Following their election success, councillors in B&NES have voted that the Liberal Democrats will run the council.

The Liberal Democrats and Labour councillors supported a motion to make Lib Dem leader Cllr Paul Crossley leader of the council. He then appointed a cabinet and promised to make the council more transparent and consultative. Under Liberal Democrat leadership B&NES Council will maintain a tax freeze, scrap the BRT and propose a new regeneration scheme for Keynsham without council offices. He also pledged to start work the following week on revoking the closure notice for Culverhay and consult on opening a co-educational school on the site.