Local government elections will be held on Thursday May 5 and will result in 43 new councillors for Dumfries and Galloway, serving 12 wards.
There are 74 candidates standing for election and they are:
Abbey
Ian Blake (Con)
Kim Lowe (SNP)
Matthew Pumphrey (Lib Dem)
Davie Stitt (Lab)
Robin Wishart (Con)
Annandale East and Eskdale
Karen Carruthers (Con)
Archie Dryburgh (Lab)
Kirsten Herbst-Gray (Lib Dem)
Denis Male (Indp)
Stephen Mattock (Green)
Ronnie Tait (Con)
Sylvia Willmot (SNP)
Annandale North
Marion Collins (Alba)
Lynne Davis (Con)
Doug Fairbairn (Con)
Gail Macgregor (Con)
Jennifer Norris (Green)
Stephen Thompson (SNP)
Carolyne Wilson (Lab)
Annandale South
Richard Brodie (Lib Dem)
Ian Carruthers (Con)
Cameron Garrett (Green)
George Jamieson (SNP)
Sean Marshall (Lab)
Allan Weild (Con)
Castle Douglas and Crocketford
Liz Ashburn (Green)
Pauline Drysdale (Con)
Gill Dykes (Indp)
Keith Heron (Lab)
Iain Howie (Indp)
Iain Kennedy-Moffat (Con)
Iain McDonald (Lib Dem)
John Young (SNP)
Dee and Glenkens
Anthony Bird (Lib Dem)
Dougie Campbell (Indp)
John Denerley (Con)
Andy McFarlane (SNP)
Laura Moodie (Green)
Susan Murdoch (Con)
Graham Trickey (Lab)
Lochar
Linda Dorward (Lab)
Ivor Hyslop (Con)
Maureen Johnstone (Con)
Tracey Little (SNP)
Sandy Rogerson (Green)
Mid and Upper Nithsdale
Tony Berretti (SNP)
Jim Dempster (Indp)
Callum Jamieson (Lab)
Kyle Thornton (Con)
Andrew Wood (Con)
Mid Galloway and Wigtown West
Kenny Campbell (Green)
Katie Hagmann (SNP)
David Inglis (Con)
Jackie McCamon (Con)
Sandy Whitelaw (Lab)
Nith
John Campbell (SNP)
Malcolm Johnstone (Con)
Anne McLauchlan (Green)
Alastair Muir (Con)
David Slater (Indp)
Keith Walters (Lab)
Angie Whitelaw (Lab)
NW Dumfries
Graham Bell (Con)
Andy Ferguson (SNP)
Ann Johnstone (Green)
Emma Jordan (Lab)
Paula Stevenson (Lab)
Stranraer and the Rhins
Peter Barlow (Green)
Ben Dashper (SNP)
Andrew Giusti (Con)
Chrissie Hill (Con)
John McCutcheon (Lab)
Willie Scobie
Tommy Sloan
