South Gloucestershire Council’s element of the council tax levied on local households is to increase by 4.99 percent from April 2024. The latest rise follows an identical uplift of 4.99 percent in 2023/24 and 2.99 percent in 2022/23. This year’s increase once again includes a ring-fenced adult social care levy of 2 percent. Bradley Stoke households in a Band D property face an annual increase of £108.48.
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Bradley Stoke Town Council has scaled back its programme of regular ‘meet your councillor’ events after an initiative to host additional sessions at a range of new locations across the town failed to stimulate increased engagement from residents. Going forward, the events will revert to being held just once a month, on the last Saturday of the month, at the Willow Brook Centre.
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Bradley Stoke town councillors have resumed the staging of regular ‘surgery’ sessions following a break that spanned the recent local elections. The purpose of the face-to-face advice surgeries is to give local residents an additional opportunity to discuss local issues with their elected representatives. The new council has reversed a controversial decision made in June 2022 to staff the surgeries on a ‘party political’ basis.
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Cllr Dayley Lawrence (Labour) has been elected as the new mayor of Bradley Stoke. He was formally handed the chain of office on Wednesday 17th May at Bradley Stoke Town Council’s annual meeting. It is believed that Cllr Lawrence is the first Labour Party affiliated chair or mayor since the council was formed 30 years ago.
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Members of the Labour Party now form the largest political group on Bradley Stoke Town Council following last week’s full elections which saw a number of high profile Conservatives lose their seats. The 15-seat council now has seven Labour members (up six from 2019), six Conservatives (down six from 2019), one Liberal Democrat and one Green.
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A candidate from the Labour Party has won one of the four Bradley Stoke seats on South Gloucestershire Council, meaning that the Conservatives no longer hold all the town’s seats for the first time since 2011. The Bradley Stoke South ward has two new councillors after John Bradbury (Labour) topped the poll with 969 votes followed by Ben Randles (Conservative) on 915 votes…
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Candidates have been announced for the South Gloucestershire district elections and Bradley Stoke town elections, both of which take place on Thursday 4th May. A total of four seats are up for grabs in the two Bradley Stoke wards of South Gloucestershire Council along with all 15 seats on Bradley Stoke Town Council.
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Residents of the Stokes are being reminded that photo identification will be required in order to vote in person at a polling station in the upcoming local elections on Thursday 4th May. You may already have a form of photo ID that is acceptable, such as a passport or driving licence. Voters without an accepted form of photo ID can apply online for a free Voter Authority Certificate.
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People who live or work in Bradley Stoke are being encouraged to stand for election as a councillor and help represent their local area. The next local elections in South Gloucestershire will be held on Thursday 4th May 2023 and nomination papers for candidates for election to South Gloucestershire Council as well as parish and town councils are now available.
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Bradley Stoke councillors have voted to terminate a long-standing agreement that has seen the town council part-fund an additional part-time police officer on the local beat team. The decision was made after the police force requested a 16% increase in the town council’s contribution from April 2023, along with concerns over whether the council has been getting “value for money”.
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