In this year’s local elections there is probably the best spread of alternative candidates in a long time, and with the BNP being a real threat regionally and racist/nationalist parties standing locally, maybe this year it is worth voting in some areas of Liverpool. The numbers are:

27 Green Party candidates
8 Socialist Alliance
7 Liverpool Labour
5 Socialist Labour
1 Communist Party

In Central ward both the Greens and Liverpool Labour have a chance of getting one or two candidates in and in Greenbank Greens and Socialist Alliance could really easily strip Labour of enough votes to relegate their candidates into 3rd place or worse.

After some consideration, I’ve included Liverpool Labour on the list as the main point of this is to people show there are alternatives to the Tory Party 1, Storey Party in disguise) and the Tony Party. Amusingly, Howard’s Tories are in meltdown in Liverpool – they only managed 29 candidates, even less than last year despite 90 vacancies.

If you only have 1 or 2 decent local candidates, there is no compulsion to use your 2nd or 3rd vote, and if you don't believe voting will have any effect (even if it is only a kick up the arse in some marginal Labour / Lib Dem seat), then read something else that won't bore you as much.

Anfield: Lesley Mahmood & E Nattrass (Socialist Alliance)

Central: Peter Cranie, Faye Griffiths and A Rudkin (Green Party)
George Knibb & M Whitty (Liverpool Labour)

Childwall: A Saunders (Green)

Church: E Martin (Green)

Clubmoor: G Theys (Socialist Labour Party)

Cressington: A Ferguson (Green)

Croxteth: A Graham (Green), A Jennings and J Jones (Liverpool Labour) and V Shaw (Socialist Labour Party)

Everton: H Bryant (Green)

Fazakerley: D Kidd (Liverpool Labour)

Greenbank: J Birch-Holt, A Hoban & P Musgrove (Green Party)
R Foulkes, C Jones & S Yates (Socialist Alliance)

Kensington and Fairfield: Mike Lane (Socialist Labour)

Kirkdale: D Cook, E Van Der Linde & M Williams (Green Party)
A Hincks and T Smith (Liverpool Labour)

Mossley Hill: V Anderson & A Howarth (Green Party)

Norris Green: Kai Anderson (Socialist Labour) & Eric Cartmel (Green Party)
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Old Swan: P Filby, C Ralph and J Ralph (Socialist Alliance)

Princes Park: S Holgate, A Ploger and J Williams (Green Party)

Riverside: J Brown, N Stentiford & L Warner (Green Party) and J Cormack (Communist Party)

St Michaels: J Clatworthy, J Hill & H Jago (Green Party)

West Derby: P Goodwin (Socialist Labour) and I Graham (Green Party)
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For those on the left / progressive wing of politics in Allerton, Belle Vale, County, Knotty Ash, Picton, Speke, Tuebrook, Warbreck, Wavertree, Woolton and Yew Tree wards, there is always the Euro elections. The Greens and Respect are running. Use your vote wisely and help stop the BNP.