South Gloucestershire Council

South Gloucestershire Council
Type
Type
History
Founded1 April 1996
Leadership
Katie Cooper,
Labour
since 21 May 2025
Maggie Tyrrell,
Liberal Democrat
since 17 July 2024
Dave Perry
since 12 December 2018
Structure
Seats61 councillors
Political groups
Administration (36)
  Liberal Democrat (20)
  Labour (16)
Opposition (25)
  Conservative (23)
  Independent (2)
Elections
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.