It is a successor parish to the Tewkesbury Municipal Borough Council that existed prior to the reorganisation of English Local Government in April 1974.
It met formally for the first time on 17 December 1973, during this meeting which C. Burd was appointed as chairman until 1 April 1974.
[3] These properties included the Town Hall, Severn Ham SSSI, fishing rights, land at the Mythe Railway Nature Reserve and the lordship of the manor of Tewkesbury.
The land at the Mythe Railway Nature Reserve which had been received from Tewkesbury Borough Council in April 1977 through the provisions of The Local Authorities etc.
During the 1990s the relationship between the town of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire and Tewksbury, Massachusetts was strengthened and the possibility of a formal twinning was investigated.
The relationship between these two towns resulted in the placing of the Miko Kaufman sculpture called Touching Souls at Tewkesbury Abbey.
The M5 motorway forms part of the eastern boundary of the Town and the western side of junction 9 is within the parish.
[5] Despite Tewkesbury Town Council having been in operation since 1974 only five Councillors have died whilst holding public office.
The Town Council is currently made up of sixteen councillors who serve a population of 10,704 according to the figures released from the 2011 census.
These awards are presented at the Annual Meeting of the Town Council which is also known as the Mayor Making Ceremony.
Those listed in Table 9 have received the Community Service Award from Tewkesbury Town Council.