In the May elections Frome will be represented in three districts.

For the division of Frome East the following candidates have put themselves forward:

Eve Berry - Conservative Party

William Collins - Green Party

Helen Kay - Green Party

Alex Lawrence-Berkeley - Liberal Democrats

Janine Nash - Liberal Democrats

Scott Ward - Independents for Frome

Dan Wood - Conservative Party

For the Frome North division the following candidates have put themselves forward:

Adam Boyden - Liberal Democrats

John Clarke - Green Party

Christine Cockroft - Liberal Democrats

Dawn Denton - Conservative Party

Lollie Melton - Green Party

Dale Spree - Conservative Party

Steve Tanner - Independents for Frome

For the Frome West division the following candidates have put themselves forward:

Martin Dimery - Green Party

Michael Dunk - Green Party

Damon Hooton - Liberal Democrats

Richard Pinnock - Liberal Democrats

Mike Rideout - Conservative Party

Byron Taylor - Labour Party

Hilary Thomas - Conservative Party

A full list of who is standing in the Somerset elections is now available here: the Mendip government site There will be by-elections for Buckland Dinham, Great Elm, Ston Easton and Trudoxhill Parish Councils, due to insufficient candidates putting themselves forward. These by-elections will take place within 35 working days of 5 May 2022. The deadline to register to vote is Thursday, 14 April 2022. It only takes five minutes, simply visit: www.gov.uk/register-to-vote. These are crucial elections for Somerset with the creation of a new, unitary council in April 2023 – the first major change to the way the county is governed in almost 50 years. New councillors will be part of a very different kind of local government, that will shape the county for decades. More than 300 people put themselves forward in these elections. From 1 April 2023, the 110 councillors of the unitary council will be responsible for services that are currently delivered by the county and four district councils, ranging from adults and children's social care to highways and housing, and from libraries to planning and licensing.

City, town, and parish council elections also take place on 5 May and they too will serve a five-year term.

There are around 433,758 people registered to vote in Somerset and there will be around 500 polling stations open for business from 7am to 10pm on 5 May, from pubs to parish rooms, cricket clubs to skittle alleys.