Which seats are up for re-election? What is the state of each party? Which seats have all new candidates?

A simple chart summarising the position at the moment with Labour having 29 seats out of the total of 51 – thus giving an overall majority.

This is a link to the details of all of the current Councillors.

Link to the May 2016 candidates “Notice of Election – Statement of Persons Nominated for the Local Election”

For Labour to lose an overall majority then they will need to lose 4 seats ( net).