2021 Stroud District Council election

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2021 Stroud District Council election
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  2016 6 May 2021 (2021-05-06) 2024  

All 51 seats to Stroud District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election23 seats, 39.9%18 seats, 31.3%
Seats won2015
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Decrease2.svg 3
Popular vote35,64321,320
Percentage43.1%25.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg 3.2%Decrease2.svg 5.5%

 Third partyFourth party
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Party Green Liberal Democrats
Last election8 seats, 14.5%2 seats, 8.3%
Seats won133
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 5Increase2.svg 1
Popular vote20,3164,782
Percentage24.6%5.8%
SwingIncrease2.svg 10.1%Decrease2.svg 2.5%

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Map showing the results of the 2021 Stroud District Council election

Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


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The 2021 Stroud District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Stroud District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Summary

Election result

2021 Stroud District Council election [2]
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 512047Decrease2.svg 339.243.135,643+3.2
  Labour 351536Decrease2.svg 329.425.821,320–5.5
  Green 321361Increase2.svg 525.524.620,316+10.1
  Liberal Democrats 10310Increase2.svg 15.95.84,782–2.5
  Independent 1000Steady2.svg0.00.5382–3.7
  TUSC 5000Steady2.svg0.00.1117–0.1
  Libertarian 1000Steady2.svg0.00.161N/A
  Heritage 1000Steady2.svg0.00.158N/A

Ward results

Amberley & Woodchester

Amberley & Woodchester
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ashley Smith 537 51.6 +14.5
Conservative John Copley50348.4+2.7
Majority343.2
Turnout 1,05059.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Berkeley Vale

Berkeley Vale (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Craig* 1,415 57.0 +4.8
Conservative Lindsey Green 1,345 54.2 +6.4
Conservative Haydn Jones* 1,170 47.2 +4.3
Labour Elizabeth Ashton76831.0-7.8
Green David Lungley43517.5+8.2
Labour Keith Terry40416.3-11.1
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Easby37014.9+2.0
Turnout 2,48142.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bisley

Bisley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Brown 550 53.6 +22.5
Conservative Timothy Williams*47646.4-10.8
Majority747.2
Turnout 1,03557.0
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Cainscross

Cainscross (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jenny Miles* 767 33.9 -9.9
Labour Jessie Hoskin 754 33.4 -10.4
Conservative Katrina Davis 685 30.3 +7.2
Labour Thomas Williams*64428.5-8.2
Conservative George Williams64328.5+9.3
Conservative Anthony Malpass46820.7+1.5
Green Steven Naumann42018.6-5.0
Green Geoffrey Kayum39117.3N/A
Independent Graham Stanley38216.9+0.4
Green Roderick Nelson34115.1N/A
Heritage Richard Nurse582.6N/A
TUSC Raymond Darlington411.8+0.4
Turnout 2,26039.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Cam East

Cam East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Tipper* 825 49.3 +0.5
Conservative Victoria Gray 779 46.5 +8.8
Labour Nera Cornell45427.1-24.1
Labour Robert Blenkinsop40123.9-12.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Blackwell-Whitehead29317.5N/A
Turnout 1,67545.0
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative hold

Cam West

Cam West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Evans 593 43.8 -0.2
Labour Colin Fryer 589 43.5 -4.6
Conservative Jonathan Fulcher46434.3-7.1
Labour Anja Rowston39329.0-15.0
Liberal Democrats Elaine Jewell14310.6N/A
TUSC Lucia Jayaseelanvictor151.1N/A
Turnout 1,35441.0
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Chalford

Chalford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Patricia Watson 1,399 50.0 +11.9
Green Christopher Jockel 1,314 47.0 N/A
Labour Co-op Helen Fenton 1,018 36.4 -1.2
Conservative Anthony Pilkington96034.3-9.4
Conservative Lewis McQueer92633.1-10.5
Conservative Christopher Lester83029.7-12.8
Turnout 2,79653.0
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Coaley & Uley

Coaley & Uley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Pearcy 606 55.1 +2.2
Conservative Victoria Newman49444.9+10.1
Majority11210.2
Turnout 1,11055.0
Green hold

Dursley

Dursley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Trevor Hall 999 42.9 -1.2
Labour Doina Cornell* 973 41.8 -6.5
Conservative Loraine Patrick 921 39.6 +7.3
Labour Danae Savvidou84336.2-3.1
Conservative Alexander Stennett77033.1+2.9
Conservative Tracey Viney71330.6+1.3
Green Benjamin Bywater46720.1+1.5
Green James Broady32914.1N/A
Turnout 2,32841.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Hardwicke

Hardwicke (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gillian Oxley* 1,211 56.5 +1.6
Conservative David Mossman* 979 45.6 -10.5
Conservative Mark Ryder 860 40.1 -1.3
Green Peter Adams55525.9-1.9
Labour John Callinan53625.0-2.3
Green John Robinthwaite50023.3N/A
Turnout 2,14535.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kingswood

Kingswood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Wilsher 515 58.9 +18.1
Conservative Charles Tuffin28432.5-15.8
Labour David Carter758.6N/A
Majority23126.4
Turnout 87949.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Minchinhampton

Minchinhampton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Chloe Turner 1,190 58.7 +38.5
Conservative Nicholas Hurst* 986 48.6 -1.1
Labour Mark Huband44321.9-0.3
Conservative David Lowin44021.7-33.5
Turnout 2,02754.0
Green gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Nailsworth

Nailsworth (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Stephen Robinson* 1,555 58.8 -3.3
Green Norman Kay* 1,408 53.2 +2.6
Labour Co-op Natalie Bennett 1,144 43.3 -14.7
Conservative John Lockwood71226.9-11.5
Conservative Ewen Denning66625.2-4.0
Conservative Max Howells61823.4-2.5
Liberal Democrats Rhianna Wilsher31511.9N/A
Turnout 2,64550.0
Labour Co-op hold
Green hold
Labour Co-op hold

Painswick & Upton

Painswick & Upton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jason Bullingham 1,408 46.1 -10.7
Conservative Julie Job* 1,279 41.9 -14.9
Conservative Keith Pearson* 1,279 41.9 -9.6
Green Isa Clee1,12836.9+2.9
Green Gavin McClafferty1,12836.9N/A
Labour Ela Pathak-Sen78525.7-2.9
Turnout 3,05450.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe

Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jonathan Edmunds* 706 71.9 +12.5
Conservative Susan Williams27628.1+5.7
Majority43043.8
Turnout 99556.0
Green hold

Rodborough

Rodborough (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Robin Layfield 754 41.9 -0.4
Labour Co-op Nigel Prenter* 609 33.9 -10.8
Green Philip Blomberg46325.8+4.2
Green Elizabeth Hillary43524.2+10.9
Conservative Elisabeth Bird40522.5-5.5
Conservative Robert Trusty33118.4-1.2
Turnout 1,79850.0
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Severn

Severn (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Davies* 941 47.9 -1.9
Conservative John Jones* 900 45.8 -4.1
Labour Oakley Pollard54827.9-2.9
Green Moya Shannon45323.0+2.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Stayte39019.8-4.6
Turnout 1,96642.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Stonehouse

Stonehouse (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Christopher Brine* 840 37.9 -18.0
Conservative Nicholas Housden 789 35.6 +12.0
Labour Co-op Mattie Ross* 762 34.4 -19.2
Labour Co-op Gary Powell*67830.6-22.1
Conservative Christopher Easton65529.6+7.8
Conservative Emma Porter56925.7+8.2
Green Carol Kambites52723.8+5.4
Green Sally Pickering48421.9N/A
Green Victoria Redding30813.9N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Jewell1024.6N/A
Libertarian Glenville Gogerly612.8N/A
TUSC Elizabeth Fletcher411.9N/A
Turnout 2,21437.0
Labour Co-op hold
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op
Labour Co-op hold

Stroud Central

Stroud Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Kathryn Crews 335 41.2 +2.8
Labour Jessica McQuail29736.5-2.9
Conservative John Stanton18122.3+0.2
Majority384.7
Turnout 65537.0
Green gain from Labour Swing

Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill

Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Haydn Sutton* 393 43.4 +3.6
Labour Co-op David Drew 36740.6+13.0
Green Neil Buick14516.0+1.0
Majority262.8
Turnout 90847.0
Conservative hold Swing

Stroud Slade

Stroud Slade
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Laurie Davies 345 43.0 +6.0
Green Adrian Oldman32640.6-11.0
Conservative Allison Long11714.6+3.2
TUSC Christopher Moore141.7N/A
Majority192.4
Turnout 80544.0
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing

Stroud Trinity

Stroud Trinity
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Lucas Schoemaker 475 51.9 -9.2
Labour Sebastian Parkinson-Proudlove29031.7+6.8
Conservative Jessica Tomblin15116.5+2.5
Majority18020.2
Turnout 93055.0
Green hold Swing

Stroud Uplands

Stroud Uplands
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paula Baker 329 43.8 +0.9
Green George Richardson22029.3+14.5
Conservative Colin Chisholm16822.4+11.8
Liberal Democrats Natalie Davenport283.7N/A
TUSC Adam Goulcher60.8N/A
Majority10914.5
Turnout 75945.0
Labour hold Swing

Stroud Valley

Stroud Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Baxendale* 438 45.6 -8.9
Labour Megan Sheer39340.9+8.5
Conservative Sharon Sugars13013.5+0.4
Majority454.7
Turnout 96155.0
Green hold Swing

The Stanleys

The Stanleys (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Studdert-Kennedy* 774 41.1 -1.0
Green Stephen Hynd 730 38.7 +19.4
Conservative Conor Reddington55629.5-7.0
Labour Vanessa Price54028.6-21.9
Labour Andrew Theaker36019.1-17.8
Turnout 1,88550.0
Conservative hold
Green gain from Labour

Thrupp

Thrupp
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Rebecca Aldam 714 63.0 -6.7
Conservative Anthony Blackburn29425.9+6.8
Labour Oisin Hayden Burrell12611.1-0.1
Majority42037.1
Turnout 1,13857.0
Green hold Swing

Wotton-under-Edge

Wotton-under-Edge (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Tucker* 1,451 53.6 -9.9
Green Catherine Braun* 1,426 52.6 +20.1
Liberal Democrats George James* 1,175 43.4 +11.9
Conservative Graham Smith1,06439.3+9.8
Conservative Susan Cursham64323.7+4.9
Conservative Lorna Price60422.3+5.9
Turnout 2,70948.0
Liberal Democrats hold
Green hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Changes 2021–2025

Painswick and Upton by-election, 17 May 2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Gary Luff 1,168 45.9
Conservative Susan Williams81732.1
Liberal Democrats Roz Savage 38115.0
Labour Ela Pathak-Sen1807.1
Green gain from Conservative

The Painswick and Upton by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Jason Bullingham. [3] [4]

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