See if a year of coalition government has affected local votes at the Elmbridge Council elections.

This year there are 20 contested wards or seats, all except Walton Ambleside and Hinchley Wood.

The Official Monster Raving Loony Party is staging a world record attempt this election, although they have no idea which one they are trying to beat.

The party wants to field a record number of candidates in one ward, and has nine people standing in Molesey East.

Chinners, one of the candidates, said: “Whenever there’s an election there is always one person from each party, otherwise it splits the vote.

“We like to try to find little loopholes and thought it would be a laugh to have a load of us stand.

“I just wanted to get a few people involved to show how easy it is.

“Everybody has the right to vote, but everybody also has the right to be voted for, bedsides the fact it’s a jolly good laugh.”

The election takes place on Thursday, May 3, and the count itself should be completed between 3am and 4am the following day at Sandown Park racecourse.

ESHER

Bruce King – Labour

Gary Lay - Esher Residents Association

Tim Oliver – Local Conservatives

LONG DITTON

Jake Delaney – Conservative

Roger Hughes – Labour

Toni Izard – Liberal Democrat

THAMES DITTON

Francis Eldergill – Labour

Hugh Evans – Local Conservatives

Ruth Lyon – Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents’ Association

WESTON GREEN

Mary Bruce - Thames Ditton and Weston Green Residents’ Association

Christian Mahne – Local Conservatives

CLAYGATE

Bernard Collignon – United Kingdon Independence Party

Alex Coomes – Liberal Democrat

Shelia Francis – Labour

Richard Hunt - Independent

PJ Warren – Local Conservatives

MOLESEY EAST

Badger – Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Steve Bax – Local Conservatives

Bone – Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Chinners – Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Nigel Cooper – Molesey Residents Association

Crazy Dave – Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Ben Griffin - Labour Large – Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Monkey the Drummer – Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Pee Gee Tipps – Official Monster Raving Loony Party

Scunny – Official Monster Raving Loony Party

SMFMusic Lab – Official Monster Raving Loony Party

MOLESEY NORTH

James Lee – Local Conservatives

Liz Robertson – Molesey Residents Association

Alastair Sturgis – Liberal Democrat

MOLESEY SOUTH Pat Cotter – Local Conservatives

Rita Drummond – Labour

Vic Eldridge – Molesey Residents Association

Paul Nagle – Liberal Democrat

COBHAM AND DOWNSIDE

David Bellchamber – Liberal Democrat

John Butcher - Conservative

Irene Threlkeld – Labour

COBHAM FAIRMILE

James Browne – Conservative

Steven Gray – Labour

Michael Smith – Liberal Democrat

OXSHOTT AND STOKE D’ABERNON

Jan Fuller – Conservative

Carolyn Gray – Labour

David Loader – Liberal Democrat

WALTON CENTRAL

Lewis Brown – Local Conservatives

Neil Luxton – The Walton Society

Graham Smith – Labour

WALTON NORTH

Barbara Cowin – Local Conservatives

Peter Hawkes – Labour

Alexander Stringer – Liberal Democrat

WALTON SOUTH

Mike Collins –the Walton Society

Sereena Davey – Liberal Democrat

Stuart Hawkins – Local Conservatives

Caroline Ingram – Labour

HERSHAM NORTH

Roy Green – Hersham Village Society

Kevin Hamilton – Labour

Malcolm Howard – Local Conservatives

HERSHAM SOUTH Doug Clarke – Hersham Village Society

Mark Gower – Labour

John O’Reilly – Local Conservatives

Andrew Sturgis – Liberal Democrat

WEYBRIDGE NORTH

Ajoy Bose-Mallick - Conservative

Andrew Davis – Liberal Democrat

Robert Evans – Labour

WEYBRIDGE SOUTH Susan Bohane – Liberal Democrat

Glenn Dearlove – Conservative

Sheial Millington – Labour

OATLANDS PARK

Lee Godfrey – Labour

Vicki Macleod – Liberal Democrat

Lorraine Samuels – Conservative

ST GEORGE’S HILL

Brian Fairclough – St George’s Hill Independents

Simon Foale – Conservative

Martin Lister – Labour