Avon County Council

Avon County Council

History
Founded	1 April 1974
Disbanded	1 April 1996
Succeeded by	Bath and North East Somerset Council Bristol City Council North Somerset Council South Gloucestershire Council
Meeting place

Avon House, Bristol

Avon County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Avon in south west England.^[1] It came into its powers on 1 April 1974 and was abolished on 1 April 1996 at the same time as the county. The county council was based at Avon House in Bristol.^[2] It was replaced with four authorities: Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council, North Somerset Council and Bath and North East Somerset Council.^[3]

Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council was held by the following parties:^[4]

Party		Tenure
	No overall control	1973 – 1977
	Conservative	1977 – 1981
	Labour	1981 – 1985
	No overall control	1985 – 1996

Council elections

1973 Avon County Council election
1977 Avon County Council election
1981 Avon County Council election (new ward boundaries)
1985 Avon County Council election
1989 Avon County Council election
1993 Avon County Council election

County result maps

1993 results map
1989 results map
1985 results map
1981 results map

References

^ "Avon House". Skyscrapernews.com. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
^ Whitaker's Almanack 1979, p. 630
^ "Avon (Structural Change)". Hansard. 22 February 1995. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

Former county councils of England

Pre-1974

Post-1974

Metropolitan	Greater Manchester Merseyside South Yorkshire Tyne and Wear West Midlands West Yorkshire

Non-metropolitan	Avon Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cheshire Cleveland Cumbria Dorset Hereford and Worcester Humberside Northamptonshire

Authority control databases
International	VIAF
National	United States

v t e Council elections in Bristol
Bristol City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2009 2010 2011 2013 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
Mayor of Bristol	2012 2016 2021
West of England Mayor	2017 2021
Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes

v t e Council elections in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Cheltenham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022 2024
Cotswold District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Forest of Dean District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Gloucester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
South Gloucestershire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Stroud District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021 2024
Tewkesbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Kingswood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Northavon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
West of England Mayor	2017 2021
See also: Wards Boundary changes

Council elections in Somerset

Somerset Council

1889
1892
1895
1898
1901
1904
1907
1910
1913
1919
1922
1925
1928
1931
1934
1937
1946
1949
1952
1955
1958
1961
1964
1967
1970
1973
1977
1981
1985
1989
1993
1997
2001
2005
2009
2013
2017
2022

Bath and North East Somerset Council

North Somerset Council

1973
1976
1979
1980
1982
1983
1984
1986
1987
1991
1995
1999
2003
2007
2011
2015
2019
2023

West of England Mayor

2017
2021

Former councils
Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Bath City Council	1973 1976 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 Abolished
Mendip District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Sedgemoor District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
South Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 Abolished
Somerset West and Taunton District Council	2019 Abolished
Taunton Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished
Wansdyke District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
West Somerset District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Abolished

See also: Wards
Boundary changes

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