Candidates for the next Liverpool Council have begun their campaigns

THERE are six candidates for Liverpool Council mayor in the September 10 elections and 48 candidates for council in total, and they are on the campaign trail already.

Liverpool Community Independents Team candidates on the campaign trail on Saturday. (L-R) Mark George, Narelle van den Bos, Bernard Garling, Peter Harle, Karress Rhodes, Michael Andjelkovic and Erik Rakowski. Picture: Tim Clapin.

THE 48 candidates vying for a seat on the Liverpool Council have begun their campaigns.

Last Wednesday, nominations closed with 21 nominations in the North Ward and 27 in the South ward.

Among them are experienced campaigners, incumbent councillors and new faces, and over the next few weeks they will be trying to convince local voters they’re the individual, or group, with that person’s best interests at heart.

In 2008 Phil Sim came third in the race for Liverpool Mayor. He had a rest in the 2012 election, but is back this year vying for mayor and general council.

Seema Mishra Liverpool Mayoral candidate

On Saturday, the 10-member “Liverpool Community Independents Team” (LCIT) began their campaign with a bus tour, visiting central Liverpool, Casula and Miller.

The number one position on the LCIT ticket is held by current councillor Peter Harle, who is also in the race for mayor, and who said, if successful, he and his colleagues would make decisions based on what’s best for the city.

“We’re not doing this to further our own political futures,” he said.

Liverpool mayor Ned Mannoun has already announced he is not seeking re-election as Liverpool mayor or as a councillor. But incumbent deputy mayor and Liberal, Tony Hadchiti is running for mayor.

Peter Harle( north ward), Karress Rhodes ( south ward ), ( both Liverpool Community Indipendents team ). The candidates will be doing a bus tour of the Liverpool area to begin the campaign, starting from Liverpool train station.

In the lead-up to the poll the Liverpool Leader will provide detailed coverage of all the candidates’ campaigns.

To find out who you have to choose from on September 10 have a look here.

All names are in the order they appear on the Electoral Commission website.

Mayoral candidates for the Liverpool City Council

Seema Mishra; independent

Peter Harle; Liverpool Community Independents Team

Phil Sim; independent

Tony Hadchiti; Liberal

Signe Westerberg; The Greens.

Wendy Waller; Labor

Councillor candidates for Liverpool’s North Ward

Peter Harle; LCIT

Bernard Garling; LCIT

Mark George; LCIT

Pauline Rowe; LCIT

Marc Conners; LCIT

Mazhar Hadid; Liberal

Gus Balloot; Liberal

George Germanos; Liberal

Daniella Frisina; Liberal

Russell Vickers; Liberal

Ali Karnib; Labor

Nathan Hagarty; Labor

Sam Kayal; Labor

Patricia Glossop; Labor

Betty Green; Labor

Signe Westerberg; The Greens

Maurice George; The Greens

Jared Price; The Greens

Christopher Garvin; The Greens

Craig Reedy; The Greens

Kieran McGuire; independent

Councillor candidates for the Liverpool’s South Ward

Tony Hadchiti; Liberal

Tina Ayyad; Liberal

Fiona Macnaught; Liberal

Jose Correia; Liberal

Richard Ammoun; Liberal

Karress Rhodes; LCIT

Michael Andjelkovic; LCIT

Narelle Van Den Bos; LCIT

Eric Rakowski; LCIT

Peter Savidis; LCIT

Lance Westerberg; The Greens

Andre Bosch; The Greens

Maria George; The Greens

Stephen Wilinson; The Greens

Thomas Gough; The Greens

Geoff Shelton; Labor

Charisma Kaliyanda; Labor

Brad Parker; Labor

Raffaele Catanzariti; Labor

Ethan Monaghan; Labor

Phil Sim; independent

David Milovanovic; independent

Judith Sim; independent

Kevin Gormly; independent

John Devlin; independent

Ellie Robertson; Animal Justice Party

Seema Mishra; independent