Photo: Traveler100 · CC BY-SA 3.0The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on Cotswold District Council
Avening is run by Cotswold District Council and Gloucestershire County Council, with Avening parish council for local matters. The Liberal Democrats have a majority on Cotswold District Council. No party holds a majority on Gloucestershire County Council. Its MP is Dr Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat), member for South Cotswolds.
£2,376
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Avening’s politics has changed since 2021
A majority on Cotswold District Council
The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on Cotswold District Council: 22 of its 34 seats as elected. The Conservatives hold 11, independents 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Gloucestershire in 2025
Gloucestershire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, has no overall control at the May 2025 election: the Liberal Democrats won 27 of 55 seats. Gloucestershire ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Avening is £2,376 for 2026–27; Cotswold District Council keeps 7% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 56% in ten years, in line with England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
Who holds the seats on Avening’s councils
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 18 of Cotswold’s 34 or 28 of Gloucestershire’s 55 seats to run the council alone.
- Liberal Democrat22
- Conservative11
- Independent1
Latest election: May 2023.
- Liberal Democrat27
- Reform UK11
- Green9
- Conservative6
- Independent1
- Labour1
Latest election: May 2025.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, and a parish tier
Avening has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
100% of Avening’s residents · Band D precept £108
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Avening, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierAvening parish council
- 2Cotswold District Council1 ward · 1 councillorTony Slater
- 3Gloucestershire County Council1 division · 1 councillorIan Watson
- 4Police and crime commissionerGloucestershire Constabulary · elected May 2024Chris Nelson
- 5House of CommonsSouth Cotswolds
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
1 councillor for 1 ward
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- Tony SlaterConservative · May 2023
Show as a table, with Gloucestershire County Council’s 1 division (1 councillor)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grumbolds Ash with Avening40% in Avening · 1,054 residents1 seat · May 2023 | 1 | Tony Slater | May 2023 |
Gloucestershire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tetbury ED8% in Avening · 1,054 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Ian Watson | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Cotswold District Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Cotswold council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Avening, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
1 ward voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Avening’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗795 votes for candidates
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Avening is in South Cotswolds constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Avening).
52,287 votes for candidates · majority 4,973
Liberal Democrat, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 52,287 votes from 71,971 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 4,973 of 52,287 votes (9.5%): the 180th-narrowest of 543 in England.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Avening’s Band D council tax is £2,376 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Cotswold District Council keeps £163.93 of a Band D bill (7%); the rest goes to the Avening parish council, Gloucestershire County Council and the Gloucestershire police and crime commissioner.
Band D since 1993
Cotswold’s Band D bill has risen 56% in ten years, from £1,536.05 in 2016–17, in line with England’s average (56%). It was £547.88 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Avening, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Gloucestershire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Gloucestershire
| Cotswold + Gloucestershire | Avening’s councils | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £404 | £404 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £294 | £294 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £69 | £82 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £30 | £31 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £190 | £142 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £22 | £34 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £44 | £26 | £26 |
| Public health | £50 | £50 | £78 |
| Running the council | £52 | £57 | £59 |
| Other | £0 | £1 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,206 | £1,170 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Cotswold per its residents plus Gloucestershire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Gloucestershire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Avening is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
cotswold.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
cotswold.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Avening is run
Which council runs Avening?
Avening is run by Cotswold District Council and Gloucestershire County Council. The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Avening have a town council?
Yes: Avening has its own parish-tier council (Avening parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £108 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Avening?
Dr Roz Savage (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for South Cotswolds, which covers Avening.
How many councillors does Avening have?
1 ward councillors represent Avening’s 1 ward, and 1 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Avening?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Avening’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Avening?
Band D council tax in Avening is £2,376 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Cotswold District Council?
The Liberal Democrats have a majority: 22 of 34 seats as elected. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Gloucestershire County Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Liberal Democrat 27 · Reform UK 11 · Green 9 · Conservative 6 · Labour 1 · Independent 1 of 55 seats; a majority needs 28.
Who won the 2023 council election in Avening?
In Avening’s wards on 4 May 2023, Conservative 1 of the 1 seats up. The Conservatives had the largest share of votes, 61.4%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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