Members and Governance
South West Councils is one of the nine regional employers’ organisations which represent the interests of local authorities and public sector bodies in England. As the regional employers organisation for the South West, we are listed with the Certification Office under the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Official List of Employers’ Associations and their annual returns
SW Councils is independent and not-for-profit and supports collaboration and the sharing of best practice across the 29 local authorities in the south west. Each full member may nominate one of their councillors to be their representative on South West Councils. There are also 10 additional members appointed from the political groups to South West Councils on the basis of the proportionality figures calculated for the South West which are independently verified. From this our Resource and Management Committee is elected at our AGM.
South West Councils’ Constitution
Please get in touch with info@swcouncils.gov.uk for more information
South West Councils’ Members:
- Bath and North East Somerset Council – Cllr Kevin Guy
- Bristol City Council – Cllr Tony Dyer
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council – Cllr Millie Earl
- Cheltenham Borough Council – Cllr Rowena Hay
- Cornwall Council – Cllr Leigh Frost
- Cotswold District Council – Cllr Mike Evemy
- Council of the Isles of Scilly – Cllr Robert Francis
- Dorset Council – Cllr Nick Ireland
- East Devon District Council – Cllr Paul Arnott
- Exeter City Council – Cllr Phil Bialyk
- Forest of Dean District Council – Cllr Adrian Birch
- Gloucester City Council – Cllr Jeremy Hilton
- Gloucestershire County Council – Cllr Lisa Spivey
- Mid Devon District Council – Cllr Luke Taylor
- North Devon District Council – Cllr David Clayton
- North Somerset Council – Cllr Mike Bell
- Plymouth City Council – Cllr Jemima Laing
- Somerset Council – Cllr Bill Revans
- South Gloucestershire Council – Cllr Maggie Tyrrell
- South Hams District Council – Cllr Dan Thomas
- Stroud District Council – Cllr Chloe Turner
- Swindon Borough Council – Cllr Jim Robbins
- Teignbridge District Council – Cllr Richard Keeling
- Tewkesbury Borough Council – Cllr Richard Stanley
- Torbay Council – Cllr David Thomas
- West Devon Borough Council – Cllr Mandy Ewings
- Wiltshire Council – Cllr Ian Thom
Additional Members:
Conservative
- Cllr David Fothergill (Somerset Council)
- Cllr Lindsey Green (Stroud District Council)
- Cllr Connor Donnithorne (Cornwall Council)
- Cllr Neil Jory (West Devon Borough Council)
- Cllr Andrew Leadbetter (Devon County Council)
- Cllr Phil Bullivant (Teignbridge District Council)
Labour
- Cllr Leigh Redman (Somerset Council)
- Cllr Catherine Gibbons (North Somerset Council)
Reform
- Cllr Vernon Smith (Gloucestershire County Council)