Stroud District Council elections

Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England is elected every four years. The all-out elections every four years began in 2016; up to and including the 2015 election one third of the council was elected each year, followed by one year without election.

Election results

Composition of the council[1]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Green[b] Independents
& Others
Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (56 seats)
1973 16 14 9 17 No overall control
1976 33' 9 4 0 10 Conservative
1979 29 9 6 0 12 Conservative
New ward boundaries (56 seats)
1983 30 7 6 0 13 Conservative
1984 28 9 9 0 10 No overall control
1986 23 11 13 1 8 No overall control
1987 23 9 15 1 8 No overall control
1988 22 12 12 3 7 No overall control
1990 17 18 10 4 7 No overall control
New ward boundaries (55 seats)
1991 15 19 12 6 6 No overall control
1992 22 16 9 6 2 No overall control
1994 17 14 13 6 5 No overall control
1995 14 19 12 5 5 No overall control
1996 7 27 11 4 6 No overall control
1998 10 26 9 4 6 No overall control
1999 17 24 5 4 5 No overall control
2000 24 18 5 4 4 No overall control
New ward boundaries (51 seats)
2002 29 12 4 4 2 Conservative
2003 28 10 6 4 3 Conservative
2004 27 11 6 4 3 Conservative
2006 29 9 5 5 3 Conservative
2007 31 9 4 5 2 Conservative
2008 31 7 5 6 2 Conservative
2010 30 7 7 6 1 Conservative
2011 25 11 6 6 3 No overall control
2012 21 16 6 5 3 No overall control
2014 22 20 2 5 2 No overall control
2015 23 18 3 6 2 No overall control
New ward boundaries (51 seats)[c]
2016 23 18 2 8 0 No overall control
2021 20 15 3 13 0 No overall control
2024 7 20 2 22 0 No overall control

Council elections

District result maps

By-election results

1994–1998

Whiteshill by-election 27 June 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 308 55.2
Liberal Democrats 250 44.8
Majority 58 10.4
Turnout 558
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Cains Cross by-election 26 September 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 857 55.8
Liberal Democrats 272 17.7
Conservative 240 15.6
Green 167 10.8
Majority 585 381
Turnout 1,536
Labour hold Swing

1998–2002

Nibley by-election 30 November 2000
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 275 60.3 +35.5
Liberal Democrats 159 34.9 −19.7
Labour 22 4.8 −15.8
Majority 116 25.4
Turnout 456 46.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Wotton by-election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 1,319 35.4 +9.5
Conservative 1,308 35.1 +4.0
Labour 1,163 29.6 +5.6
Majority 11 0.3
Turnout 3,790 67.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2002–2006

Dursley by-election 7 November 2002
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Frankau 652 39.7 +3.2
Liberal Democrats Brian Marsh 609 37.1 +8.1
Labour Paul Denney 382 23.2 −11.3
Majority 43 2.6
Turnout 1,643 35.8
Conservative hold Swing
Cainscross by-election 30 June 2005[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Treacher 652 43.4 +4.7
Conservative Linda Jeffreys 425 28.3 +0.0
Liberal Democrats John Bowen 257 17.1 −4.1
Green Helen Royall 169 11.2 −0.6
Majority 227 15.1
Turnout 1,503 28.9
Labour hold Swing

2006–2010

Cainscross by-election 16 November 2006[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Williams 489 43.1 +6.9
Conservative Linda Jeffreys 407 35.9 +3.1
Liberal Democrats Darren Jones 238 21.0 +8.5
Majority 82 7.2
Turnout 1,134 22.1
Labour hold Swing
Nailsworth by-election 30 August 2007[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rowland Blackwell 857 44.5 +6.1
Green Chris Harmer 810 42.0 +4.1
Labour Jo Smith 261 13.5 +0.2
Majority 47 2.5
Turnout 1,928 38.0
Conservative hold Swing

2010–2014

Amberley and Woodchester by-election 3 February 2011[15][16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Margaret Wigzell 366 54.9 +0.5
Labour Audrey Smith 177 26.5 +10.8
Liberal Democrats Adrian Walker-Smith 124 18.6 +6.8
Majority 189 28.3
Turnout 667 38.8
Conservative hold Swing
Cam East by-election 2 May 2013[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Miranda Clifton 654 53.2 +6.0
Conservative Loraine Patrick 575 46.8 −6.0
Majority 79 6.4
Turnout 1,229
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

2014–2016

Valley by-election 7 August 2014[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Martin Baxendale 291 42.8 −4.3
Labour James Heslop 230 33.8 +2.3
UKIP Stuart Love 76 11.2 +11.2
Conservative Stephen Davies 67 9.9 −11.5
TUSC Lucy Roberts 16 2.4 +2.4
Majority 61 9.0
Turnout 680
Green hold Swing

2016–2021

Chalford by-election 23 November 2017[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Darren Loftus 751 45.1 +12.9
Labour Karen Pitney 427 25.6 −2.0
Green Robin Lewis 341 20.5 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Kris Beacham 146 8.8 +8.8
Majority 324 19.5
Turnout 1,665
Conservative hold Swing
Dursley by-election 15 November 2018[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Hall 889 50.5 +13.5
Conservative Loraine Patrick 704 40.0 +15.3
Green Yvon Dignon 90 5.1 −9.1
Liberal Democrats Richard Blackwell-Whitehead 79 4.5 −19.5
Majority 185 10.5
Turnout 1,762
Labour hold Swing
Berkeley Vale by-election 28 February 2019[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lindsay Green 993 49.8 +4.6
Labour Liz Ashton 686 34.4 +0.8
Liberal Democrats Mike Stayte 231 11.6 −1.5
Green Thomas Willetts 82 4.1 −3.9
Majority 307 15.4
Turnout 1,992
Conservative hold Swing

2021–2024

Painswick and Upton by-election 17 May 2023[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gary Luff 1,168 45.9 +11.9
Conservative Sue Williams 817 32.1 −10.3
Liberal Democrats Roz Savage 381 15.0 +15.0
Labour Ela Pathak-Sen 180 7.1 −16.5
Majority 351 13.8
Turnout 2,546
Green gain from Conservative Swing

2024–2028

Stroud Central by-election 1 May 2025[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Cate James-Hodges 416 56.3
Labour Shelley Rider 118 16.0
Reform UK Daryl Leslie Arthur Smith 108 14.6
Conservative Hena Mannan-Rahman 60 8.1
Liberal Democrats Philip James Purves 27 3.7
UKIP Lucian Aeris 10 1.4
Majority 298 40.3
Turnout 743 40.9
Green gain from Labour
Severn by-election 11 June 2025[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Moya Shannon 439 27.8
Conservative Hena Mannan-Rahman 425 26.9
Reform UK Jonathan Wren 421 26.7
Labour Karen Frances Linforth 177 11.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Stayte 112 7.1
UKIP Ben Walker 5 0.3
Majority 14 0.9
Turnout 1579 26.8
Green gain from Labour
Thrupp by-election 5 March 2025[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Helen Elliott-Boult 540 67.5
Reform UK Michael Rees 132 16.5
Conservative Anthony Pilkington 58 7.3
Labour Mick Fealty 46 5.8
Liberal Democrats Raffy Chiswick 22 2.8
UKIP Lucian Aeris 2 0.3
Majority 408 51.0
Turnout 800 26.8
Green hold

References

  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
  3. ^ Changed from one-third to whole council elections.
  1. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Stroud (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  3. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) (Variation) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Avon and Gloucestershire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Gloucestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Stroud". BBC News Online. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  8. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Stroud (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  9. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The District of Stroud (Parishes and Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2005. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  10. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Stroud (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2008. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  11. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The Stroud (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Results of Cainscross District Ward by-election 2005". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  13. ^ "Results of Cainscross District Ward by-election". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
  14. ^ "Nailsworth By Elections 2007". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 10 September 2009.
  15. ^ Mead, Chris (4 February 2011). "Labour celebrates council by-election breakthrough". The Independent. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
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  17. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Cam East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  18. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Valley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  19. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chalford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Chalford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  21. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Berkeley Vale Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  22. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Painswick and Upton Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  23. ^ "Election of a District Councillor for Stroud Central Ward on Thursday 1 May 2025" (PDF). Stroud District Council. 2 May 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  24. ^ "Election of a District Councillor for Severn Ward on Wednesday 11 June 2025" (PDF). Stroud District Council. 11 June 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Thrupp Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2026.