Avon County Council

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox legislature Avon County Council was the county council of the non-metropolitan county of Avon in south west England.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Whitaker's Almanack 1979, p. 630</ref> It was replaced with four authorities: Bristol City Council, South Gloucestershire Council, North Somerset Council and Bath and North East Somerset Council.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Political control

From the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council was held by the following parties:<ref>Template:Cite web (Put "Avon" in search box to see specific results.)</ref>

Party		Tenure
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	No overall control	1973 – 1977
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Conservative	1977 – 1981
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	Labour	1981 – 1985
style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|	No overall control	1985 – 1996