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A total of 42 candidates will stand for the Blaenau Gwent Caerffili Rhymni constituency at May’s Senedd elections.

They will contest the seat on Thursday May 7, when six seats are up for grabs.

The elections mark the introduction of both a new voting system and an expanded Welsh Parliament, which will grow from 60 to 96 seats.

At the polling station, voters will be asked to select one party on their ballot papers – with seats allocated according to each party’s vote share.

The higher up a candidate has been ranked by their party, the more likely they are to win a seat.

There are also three individual candidates in the race.

The full list of candidates, as confirmed by Caerphilly County Borough Council – which will be overseeing the running of the election – is as follows:

Welsh Conservatives (six candidates)

1. Gareth Potter

2. Janet Butler

3. John Child

4. David West

5. Martin Newell

6. Fay Bromfield

Green Party (six candidates)

1. Anne Baker

2. Alexis Celnik

3. Rachel Roberts

4. Hannah Garcia

5. Aidan Dempsey

6. Jamie Payne

Heritage Party (one candidate)

1. Jared Burgess

Open Party one candidate)

1. Karen Horan

Plaid Cymru (six candidates)

1. Delyth Jewell

2. Lindsay Whittle

3. Niamh Salkeld

4. Catrin Moss

5. Charlotte Bishop

6. Steven Skivens

Reform UK (six candidates)

1. Llŷr Powell

2. Catherine Cullen

3. Joshua Kim

4. Johnathan Parker

5. Glenda Davies

6. Barclay Nickels

Welsh Labour (seven candidates)

1. Alun Davies

2. Richard Tunnicliffe

3. Keiran Russell

4. Sara Beard

5. Simon Dancey

6. John Pettit

7. Hero Marsden

Welsh Liberal Democrats (six candidates)

1. Steve Aicheler

2. David Scullin

3. Catherine Dowden-King

4. Steve Lloyd

5. Ivan Westley

6. Juliet Price

Individual candidates (three)

Jordan Brace

Mike Whatley

Steve Wright