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The candidates who will be standing in the upcoming Senedd Elections have now officially been confirmed.

The election is scheduled to take place on May 6, with voters deciding who will represent their communities in the Senedd.

Caerphilly County Borough comprises of two and a half constituencies. Each constituency elects one Senedd Member.

The constituencies within Caerphilly County Borough are Caerphilly and Islwyn, while half of the Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency lies within Caerphilly County Borough.

The full list of candidates for each constituency is as follows:

Caerphilly constituency

Steven Aicheler – Welsh Liberal Democrats

Hefin David – Welsh Labour

Delyth Jewell – Plaid Cymru

Stephen Jones – Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party

Steven Mayfield – Welsh Conservatives

Tim Price – Reform UK

Islwyn constituency

Gavin Chambers – Welsh Conservatives

Kevin Etheridge – Independent

Michael Ford – Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party

Neil Hamilton – UKIP

Rhys Mills – Plaid Cymru

Rhianon Passmore – Welsh Labour

Oliver Townsend – Welsh Liberal Democrats

James Wells – Reform UK

Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney constituency

Jez Becker – Welsh Liberal Democrats

Dawn Bowden – Welsh Labour

Donna Gavin – Welsh Conservatives

Ian Gwynne – Plaid Cymru

Colin Jones – Reform UK

Hugh Moelwyn Hughes – Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party

George Pykov – UKIP

Caerphilly Observer will be publishing stories focusing on each of the main parties in the coming weeks