The 2008 Stroud Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
Before the election the council had 31 Conservative, 9 Labour, 5 Green, 4 Liberal Democrat and 2 independents. [3] 61 candidates stood for the 17 seats that were being contested, with the Green party contesting every seat for the first time. [3] Councillors standing down at the election included Conservative Sue Fellows and the Labour party's Hilary Fowles and Mattie Ross. [3]
The results saw the Conservatives stay in control with 31 seats, after both gaining and losing 2 seats, [4] while increasing their vote share to 51%. [5] The Conservatives gained the seats of Dursley and Stonehouse from Labour, after the sitting Labour councillors had stood down, reducing Labour to 7 seats. [6] However the Conservatives also lost Nailsworth by 28 votes to the Greens and Wotton-under-Edge by 25 votes to the Liberal Democrats. [6] This meant the Greens went up to 6 seats and the Liberal Democrats up to 5 seats, while there remained 2 independents who had not defended seats in the election. [6] Turnout in the election varied from a high of 50.03% in Painswick to a low of 33% in Cainscross. [6]
The local Labour Member of Parliament David Drew blamed the defeats for Labour on "general disillusionment with the Government" and the issues of government assistance after the 2007 floods and the abolition of the 10 pence income tax rate. [7]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 70.6 | 51.2 | 13,231 | +10.8% | |
Labour | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 11.8 | 17.4 | 4,491 | -5.7% | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11.8 | 12.2 | 3,142 | -1.3% | |
Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.9 | 17.8 | 4,595 | -1.1% | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 300 | -0.5% | |
BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 67 | +0.3% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Glanfield | 452 | 54.3 | -1.7 | |
Green | Jennifer Whiskerd | 151 | 18.1 | +2.6 | |
Labour | Jo Smith | 131 | 15.7 | +0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Walker-Smith | 98 | 11.8 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 301 | 36.2 | -4.2 | ||
Turnout | 832 | 49.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Archer | 861 | 67.2 | -2.7 | |
Labour | Geoffrey Wheeler | 295 | 23.0 | -7.1 | |
Green | Chris Keppie | 126 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 566 | 44.1 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,282 | 39.0 | -0.9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tom Williams | 757 | 42.2 | -7.1 | |
Conservative | Norma Rodman | 648 | 36.2 | +1.4 | |
Green | Helen Royall | 195 | 10.9 | -5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Bridgland | 192 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Majority | 109 | 6.1 | -8.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,792 | 33.3 | -3.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Debbie Young | 1,217 | 56.2 | +0.9 | |
Green | Carolyn Billingsley | 633 | 29.2 | +4.8 | |
Labour | Malcolm Perry | 195 | 9.0 | -3.4 | |
UKIP | Leslie Banstead | 121 | 5.6 | -2.2 | |
Majority | 584 | 27.0 | -3.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,166 | 43.2 | +2.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alex Stennett | 647 | 34.4 | -0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Marsh | 608 | 32.3 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Daryl Matthews | 531 | 28.2 | -5.5 | |
Green | Gillian Stott | 97 | 5.2 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 39 | 2.1 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,883 | 39.0 | -1.9 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ken Stephens | 288 | 44.5 | +3.4 | |
Conservative | Ian Robinson | 277 | 42.8 | +3.4 | |
Green | Gerald Hartley | 82 | 12.7 | +2.1 | |
Majority | 11 | 1.7 | +0.0 | ||
Turnout | 647 | 45.9 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Len Tomlins | 875 | 69.3 | +0.9 | |
Labour | Miranda Williams | 227 | 18.0 | +3.4 | |
Green | Sally Pickering | 160 | 12.7 | +12.7 | |
Majority | 648 | 51.3 | -0.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,262 | 33.8 | -1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Hemming | 309 | 50.3 | -0.7 | |
Conservative | Michael Howard | 187 | 30.5 | -12.1 | |
Green | Sue Fleming | 118 | 19.2 | +19.2 | |
Majority | 122 | 19.9 | +11.5 | ||
Turnout | 614 | 40.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Joe Forbes | 1,112 | 71.2 | +8.0 | |
Green | Marie Gwynn | 275 | 17.6 | +6.3 | |
Labour | Joan Moore | 175 | 11.2 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 837 | 53.6 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,562 | 44.6 | -4.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Fi MacMillan | 1,028 | 43.1 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | Dorcas Binns | 1,000 | 41.9 | +3.5 | |
Labour | Sally Thorpe | 229 | 9.6 | -3.7 | |
BNP | Alan Lomas | 67 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
UKIP | Maureen Upchurch | 61 | 2.6 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 28 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,385 | 46.4 | +2.6 | ||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Barbara Tait | 1,228 | 69.0 | +1.9 | |
Green | Elinor Croxall | 371 | 20.8 | -1.5 | |
Labour | David Heyes | 181 | 10.2 | -0.5 | |
Majority | 857 | 48.1 | +3.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,780 | 50.0 | -0.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nigel Cooper | 516 | 32.1 | +1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Fisk | 465 | 29.0 | -1.8 | |
Green | Phil Blomberg | 446 | 27.8 | +1.7 | |
Labour | John Appleton | 178 | 11.1 | -1.6 | |
Majority | 51 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,605 | 46.4 | +1.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Norman-Leonard Smith | 961 | 60.6 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Howe | 306 | 19.3 | -7.2 | |
Labour | John Greenwood | 206 | 13.0 | -1.9 | |
Green | Annie Finlay-Trotter | 114 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Majority | 655 | 41.3 | +10.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,587 | 42.9 | +0.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Phil Bevan | 843 | 42.1 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Gary Powell | 806 | 40.2 | -1.1 | |
Green | Clare Sheridan | 237 | 11.8 | -2.1 | |
UKIP | Adrian Blake | 118 | 5.9 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 37 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,004 | 34.1 | -1.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ray Apperley | 718 | 52.3 | -1.4 | |
Labour | Lesley Williams | 316 | 23.0 | +3.3 | |
Green | Tony Mcnulty | 190 | 13.8 | +0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gavin Owen | 150 | 10.9 | -2.8 | |
Majority | 402 | 29.3 | -4.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,374 | 41.2 | -1.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Pearson | 710 | 78.9 | +0.4 | |
Green | Peter Adams | 114 | 12.7 | +12.7 | |
Labour | Ela Pathak-Sen | 76 | 8.4 | -13.1 | |
Majority | 596 | 66.2 | +9.3 | ||
Turnout | 900 | 48.9 | +1.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | June Cordwell | 1,014 | 45.0 | -7.2 | |
Conservative | John Gowers | 979 | 43.5 | +18.4 | |
Green | Martin Harvey | 258 | 11.5 | -5.5 | |
Majority | 35 | 1.6 | -25.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,251 | 45.0 | -0.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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