Gloucestershire County Council

Gloucestershire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Gloucestershire, in England. The council was created in 1889. The council's principal functions are county roads and rights of way, social services, education and libraries, but it also provides many other local government services in the area it covers. The council's administrative area does not include South Gloucestershire, which is a unitary authority with all the functions of a county and a non-metropolitan district. The council is based at Shire Hall in Gloucester.

Gloucestershire County Council
Type
Type
Non-metropolitan county
Leadership
Vernon Smith,
Conservative
since 24 May 2023
Mark Hawthorne,
Conservative
since 19 May 2010
Pete Bungard
since May 2007
Structure
Seats53 councillors
Political groups
Administration (26)
  Conservative (26)
Other parties (27)
  Liberal Democrats (16)
  Labour (5)
  Green (4)
  Independent (2)
Length of term
4 years
Elections
First past the post
Last election
6 May 2021
Next election
1 May 2025
Meeting place
Shire Hall, Westgate Street, Gloucester, GL1 2TG
Website
www.gloucestershire.gov.uk

The area administered by the county council comprises 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi).

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