SEVENTY-SEVEN candidates will stand in the upcoming local government election in the Borders, it has been confirmed.

Thirty-four councillors will be voted in across the 11 council wards in the region.

Three candidates will be elected for each ward – except Galashiels and District which has four seats.

Anyone aged 16 and over living in the Borders can vote in the election - set to take place on Thursday, May 5.

However, you must be registered to vote by midnight on Monday, April 18.

Here are the 77 candidates:

Tweeddale West

  • Dominic Ashmole – Scottish Green Party
  • Drummond Begg – Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Julia Reid – Scottish Labour Party
  • Eric Small – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • John Smith – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Viv Thomson – Scottish National Party (SNP)

Tweeddale East

  • Robert Bon – Scottish Labour Party
  • Ellie Clarke – Scottish Green Party
  • Marshall Douglas – SNP
  • Calum MacEwan Watt – Vanguard Party
  • Julie Pirone – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • David Pye – Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Robin Tatler – Independent

Galashiels and District

  • Michael Banks – Vanguard Party
  • James Clark – Scottish Eco-Federalist Party (SEFP)
  • Duck Frater – Independent
  • Euan Jardine – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Neil Mackinnon – Scottish Green Party
  • Harry Scott – Independent
  • Fay Sinclair – SNP
  • Hannah Steel – Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Bill White – Independent

Selkirkshire

  • Caroline Cochrane – Independent
  • Leagh Douglas – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Gordon Edgar – Independent
  • Barbra Harvie – Scottish Green Party
  • Scott Redpath – Scottish Labour Party
  • Elaine Thornton-Nicol – SNP

Leaderdale and Melrose

  • Simon Johnson – Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Jenny Linehan – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Michael Needham – Scottish Green Party
  • David Parker – Independent
  • John PatonDay – SNP
  • Michael Scott – Scottish Labour Party
  • Chris Stefanek – Vanguard Party

Mid Berwickshire

  • Hamish Goldie-Scot – Scottish Family Party
  • John Greenwell – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Yvonne Huggins-Haig – Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Gail Jackson – Scottish Green Party
  • Donald Moffat – SNP
  • Mark Rowley – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • David Smith – Scottish Labour Party

East Berwickshire

  • James Anderson – Independent
  • Peter Guthrie – Scottish Green Party
  • Carol Hamilton – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Lynda Jones – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Raquel Lloyd-Jones – Independent
  • Aileen Orr – SNP
  • Edward Prentice – Scottish Family Party
  • Paul Stirton – Scottish Labour Party

Kelso and District

  • Wilson George – Scottish Labour Party
  • Shelagh King – Scottish Green Party
  • Kenryck Lloyd-Jones – Scottish Labour Party
  • Simon Mountford – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Euan Robson – Scottish Liberal Democrats
  • Sunny Smith – Vanguard Party
  • Tom Weatherston – Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Jedburgh and District

  • John Bathgate – Independent
  • Pam Brown – SNP
  • Scott Hamilton – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Jesse Rae – Independent
  • Yvonne Ridley – Alba Party
  • Sandy Scott – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Charles Strang – Scottish Green Party

Hawick and Denholm

  • Trevor Adams – Independent
  • Catriona Hamilton – Scottish Green Party
  • Kay Hughes – Scottish Labour Party
  • Stuart Marshall – Independent
  • Clair Ramage – Independent
  • Neil Richards – Scottish Conservative and Unionist

Hawick and Hermitage

  • Jane Cox – Scottish Conservative and Unionist
  • Kevin Ferguson – Scottish Green Party
  • Cameron Knox – Independent
  • Robert Leach – Scottish Labour Party
  • Watson McAteer – Independent
  • Annette Smart – SNP
  • Rosemary Webster – Scottish Liberal Democrats