VOTERS will be out in force come May 5 for a triple whammy of ballots - but perhaps the most important will be local elections.

This year there are 20 battles for seats in Swindon and here the Adver’s political reporter Adam Kula gives you the facts, figures and which seats are safe, questionable or ‘wobbly’ based on voter numbers in the last election.

ABBEY MEADS:

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Peter Stoddart (Con) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Peter-Heaton Jones (Con), Vera Tomlinson (Con) Seat status: Mega-safe Conservative majority in 2010: Peter Heaton-Jones got 2,655 more than closest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Gary Belben (UKIP) / Aneta Golebiewska (Lib Dem) / Mark James Viner (Lab)

CENTRAL:

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Derique Montaut (Lab), Key figure: Leader of the Opposition Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Bob Wright (Lab), Ali Junab (Lab) Seat status: Safe Labour majority in 2010: Bob Wright got 1,202 more votes than closest rival, Conservative Rivals standing: Karsten Evans (Ind) / Paul Gregory (Con) / Robert Oliver Heritage (Green) / Eleanor Jane Pomagalski (UKIP) / Garry Porter (Lib Dem)

COVINGHAM and NYTHE:

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Glenn Smith (Con) Standing again?: No. Emma Faramarzi defending seat for the Conservatives Other current councillors: Dale Heenan (Con), Richard Hurley (Con) Seat status: Relatively safe Conservative majority in 2010: Richard Hurley got 680 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Corinna Christine Allen (UKIP) / Chris Ward (Lib Dem) / Peter William David Watts (Lab)

DORCAN:

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Andy Albinson (Con) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Rod Bluh (Con), Kevin Parry (Con) Seat status: Questionable Conservative majority in 2010: Rod Bluh got 460 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Clive Hooper (Lib Dem) / Ged Meheran (Lab) / Simon William Smith (Green)

EASTCOTT:

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Martin Wiltshire (Lib Dem) Standing again?: No. Nicky Sewell defending seat for Lib Dems Other current councillors: Stan Pajak (Lib Dem), David Wood (Lib Dem) Seat status: Safe Lib Dem majority in 2010: David Wood got 932 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: David Gould (Con) / Bill Hughes (Green) / Vince Pomagalski (UKIP) / Chris Watts (Lab)

FRESHBROOK and GRANGE PARK:

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Michael James Dickinson (Con) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Peter Greenhalgh (Con), Michael Bray (Con) Seat status: Safe Conservative majority in 2010: Michael Bray got 927 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Neil Heavens (Lab) / John Lenton (UKIP) / Heidi Teague (Lib Dem)

GORSE HILL and PINEHURST

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: John Ballman (Lab) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Rochelle Russell (Lab), Ray Ballman (Lab) Seat status: Relatively safe Labour majority in 2010: Rochelle Russell got 563 more votes than nearest rival, Conservative Rivals standing: Lynda Barber (Lib Dem) / Reg Bates (BNP) / Robin Tingey (UKIP) / Wendy Jayne Welch (Con)

HAYDON WICK

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Ian Dobie (Con) Standing again?: No. Claire Ann Ellis defending for Conservatives Other current councillors: Rex Barnett (Con), David Renard (Con) Seat status: Safe Conservative majority in 2010: David Renard got 1,272 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Ed Garrard (UKIP) / Tim Martin Page (Lab) / David Pajak (Lib Dem)

Highworth

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Melanie Duff (Con) Standing again?: No. Alan John Bishop is defending for the Conservatives Other current councillors: John Fairlamb Short (Con), Anthony Peake (Con) Seat status: Safe Conservative majority in 2010: John Short got 934 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Anthea Beaumont (Lab) / / Andrew Donald Day (Green) / Jenny Shorten (Lib Dem)

MOREDON

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Jenny Millin (Lab) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: David Wren (Con), Colin Lovell (Con) Seat status: Wobbly – Labour took the seat from Conservatives in November with a small majority Labour majority in 2010: A by-election saw Jenny Millin take the seat in November, with 132 more votes than nearest rival, Conservative Rivals standing: Toby Lewis Elliott (Con) / Tracy Ockley (Lib Dem) / Kathy Webb (UKIP)

OLD TOWN and LAWN

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Fionuala Foley (Con), Key figure: Cabinet member for leisure, she recently faced flak after calling for £610,000 of debt racked up by Highworth Recreation Centre to be written off Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Mike Bawden (Con), Brian Mattock (Con) Seat status: Super-safe Conservative majority in 2010: Brian Mattock got 1,634 more votes than nearest rival, Lib Dem Rivals standing: Noel Frank Gardner (UKIP) / Denis Harrison (Green) / Cindy Matthews (Lab) / Joan Mortimer (Lib Dem)

PARKS

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Fay Howard (Labour) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Mark Dempsey (Lab), Steve Allsopp (Lab) Seat status: Relatively safe Labour majority in 2010: Mark Dempsey got 591 more votes than nearest rival, Conservative Rivals standing: Graham Cherry (Ind) / Steve Halden (Social Democratic Party) / Terry Hayward (UKIP) / David Miles (Green) / Catherine Smith (Lib Dem) / Tim Swinyard (Con)

PENHILL

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Paul Baker (Lab) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Andy Harrison (Lib Dem) Seat status: Labour should hold despite the Lib Dems’ victory last year Lib Dem majority in 2010: Andy Harrison got 116 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Caroline Dollery (Ind) / Jaki Dawn Fairbrother (Con) / Trevor Smith (Lib Dem)

SHAW and NINE ELMS

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Garry Perkins (Con), Key figure: The deputy leader of the council, Coun Perkins, has come under fire for his involvement in the disastrous wi-fi saga Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Keith Williams (Con), Nick Martin (Con) Seat status: Super-safe Conservative majority in 2010: Keith Williams got 1,480 more votes than nearest rival, Lib Dem Rivals standing: James Farr (Lib Dem) / Bob Feal-Martinez (UKIP) / Mike Heal (Lab)

ST MARGARET

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Russell Holland (Con) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Mark Edwards (Con), Ray Fisher (Con) Seat status: Safe Conservative majority in 2010: Mark Edwards got 945 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Nigel Peter Chalk (Lab), Deborah King (Lib Dem), Margaret Phyllis Thompson-Watt (UKIP)

ST PHILIP

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Paul Findlow (Con) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Sinead Darker (Con), Janet Heenan (Con) Seat status: Really wobby - could swing to Labour Conservative majority in 2010: Janet Heenan got 51 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Ann Richards (Lib Dem) / Peter Thompson-Watt (UKIP) / Joe Tray (Lab)

TOOTHILL and WESTLEA

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Steve Wakefield (Lab) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Mary Martin (Con) Seat status: Hard to determine Conservative majority in 2008: Mary Martin got 549 more votes than nearest rival, Labour. Coun Wakefield at the time was a Conservative, and has now switched to Labour, making it difficult to gauge what the outcome might be Rivals standing: Daniel Matthew Bissex (Con) / Marilyn Harrison (Green) / Tiffany Pomagalski (UKIP) / Chris Shepherd (Lib Dem)

WALCOT

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Peter Mallinson (Con), Key figure: Coun Mallinson has faced a hail of criticism for his privatisation of the council’s home care service, with the loss of scores of experienced jobs Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Mavis Childs (Con) Seat status: Wobbly - could swing to Labour Conservative majority in 2008 (last election): Mavis Childs won 135 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Kathy McCarthy (Lib Dem), Jennifer Anne Miles (Green), Ellen Osa (Lab)

WESTERN

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: Des Moffatt (Lab) Standing again?: Yes Other current councillors: Kevin Small (Lab), Jim Grant (Lab) Seat status: Relatively safe Labour majority in 2010: Kevin Small got 656 more votes than nearest rival, Conservative Rivals standing: John Christopher Haines (Con) / Greg Heathcliffe (UKIP) / Geoffrey King (Lib Dem)

WROUGHTON and CHISELDON

Current councillor whose seat is up for re-election: William Morton (Con) Standing again?: No Other current councillors: Eric Shaw (Con), Brian Ford (Con) Seat status: Super-safe Conservative majority in 2010: Eric Shaw got 1,614 more votes than nearest rival, Labour Rivals standing: Susan Rachel Cassell (UKIP) / Wayne Lawrence Crabbe (Con) / Geraint Day (Labour and Co-Operative Party) / Victor Godman (Lib Dem) / Paul Hurst (Ind)