The deadline for registering to vote in the upcoming Vale of Glamorgan local election ends on April 14.

A total of 54 councillors will be elected across 24 wards in this election.

The council is currently made up of 15 Conservative councillors, 14 Labour councillors, four Plaid Cymru councillors, eight Vale Independent councillors, four Llantwit First councillors and two Independent councillors.

A full list of candidates was published on April 6.

Candidates for Cowbridge: 2022

1.    Charles Edward Alexander Champion – Welsh Conservative Party

2.    Geoff Cox – Vale Independents Group

3.    Paul Eldridge – Welsh Labour

4.    Robert Fisher – Welsh Conservative Party

5.    Mike Hancock – Reform UK

6.    T. Hunter Jarvie – Vale Independents Group

7.    Andrew Carey Parker – Vale Independents Group

8.    Alec Trousdell – Independent

9.    Nicholas James Wood – Welsh Conservative Party

Click here to register for the local elections on May 5.

The postal vote deadline is 17:00 on Tuesday, April 19.

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