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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Cotswold District Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Cotswold District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all members of Cotswold District Council in Gloucestershire, England. [1] [2] [3] It was held on the same day as other local elections in England.
The Liberal Democrats increased their majority on the council. [4] The Conservative group leader, Tony Berry, lost his seat. [5]
2023 Cotswold District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 31 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 64.7 | 46.9 | 13,362 | 2.4 | |
Conservative | 34 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 26.5 | 42.9 | 12,220 | 4.0 | |
Green | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 1,573 | 0.5 | |
Independent | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 1,041 | 2.0 | ||
Labour | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 174 | 2.5 | ||
Heritage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 67 | N/A | ||
TUSC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 31 | N/A |
During the run-up to the election a minor controversy emerged when Chris Twells, a Liberal Democrat councillor for Salford City Council's Ordsall ward since 2022, sought to simultaneously become a councillor in Cotswold District Council, standing in the Tetbury with Upton ward over 150 miles away from Salford. [6] While both he and the Liberal Democrats claimed he was merely a 'paper candidate,' he subsequently won in a surprise upset. [7] Admist calls for his resignation in both areas, [8] the Liberal Democrats shortly after suspended him from the party. [9] Now an independent councillor in both councils, Chris Twells announced he would resign from his Ordsall seat, although it would then take him until January of the next year to even set a date for this. [10] He finally resigned from his Ordsall seat on March 15 2024 and remains on the Cotswold council as a independent councillor to this day.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mark Harris* | 504 | 62.2 | -13.0 | |
Conservative | Jackie Tarleton | 233 | 28.8 | +12.1 | |
Green | Erin Hughes | 73 | 9.0 | New | |
Majority | 271 | 33 | |||
Turnout | 810 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -12.6 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Clare Turner | 518 | 56.3 | +38.0 | |
Conservative | Sue Jepson* | 402 | 43.7 | -12.5 | |
Majority | 116 | 12.6 | |||
Turnout | 920 | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Len Wilkins | 518 | 60.9 | -3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Fenton | 262 | 30.8 | -4.8 | |
Green | Joe Eastoe | 70 | 8.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 256 | 30.1 | |||
Turnout | 850 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Wareing | 425 | 50.3 | -4.7 | |
Conservative | Madan Samuel | 420 | 49.7 | +4.7 | |
Majority | 5 | 0.6 | -9.4 | ||
Turnout | 825 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tom Stowe* | 1,271 | 66.1 | +20.1 | |
Conservative | Gina Blomefield* | 1,258 | 65.4 | +16.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Danny Loveridge | 604 | 31.4 | +2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rupert Potter | 497 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 654 | 34.0 | |||
Turnout | 1924 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Hodgkinson | 576 | 64.0 | +6.4 | |
Conservative | Shaun Parsons | 324 | 36.0 | +18.3 | |
Majority | 252 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 900 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roly Hughes* | 398 | 63.9 | -15.8 | |
Conservative | Peter Braidwood | 155 | 24.9 | +4.6 | |
Green | Michael Poole | 70 | 11.2 | New | |
Majority | 243 | 39.0 | |||
Turnout | 623 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Fowles | 480 | 52.2 | -6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tristan Wilkinson | 440 | 47.8 | +20.0 | |
Majority | 40 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 920 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julia Judd* | 581 | 64.9 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ed Smith | 314 | 35.1 | -6.8 | |
Majority | 267 | 29.8 | |||
Turnout | 895 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Vann | 406 | 51.5 | -17.7 | |
Conservative | Tom Dutton | 316 | 40.1 | +9.8 | |
Heritage | James Nicholls | 67 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 90 | 11.4 | |||
Turnout | 789 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Cunningham | 563 | 65.6 | -3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony McGarel-Groves | 295 | 34.4 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 268 | 31.2 | |||
Turnout | 858 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ray Brassington* | 395 | 66.1 | -3.5 | |
Conservative | Rob Gibson | 203 | 33.9 | +10.0 | |
Majority | 192 | 32.1 | |||
Turnout | 598 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Slater | 488 | 61.4 | +0.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joanna Walker | 307 | 38.6 | +15.7 | |
Majority | 181 | 22.8 | |||
Turnout | 795 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mike McKeown | 665 | 56.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tony Berry* | 479 | 41.0 | -16.9 | |
Independent | Charlotte Smith | 25 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 186 | 15.9 | |||
Turnout | 1169 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Clare Muir | 1,150 | 56.5 | +26.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helene Mansilla | 976 | 48.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Andrews* | 785 | 38.6 | -13.4 | |
Conservative | Steve Trotter* | 776 | 38.2 | -13.6 | |
Labour | Esme Barlow Hall | 131 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Labour | Trevor Smith | 114 | 5.6 | -9.1 | |
Majority | 191 | ||||
Turnout | 2034 | 9.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Angus Jenkinson | 436 | 42.7 | -20.1 | |
Conservative | Tom Bradley | 407 | 39.9 | +6.2 | |
Independent | Chas Allen | 108 | 10.6 | N/A | |
Green | Sue Berry | 69 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 29 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 1020 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Daryl Corps | 451 | 51.5 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Thurling | 352 | 41.3 | -13.9 | |
Green | Bob Eastoe | 63 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 89 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 876 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Claire Bloomer* | 382 | 72.9 | -3.0 | |
Conservative | Lynn Hilditch | 142 | 27.1 | +3.0 | |
Majority | 240 | 45.8 | |||
Turnout | 524 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tony Dale* | 511 | 50.5 | -11.7 | |
Conservative | Becca Amory | 427 | 42.2 | +4.4 | |
Green | Hannah Grayson-Gaito | 74 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 84 | 8.3 | |||
Turnout | 1012 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeremy Theyer | 448 | 53.7 | -13.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan McLellan | 386 | 46.3 | +21.4 | |
Majority | 62 | 7.4 | |||
Turnout | 834 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Evemy* | 530 | 65.9 | -5.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Davies | 274 | 34.1 | +5.5 | |
Majority | 256 | 31.8 | |||
Turnout | 804 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Juliet Layton* | 481 | 63.7 | -20.0 | |
Conservative | Helen Roffe | 274 | 36.3 | +20.0 | |
Majority | 207 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 755 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Joe Harris* | 512 | 68.4 | -4.5 | |
Conservative | Chris Vaughan | 236 | 31.6 | +12.2 | |
Majority | 276 | 36.9 | |||
Turnout | 748 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Dilys Neill* | 436 | 57.9 | -7.4 | |
Conservative | David Thorpe | 290 | 38.5 | +3.8 | |
Independent | Agnieszka Wright | 27 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 146 | 19.4 | |||
Turnout | 753 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Patrick Coleman* | 516 | 56.7 | -0.4 | |
Conservative | Jill Rixon | 278 | 30.5 | +17.3 | |
Green | Bob Irving | 85 | 9.3 | N/A | |
TUSC | Gunther Strait | 31 | 3.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 238 | 26.2 | |||
Turnout | 910 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Nikki Ind* | 635 | 76.7 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Jenny Knight | 193 | 23.3 | -3.2 | |
Majority | 442 | 53.4 | |||
Turnout | 828 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ian Watson | 336 | 50.5 | +31.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Hirst* | 183 | 27.5 | -12.8 | |
Independent | Ann Pearce | 104 | 15.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Symon Bye | 43 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 153 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 666 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Christopher Twells | 267 | 37.6 | +28.5 | |
Conservative | Peter Coleman | 207 | 29.2 | -18.8 | |
Independent | Kevin Painter | 142 | 20.0 | N/A | |
Green | Michael Wagner | 94 | 13.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 60 | 8.5 | |||
Turnout | 710 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Spivey* | 614 | 57.5 | -1.0 | |
Conservative | Lottie Goldstone | 454 | 42.5 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 160 | 15.0 | |||
Turnout | 1068 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Robbins* | 406 | 55.5 | -24.1 | |
Conservative | Adam Limb | 251 | 34.3 | +13.9 | |
Green | Lucy Schlappa | 74 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 155 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Andrew Maclean* | 383 | 56.6 | +4.0 | |
Conservative | Esther Trinder | 294 | 43.4 | -4.0 | |
Majority | 89 | 13.1 | |||
Turnout | 677 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gary Selwyn* | 446 | 69.8 | +12.0 | |
Conservative | Mackenzie Vaughan | 193 | 30.2 | +18.5 | |
Majority | 253 | 39.6 | |||
Turnout | 639 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tristan Wilkinson | 705 | 48.5 | -8.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Andrews | 624 | 42.9 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Anna Mainwaring | 73 | 5.0 | -1.4 | |
Independent | Marshall Regan | 53 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 81 | 5.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,455 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
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