Your council
Tewkesbury: 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.
Tewkesbury Borough Council: Non-metropolitan district (lower tier), England, South West; within the county of GLS. GOV.UK lists it as a district council, within Gloucestershire County Council.
Do it online
- Household waste collection: Providing information
- Household waste collection: Reporting
- Bulky household waste collections: Applications for service
- Household garden waste: Providing information
- Recycling bags and containers: Providing information
- Flytipping: Reporting
- Noise pollution: Reporting
- Council tax annual notification: Providing information
- Council tax annual notification: Collecting revenue
- Council tax discount: Applications for service
- Council tax benefit new claim: Applications for service
- Housing benefit new claim: Providing information
- Electoral register: Providing information
- Electoral register: Applications for service
- Parking permits: Providing information
- Planning decision notices: Providing information
- Councillors directory: Providing information
- Complaints procedure: Providing information
Housing
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Transport
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Council tax
Band D set by Tewkesbury for 2026–27: £154.36 of a £2,340.53 total bill in the area.
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Environment
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Education
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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27
| Service | Budget |
|---|---|
| Education services | none budgeted |
| Highways and transport services | −£555,000 |
| Children's social care | none budgeted |
| Adult social care | none budgeted |
| Public health | none budgeted |
| Housing services (general fund only) | £1.6 million |
| Cultural and related services | £877,000 |
| Environmental and regulatory services | £7.1 million |
| Planning and development services | £3.6 million |
| Police services | none budgeted |
| Fire and rescue services | none budgeted |
| Central services | £4.5 million |
| Other services | none budgeted |
| Total service expenditure | £17.2 million |
Tewkesbury in numbers
- Total population
- 101,949 people
- Median age
- 43 years
- Gross disposable household income per head
- £27,365
- Gross median weekly pay
- £622
- Children in relative poverty after housing costs
- 19.8%
- Claimant Count
- 2.2%
- Average house price
- £325,898
- Housing affordability ratio (residence-based)
- 8.3 affordability ratio
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- 7.0 tCO2e per capita
- Gigabit capable broadband
- 87.7%
- Public electric vehicle chargers
- 156.9 per 100,000 population
- Active businesses
- 4,350 number of enterprises
Who runs the council
38 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Liberal Democrats, independents and Greens.
Councillors by party: Liberal Democrats 15, Conservative and Unionist 9, Independent / Other 7, Green Party (E&W) 4, Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents 2, Reform UK 1.
Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.
All 38 councillors, by ward
- Robert Vines (Conservative and Unionist) — Badgeworth
- Charlotte Mills (Independent / Other) — Brockworth East
- Jason Mills (Independent / Other) — Brockworth East
- Craig Carter (Independent / Other) — Brockworth West
- Deborah Harwood (Independent / Other) — Brockworth West
- Ian Yates (Liberal Democrats) — Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote
- Paul Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote
- Richard Smith (Liberal Democrats) — Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote
- Liz Skelt (Liberal Democrats) — Churchdown St John's
- Mary Jordan (Independent / Other) — Churchdown St John's
- Stewart Dove (Liberal Democrats) — Churchdown St John's
- Thomas Budge (Liberal Democrats) — Cleeve Grange
- Cheryl Agg (Liberal Democrats) — Cleeve Hill
- Nigel Adcock (Liberal Democrats) — Cleeve Hill
- Alex Hegenbarth (Liberal Democrats) — Cleeve St Michael's
- Kashan Pervaiz (Liberal Democrats) — Cleeve St Michael's
- Murray Stewart (Liberal Democrats) — Cleeve West
- Richard Stanley (Liberal Democrats) — Cleeve West
- Jill Smith (Conservative and Unionist) — Highnam with Haw Bridge
- Paul McLain (Conservative and Unionist) — Highnam with Haw Bridge
- Rojina Rai (Liberal Democrats) — Innsworth
- Sarah Hands (Liberal Democrats) — Innsworth
- Christopher Coleman (Independent / Other) — Isbourne
- Mel Gore (Conservative and Unionist) — Isbourne
- Graham Bocking (Reform UK) — Northway
- Pauline Godwin (Conservative and Unionist) — Northway
- Mark Williams (Conservative and Unionist) — Severn Vale North
- Heather McLain (Conservative and Unionist) — Severn Vale South
- George Porter (Liberal Democrats) — Shurdington
- Helena Sundarajoo (Green Party (E&W)) — Tewkesbury East
- Hilarie Bowman (Green Party (E&W)) — Tewkesbury East
- Mike Sztymiak (Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents) — Tewkesbury North & Twyning
- Philip Workman (Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents) — Tewkesbury North & Twyning
- Cate Cody (Green Party (E&W)) — Tewkesbury South
- Matt Dimond-Brown (Green Party (E&W)) — Tewkesbury South
- David Gray (Conservative and Unionist) — Winchcombe
- Gemma Madle (Independent / Other) — Winchcombe
- Jim Mason (Conservative and Unionist) — Winchcombe