The region will go to the polls next month to decide who should be responsible for Avon and Somerset Police. The police and crime commissioner sets the police precept part of council tax, decides how the budget is spent, sets local policing priorities, and can appoint and dismiss the chief constable. Election day is Thursday 2nd May.
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The Conservatives have lost their overall majority on South Gloucestershire Council as opposition parties made big gains at their expense at the local elections. Tories have been the ruling group for eight years but suffered several major losses to place the authority into No Overall Control. A coalition between Labour and the Lib Dems now seems the likeliest outcome.
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Ahead of the upcoming local elections in South Gloucestershire each party has promised voters how they would make the area better if they win power. Voters will head to the polls on Thursday 4th May 2023, to cast their ballot for who should run South Gloucestershire Council. The outcome of the election will affect how a wide range of public services in the district are run.
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Winners of the two regional elections held on 6th May 2021 have started work in their new roles. Dan Norris (Labour) is the new ‘metro mayor’ for the West of England, while Mark Shelford (Conservative) is the new Police and Crime Commissioner for Avon and Somerset.
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Residents in South Gloucestershire have until the end of October to make sure they are registered to vote in the country’s first Police and Crime Commissioner election. On Thursday 15th November, polls will open in the Avon and Somerset policing area – which includes South Gloucestershire – for the chance to vote for a Police and Crime Commissioner. This is
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Following the results of local council elections on Thursday 5th May, South Gloucestershire Council will continue as a Conservative minority administration. In a joint statement, the current leaders of the three parties – Cllr John Calway (Conservative), Cllr Ruth Davis (Liberal Democrat) and Cllr Roger Hutchinson (Labour) – said: “We look forward to continuing to serve the residents of South
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An analysis of the total votes cast in the recent South Gloucestershire Council election shows that Labour came a clear second in the popular vote behind the Conservatives, but despite this ended up with six fewer councillors than the third-placed Liberal Democrats. All three of the main parties fielded a full slate of 70 candidates across the district. The Conservatives
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Voting is now underway in the 2011 Local Elections in South Goucestershire. All of the seats for South Gloucestershire Council (SGC) and all of the seats for all Town and Parish Councils within South Gloucestershire are up for election. District and Town Councillors will be elected to serve a four-year term of office. The referendum on an Alternative Vote (AV)
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South Gloucestershire Labour has launched its campaign for the 70 seats on the district council that are up for election on Thursday 5th May. The theme of Labour’s manifesto is that the Party will be the community’s voice in the tough times ahead. It outlines the Con Dem Coalition’s harsh treatment of local government, the litany of broken Tory promises
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South Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats fired the opening shots in the 2011 Local Election campaign when they launched their ‘Action for our Area’ manifesto in Bradley Stoke last weekend. Local MPs Steve Webb and Don Foster joined local candidates and activists to promote the document that promises to “create a Council that works for you … not for the Government”. Voters
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