2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election

2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election

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All 38 seats to Tewkesbury Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Mary Jordan Rob Bird (defeated) Deborah Harwood Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independent Last election 8 seats, 28.8% 23 seats, 41.6% 4 seats, 8.7% Seats before 8 23 4 [a] Seats won 16 9 7 Seat change 8 14 3 Popular vote 15,141 16,214 3,478 Percentage 32.6% 34.9% 7.5% Swing 3.8% 6.7% 1.2%   Fourth party Fifth party   Leader Cate Cody Mike Sztymiak Party Green TTI Last election 1 seat, 8.5% 2 seats, 5.0% Seats before 1 2 Seats won 4 2 Seat change 3 Popular vote 7,049 2,345 Percentage 15.2% 5.1% Swing 6.7% 0.1%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
Leader before election Rob Bird Conservative Leader after election Richard Stanley Liberal Democrats No overall control

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]

Results summary

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
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

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*). ^[10]

Badgeworth

Badgeworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Brockworth East

Brockworth East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Brockworth West

Brockworth West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote

Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Churchdown St John's

Churchdown St John's (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Cleeve Grange

Cleeve Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Cleeve Hill

Cleeve Hill (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Cleeve St Michael's

Cleeve St Michael's (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Cleeve West

Cleeve West (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Highnam with Haw Bridge

Highnam with Haw Bridge (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Innsworth

Innsworth (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Isbourne

Isbourne (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Northway

Northway (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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	Kevin Guyll	187	21.5	N/A
Turnout			869	24.4	+3.5
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Severn Vale North

Severn Vale North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Severn Vale South

Severn Vale South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Shurdington

Shurdington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Tewkesbury East

Tewkesbury East (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Tewkesbury North and Twyning

Tewkesbury North and Twyning (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Tewkesbury South

Tewkesbury South (2 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Winchcombe

Winchcombe (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

By-elections

Innsworth

Innsworth By-Election 1 May 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rojina Pradhan Rai	666	46.6	+16.3
	Reform UK	Graham John Bocking	596	41.7	N/A
	Labour	Veronica Davies	93	6.5	−14.8
	Green	Jonathan Richard Bristow	75	5.2	N/A
Majority			70	4.9
Turnout			1,442	29.49
	Liberal Democrats hold

Northway

Northway By-Election 10 July 2025

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform UK	Graham John Bocking	374	41.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Fancourt	279	30.9	–0.1
	Conservative	Kevin John Cromwell	116	12.8	–18.8
	Green	James Robins	91	10.1	N/A
	Labour	Joe Jones	44	4.9	–21.9
Majority			95	10.5	N/A
Turnout			905	25.31
	Reform UK gain from Independent

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