2012 Stroud District Council election

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The 2012 Stroud Council election was on 3 May 2012 to elect members of the Stroud District Council. [1] Eighteen seats were up for grabs and the Conservative Party won nine. [2] [3]

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Election result

Stroud Council Election, 2012
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 950.00%41.40%10,333
  Labour 738.90%33.40%8,339
  Green 00%14.40%3,594
  Liberal Democrats 25.56%10.20%2,538
  TUSC 00%0.60%152

Ward results

Amberley & Woodchester (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Uta Baldauf11715.9%
Labour Sarah Madley17623.8%
Conservative Margaret Wigzell44560.30%
Majority44560.30%+8.52%
Turnout 74841.60%-1.70%
Berkeley (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Elizabeth Ashton75354.8%
Conservative John Stanton62045.20%+14.81%
Majority75354.85%+6.60%
Turnout 1,37341.00%-31.00%
Cainscross (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Bridgland1055.66%-2.28%
Green Oliver Kirkham21211.42%
TUSC Christopher Moore1528.19%
Conservative Deborah Westgate49526.66%
Labour Thomas Williams89348.09%
Majority89348.09%-3.69%
Turnout 1,85741.60%-1.70%
Chalford (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Richard Dean38121.10%
Labour David Taylor481+2.00%
Conservative Deborah Young94552.30%
Majority94552.30%+2.00%
Turnout 1,80735.60%-16.10%
Dursley (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doina Cornell88051.80%
Liberal Democrats Michael Stayte27716.30%
Conservative Alexander Stennett54331.90%
Majority88051.80%+5.90%
Turnout 1,70033.10%-10.40%
Eastington & Standish (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Gerald Hartley629.10%
Conservative Richard James27139.80%
Labour David Stephens34851.10%
Majority34851.10%
Turnout 68145.40%
Hardwicke (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Butler53343.40%
Conservative Russell Miles56445.90%
Green Sally Pickering13110.70%
Majority56445.90%-17.20%
Turnout 1,22831.80%-36.00%
Kingswood (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Henry Carr15027.40%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hemming33260.70%
Labour Joan Moore6511.90%
Majority33260.70%
Turnout 54733.30%
Minchinhampton (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Holtom21314.40%
Conservative Nicholas Hurst85857.90%
Green John Williams41227.80%+10.10%
Majority85857.90%+2.40%
Turnout 1,48341.30%-14.70%
Nailsworth (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Dechan723.60%
Green Catherine Farrell67633.70%+20.36%
Conservative Emma Sims78939.30%
Labour Audrey Smith47123.50%+10.58%
Majority78939.30%+0.46%
Turnout 2,00837.50%-14.40%
Painswick (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Cooper98163.50%
Labour Sheila McGrath20413.20%
Green Graham Spencer36023.30%
Majority98163.50%+4.60%
Turnout 1,54542.60%-37.90%
Rodborough (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Philip Blomberg20512.80%+1.40%
Conservative Rodger Cuddington33320.70%
Liberal Democrats Christine Headley49030.50%-1.00%
Labour Stephen Moore57936.00%
Majority57936.00%+3.10%
Turnout 1,60753.90%+2.40%
Severn (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Greenwood29621.70%
Green Susan Hartley14510.60%
Liberal Democrats John Howe21215.60%
Conservative Haydn Jones70752.10%
Majority70952.10%
Turnout 1,36236.00%
Stonehouse (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Bevan53728.00%
Labour Mattie Ross1,15159.90%
Green Clare Sheridan23312.10%-0.70%
Majority1,15159.90%+4.90%
Turnout 1,92131.50%-9.50%
The Stanleys (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lawrence Hall50737.10%
Green Nicola Hillary23617.30%+0.80%
Labour Stephen Lydon58242.50%+18.80%
Liberal Democrats Myles Robinson433.10%
Majority58242.50%+4.90%
Turnout 1,36841.60%-34.90%
Upton St. Leonards (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Peter Adams13016.00%
Labour Thomas Lydon13216.20%
Conservative Keith Pearson55267.80%
Majority55267.80%
Turnout 81434.80%
Wotton-Under-Edge (1 Councillor)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour C Burling41321.00%
Liberal Democrats J Cordwell1,00751.30%
Conservative Richard Williams54327.70%
Majority1,00751.30%+5.80%
Turnout 1,96338.40%-14.10%

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References

  1. ↑ "Election results 2012". Stroud District Council. n.d. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  2. ↑ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (n.d.). "Stroud District Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Local Election Results 2012". Local Elections Archive Project. n.d. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
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