Here s who you re voting for, what powers they have and how to vote.
Who am I voting for?
Gloucestershire County Council, which has been Conservative-led since the last election. At present the council consists of Conservatives, 28, Liberal Democrats, 13, Labour & Co-operative Group, four, independents, three, Greens, two, Labour, one, and People Against Bureaucracy Group, one.
Stroud District Council, which is presently led by a cooperative alliance of the Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat parties. Voters elect 51 councillors for the district council every four years. In the last election, they voted in 20 Conservatives, 15 Labour, nine Green, two Liberal Democrats and four others. There is one vacant seat.