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South Gloucestershire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

South Gloucestershire Council: Unitary authority (unitary), England, South West; part of the WECA combined authority. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code E06000025.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

We haven't read this council's own publications yet. The council’s website

Transport

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Council tax

Band D set by South Gloucestershire for 2026–27: £2,027.71 of a £2,550.59 total bill in the area. MHCLG, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027 (Open Government Licence).

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Environment

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Education

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Changes to schools in this area recorded by the Department for Education Updated automatically

No school here is currently recorded as proposed to open or close.

In the last twelve months: 8 opened (7 academy converter, 1 academy free school), 7 closed (7 academy converter)

Get Information about Schools, DfE’s register of every school in England, refreshed daily (Open Government Licence). The register’s own reason is shown: most closures and openings are a school becoming an academy, which changes who runs it, not whether it is there.

What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s table has no figures for South Gloucestershire for 2026–27: “RA return not received in time for publication.” The table

South Gloucestershire in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population
306,332 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
39 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£26,750 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£660 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
17.5% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count
2.0% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£341,833 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
8.4 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy
64.0 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
64.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
5.1 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
85.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
161.6 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses
10,775 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

61 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Liberal Democrats and Labour. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Conservative and Unionist 23, Liberal Democrats 19, Labour Party 15, Independent / Other 4.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 61 councillors, by ward
  • Erica Williams (Conservative and Unionist) — Bitton & Oldland Common
  • Paul Hughes (Conservative and Unionist) — Bitton & Oldland Common
  • Benjamin Stokes (Conservative and Unionist) — Boyd Valley
  • Marilyn Palmer (Liberal Democrats) — Boyd Valley
  • Franklin Owusu-Antwi (Conservative and Unionist) — Bradley Stoke North
  • Terri Cullen (Conservative and Unionist) — Bradley Stoke North
  • Ben Randles (Conservative and Unionist) — Bradley Stoke South
  • John Bradbury (Labour Party) — Bradley Stoke South
  • John O'Neill (Liberal Democrats) — Charfield
  • Jo Buddharaju (Conservative and Unionist) — Charlton & Cribbs
  • Sam Scott (Labour Party) — Charlton & Cribbs
  • Sanjay Shambhu (Conservative and Unionist) — Charlton & Cribbs
  • Adrian Rush (Liberal Democrats) — Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge
  • Becky Romaine (Conservative and Unionist) — Chipping Sodbury & Cotswold Edge
  • Cheryl Kirby (Liberal Democrats) — Dodington
  • Louise Harris (Liberal Democrats) — Dodington
  • Katrina Al-Hassan (Labour Party) — Emersons Green
  • Rachael Hunt (Conservative and Unionist) — Emersons Green
  • Ron Hardie (Labour Party) — Emersons Green
  • Adam Monk (Labour Party) — Filton
  • Alex Doyle (Labour Party) — Filton
  • David Goodwin (Liberal Democrats) — Frampton Cotterell
  • Jon Lean (Liberal Democrats) — Frampton Cotterell
  • Tristan Clark (Liberal Democrats) — Frampton Cotterell
  • Ben Burton (Conservative and Unionist) — Frenchay & Downend
  • Liz Brennan (Conservative and Unionist) — Frenchay & Downend
  • Raj Sood (Liberal Democrats) — Frenchay & Downend
  • April Begley (Labour Party) — Hanham
  • Brenda Langley (Conservative and Unionist) — Hanham
  • June Bamford (Conservative and Unionist) — Hanham
  • Julie Snelling (Labour Party) — Kingswood
  • Sean Rhodes (Labour Party) — Kingswood
  • Carol Strange (Conservative and Unionist) — Longwell Green
  • Kristopher Murphy (Conservative and Unionist) — Longwell Green
  • Angela Morey (Labour Party) — New Cheltenham
  • Matt Palmer (Independent / Other) — New Cheltenham
  • Elizabeth Bromiley (Conservative and Unionist) — Parkwall & Warmley
  • Samuel Bromiley (Conservative and Unionist) — Parkwall & Warmley
  • Isobel Walker (Independent / Other) — Patchway Coniston
  • Simon Johnson (Liberal Democrats) — Pilning & Severn Beach
  • Matthew Riddle (Conservative and Unionist) — Severn Vale
  • Tony Williams (Liberal Democrats) — Severn Vale
  • Ian Boulton (Labour Party) — Staple Hill & Mangotsfield
  • Katie Cooper (Labour Party) — Staple Hill & Mangotsfield
  • Michael Bell (Labour Party) — Staple Hill & Mangotsfield
  • David Addison (Labour Party) — Stoke Gifford
  • Keith Cranney (Conservative and Unionist) — Stoke Gifford
  • Neel Das Gupta (Conservative and Unionist) — Stoke Gifford
  • Ayrden Pocock (Liberal Democrats) — Stoke Park & Cheswick
  • Chris Davies (Liberal Democrats) — Thornbury
  • Jayne Stansfield (Liberal Democrats) — Thornbury
  • Maggie Tyrrell (Liberal Democrats) — Thornbury
  • Nicholas Labuschagne (Conservative and Unionist) — Winterbourne
  • Trevor Jones (Conservative and Unionist) — Winterbourne
  • Alison Evans (Labour Party) — Woodstock
  • Ian Scott (Independent / Other) — Woodstock
  • John Davis (Liberal Democrats) — Yate Central
  • Sandra Emms (Liberal Democrats) — Yate Central
  • Ben Nutland (Independent / Other) — Yate North
  • Chris Willmore (Liberal Democrats) — Yate North
  • Mike Drew (Liberal Democrats) — Yate North

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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Cite this page

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.