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All 38 seats to Tewkesbury Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members for the 20 wards of the Tewkesbury Borough Council in England. [2] [3] [4] This was on the same day as other local elections taking place in England. [5]
Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control for the first time in 16 years. [6] [7] The Conservative leader of the council prior to the election, Rob Bird, lost his seat. [8] Liberal Democrat councillor Richard Stanley was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023 with the support of all parties except the Conservatives. [9]
2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Liberal Democrats | 28 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 42.1 | 32.6 | 15,141 | +3.8 | |
Conservative | 38 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 23.7 | 34.9 | 16,214 | –6.7 | |
Independent | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18.4 | 7.5 | 3,478 | –1.2 | |
Green | 24 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10.5 | 15.2 | 7,049 | +6.7 | |
Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 5.1 | 2,345 | +0.1 | ||
Labour | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 2,200 | –0.5 |
The results for each ward were as follows. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Robert Vines* | 347 | 51.2 | +1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christine Yates | 331 | 48.8 | +24.5 | |
Majority | 16 | 2.4 | -23.1 | ||
Turnout | 678 | 34.5 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -11.0 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Charlotte Mills* | 595 | 76.7 | +34.1 | |
Independent | Jason Mills* | 478 | 61.5 | +22.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kaci Khazeni-Rad | 161 | 20.7 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Judith Hill | 108 | 13.9 | -13.6 | |
Conservative | Mike Hill | 108 | 13.9 | -8.4 | |
Turnout | 777 | 25.8 | -4.1 | ||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Deborah Harwood* | 671 | 63.6 | +26.7 | |
Independent | Craig Carter* | 600 | 56.9 | +18.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Oliver | 259 | 24.5 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Marc Barwick | 254 | 24.1 | -4.6 | |
Conservative | Kathleen Bocking | 165 | 15.6 | -11.5 | |
Turnout | 1,055 | 26.8 | -0.9 | ||
Independent hold | |||||
Independent hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Smith* | 944 | 59.2 | +14.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Smith* | 926 | 58.1 | +21.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gilbert Yates | 898 | 56.3 | +29.8 | |
Conservative | Gillian Blackwell* | 529 | 33.2 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Grierson | 459 | 28.8 | +1.4 | |
Conservative | Ron Furulo | 332 | 20.8 | -0.1 | |
Green | Jacqueline Totterdell | 158 | 9.9 | -6.9 | |
Green | Graham Allen | 147 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Green | Campbell Milne | 141 | 8.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,594 | 32.2 | +1.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mary Jordan* | 1,097 | 64.8 | +14.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Stewart Dove | 1,015 | 59.9 | +20.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Liz Skelt | 986 | 58.2 | +25.3 | |
Conservative | Julie Evans | 501 | 29.6 | -2.0 | |
Conservative | Greg Szlowieniec | 420 | 24.8 | -5.7 | |
Conservative | Mike Carey | 391 | 23.1 | -6.0 | |
Green | Annabel Blackledge | 149 | 8.8 | -8.9 | |
Green | Giusi Cavallaro | 123 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Green | Helen Dendulk | 122 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,694 | 30.4 | -1.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Thomas Budge | 334 | 49.4 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Andrew Barriskell | 243 | 35.9 | +4.5 | |
Labour | Clive Boyd | 67 | 9.9 | N/A | |
Green | Sophie Franklin | 32 | 4.7 | -0.9 | |
Majority | 91 | 13.5 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 676 | 33.2 | -0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Nigel Adcock | 943 | 54.9 | +25.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lorraine Agg | 901 | 52.4 | +20.4 | |
Conservative | Keja Berliner* | 811 | 47.2 | -4.6 | |
Conservative | Michael Dean* | 679 | 39.5 | -7.3 | |
Turnout | 1,718 | 43.4 | +6.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alex Hegenbarth | 771 | 57.1 | +36.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kashan Pervaiz | 527 | 39.0 | +19.6 | |
Conservative | Bob East* | 446 | 33.0 | -12.1 | |
Conservative | Andrew Reece* | 403 | 29.9 | -7.6 | |
Labour | John Peake | 148 | 11.0 | -5.0 | |
Green | Kate Aubury | 93 | 6.9 | -8.3 | |
Green | Mandy Bown | 76 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,350 | 31.7 | +4.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Stanley* | 988 | 66.2 | +24.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Murray Stewart | 740 | 49.6 | +17.2 | |
Conservative | Robert Bird* | 426 | 28.6 | -14.8 | |
Conservative | Warwick Ross | 359 | 24.1 | -14.4 | |
Labour | Elizabeth Harrison | 158 | 10.6 | -2.5 | |
Green | Alice North | 101 | 6.8 | -9.2 | |
Green | Stephanie Wheeler | 71 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,492 | 35.3 | +5.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jill Smith* | 912 | 60.5 | +4.2 | |
Conservative | Paul McLain* | 790 | 52.4 | +3.1 | |
Green | Jonathan Bristow | 504 | 33.4 | +18.1 | |
Green | Jan Millett | 468 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,508 | 42.7 | +3.4 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sarah Hands | 485 | 43.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Ockelton* | 455 | 40.8 | -4.2 | |
Conservative | Graham Bocking* | 414 | 37.2 | -9.1 | |
Conservative | Rojina Pradhan Rai | 338 | 30.3 | -12.8 | |
Labour | Veronica Davies | 237 | 21.3 | N/A | |
Independent | Rhiannon Evans | 67 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,114 | 27.9 | +7.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Christopher Coleman | 719 | 55.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Melanie Gore* | 450 | 34.9 | -18.9 | |
Conservative | Duncan Smith | 384 | 29.8 | -26.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Pam Taylor | 300 | 23.3 | -8.3 | |
Green | Jessica Beddams | 164 | 12.7 | -5.4 | |
Labour | Maggie Levett | 100 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Green | Chris White | 97 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,289 | 41.5 | +1.9 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Elaine MacTiernan* | 348 | 40.0 | +7.4 | |
Conservative | Pauline Godwin* | 275 | 31.6 | -1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Guy Fancourt | 269 | 31.0 | +19.7 | |
Labour | Fiona Castle | 233 | 26.8 | +5.9 | |
Conservative | Kevin Cromwell | 218 | 25.1 | -7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Guyll | 187 | 21.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 869 | 24.4 | +3.5 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Heather McLain* | 363 | 46.1 | -14.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Drewe Lacey | 310 | 39.3 | +22.3 | |
Green | Su Billington | 114 | 14.5 | -7.9 | |
Majority | 53 | 6.8 | -31.4 | ||
Turnout | 787 | 39.6 | +6.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -18.4 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Mark Williams* | 468 | 64.1 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Griffiths | 182 | 24.9 | -0.7 | |
Green | Diane Hyett | 80 | 11.0 | -3.7 | |
Majority | 286 | 39.2 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 730 | 40.2 | +3.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.5 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | George Porter | 354 | 54.7 | +25.9 | |
Conservative | Philip Surman* | 293 | 45.3 | -4.6 | |
Majority | 61 | 9.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 647 | 33.2 | +1.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 15.2 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Hilarie Bowman | 899 | 62.0 | +37.3 | |
Green | Helena Sundarajoo | 842 | 58.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Vernon Smith* | 536 | 36.9 | -14.6 | |
Conservative | Chrissy Reid* | 456 | 31.4 | -10.4 | |
Turnout | 1,451 | 33.1 | +4.2 | ||
Green gain from Conservative | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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TTI | Michael Sztymiak* | 1,202 | 72.7 | +10.9 | |
TTI | Philip Workman* | 1,143 | 69.1 | +13.5 | |
Labour | Emma Robertson | 217 | 13.1 | +5.1 | |
Conservative | Judy Gilder | 183 | 11.1 | -4.7 | |
Conservative | Grantham Gilder | 179 | 10.8 | -4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Usmar | 142 | 8.6 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Evans | 106 | 6.4 | +2.0 | |
Turnout | 1,653 | 40.2 | +0.2 | ||
TTI hold | |||||
TTI hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Catherine Cody* | 1,025 | 80.8 | +22.0 | |
Green | Matt Dimond-Brown | 802 | 63.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tom Coffey | 259 | 20.4 | -16.1 | |
Labour | Zoe Darlington | 153 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dan Collins | 141 | 11.1 | -23.1 | |
Turnout | 1,269 | 32.3 | +6.0 | ||
Green hold | |||||
Green gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jim Mason* | 958 | 45.8 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | David Gray* | 834 | 39.8 | +7.7 | |
Independent | Gemma Madle | 814 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | John Murphy* | 784 | 37.5 | +7.7 | |
Labour | Sue Sturgeon | 514 | 24.6 | +5.7 | |
Labour | John Hurley | 373 | 17.8 | +4.7 | |
Green | Caroline Corsie | 334 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Reford | 327 | 15.6 | -9.4 | |
Green | Stuart Galey | 304 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony MacKinnon | 294 | 14.0 | -9.9 | |
Green | Mandy Walters | 203 | 9.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,093 | 39.6 | +4.6 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Independent gain from Conservative |
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