Editing South Gloucestershire

{{Short description|Local government district in Gloucestershire, England}}
{{About|the unitary authority area in Gloucestershire, England}}
{{more citations needed|date=April 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox settlement
<!-- See {{Infobox settlement}} for the full list of available fields -->
<!-- Elements common to United Kingdom -->| timezone           = [[Greenwich Mean Time|GMT]]
| utc_offset         = 0
| timezone_DST       = [[British Summer Time|BST]]
| utc_offset_DST     = +1
| settlement_type    = [[Unitary authorities of England|Unitary authority area]]
| subdivision_type   = [[List of sovereign states|Sovereign state]]
| subdivision_type1  = [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Constituent country]]
| subdivision_type2  = [[Regions of England|Region]]
| subdivision_type4  = [[Ceremonial County]]
| subdivision_type5  = [[Combined authority]]
| seat_type          = Admin HQ
| subdivision_name   = [[United Kingdom]]
| subdivision_name1  = [[England]]
| government_type    = [[Unitary authority]]
| leader_title       = Leadership
| leader_title1      = [[List of MPs elected in the 2015 United Kingdom general election|MPs]]
| established_title1 = Incorporated
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_blank1_title = Ethnicity
| blank1_name        = [[ONS coding system|ONS code]]
| blank2_name        = [[Ordnance Survey National Grid|OS grid reference]]

<!-- Elements unique to this article -->| official_name      = South Gloucestershire
| image_skyline      = Yate.church.view.arp.jpg
| imagesize          = 280px
| image_alt          = 
| image_caption      = [[Yate]] town skyline
| image_shield       = 
| shield_size        = 
| shield_alt         = 
| shield_link        = 
| image_map          = South Gloucestershire UK locator map.svg
| mapsize            = 250px
| map_alt            = 
| map_caption        = Shown within [[Gloucestershire]]
| subdivision_name2  = [[South West England]]
| subdivision_name3  = [[Gloucestershire]]
| subdivision_name4  = [[Gloucestershire]]
| subdivision_name5  = [[West of England Combined Authority|West of England]]
| seat               = [[Yate]]
| established_date1  = 
| governing_body     = [[South Gloucestershire Council]]
| leader_party       = {{English district control|GSS=E06000025}}
| leader_name        = 
| leader_name1       = [[Claire Hazelgrove]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]<br/>[[Damien Egan]] [[Labour Party (UK)|(L)]]<br/>[[Claire Young]] [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|(LD)]]
| area_total_km2     = 496.94
| area_rank          = {{English district area rank|GSS=E06000025}} [[List of English districts by area|(of {{English district total}})]]
| population_footnotes = <ref name="popstats">{{United Kingdom district population citation|England}}</ref>
| population_total   = {{English district population|GSS=E06000025}}
| population_as_of   = {{United Kingdom statistics year}}
| population_rank    = {{English district rank|GSS=E06000025}} [[List of English districts by population|(of {{English district total}})]]
<!-- demographics (section 1) -->| demographics_type1 = Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">([[2021 United Kingdom census|2021]])</span>
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="2021 Nomis">{{NOMIS2021|id=E06000025|title=South Gloucestershire Local Authority|access-date=5 January 2024}}</ref>
| demographics1_title1 = [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|Ethnic groups]]
| demographics1_info1 = {{Collapsible list
 | 91.2% [[White people in the United Kingdom|White]]
 | 3.8% [[British Asians|Asian]]
 | 2.5% [[Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)|Mixed]]
 | 1.6% [[Black British people|Black]]
 | 0.9% [[Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom|other]]
 }}
<!-- demographics (section 2) -->| demographics_type2 = Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span>
| demographics2_footnotes = <ref name="2021 Nomis"/>
| demographics2_title1 = [[Religion in England|Religion]]
| demographics2_info1 = {{Collapsible list
 | 46.1% [[Irreligion in the United Kingdom|no religion]]
 | 44.1% [[Religion in England#Christianity|Christianity]]
 | 8.2% [[Religion in England|other]]
 | 1.6% [[Islam in England|Islam]]
 }}
| population_blank1  = 
| blank_name         = [[ISO 3166-2:GB|ISO 3166]]
| blank_info         = GB-SGC
| blank1_info        = 00HD (ONS) E06000025 (GSS)
| blank2_info        = {{gbmappingsmall|ST735757}}
| coordinates        = {{coord|51.479|-2.380|region:GB|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| blank3_name        = [[List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories|Police]]
| blank3_info        = [[Avon and Somerset Constabulary|Avon and Somerset]]
| blank4_name        = [[Fire services in the United Kingdom|Fire]]
| blank4_info        = [[Avon Fire and Rescue Service|Avon]]
| blank5_name        = [[Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom|Ambulance]]
| blank5_info        = [[South Western Ambulance Service|South Western]]
| website            = {{URL|southglos.gov.uk}}
}}
'''South Gloucestershire''' is a [[Unitary authorities of England|unitary authority area]] in the ceremonial county of [[Gloucestershire]], [[South West England]]. Towns in the area include [[Yate]], [[Chipping Sodbury]], [[Kingswood, South Gloucestershire|Kingswood]], [[Thornbury, Gloucestershire|Thornbury]], [[Filton]], [[Patchway]] and [[Bradley Stoke]]. The southern part of its area falls within the [[Greater Bristol]] urban area surrounding the city of [[Bristol]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=South Gloucestershire Council |url=https://www.southglos.gov.uk/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=South Gloucestershire Council |language=en}}</ref>

South Gloucestershire was created in 1996 to replace the [[Northavon]] district of the abolished county of [[Avon (county)|Avon]]. It is separate from [[Gloucestershire County Council]], but is part of the [[ceremonial county]] and shares Gloucestershire's [[Lord Lieutenant]] (the Sovereign's representative to the county).<ref>{{cite book | title=Lieutenancies Act 1997|chapter=Schedule 1: Counties and areas for the purposes of the lieutenancies in Great Britain | url=http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/23/schedule/1 | access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> Because of its history as part of the county of Avon, South Gloucestershire works closely with the other unitary authorities that took over when that county was abolished, including shared services such as [[Avon Fire and Rescue Service]]<ref>{{cite web|title=About us|url=http://www.avonfire.gov.uk/about-us|website=Avon Fire & Rescue|access-date=12 May 2016}}</ref> and [[Avon and Somerset Police]],<ref>{{cite web|title=History of the Force|url=https://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/about-us/history-of-the-force/|website=Avon and Somerset Constabulary|access-date=12 May 2016}}</ref> together with co-operation in planning strategy for transport, roads and housing.

==History==
Prior to the implementation of the [[Local Government Act 1972]] on 1 April 1974, the area that now forms South Gloucestershire formed part of the [[Gloucestershire|shire county of Gloucestershire]], comprising the [[Urban district (Great Britain and Ireland)|urban district]]s of [[Kingswood, South Gloucestershire|Kingswood]] and [[Mangotsfield]] and the [[Rural District]]s of [[Warmley]], [[Sodbury]] and [[Thornbury Rural District|Thornbury]]. However, under the terms of that act, the area was removed from Gloucestershire, and became part of the [[Avon (county)|county of Avon]], forming the districts of [[Kingswood (borough)|Kingswood]] and [[Northavon]].

In 1996, the county of Avon was abolished, and South Gloucestershire was created as a unitary authority area comprising the former districts of Kingswood and Northavon. The area borders the [[Bristol|city and county of Bristol]], the [[Bath and North East Somerset]] unitary authority area, and the shire counties of Gloucestershire and Wiltshire.

The geographic area currently known as South Gloucestershire should not be confused with Southern Gloucestershire. Nor should organisations or bodies in the past titled 'South Gloucestershire' (meaning Southern Gloucestershire) be confused with the area covered by the unitary authority.

==Demographics==

=== Population ===
At the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 census]], the population of South Gloucestershire was 245,641.<ref name="Demographic">{{cite web |url=http://www.southglos.gov.uk/_Resources/Publications/PTE/03/0200/PTE-03-0009 |title=South Gloucestershire Census Profile |publisher=South Gloucestershire Council |date=12 January 2003 |access-date=14 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308103213/http://www.southglos.gov.uk/_Resources/Publications/PTE/03/0200/PTE-03-0009 |archive-date=8 March 2008 }}</ref>

At the 2011 census, the population had increased to 262,767.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022}}

At the [[2021 UK census|2021 census]], the population estimate for South Gloucestershire is 290,400.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2021 {{!}} BETA - South Gloucestershire Council |url=https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/census-2021/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=beta.southglos.gov.uk |archive-date=10 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221210052212/https://beta.southglos.gov.uk/census-2021/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Age ===
According to Government data, the population of 25-34 year olds in South Gloucestershire has increased by 1.7% between 2011 and 2021. There has been a decrease in the population of under-4 year-olds and 10-19 year-olds between the 2011 Census and the 2021 Census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How life has changed in South Gloucestershire: Census 2021 |url=https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censusareachanges/E06000025/ |access-date=2025-05-20 |website=sveltekit-prerender |language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Population by age in South Gloucestershire
!Age group
!Population percentage in the 2011 Census
!Population percentage in the 2021 Census
!Percentage change (%)
|-
|0 to 4 years
|6.1%
|5.6%
| -0.5%
|-
|5 to 9 years
|5.6%
|5.9%
| +0.3%
|-
|10 to 15 years
|7.4%
|6.8%
| -0.6%
|-
|16 to 19 years
|5.4%
|4.5%
| -0.9%
|-
|20 to 24 years
|5.9%
|6.2%
| +0.3%
|-
|25 to 34 years
|12.0%
|13.7%
| +1.7%
|-
|35 to 49 years
|22.6%
|19.2%
| -3.4%
|-
|50 to 64 years
|18.3%
|19.4%
| +1.1%
|-
|65 to 74 years
|9.1%
|9.5%
| +0.4%
|-
|75 to 84 years
|5.6%
|6.6%
| +1.0%
|-
|85 years and over
|2.1%
|2.6%
| +0.5%
|}

=== Ethnic Groups ===
According to the 2001 census estimates, 97.6 percent of the population was described as white, 0.8 percent as dual heritage, 0.7 percent as Asian or Asian British, 0.4 percent as Black or Black British and 0.5 percent as Chinese or other.<ref name="Demographic" />

Much of the population is in towns that form the 'suburbs' to the north and east of Bristol. There are also the large towns of [[Yate]] and its neighbour [[Chipping Sodbury]], [[Thornbury, South Gloucestershire|Thornbury]], the large villages of [[Winterbourne, South Gloucestershire|Winterbourne]] and [[Frampton Cotterell]], [[Wickwar]], [[Alveston]], [[Olveston]] and [[Tockington]].

==Economy==
{{more citations needed section|date=May 2016}}
The main employers are the local authority with 9,500 people and the [[Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom)|Ministry of Defence]] Headquarters for Defence Procurement and the Naval Support Command with 7,000 employees. Other key employers include [[Airbus]], [[Rolls-Royce plc|Rolls-Royce]] and the [[Royal Mail]], which dominates the [[Filton]]-[[Patchway]] area of South Gloucestershire. [[Friends Provident]] and [[Hewlett-Packard]] also have major offices in nearby [[Stoke Gifford]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D4E1909D-BA8D-4CE1-9CDB-08A1CB43C438/0/COS060076.pdf |title=Major Employers in South Gloucestershire |publisher=South Gloucestershire Council |date=1 June 2006 |access-date=14 March 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090514052857/http%3A//www.southglos.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/D4E1909D%2DBA8D%2D4CE1%2D9CDB%2D08A1CB43C438/0/COS060076.pdf |archive-date=14 May 2009 }}</ref>

Many employers operate in the heavily developed area between the northern edge of [[Bristol]] and the [[M5 motorway]], an area sometimes described as the [[North Fringe of Bristol]]. This includes the [[Cribbs Causeway|Cribbs Causeway shopping centre]], comprising The Mall regional shopping centre and the surrounding retail parks. East of Patchway are the [[Aztec West]] and Almondsbury business parks either side of the [[A38 road|A38]], extending to [[Bradley Stoke]] and the M4/M5 [[Almondsbury Interchange]]. Employers with sites in this area include [[EE Limited|EE]] and the [[RAC Limited|RAC]].

==Education==
{{See also|List of schools in South Gloucestershire}}
South Gloucestershire is home to 99 primary schools, 16 secondary schools, and post-16 colleges and centres.<ref>
{{cite news |title=UK Schools & Colleges Database |publisher=Schools Web Directory | date=20 April 2009}}</ref> There is one university, the [[University of the West of England]], which was a former polytechnic. In 2008, DCSF figures revealed that there was a 6.6% overall absence in the district's secondary schools, whilst 7.4% is the national average.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/group_08.pl?Mode=Z&Type=LA&Begin=&No=803&Base=d&Phase=1&F=1&L=50&Year=08 |title=Local Authority : South Gloucestershire |access-date=14 March 2009 |publisher=DCSF}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!width=120|Key Stage 4 results (2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dcsf.gov.uk/cgi-bin/performancetables/group_08.pl?Mode=Z&Type=LA&Begin=&No=803&Base=g&Phase=1&F=1&L=50&Year=08 |title=Local Authority: South Gloucestershire |access-date=14 March 2009 |publisher=DCSF}}</ref>
!width=120 align=right|5 or more grades A*-C including English and maths GCSEs %
!width=120 align=right|Level 2 in functional English and maths
!width=120 align=right|Level 1 in functional English and maths
!width=120 align=right|Level 2 (5 or more grades A*-C)
!width=120 align=right|Level 1 (5 or more grades A*-G)
!width=120 align=right|2 grades A*-C which cover the Key Stage 4 science programme of study
!width=120 align=right|A*C in a modern foreign language
!width=120 align=right|A*G in a modern foreign language
!width=120 align=right|At least one qualification
|-
||Local Authority average
|align=right|48.1%
|align=right|56.9%
|align=right|92.8%
|align=right|63.6%
|align=right|93.0%
|align=right|50.3%
|align=right|30.6%
|align=right|49.7%
|align=right|98.0%
|-
||England average
|align=right|48.1%
|align=right|52.0%
|align=right|90.2%
|align=right|65.3%
|align=right|91.6%
|align=right|50.3%
|align=right|30.7%
|align=right|44.8%
|align=right|98.6%
|-
|}

In 2005, the then [[Chancellor of the Exchequer]] recognised the City of Bristol's ties to science and technology by naming it one of six "science cities", and promising funding for further development of science in the city,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/vc/science-city.html |title=Vice-Chancellor's speeches and articles |access-date=6 May 2007 |publisher=[[University of Bristol]] |date=11 November 2005 |archive-date=20 January 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120011854/http://www.bris.ac.uk/university/vc/science-city.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> with a £300 million science park planned at [[Emersons Green]], in South Gloucestershire.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4925556.stm |title=City science park partner named |access-date=6 May 2007 |publisher=[[BBC News]] | date=20 April 2006}}</ref>

==Media==
The area is served by [[BBC West]] and [[ITV West Country]] broadcasting from the [[Mendip transmitting station|Mendip]] TV transmitter. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Mendip|title= Full Freeview on the Mendip (Somerset, England) transmitter|date=1 May 2004|website=UK Free TV|accessdate=24 May 2024}}</ref>

Radio stations for the area are:

[[BBC Local Radio]] 
*[[BBC Radio Bristol]] 
[[Independent Radio]]
*[[Heart West]] 
*[[The Breeze (Bristol)|Greatest Hits Radio Bristol & The South West]] 
*[[Sam FM (Bristol)|Hits Radio Bristol]]
*[[Kiss (UK radio station)|Kiss]]
[[Community Radio]]
*[[Bristol Community FM|BCfm]]
*Thornbury Radio (formerly [[GLOSS FM|Gloss FM]])
*Bradley Stoke Radio <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bradleystokeradio.com/about/|title=About Us - Who We Are And What We Do|website=Bradley Stoke Radio|access-date=24 May 2024}}</ref>

==Geography==
The [[River Severn]] forms the north-western edge of the area, with a wide coastal plain terminated by an escarpment. East of this is the wide [[River Frome, Bristol|River Frome]] Valley drainage area. Further east is another escarpment running roughly north–south, passing between Yate and Chipping Sodbury and west of Pucklechurch. The [[Cotswold Edge|Cotswolds Escarpment]] forms the eastern edge of South Gloucestershire, while the western half is mainly urbanised.

A small part of the [[Cotswolds]] and the [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|National Trust]] site of [[Dyrham Park]] are also in the district. South of the motorways are suburbs of Bristol while areas north are rural. Some of the inner green belts have been taken away by developments like the new town of Bradley Stoke.

==Transport==
[[Image:South Gloucestershire places.png|thumb|right|250px|Map of South Gloucestershire; the blue lines are motorways]]
Many areas of South Gloucestershire have easy commuting access to Bristol (via the [[A38 road|A38]] and [[M32 motorway|M32]]) and to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]], as well as westward to South Wales and [[Cardiff]] via the two [[Severn Bridge|Severn bridges]]. The [[M5 motorway|M5]] and [[M4 motorway|M4]] motorways provide access to [[Gloucester]] and London. Bristol's northern and eastern ring road, the [[A4174 road|A4174]], passes through South Gloucestershire. The [[MetroBus (Bristol)|Metrobus]] express bus network extends from Bristol into South Gloucestershire, and is supported by the district council.<ref>{{Cite web |title=metroBus Project Information |url=https://travelwest.info/projects/metrobus-project-information/ |access-date=2024-02-05 |website=travelWEST |language=en-US}}</ref>

The area also has an important and well used railway network, with many direct routes to towns and cities across the UK. This includes eastward to London and westward through the [[Severn Tunnel]] to [[Cardiff]] and the rest of South Wales. There are also routes to the South-West counties and north to England's second city, [[Birmingham]]. Many routes cross in [[Stoke Gifford]] at [[Bristol Parkway railway station|Bristol Parkway station]]. There are six stations within the district, mainly located near the border with Bristol in the west of the district.{{update section|date=February 2024}}
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!width=120|Mode of transport in 2001<ref name="Demographic"/>
!width=80 align=right|South Glos %
!width=80 align=right|National %
|-
||Car driver
|align=right|65.4
|align=right|55.2
|-
||On foot
|align=right|7.3
|align=right|10.0
|-
||Bus or coach
|align=right|6.5
|align=right|7.4
|-
||Car passenger
|align=right|6.3
|align=right|6.3
|-
||Bicycle
|align=right|3.0
|align=right|2.8
|-
||Motorcycle
|align=right|1.8
|align=right|1.1
|-
||Train
|align=right|0.6
|align=right|4.1
|-
||Taxi
|align=right|0.2
|align=right|0.5
|-
||Other
|align=right|0.3
|align=right|0.5
|-
||Work from home
|align=right|8.5
|align=right|9.2
|}

==Settlements==

*[[Kingswood, South Gloucestershire|Kingswood]] 40,734
*[[Bradley Stoke]] 27,805
*[[Yate]] 27,603
*[[Thornbury, South Gloucestershire|Thornbury]] 12,342
*[[Stoke Gifford]] 11,509
*[[Patchway]] 10,465
*[[Filton]] 9,861

===Other towns and villages===
*[[Abson]], [[Acton Turville]], [[Almondsbury]], [[Alveston]], [[Aust]], [[Awkley]]
*[[Badminton, South Gloucestershire|Badminton]], [[Bagstone]], [[Beach, Gloucestershire|Beach]], [[Bitton]], [[Bridgeyate]]
*[[Cadbury Heath]], [[Catbrain]], [[Charfield]], [[Cheswick, South Gloucestershire|Cheswick]], [[Charlton, Bristol|Charlton (former village)]], [[Charlton Hayes]], [[Chipping Sodbury]], [[Churchend, Gloucestershire|Churchend]], [[Coalpit Heath]], [[Codrington, South Gloucestershire|Codrington]], [[Cold Ashton]], [[Compton Greenfield]], [[Conham]], [[Cowhill, Gloucestershire|Cowhill]], [[Cromhall]]
*[[Dodington, Gloucestershire|Dodington]], [[Downend, Bristol|Downend]], [[Doynton]], [[Duckhole]], [[Dunkirk, Gloucestershire|Dunkirk]], [[Dyrham]]
*[[Earthcott]], [[Easter Compton]], [[Elberton, Gloucestershire|Elberton]], [[Emersons Green]], [[Engine Common]]
*[[Falfield]], [[Frampton Cotterell]], [[Frenchay]]
*[[Gaunt's Earthcott]]
*[[Hallen, Gloucestershire|Hallen]], [[Hambrook]], [[Hanham]], [[Harry Stoke]], [[Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire|Hawkesbury]], [[Hawkesbury Upton]], [[Hill, Gloucestershire|Hill]], [[Hinton, South Gloucestershire|Hinton]], [[Horton, Gloucestershire|Horton]]
*[[Ingst]], [[Iron Acton]], [[Itchington]]
*[[Latteridge]], [[Little Badminton]], [[Little Sodbury]], [[Little Stoke]], [[Littleton-upon-Severn]], [[Longwell Green]]
*[[Mangotsfield]], [[Marshfield, Gloucestershire|Marshfield]], [[Milbury Heath]], [[Morton, Gloucestershire|Upper and Lower Morton]]
*[[Nibley, South Gloucestershire|Nibley]], [[Northwick, South Gloucestershire|Northwick]]
*[[Oldbury Naite]], [[Oldbury-on-Severn]], [[Old Down]], [[Oldland]], [[Oldland Common]], [[Old Sodbury]], [[Olveston]], [[Over, South Gloucestershire|Over]]
*[[Pilning]], [[Pennsylvania, South Gloucestershire|Pennsylvania]], [[Petty France, Gloucestershire|Petty France]], [[Pucklechurch]]
*[[Rangeworthy]], [[Redwick, South Gloucestershire|Redwick]], [[Rockhampton, Gloucestershire|Rockhampton]], [[Rudgeway]]
*[[Severn Beach]], [[Shepperdine]], [[Siston]], [[Soundwell]], [[Staple Hill, South Gloucestershire|Staple Hill]], [[Swineford]]
*[[Tockington]], [[Tormarton]], [[Tortworth]], [[Tytherington, Gloucestershire|Tytherington]]
*[[Upton Cheyney]]
*[[Wapley]], [[Warmley]], [[West Littleton]], [[Westerleigh]], [[Whitfield, South Gloucestershire|Whitfield]], [[Wick, Gloucestershire|Wick]], [[Wickwar]], [[Willsbridge]], [[Winterbourne, South Gloucestershire|Winterbourne]]

==Places of interest==
*[[Avon Valley Railway]]
*[[Cribbs Causeway]] and The Mall
*[[Aerospace Bristol]] – aviation and space museum, [[Concorde]] among the exhibits
*[[Severn Way]]
*The [[Severn crossing]]s
*[[Thornbury Castle]]
*[[Wild Place Project|Bristol Zoo Project]]

==Democracy==
{{See also|South Gloucestershire Council elections}}

The [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] held an overall majority on the council from 2015 until 2023; previously no party had overall control, except for 1999–2003 when the [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]] had a majority. After the 2023 elections, [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] and the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition which took control of the council,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Postans |first=Adam |date=2023-05-09 |title=Lib Dems and Labour accused of 'dodgy secret deals' to run council |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/lib-dems-labour-accused-dodgy-8425627 |access-date=2023-08-28 |website=BristolLive |language=en}}</ref> this being Labour's first time in control and the Liberal Democrats for the first time in twenty years.

In 2012, it became one of the first authorities in the UK to return to a [[Executive arrangements|Committee System]], abolishing the single party Cabinet, as allowed under the [[Localism Act]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southglos.gov.uk/news/south-gloucestershire-adopts-committee-system/|title=South Gloucestershire adopts committee system|author=South Glos Council}}</ref> This was later reverted to a [[Executive arrangements|leader and cabinet system]] in 2017 during the Conservative majority.<ref>{{cite web|last=Sims |first=Aaron |date=23 March 2017 |title=Conservative-led South Gloucestershire Council votes to adopt executive cabinet structure |url=https://www.gazetteseries.co.uk/news/15176529.conservative-led-south-gloucestershire-council-votes-to-adopt-executive-cabinet-structure/ |access-date=20 May 2019 }}</ref>

For Westminster elections, the area is covered by three [[United Kingdom constituencies|constituencies]], all lying within the authority boundary. These are:
* [[Thornbury and Yate (UK Parliament constituency)|Thornbury and Yate]] (''county'')
* [[Filton and Bradley Stoke (UK Parliament constituency)|Filton and Bradley Stoke]] (''county'')
* [[Kingswood (UK Parliament constituency)|Kingswood]] (''borough)''
''County/Borough is a legal term denoting the type of constituency. County is a rural area, Borough is an urban area.''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.southglos.gov.uk/ South Gloucestershire Council]

{{Gloucestershire}}
{{SW England}}
{{Unitary authorities of England}}
{{South Gloucestershire}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:South Gloucestershire District| ]]
[[Category:Politics of South Gloucestershire District]]
[[Category:Unitary authority districts of England]]
[[Category:Local government districts of South West England]]