Councillors

VACANCY FOR A COUNCILLOR

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 – SECTION 87(2)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a casual vacancy has occurred in the office of Councillor for Thornbury Town Council, South Ward.

An election will be held to fill the vacancy if notice of a request for such an election is given to the Returning Officer, South Gloucestershire Council, PO Box 1953, The Council Offices, Badminton Road, Bristol BS37 0DB by ten Local Government electors for the said electoral area no later than Tuesday 3^rd February 2026.

If no request for an election is given, the Town Council will fill the vacancy by co-option.

 DATED this 14^th January 2026

 Signed          (Hannah Bowden)

Chief Executive to Thornbury Town Council

Address: Town Hall, 35 High Street, Thornbury, Bristol, BS35 2AR

Thornbury Town Council consists of 16 member councillors. Councillors represent one of the four Wards of Thornbury (South Ward, North East Ward, North West Ward and South East Ward), but in practice all councillors work together for the benefit of Thornbury as a whole.

Member Register of Interests:

The Local Authority (South Gloucestershire Council) publishes a register of members interests in accordance with the Localism Act 2011. The Register of Interests for all Thornbury Town Council Councillors can be found here: Registers of Interests for Thornbury Town Council Councillors (please note that clicking the link takes you to South Gloucestershire Council’s external website. SGC are responsible for updating the content of this webpage and it may take some time following the elections for the information to be uploaded).

The below map shows the ward structure of Thornbury, from the 2023 elections onwards. All wards in South Gloucestershire can be found on the external Ordnance Survey website.

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