2019 South Gloucestershire Council election

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2019 South Gloucestershire Council election
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  2015 2 May 2019 (2019-05-02) 2023  

All 61 seats to South Gloucestershire Council
31 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Last election40 seats, 41.5%16 seats, 21.9%14 seats, 24.0%
Seats won331711
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote58,96946,20226,572
Percentage42.4%33.2%19.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.9%Increase2.svg11.3%Decrease2.svg4.9%

South Gloucestershire UK ward map 2019.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2019 South Gloucestershire Council election

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Conservative

The 2019 South Gloucestershire Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of South Gloucestershire Council in England as part of nationwide local elections. [1]

Contents

A 2018 boundary change meant that the total number of seats in the council was reduced from 70 to 61. [2] The Conservatives retained their control of the council, sliding from 40 seats to 33. The Liberal Democrats increased from 16 to 17 seats, and Labour lost three, going to 11. [3]

Summary

Election result

2019 South Gloucestershire Council election [4]
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 6133611Decrease2.svg 754.142.458,969+0.9
  Liberal Democrats 611721Increase2.svg 127.933.246,202+11.3
  Labour 541136Decrease2.svg 318.019.126,572–4.9
  Green 7000Steady2.svg0.02.12,854+1.1
  UKIP 9000Steady2.svg0.01.92,594–8.3
  Independent 8000Steady2.svg0.01.41,921+0.3

Ward results

In wards that are represented by more than one councillor, electors were given more than one vote each, hence the voter turnout may not match the number of votes cast.

Bitton and Oldland Common (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Robert Hughes 979 47.0
Conservative Erica Williams 969 46.5
Labour Neil Willmott53025.4
Labour Ben Gibbs51624.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Aidan Hulbert34716.7
Green Matthew Furey-King32815.7
Liberal Democrats Karl Dominic Tomasin28813.8
Turnout 395729.4
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Boyd Valley (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Reade 1,305 52.6
Conservative Ben Stokes 1,300 52.4
Liberal Democrats Philippa Emily Marsden98239.6
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Andrew Valentine82233.1
Labour Nigel Goldsmith28111.3
Turnout 469035.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Bradley Stoke North (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Lynn Pomfret 925 40.8
Conservative Franklin Owusu-Antwi 866 38.2
Liberal Democrats Jon Williams50322.2
Labour David Michael Addison49421.8
Labour Fabrizio Fazzino48521.4
Independent Andy Ward45620.1
Liberal Democrats Ian Noel Joseph34315.1
Independent Daniel John Elliott29713.1
Turnout 436929.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Increased to 2 seats

Bradley Stoke South (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Ashe 753 43.1
Conservative Roger Avenin 744 42.6
Labour Kulwinder Singh Sappal42324.2
Labour Ravi Kumar Vinjamuri36420.8
Independent Elaine Ann Hardwick29316.8
Liberal Democrats Sue Hope26014.9
Independent Marion Ward25814.8
Liberal Democrats Omar Aziz Beg21312.2
Independent Bex Ward935.3
Turnout 340126.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Charfield (1 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John O`Neill 869 73.3
Conservative John Dudley Buxton25021.1
Labour Gary Raymond Clarke665.6
Turnout 118536.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Charlton and Cribbs (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sanjay Kumar Shambhu 520 39.5
Conservative Jo Buddharaju 511 38.8
Conservative Brian Hopkinson 497 37.8
Labour Elaine Mary Martin40330.6
Labour Keith Walker38829.5
Labour Mubashar Hussain Chaudhry34926.5
Liberal Democrats Brenda Mary Osyth Allen19114.5
Liberal Democrats Anne Penelope White19014.4
Liberal Democrats Matthew Stringer18414.0
UKIP George Pykov16812.8
UKIP Jocelyn Briffett16212.3
UKIP Tom Crawley15711.9
Turnout 372026.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Chipping Sodbury and Cotswold Edge (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Rush 1,556 47.4
Liberal Democrats Patricia Anne Trull 1,539 46.9
Conservative Rob Creer152746.5
Conservative Becky Romaine135241.2
Labour Ruth Mary Jahans-Price1835.6
Labour Roger Frederick Jahans-Price1584.8
Turnout 631543.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Formerly 'Chipping Sodbury'

Dodington (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Davis 1,522 68.3
Liberal Democrats Louise Anne Harris 1,516 68.0
Conservative Ian James Donovan Livermore64929.1
Conservative Simon Peter Schofield61427.5
Turnout 430130.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Emersons Green (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judy Adams 1,379 45.5
Conservative Rachael Anne Hunt 1,336 44.1
Conservative Colin Hunt 1,305 43.0
Labour Sadik Adam Al-Hassan103734.2
Labour Matthew Palmer97832.3
Labour Jonathan Maytham87428.8
Liberal Democrats Andrew Paul Riches61020.1
Liberal Democrats Rachel Claire Hathaway56918.8
Liberal Democrats Martin William Monk44714.7
Turnout 853528.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Filton (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Adam Paul Monk 769 33.5
Conservative Christopher John Wood 739 32.2
Labour Ian Keith Mark Scott73832.2
Conservative John Tucker58725.6
UKIP Keith Briffett34515.0
Green Diana Warner31913.9
UKIP Philip Winter28012.2
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Jane Gough24210.6
Green Murali Thoppil23810.4
Liberal Democrats Ayrden James Pocock1637.1
Turnout 442030.3
Labour hold Swing
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Reduced from 3 seats

Frampton Cotterell (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Claire Louise Young 2,174 53.3
Liberal Democrats Tristan Adam Sutton Clark 1,979 48.5
Liberal Democrats Jon Lean 1,855 45.5
Conservative Tom Howell159039.0
Conservative Marian Joy Gilpin148136.3
Conservative Jenna Marie Hale145835.7
Independent Linda Williams3408.3
Labour Roger Edward Millard2686.6
Labour Jonathan Terence Trollope2265.5
Labour Terry Trollope2155.3
Turnout 1158640.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Frenchay and Downend (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Benjamin Paul Burton 1,818 48.4
Conservative Jon Hunt 1,755 46.7
Conservative David James Griffiths 1,637 43.6
Labour AJ Coakham101727.1
Labour Paul Harris88623.6
Liberal Democrats Andy Daer82922.1
Labour Theodore Jonathan Kent82822.0
Liberal Democrats Paul Andrew Sayers60816.2
Liberal Democrats Tim White56915.1
UKIP Trevor Crotch-Harvey44411.8
Turnout 1039137.2
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Hanham (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative June Patricia Bamford 1,618 49.6
Conservative Brenda Barbara Langley 1,527 46.8
Conservative Jason Pearce 1,403 43.0
Labour Caroline Louise White77723.8
Labour Andy Chubb77323.7
Labour Wayne Prewett71221.8
Green Jack Benjamin Cox64419.8
Green Jenny Vernon63819.6
Green Joseph Alexander Evans56917.5
Liberal Democrats Denise Christine Gawn2467.5
Liberal Democrats Peter Edmund Coley2407.4
Liberal Democrats Toby Andrew Jefferies2146.6
Turnout 936133.5
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Kingswood (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour April Janet Lilian Clare Begley 687 48.4
Labour Andrea Jane Reid 594 41.8
Conservative Tony Griffiths50035.2
Conservative Andrew Mills49434.8
Liberal Democrats Sue Walker22816.1
Liberal Democrats Hossein Pirooz21114.9
Turnout 271423.6
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Longwell Green (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Price 1,545 61.6
Conservative Toby William Savage 1,369 54.6
Labour Ron Hardie67727.0
Labour Pat Penny60524.1
Liberal Democrats Cheryl Anne Kirby33013.2
Liberal Democrats Clive Parkinson29311.7
Turnout 481933.1
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
New Cheltenham (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sandie Davis 785 43.6
Labour Kim Scudamore 756 42.0
Conservative Stewart Hadley-Clarke74041.1
Conservative Gagan Deep Singh67937.7
Liberal Democrats Chris Willmore22512.5
Liberal Democrats Martin Braid Joinson21712.0
Turnout 340227.3
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Parkwall and Warmley (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Bromiley 923 46.9
Conservative Samuel Karl Bromiley 850 43.2
Labour Pippa Gibbs67034.0
Labour Barry Malcolm West59830.4
Independent Nick Barrett21010.7
Liberal Democrats Kenton James Boon1869.5
Liberal Democrats Benj Emmerson1517.7
Turnout 358827.6
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Patchway Coniston (1 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sam William Scott 328 36.4
UKIP Ben Walker23025.5
Conservative Ken Dando22825.3
Liberal Democrats Dave Hockey11512.8
Turnout 90124.8
Labour hold Swing
Pilning & Severn Beach (1 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert Charles Griffin 483 41.7
Independent Olga Taylor27123.4
Labour Alexander Francis Akerman20617.8
Green Tom Meadowcroft11810.2
Liberal Democrats Gabrielle Marie Davis796.8
Turnout 115731.4
Conservative hold Swing
Severn Vale (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Matthew Riddle 1,740 54.6
Conservative Keith John Burchell 1,506 47.3
Liberal Democrats Tony Williams100431.5
Liberal Democrats Marion Christine Reeve100031.4
UKIP Louis Crawley33010.4
Labour David Ward2006.3
Labour Gillian Foxton1875.9
Turnout 596741.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Staple Hill and Mangotsfield (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ian Michael Boulton 1,936 58.4
Labour Michael Bell 1,742 52.6
Labour Katie Morrison Cooper 1,612 48.7
Conservative Matt Pitts106232.1
Conservative James Lee Hunt95528.8
Conservative Samson Akinbo82024.8
Liberal Democrats Guy William Rawlinson33410.1
Liberal Democrats Wully Perks33010.0
Liberal Democrats Crispin Toby John Allard3289.9
Turnout 911931.0
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing
Stoke Gifford (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian John Allinson 1,452 44.8
Conservative Keith Edward Cranney 1,371 42.3
Conservative Ernest Derek Brown 1,317 40.6
Labour Jenny James92628.6
Labour Brian Peter Mead75223.2
Labour Tom Mewies73322.6
Liberal Democrats Pam Shipp62819.4
Liberal Democrats John Paul Ford59018.2
Liberal Democrats Bob Griffin57517.7
UKIP Fred Hillberg47714.7
Turnout 882130.8
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Stoke Park and Cheswick (1 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats James Edward Arrowsmith 364 50.7
Conservative George William Pendrill Maggs22731.6
Labour Dayley Patrick Gerald Lawrence12717.7
Turnout 71828.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Thornbury (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shirley Anne Holloway 2,771 70.9
Liberal Democrats Maggie Tyrrell 2,766 70.8
Liberal Democrats Jayne Stansfield 2,652 67.9
Conservative Sue Gillett109828.1
Conservative Steve Chubb98225.1
Conservative Simon Martyn Begbey90023.0
Turnout 1116939.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Winterbourne (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Peter Labuschagne 1,022 54.9
Conservative Trevor John Jones 935 50.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Anthony Bruce52928.4
Liberal Democrats Kimberley Lauren Stansfield48726.2
Labour Anya Louise Hickman32617.5
Labour Rowan Francis31617.0
Turnout 361532.9
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
Woodstock (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Pat Rooney 787 44.9
Labour Alison Evans 781 44.6
Conservative StJohn Timothy Cross64837.0
Conservative Charlotte Hartill58533.4
Liberal Democrats James Pringle Corrigan29417.0
Liberal Democrats Linda Ann Boon24013.7
Turnout 333523.7
Labour hold Swing
Labour hold Swing

Reduced from 3 seats

Yate Central (2 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ruth Brenda Davis 1,398 66.1
Liberal Democrats John Henry Gawn 1,345 63.6
Conservative Jo Lewis54625.8
Conservative Amy Michelle McNeill54425.7
Labour Kathleen Langley1577.4
Labour Michael Paul McGrath1557.3
Turnout 414532.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Yate North (3 seats) [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Drew 1,898 61.6
Liberal Democrats John Anthony Davis 1,788 58.0
Liberal Democrats Ben Nutland 1,768 57.3
Conservative Liz Brennan99432.2
Conservative Sonia Williams96031.1
Conservative Matt Lewis93730.4
Labour Clare Fiona Beasley2417.8
Labour Robert John Lomas2407.8
Turnout 882635.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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