With Brexit hogging the political limelight, you might not realise local elections are taking place next month.
It will be your first chance in four years to choose who represents you on South Gloucestershire Council or North Somerset Council, depending on where you live.
From planning decisions to potholes, bin collections to business rates, councillors influence the services you depend on day-to-day.
Your vote will help determine the political make-up of the council, but there are a few deadlines you need to know about before polling day (see below).
But when can you vote and where? And for whom?
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Local Elections 2019: The Basics
When is polling day?
The elections will take place on Thursday, May 2. Polling stations will be open from 7am to 10pm.
How do I make sure I am eligible to vote?
You must be registered on the electoral roll before April 12 .
Residents over 18 should log on to www.gov.uk/register-to-vote to check their eligibility.
If you need to register - for example if you recently turned 18, changed your name or moved to South Gloucestershire - you’ll need your National Insurance number handy.
What about postal or proxy voting?
Once you are registered to vote, the council will send you a polling card in the post, which will confirm which ward you are in and the local polling station where you can cast your ballot.
If you are unable to get to your local polling station on election day, you can apply for a postal vote or appoint someone to vote on your behalf.
All postal vote applications must be received by 5pm on Monday, April 15
The deadline for proxy voting applications is Wednesday, April 24. Emergency proxy vote applications must be made by 5pm at the latest on May 2.
South Gloucestershire Local Elections 2019
As it stands, the Conservatives have an overall majority in South Gloucestershire.
The party won 40 of the 70 seats in the last full council election, becoming the first to hold a majority since the unitary authority was created. The remaining 30 seats were fairly evenly split in the 2015 election, with 16 going to the Lib Dems and 14 to Labour.
But this will all change from May.
Two dozen councillors have already announced they are not standing for re-election, and sweeping changes to the ward boundaries in South Gloucestershire have reduced the number of seats available from 70 down to 61.
The boundary changes have also resulted in the disappearance of new wards and the creation of new ones.
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South Gloucestershire Local Election 2019 Candidates
South Gloucestershire Council has announced the names of all the candidates who will be vying for your votes on May 2.
The Conservatives dominate the field in sheer numbers, with 61 standing for election.
Forty-six people are seeking election under the Liberal Democrat banner, and another 14 are listed as representing the Liberal Democrat Focus Team.
Labour has 48 candidates in the field, and the Labour and Co-op group have six.
Nine people representing Ukip Make Brexit Happen are listed.
Eight independents are standing for election. These candidates have no particular political affiliation. They are not linked to the Independent Group, the new political party for pro-EU MPs launched in February 2019 and since renamed Change UK.
The Green party has seven candidates up for election.
Bitton and Oldland Common (two seats)
Matthew Furey-King, Green
Ben Gibbs, Labour
Paul Robert Hughes, Conservative
Paul Aidan Hulbert, Liberal Democrats
Karl Dominic Tomasin, Liberal Democrats
Erica Williams, Conservative
Neil Willmott, Labour
Boyd Valley (two seats)
Nigel Goldsmith, Labour
Philippa Emily Marsden, Liberal Democrat
Steve Reade, Conservative
Ben Calafort Stokes, Conservative
Nicholas Andrew Valentine, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
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Bradley Stoke North (two seats)
David Michael Addison, Labour and Co-op
Daniel John Elliott, Independent
Fabrizio Fazzino, Labour and Co-op
Ian Noel Joseph, Liberal Democrats
Franklin Owusu-Antwi, Conservative
Sarah Lynn Pomfret, Conservative
Andy Ward, Independent
Jon Williams, Liberal Democrats
Bradley Stoke South (two seats)
John Howard Ashe, Conservative
Roger Avenin, Conservative
Omar Aziz Beg, Liberal Democrats
Elaine Ann Hardwick, Independent
Sue Hope, Liberal Democrats
Kulwinder Singh Sappal, Labour
Ravi Kumar Vinjamuri, Labour
Bex Ward, Independent
Marion Ward, Independent
Charfield (one seat)
John Dudley Buxton, Conservative
Gary Raymond Clarke, Labour
John O`Neill, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Charlton and Cribbs (three seats)
Brenda Mary Osyth Allen, Liberal Democrats
Jocelyn Briffett, Ukip Make Brexit Happen
Jo Buddharaju, Conservative
Mubashar Hussain Chaudhry, Labour
Tom Crawley, Ukip Make Brexit Happen
Brian Hopkinson, Conservative
Elaine Mary Martin, Labour
George Pykov, Ukip Make Brexit Happen
Sanjay Kumar Shambhu, Conservative
Matthew Stringer, Liberal Democrats
Keith Walker, Labour
Anne Penelope White, Liberal Democrats
Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge (two seats)
Rob Creer, Conservative
Roger Frederick Jahans-Price, Labour
Ruth Mary Jahans-Price, Labour
Becky Romaine, Conservative
Adrian Samuel Rush, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Patricia Anne Trull, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Dodington (two seats)
Tony Davis, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Louise Anne Harris, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Ian James Donovan Livermore, Conservative
Simon Peter Schofield, Conservative
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Emersons Green (three seats)
Judy Adams, Conservative
Sadik Adam Al-Hassan, Labour
Rachel Claire Hathaway, Liberal Democrats
Colin John Hunt, Conservative
Rachael Anne Hunt, Conservative
Jonathan Maytham, Labour
Martin William Monk, Liberal Democrats
Matthew Palmer, Labour
Andrew Paul Riches, Liberal Democrats
Filton (two seats)
Keith Briffett, Ukip Make Brexit Happen
Lindsay Jane Gough, Liberal Democrats
Adam Paul Monk, Labour
Ayrden James Pocock, Liberal Democrats
Ian Keith Mark Scott, Labour
Murali Thoppil, Green
John Tucker, Conservative
Diana Warner, Green
Philip Winter, Ukip Make Brexit Happen
Christopher John Wood, Conservative
Frampton Cotterell (three seats)
Tristan Adam Sutton Clark, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Marian Joy Gilpin, Conservative
Jenna Marie Hale, Conservative
Tom Howell, Conservative
Jon Lean, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Roger Edward Millard, Labour
Jonathan Terence Trollope, Labour
Terry Trollope, Labour
Linda Williams, Independent
Claire Louise Young, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Frenchay & Downend (three seats)
Benjamin Paul Burton, Conservative
AJ Coakham, Labour
Trevor Crotch-Harvey, Ukip Make Brexit Happen
Andy Daer, Liberal Democrats
James Griffiths, Conservative
Paul Harris, Labour
Jon Hunt, Conservative
Theodore Jonathan Kent, Labour
Paul Andrew Sayers, Liberal Democrats
Tim White, Liberal Democrats
Hanham (three seats)
June Patricia Bamford, Conservative
Andy Chubb, Labour
Peter Edmund Coley, Liberal Democrats
Jack Benjamin Cox, Green
Joseph Alexander Evans, Green
Denise Christine Gawn, Liberal Democrats
Toby Andrew Jefferies, Liberal Democrats
Brenda Barbara Langley, Conservative
Jason Pearce, Conservative
Wayne Prewett, Labour
Jenny Vernon, Green
Caroline Louise White, Labour
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Kingswood (two seats)
April Janet Lilian Clare Begley, Labour
Tony Griffiths, Conservative
Andrew Mills, Conservative
Hossein Pirooz, Liberal Democrats
Andrea Jane Reid, Labour
Sue Walker, Liberal Democrats
Longwell Green (two seats)
Ron Hardie, Labour
Cheryl Anne Kirby, Liberal Democrats
Clive Parkinson, Liberal Democrats
Pat Penny, Labour
Christine Price, Conservative
Toby William Savage, Conservative
New Cheltenham (two seats)
Sandie Davis, Labour
Stewart Hadley-Clarke, Conservative
Martin Braid Joinson, Liberal Democrats
Kim Scudamore, Labour
Gagan Deep Singh, Conservative
Chris Willmore, Liberal Democrats
Parkwall and Warmley (two seats)
Nick Barrett, Independent
Kenton James Boon, Liberal Democrats
Elizabeth Bromiley, Conservative
Samuel Karl Bromiley, Conservative
Benj Emmerson, Liberal Democrats
Pippa Gibbs, Labour
Barry Malcolm West, Labour
Patchway Coniston (one seat)
Ken Dando, Conservative
Dave Hockey, Liberal Democrats
Sam William Scott, Labour
Ben Walker, Ukip Make Brexit Happen
Pilning and Severn Beach (one seat)
Alexander Francis Akerman, Labour
Gabrielle Marie Davis, Liberal Democrats
Robert Charles Griffin, Conservative
Tom Meadowcroft, Green
Olga Taylor, Independent
Severn Vale (two seats)
Keith John Burchell, Conservative
Louis Crawley, Ukip Make Brexit Happen
Gillian Foxton, Labour
Marion Christine Reeve, Liberal Democrats
Matthew Robert Riddle, Conservative
David Ward, Labour
Tony Williams, Liberal Democrats
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Staple Hill and Mangotsfield (three seats)
Samson Akinbo, Conservative
Crispin Toby John Allard, Liberal Democrats
Michael Bell, Labour
Ian Michael Boulton, Labour
Katie Morrison Cooper, Labour
James Lee Hunt, Conservative
Wully Perks, Liberal Democrats
Matt Pitts, Conservative
Guy William Rawlinson, Liberal Democrats
Stoke Gifford (three seats)
Brian John Allinson, Conservative
Ernest Derek Brown, Conservative
Keith Edward Cranney, Conservative
John Paul Ford, Liberal Democrats
Bob Griffin, Liberal Democrats
Fred Hillberg, Ukip Make Brexit Happen
Jenny James, Labour and Co-op
Brian Peter Mead, Labour and Co-op
Tom Mewies, Labour and Co-op
Sam Shipp, Liberal Democrats
Stoke Park and Cheswick (one seat)
James Edward Arrowsmith, Liberal Democrats
Dayley Patrick Gerald Lawrence, Labour and Co-op
George William Pendrill Maggs, Conservative
Thornbury (three seats)
Simon Martyn Begbey, Conservative
Steve Chubb, Conservative
Sue Gillett, Conservative
Shirley Anne Holloway, Liberal Democrats
Jayne Stansfield, Liberal Democrats
Maggie Tyrrell, Liberal Democrats
Winterbourne (two seats)
Peter Anthony Bruce, Liberal Democrats
Rowan Francis, Labour
Anya Louise Hickman, Labour
Trevor John Jones, Conservative
Nicholas Peter Labuschagne, Conservative
Kimberley Lauren Stansfield, Liberal Democrats
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Woodstock (two seats)
Linda Ann Boon, Liberal Democrats
James Pringle Corrigan, Liberal Democrats
Stjohn Timothy Cross, Conservative
Alison Evans, Labour
Charlotte Hartill, Conservative
Pat Rooney, Labour
Yate Central (two seats)
Ruth Brenda Davis, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
John Henry Gawn, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Kathleen Langley, Labour
Jo Lewis, Conservative
Michael Paul McGrath, Labour
Amy Michelle McNeill, Conservative
Yate North (three seats)
Clare Fiona Beasley, Labour
Liz Brennan, Conservative
John Anthony Davis, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Mike Drew, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Matt Lewis, Conservative
Robert John Lomas, Labour
Ben Nutland, Liberal Democrat Focus Team
Sonia Williams, Conservative
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North Somerset Council Local Elections 2019
All 50 seats are up for grabs across 35 wards, with either one or two councillors representing each one.
The Conservatives, who have held a pretty solid majority on North Somerset Council since 2007, have candidates for every seat.
Labour is standing in 45 seats, including one for the Labour and Co-op Party.
Liberal Democrats make up the next largest group hoping to win your vote, with 22, followed by 13 independents (not to be confused with the newly formed Change UK: The Independent Group of MPs in Westminster).
Ukip has four, as do Potishead Independents: Your Team Your Town, while there are three candidates from the Green Party and three with no party listed.
Since the first elections to the new unitary authority in 1995, North Somerset Council has been run either by the Conservatives or through no overall control.
Most opposition seats on the council from 2015 to 2019 were in wards in and around Weston-super-Mare, with a couple of independent councillors in Nailsea.
Overall, Conservatives are defending 36 seats, while Labour and the Lib Dems both had four members, with five independents and one Green.
North Somerset Council Local Elections 2019 candidates
Backwell (one seat)
Dan Bewley (Labour)
Bridget Petty (Green)
Peter Soothill (Conservative)
Banwell & Winscombe (two seats)
Ann Harley (Conservative)
Karin Haverson (Green)
Jerry O’Brien (Conservative)
John Parry (Labour)
Alison Willins (Labour)
Blagdon & Churchill (one seat)
Patrick Cooney (Labour)
James Davis (Conservative)
Patrick Keating (Liberal Democrats)
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Clevedon East (one seat)
Harry Blades (Conservative)
Tony Cherry (Liberal Democrats)
David Shopland (Independent)
Hannah Young (Labour)
Clevedon South (one seat)
Mark Crosby (no party listed)
Bob Garner (Conservative)
Clevedon Walton (one seat)
Jacob Bettany (Labour)
Caroline Cherry (Liberal Democrats)
Sally Moores (Conservative)
Clevedon West (one seat)
Chris Blades (Conservative)
Geoffrey Richardson (Liberal Democrats)
Clevedon Yeo (one seat)
Anita Heappey (Conservative)
Richard Westwood (Labour)
Congresbury & Puxton (one seat)
Annie Higgs (Labour and Co-op)
Samantha Pepperall (Conservative)
Stuart Treadaway (Liberal Democrats)
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Gordano Valley (one seat)
Nigel Ashton (Conservative)
Thomas Gravatt (Liberal Democrats)
Ailsa Milnes (Labour)
Hutton & Locking (two seats)
Elfan Ap Rees (Conservative)
Terry Porter (Conservative)
Mike Solomon (Independent)
Tim Taylor (Labour)
Helen Thornton (Labour)
Long Ashton (two seats)
Ashley Cartman (Liberal Democrats)
Charles Cave (Conservative)
David Johnson (Labour)
Owen Lloyd-Jones (Labour)
Stuart McQuillan (Green)
Kate Stowey (Conservative)
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Nailsea Golden Valley (one seat)
Andy Cole (Independent)
Jane Holt (Conservative)
Christopher Watts (Labour)
Nailsea West End (one seat)
Anita Smith (Conservative)
James Tonkin (Independent)
Nailsea Yeo (one seat)
Jon Argles (Labour)
Mike Bird (Independent)
Mary Blatchford (Conservative)
David Howells (Liberal Democrats)
Nailsea Youngwood (one seat)
Jan Barber (Conservative)
Sandra Hearne (Independent)
Dee Houlbrook (Labour)
Pill (one seat)
Donald Davies (Independent)
Amanda Weekes (Conservative)
Portishead East (two seats)
Caritas Charles (Portishead Independents: Your Team Your Town)
Sophie Davies (Labour)
William Filer (Labour)
Paul Gardner (Portishead Independents: Your Team Your Town)
David Oyns (Conservative)
David Pasley (Conservative)
Matthew Woods (Ukip)
Portishead North (one seat)
Reyna Knight (Conservative)
Lennon Manners-Lolley (Labour)
Timothy Snaden (Portishead Independents: Your Team Your Town)
Portishead South (one seat)
Peter Burden (Conservative)
Wayne Harper (Labour)
Huw James (Liberal Democrats)
Portishead West (two seats)
Felicity Baker (Conservative)
John Cato (Independent)
Stephen Harrison (Labour)
Nicola Holland (Portishead Independents: Your Team Your Town)
David Jolley (Conservative)
Sue Mason (Liberal Democrats)
William Stone (Labour)
Weston-super-Mare Central (two seats)
Mike Bell (Liberal Democrats)
Holly Law (Labour)
Richard Nightingale (Conservative)
Robert Payne (Liberal Democrats)
Katrina Sprague (Conservative)
Rod Tyler (Labour)
Weston-super-Mare Hillside (two seats)
Mark Canniford (Liberal Democrats)
Paul Coles (Ukip)
Hilary Coombes (Labour)
John Crockford-Hawley (Liberal Democrats)
Chris Nettleton (Conservative)
Neil Norton (Labour)
Michael Wedlake (Conservative)
Weston-super-Mare Kewstoke (two seats)
John Cadwallader (Labour)
George Dellipiani (Ukip)
Pete McAleer (Labour)
Lisa Pilgrim (Conservative)
Richard Skinner (Liberal Democrats)
Roz Willis (Conservative)
Weston-super-Mare Mid Worle (one seat)
Johnny Boxshall (no party listed)
Gill Bute (Conservative)
Hugh Eckett (Liberal Democrats)
Dawn Parry (Labour)
Weston-super-Mare Milton (two seats)
Joan Dunne (Liberal Democrats)
Peter Fox (Conservative)
Catherine Gibbons (Labour)
Dr Mike Kellaway-Marriott (Independent)
Patricia Oliver (Conservative)
Richard Tucker (Labour)
Weston-super-Mare North Worle (two seats)
Marc Aplin (Conservative)
Denise Hunt (Labour)
Marcia Pepperall (Conservative)
Alan Rice (Liberal Democrats)
Lewis Treloar (Liberal Democrats)
James Willis-Boden (Labour)
Weston-super-Mare South (two seats)
John Carter (Conservative)
James Clayton (Labour)
Robert Cleland (Conservative)
Ian Parker (Labour)
Weston-super-Mare South Worle (two seats)
Gilly Carpenter (Labour)
Peter Crew (Conservative)
Dave Dash (Labour)
David Hitchins (Conservative)
Ella Sayce (Liberal Democrats)
Weston-super-Mare Uphill (two seats)
Anthony Peter Bryant (Conservative)
Anne Bunn (no party listed)
Fraser Coppin (Liberal Democrats)
John Ley-Morgan (Independent)
Brigitte Nowers (Labour)
Paul Seaton (Labour)
Colin Vennall (UKIP)
Clive Webb (Conservative)
Weston-super-Mare Winterstoke (two seats)
Sarah Codling (Conservative)
Ciaran Cronnelly (Labour)
Val Donegan (Labour)
Christopher Vickery (Conservative)
Wick St Lawrence & St Georges (one seat)
Ruth Jacobs (Conservative)
Ciro La Motta (Labour)
Winford (one seat)
Jeremy Blatchford (Conservative)
Hugh Gregor (Independent)
Wrington (one seat)
Ian Hamilton (Labour)
Steve Hogg (Independent)
Luke Smith (Conservative)
Yatton (two seats)
Adrian Baker (Labour)
Steve Bridger (Independent)
Wendy Griggs (Liberal Democrats)
Jill Iles (Conservative)
James MacQueen (Conservative)
Kevin O’Brien (Labour)
