Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucestershire County Council
Type
Type	Non-metropolitan county
Leadership
Chair	Vernon Smith, Conservative since 24 May 2023[1]
Leader	Mark Hawthorne, Conservative since 19 May 2010
Chief Executive	Pete Bungard since May 2007
Structure
Seats	53 councillors[2]
Political groups	Administration (26)   Conservative (26) Other parties (27)   Liberal Democrats (16)   Labour (5)   Green (5)   Independent (1)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	6 May 2021
Next election	1 May 2025
Meeting place
Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 2TG
Website
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk

Gloucestershire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire, in England. The council was created in 1889. The council's principal functions are county roads and rights of way, social services, education and libraries, but it also provides many other local government services in the area it covers. The non-metropolitan county is smaller than the ceremonial county, the latter additionally including South Gloucestershire. The council went under no overall control following a change of allegiance in May 2024, having previously been under Conservative majority control. It is based at Shire Hall in Gloucester.

The area administered by the county council comprises 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi).^[3]