Bristol City Council is the local authority of Bristol England. It is a unitary authority having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. The council is unusual in the United Kingdom local government system in that its executive function is controlled by a directly elected mayor of Bristol currently George Ferguson. Bristol comprises 35 wards electing 70 councillors.
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election date leader
2012-11-15
house
Unicameralism
last election date
2012-11-15
leader
George Ferguson (architect)
legislative period name
Third of council elected three years out of four, Executive mayor elected every four years
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