Six candidates will battle for the Highfield ward seat at the May 6 by-electionSix candidates will battle for the Highfield ward seat at the May 6 by-election
Six candidates will battle for the Highfield ward seat at the May 6 by-election

Local elections 2021: Six candidates to battle for Blackpool's Highfield ward seat - this is what they had to say ahead of next week's vote

Six candidates will battle for the Highfield ward seat at the May 6 by-election which is being held following the death of longstanding councillor Lily Henderson in December.

Mrs Henderson was believed to be the oldest councillor in the country when she held the seat for the Conservatives at the 2019 local elections, aged 92.

It was a closely fought contest in 2019, which saw Coun Peter Hunter retain his seat for Labour, but the other two candidates were not far behind in what was a two-way contest between the parties.

*Becky Daniels (Green Party) - Did not respond to requests for a candidate statement.