), Dawn Huggins (DUP), Joe Hutchinson (Alliance), Andrew Kerr (UUP), Michelle Knight-McQuillan (DUP), Jen McCahon (Green), Adrian McQuillan (Ind)

Benbradagh

Robert Carmichael (UUP), Michael Coyle (SDLP), Liam McElhinney (Aont), Sean McGlinchey (SF), Kathleen McGurk (SF), Niall Murphy (Ind), Dermot Nicholl (SF), Edgar Scott (DUP), Christine Turner (All)

Causeway

David Alexander (Ind), Mark Coulson (Green), Mark Fielding (DUP), Sandra Hunter (UUP), Allister Kyle (TUV), John McAuley (DUP), Peter McCully (All), Sharon McKillop (DUP), Angela Mulholland (Ind), Paul Shevlin (SDLP), Richard Stewart (All), Emma Thompson (SF), Barry Torrens (UUP)

Coleraine

Philip Anderson (DUP), Niamh Archibald (SF), Yvonne Boyle (All), George Duddy (Ind), Helen Maher (SDLP), Amy Louise Merron (PBP), Tanya Stirling (DUP), Michael Sweeney (TUV), Adele Tomb (DUP), Russell Watton (PUP), John Wisener (UUP)

Limavady

John Boyle (Aont), Steven Callaghan (DUP), Aaron Callan (DUP), Brenda Chivers (SF), Barry Crawford (UUP), Amy Mairs (All), James McCorkell (Ind), Ashleen Schenning (SDLP), Billy Stewart (Ind), Jordan Wallace (DUP)

The Glens

Wesley Craig (UUP), Bill Kennedy (DUP), Margaret Anne McKillop (SDLP), Oliver McMullan (SF), Cara McShane (SF), Glenise Morgan (All), John Robbin (Aont), Maighrad Watson (SF)

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Waterside

Chelsea Cooke (DUP), Caitlin Deeney (SF), Darren Guy (UUP), Christopher Jackson (SF), Philip McKinney (All), Niree McMorris (DUP), Janice Montgomery (UUP), Sean Mooney (SDLP), Davina Pulis (PBP), Martin Reilly (SDLP)

Ballyarnett

Colm Cavanagh (All), Damien Doherty (PBP), Emmet Doyle (Aont), Sandra Duffy (SF), Rory Farrell (SDLP), Catherine McDaid (SDLP), John McGowan (SF), Patrick Murphy (SF), Brian Tierney (SDLP)

Derg

Caroline Devine (SF), Steven Edwards (SDLP), Leza Marie Houston (Aont), Derek Hussey (UUP), Keith Kerrigan (DUP), Adam McGinley (PBP), Ruair McHugh (SF), Anne Murray (All), Antaine Fearghail (SF), Andy Patton (Ind)

Faughan

Hayley Canning (SDLP), Alex Duffy (SF), Rachael Ferguson (All), Sean Fleming (SF), Damian Gallagher (PBP), Ryan McCready (UUP), Julie Middleton (DUP), Declan Norris (SDLP), Graham Warke (Ind), Gary Wilkinson (DUP)

Foyleside

Lilian Seenoi Barr (SDLP), Shauna Cusack (SDLP), Shaun Harkin (PBP), Conor Heaney (SF), Sen Mac Cearin (Aont), Stephen McCallion (SDLP), Danny McCloskey (All), Grace U Niallais (SF)

Sperrin

Jason Barr (SDLP), Raymond Barr (Ind), Paul Boggs (SF), Mel Boyle (All), Allan Bresland (DUP), Maurice Devenney (DUP), Tommy Forbes (SDLP), Carol Gallagher (PBP), Paul Gallagher (Ind), Brian Harte (SF), Patsy Kelly (Ind), Fergal Leonard (SF), Darn Mac Meanman (Aont) Glen Miller (UUP)

The Moor

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