A bumper number of candidates will battle for a seat on Gloucestershire County Council when voters go to the polls on May 2.
Here are the 244 men and women who have thrown their name in the hat, listed by division:
CHELTENHAMAll Saints and Oakley: Adrian Becker (G), Diana Hale (Lab), Colin Hay (LD), Steve Thomas (C)
Battledown and Charlton Kings: Kevin Boyle (Lab), Michael Collins (LD), Justine Dunne (Ukip), Paul McLain (C), Jon Stubbings (G).
Benhhall and Up Hatherley: Timothy Bonsor (G), Lewis Fielder (C), Jeff Hack (Ukip), Brian Hughes (Lab), Simon Wheeler (LD).
Charlton Park and College: Matt Babbage (C), Emma Clifford ( Lab), Allan Edgar Stone (Ukip), Klara Sudbury (LD)
Hester's Way and Springbank: Elizabeth Fox (C), Clive Harris (Lab), Joanna Hughes (TUSAC), Suzanne Williams (LD)
Lansdown and Park: Vanessa Angelo-Thomson (G), Mark Daniel (Ukip), Tim Harman (C), Robert Irons (Lab), Radek Walesa (Ind), Maximilian Wilkinson (LD)
Leckhampton with Warden Hill: Iain Paterson Dobie (LD), Sarah Field (G), Rosemary Harvey (C), Christina Simmonds (Ukip)
Pittville and Prestbury: Jean Bamford (Ukip), Robert Jones (LD), David Prince (PAB), Lucy Strachan (C)
St Mark's and St Peter's: Peter Bowman (Ukip), Andrew Coffey (C), Christopher Coleman (LD), Rod Gay (Lab), Demelza Jones (G)
St Paul's and Swindon: Emily Croft (C), Bernard Fisher (LD),
Mark Hobbs (Lab), Ann Homer (Ukip)
TEWKESBURY
Bishop's Cleeve: Robert Bird (C), Jon Hurley (Lab), Peter Richmond (LD)
Brockworth: Edward Buxton (Lab), Jude Perez (LD), Robert Vines (C)
Churchdown: Graham Bocking (C), David Carter (Lab), Leo Fletcher (G), Bill Whelan (LD)
Highnam: Phil Awford (C), Keir Dhillon (Lab), Audrey Ricks (LD)
Tewkesbury: Stuart Adair (Ukip) Kevin Cromwell (C), Mike Reynolds (L), Pearl Stokes (LD), Mike Sztymiak (Ind)
Tewkesbury East: Cindy Bexfield (LD), Robert Brookes (G), Steve Cooper (Ukip), Rosemary Philips (Lab), Gordon Shurmer (Ind), Vernon Smith (C)
Winchcombe and Woodmancote: Sue Hillier-Richardson (LD), Susan Sturgeon (Lab), Roger Wilson (C)
COTSWOLD
Bourton-on-the-Water and Northleach: Christopher Cooke (Ukip), Merilyn Hill (Lab), Paul Hodgkinson (LD), David Thorpe (C)
Campden-Vale: Michael Fitzgerald (Ukip), Glyn Ford (Lab), Peter Sipthorp (LD), Lynden Stowe (C)
Cirencester Beeches: John Burgess (C), Chris Harlow (Ukip), Joy Irving (G), Terry Pomroy (Lab), Nigel Robbins (LD)
Cirencester Park: Tony Curry (C), Reg Eyre (Lab), Joe Harris (LD), Bob Irving (G), Robert Stephens (Ukip)
Fairford and Lechlade on Thames: Xanthe Messenger (G), Trevor Smith (Lab), Raymond Theodoulou (C), Laura Watts (LD), Geoff Willis (Ukip)
South Cerney: Jon Eastbrook (Lab), Mike Eyemy (LD), Nick Gibbs (G), Guy Parfitt (Ukip), Shaun Parsons (C), Sandy Steel (Ind)
Stow-on-the-Wold: Danny Loveridge (LD), Andrew Maclean (G), Nigel Moor (C), Jude Walker (Lab), Rob Woodhouse (Ukip)
Tetbury: Chris Giles (Lab), Anthony Hicks (C), Jenny Knight
(Ukip), Kevin Painter (Ind), Brecon Quaddy (G), Stephen Radford-Hancock (LD)
GLOUCESTER
Abbey: Mike Anderton (LD), Emily Barrett (Lab), Charley Bircher (G), Andrew Gravells (C), Danny Sparkes (Ukip)
Barnwood and Hucclecote: David Brown (LD), Lisa Naokes (C), Steve Pottage (Ukip), Shaun Shute (Lab)
Barton and Tredworth: Tom Etheridge (LD), John Ewers (Tusac), Jasminder Gill (Lab), Sajid Patel (C)
Coney Hill and Matson: Gary Cleaver (Ukip), Stephen McHale (Lab), Susan Powell (Tusac), Tarren Randle (C), Declan Wilson (LD)
Grange and Kingsway: Frances Griffiths (G), Barry Kirby (Lab), Rosemarie Marchmont (Ukip), Dave Norman (C), Stephen Power (LD)
Hempsted and Westgate: Sebastien Field (LD), Garry Mills (Lab), Matthew Sidford (G), Pam Tracey (C)
Kingsholm and Wotton: Jeremy Hilton (LD), David Hitchings (Lab), Jonathan Ingleby (G), Mike Smith (Ukip), Matthew Stevens (C)
Longlevens: Jack Rainsford Bavin (Ukip), Chris Britton (G), Patrick Sweeney (Lab), Mike Whyham (LD), Kathy Williams (C)
Quedgeley: Gerald Hartley (G), Mark Hawthorne (C), Anna Mozol (LD), Kevin Neal (Lab), Daryl Stanbury (Ukip)
Tuffley: Isabel Brazil (LD), Tracy Millard (Lab), Colin Organ (C), Allen Prout (Ukip)
FOREST OF DEAN
Blakeney and Bream: Diana Edwards (C), Bill Evans (Lab), Zoe Forbes (LD), Rochard Leppington (Ukip)
Cinderford: Heather Dalziel (LD), Aaron Freeman (C), Ann Guyton (Ukip), Claude Mickleson (Tusac), Graham Morgan (Lab), Sid Phelps (G)
Coleford: Alan Grant (Ukip), Terry Hale (C), Heather Lusty (LD), Paul McMahon (Lab), Ian Whitburn (Ind)
Drybrook and Lydbrook: Andrew Gardiner (Ind), Colin Guyton (Ukip), Bruce Hogan (Lab), Melanie Hughes (LD), Brian Jones (C), Bob Rhodes (G)
Lydney: David Cooksley (Ind), Terry Glastonbury (C), James Greenwood (G), Di Martin (Lab), Alan Preest (Ukip)
Mitcheldean: Tim Congdon (Ukip), Sue Henchley (LD), Ken Power (G), Brian Robinson (C), Norman Stephens (Ind), David Thomson (Lab)
Newent: Philip Burford (Ind), David Fidgeon (LD), David Humphreys (G), Janet Royall (Lab), John Sullivan (Ukip), Will Windsor-Clive (C)
Sedbury: Chris McFarling (G), John McOwan (Ukip), Patrick Molyneux (C), Malcolm Sadler (Lab), David Wheeler (LD)
STROUD
Bisley and Painswick: Anna Bonallack (G), Jason Bullingham (C), Sheila McGrath (Lab), Daniel Murch (LD), Duncan Richardson (Ukip)
Cam Valley: Thomas Cairns (LD), John Fowles (Lab), Tony McNulty (G), Brian Tipper (C)
Dursley: Nicola Hillary (G), Stephen Lydon (Lab), Brian Marsh (LD), Alex Stennett (C)
Hardwicke and Severn: Anthony Blackburn (C), Sue Hartley (G), Sarah Madley (Lab), Myles Robinson (LD)
Minchinhampton: Adrian Blake (Ukip), Felicity Hornby (LD), David Taylor (Lab), Stan Waddington (C), John Williams (G)
Nailsworth: Uta Baldauf (G), Dorcas Binns (C), Paul McCloskey (LD), Jo Smith (Lab)
Rodborough: Philip Blomberg (G), Rodger Cuddington (C), Christine Headley (LD), Brian Oosthuysen (Lab), Richard Williams (Ukip)
Stonehouse: Trevor Baker (Ind), Roberta Crawley (LD), Lawrie Hall (C), Chris Moore (Tusac), Steve Parker (Ukip), Clare Sheridan (G), Lesley Williams (Lab)
Stroud Central: Tosca Cabello-Watson (Lab), Harry Carr (Ukip), Sarah Lunnon (G), Adrian Walker-Smith (LD), Debbie Young (C)
Wotton-Under-Edge: John Cordwell (LD), Laurence Cotterell (Lab), Lesley Reeves (C), Graham Spencer (G)
