West Midlands mayor 2024: Quick guide to the candidates

(L-R, from top left) Siobhan Harper-Nunes, Richard Parker, Andy Street, Sunny Virk, Elaine Williams and Akhmed Yakoob are candidates in the mayoral election

Voters in the West Midlands will vote on 2 May to elect their next mayor for the region.

Six candidates are standing and you can click on the links below to find out more about each of them (listed in alphabetic order by surname):

• The Green Party's Siobhan Harper-Nunes

• The Labour Party's Richard Parker

• The Conservative Party's Andy Street

• The Liberal Democrats' Sunny Virk

• Reform UK's Elaine Williams

• Independent Akhmed Yakoob