South Gloucestershire Council

South Gloucestershire Council
South Gloucestershire Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
History
Founded	1 April 1996
Leadership
Chair	Franklin Owusu-Antwi, ; Conservative ; since 15 May 2024
Leader	Claire Young, ; Liberal Democrat ; since 24 May 2023
Chief Executive	Dave Perry ; since 12 December 2018
Structure
Seats	61 councillors
Political groups	Administration (37) Liberal Democrat (20) Labour (17) Opposition (24) Conservative (23) Independent (1)
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	4 May 2023
Next election	6 May 2027
Meeting place
	Civic Centre, High Street, Kingswood, BS15 9TR
Website
	www.southglos.gov.uk

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.

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