South Gloucestershire Council

South Gloucestershire Council
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Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1996
Leadership
Franklin Owusu-Antwi,
Conservative
since 15 May 2024[3]
Claire Young[1],
Liberal Democrat
since 24 May 2023
Dave Perry[2]
since 12 December 2018
Structure
Seats61 councillors
South Gloucestershire Council composition
Political groups
Administration (37)[1][4]
  Liberal Democrat (20)
  Labour (17)
Opposition (24)[4]
  Conservative (23)
  Independent (1)
Elections
First past the post
Last election
4 May 2023[4]
Next election
6 May 2027
Meeting place
Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood, BS15 9TR
Website
www.southglos.gov.uk Edit this at Wikidata

South Gloucestershire Council is the local authority of South Gloucestershire, a local government district in the ceremonial county of Gloucestershire, England, covering an area to the north of the city of Bristol. The council is a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Gloucestershire County Council. Since 2017 the council has been a member of the West of England Combined Authority.

The council has been under no overall control since 2023, being run by a Liberal Democrat and Labour coalition. It meets at the Civic Centre in Kingswood and also has offices in Yate.

  1. ^ a b Adam Postans (19 May 2023). "Lib Dems and Labour agree coalition to run South Gloucestershire Council". Bristol Live.
  2. ^ "New Chief Executive chosen". South Gloucestershire Newsroom. 12 December 2018. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  3. ^ "New Chair and Vice Chair of South Gloucestershire Council elected". South Gloucestershire Council. 17 May 2024. Retrieved 19 May 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "South Gloucestershire election result". BBC News. May 2023.