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{{Short description|Former local authority in England}}
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'''Avon County Council''' was the [[county council]] of the non-metropolitan county of [[Avon (county)|Avon]] in south west England.<ref>{{cite web|title=Avon House|url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=792|work=Skyscrapernews.com|accessdate=17 November 2011}}</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, Bristol|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>{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1995/feb/22/avon-structural-change|title=Avon (Structural Change)|date=22 February 1995|publisher=Hansard|accessdate=15 September 2019}}</ref>

==Political control==
From the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council was held by the following parties:<ref>{{cite web |title=Compositions Calculator |url=https://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/composition_calc.html |access-date=26 November 2024 |website=The Elections Centre |publisher=University of Exeter}} (Put "Avon" in search box to see specific results.)</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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!colspan="2"|Party!!Tenure
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|style="background-color: {{party color|No overall control}}" |
|[[No overall control]] || 1973 &ndash; 1977
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] || 1977 &ndash; 1981
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|Labour Party (UK)}}" |
|[[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] || 1981 &ndash; 1985
|-
|style="background-color: {{party color|No overall control}}" |
|[[No overall control]] || 1985 &ndash; 1996
|-
|}

==Council elections==
*[[1973 Avon County Council election]]
*[[1977 Avon County Council election]]
*[[1981 Avon County Council election]] (new ward boundaries)
*[[1985 Avon County Council election]]
*[[1989 Avon County Council election]]
*[[1993 Avon County Council election]]

==County result maps==
<gallery>
File:Avon County wards 1993.png|1993 results map
File:Avon County wards 1989.png|1989 results map
File:Avon County wards 1985.png|1985 results map
File:Avon County wards 1981.png|1981 results map
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[West of England Combined Authority]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Former county councils of England}}
{{Authority control}}
{{Bristol elections}}
{{Gloucestershire elections}}
{{Somerset elections}}

[[Category:Former county councils of England]]
[[Category:History of Gloucestershire]]
[[Category:History of Somerset]]
[[Category:1974 establishments in England]]
[[Category:1996 disestablishments in England]]
[[Category:Avon (county)|County Council]]


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