No party holds a majority on South Gloucestershire Council
Engine Common is run by South Gloucestershire Council, with Iron Acton parish council for local matters. No party holds a majority on South Gloucestershire Council. Its MP is Claire Young (Liberal Democrat), member for Thornbury and Yate.
£2,559
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Engine Common’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on South Gloucestershire Council
The Conservatives, the largest group, hold 23 of its 61 seats as elected, 8 short of the 31 needed. The Liberal Democrats hold 20, Labour 17 and independents 1. Who’s in charge ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Engine Common is £2,559 for 2026–27; South Gloucestershire Council keeps 79% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 58% in ten years, against 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.
No party has a majority
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 31 of South Gloucestershire’s 61 seats to run the council alone.
- Conservative23
- Liberal Democrat20
- Labour17
- Independent1
Latest election: May 2023.
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.
The councils that run Engine Common
One council runs every main service here.
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 Engine Common’s residents · Band D precept £127
Every main council service: schools, social care, roads, bins, planning, housing and libraries.
Website ↗Transport, skills and regeneration across several council areas. It is led by an elected mayor.
Mayor: Helen Godwin (Labour), elected May 2025
Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: here one council runs every main service.
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 Engine Common, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parishParish tierIron Acton parish council
- 2South Gloucestershire Council1 ward · 3 councillorsDavid Paul GoodwinClaire YoungTristan ClarkJon Lean
- 3Mayor of West of England Combined AuthorityWest of England Combined Authority · elected May 2025Helen Godwin
- 4Police and crime commissionerAvon and Somerset Constabulary · elected May 2024Clare Moody
- 5House of CommonsThornbury and Yate
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.
3 councillors 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.
- David Paul GoodwinLiberal Democrat · November 2024 · by-election
- Claire YoungLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Tristan ClarkLiberal Democrat · May 2023
- Jon LeanLiberal Democrat · May 2023
Show as a table
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frampton Cotterell5% in Engine Common · 665 residents3 seats · November 2024, May 2023 | 3 | David Paul Goodwinby-electionClaire YoungTristan ClarkJon Lean | November 2024, May 2023 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. South Gloucestershire 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).
South Gloucestershire council election, May 2023
Results in the wards that make up Engine Common, 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 Engine Common’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗12,922 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Engine Common is in Thornbury and Yate constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Engine Common).
53,367 votes for candidates · majority 3,014
Liberal Democrat, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 53,367 votes from 78,192 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 3,014 of 53,367 votes (5.6%): the 108th-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.
Engine Common’s Band D council tax is £2,559 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
South Gloucestershire Council keeps £2,027.71 of a Band D bill (79%); the rest goes to the Iron Acton parish council, the Avon & Somerset police and crime commissioner and the Avon Fire and Rescue Authority.
Band D since 1996
South Gloucestershire’s Band D bill has risen 58% in ten years, from £1,611.50 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £652.52 in 1996–97.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Iron Acton, 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.
South Gloucestershire Council hasn’t filed its 2026–27 Revenue Account budget with MHCLG (the department lists it as missing), so its spending per resident isn’t shown.
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 Engine Common 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.
southglos.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
southglos.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Engine Common is run
Which council runs Engine Common?
Engine Common is run by South Gloucestershire Council.
Does Engine Common have a town council?
Yes: Engine Common has its own parish-tier council (Iron Acton parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £127 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Engine Common?
Claire Young (Liberal Democrat) is the MP for Thornbury and Yate, which covers Engine Common.
How many councillors does Engine Common have?
3 ward councillors represent Engine Common’s 1 ward.
When are the next elections in Engine Common?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Engine Common’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Engine Common?
Band D council tax in Engine Common is £2,559 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls South Gloucestershire Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Conservative 23 · Liberal Democrat 20 · Labour 17 · Independent 1 of 61 seats; a majority needs 31. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who won the 2023 council election in Engine Common?
In Engine Common’s wards on 4 May 2023, Liberal Democrat 3 of the 3 seats up. The Liberal Democrats had the largest share of votes, 54.8%.
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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