Every parish and borough council seat in the town will be up for grabs on May 6.
In 2018, independent Geoff Fellows won a Penketh and Cuerdley borough council seat.
Jimmy Robinson gained an Orford council seat from Labour, as an independent, in the 1990s. He was a former Labour councillor.
That came after former mayor Fred Phillips held a Burtonwood seat as an independent.
Cllr Fellows told voters the elections present a once in a four-year opportunity to make the change ‘you’ve been asking for and you deserve’.
He also says he offers himself as a ‘desperately needed’ alternative candidate for the ward.