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The 2024 Stroud District Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 51 members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire were elected.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control. The Conservatives were the largest party, but the council was being run by a coalition of the Green Party, Liberal Democrats and independent councillors, led by Catherine Braun of the Green Party. [1]
At the previous election in 2021, the Conservatives won 20 seats (down 3) with 39.2% of the vote, Labour won 15 (down 3) with 29.4%, the Green Party won 13 (up 5) with 25.5%, and the Liberal Democrats won 3 (up 1) with 5.9%. Following the election, Doina Cornell of the Labour Party was elected council leader, with the backing of the Green Party and Liberal Democrats. [2] Labour lost their position as the largest party in the coalition in June 2022, following the resignation of Cornell and 3 others from the party. [3] Green Party councillor Catherine Braun was elected leader on 22 July 2022; [4] the council is now run by a coalition of the Green Party, the Liberal Democrats, the Community Independents group, and the Independent Left group. [5]
Following the election, the council remained under no overall control, but the Greens overtook the Conservatives to become the largest party. Labour also made significant gains, whereas the Conservatives made significant losses and no independent councillors were elected. The Green subsequently formed a minority administration. [6]
After 2021 election | Before 2024 election [7] | After 2024 election | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Conservative | 20 | Conservative | 19 | Conservative | 7 | |||
Green | 13 | Green | 14 | Green | 22 | |||
Labour | 15 | Labour | 4 | Labour | 20 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 3 | Liberal Democrats | 2 | |||
Independent | 0 | Independent | 10 | Independent | 0 |
Changes:
2024 Stroud District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Green | 51 | 22 | 8 | 1 | ![]() | 43.1 | 35.7 | 29,811 | +11.1 | |
Labour | 51 | 20 | 18 | 2 | ![]() | 39.2 | 31.0 | 25,915 | +5.2 | |
Conservative | 51 | 7 | 0 | 12 | ![]() | 13.7 | 24.8 | 20,709 | –18.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | 20 | 2 | 0 | 1 | ![]() | 3.9 | 6.7 | 5,586 | +0.9 | |
Independent | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ![]() | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1,337 | +1.1 | |
TUSC | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | 0.0 | 0.3 | 217 | +0.2 |
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Stroud District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024. [15]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Sarah Canning | 420 | 47.9 | N/A | |
Labour Co-op | Lesley Williams | 267 | 30.4 | −21.2 | |
Conservative | Colin Chisholm | 190 | 21.7 | −26.7 | |
Majority | 153 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 884 | 50.46 | |||
Registered electors | 1,752 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lindsey Green* | 1,094 | 50.8 | −3.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Turner | 935 | 43.4 | −13.6 | |
Conservative | Charles Tuffin | 881 | 40.9 | −6.3 | |
Labour | Liz Ashton | 876 | 40.7 | +9.7 | |
Labour | Steve Lydon | 582 | 27.0 | +10.7 | |
Labour | Jo Smith | 556 | 25.8 | N/A | |
Green | Martyn Cutcher | 250 | 11.6 | −5.9 | |
Green | Susie Medley | 247 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Easby | 229 | 10.6 | −4.3 | |
Green | Bob Hilliard | 224 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,169 | 36.33 | |||
Registered electors | 5,970 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Martin Brown* | 546 | 62.1 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Stephen Davies | 209 | 23.8 | −22.6 | |
Labour | Neil Hughes | 80 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rod Rhys Jones | 44 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 337 | 38.3 | |||
Turnout | 882 | 49.55 | |||
Registered electors | 1,780 | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Stanley | 989 | 48.0 | +14.1 | |
Labour | Dave Mathews | 971 | 47.1 | +13.7 | |
Labour | Fraser Dahdouh | 954 | 46.3 | +17.8 | |
Green | Kate Crews* [lower-alpha 4] | 630 | 30.6 | +12.0 | |
Green | Alan Mossman | 428 | 20.8 | +3.5 | |
Green | Gavin McClafferty | 413 | 20.0 | +4.9 | |
Conservative | George Williams | 397 | 19.3 | −9.2 | |
Conservative | Donna Pickering | 319 | 15.5 | −14.8 | |
Conservative | Adam Whitehead | 311 | 15.1 | −5.6 | |
Independent | Charlie Mitchell | 209 | 10.1 | N/A | |
TUSC | Sue Richards | 81 | 3.9 | +2.1 | |
Turnout | 2,071 | 35.41 | |||
Registered electors | 5,848 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Labour hold | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Hamilton | 662 | 44.9 | +17.8 | |
Labour | Milly Hill | 583 | 39.5 | +15.6 | |
Conservative | Brian Tipper* | 513 | 34.8 | −14.5 | |
Conservative | Victoria Gray* | 422 | 28.6 | −15.9 | |
Green | Anna Bonallack | 209 | 14.2 | N/A | |
Green | Steven Naumann | 132 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Wilsher | 121 | 8.2 | −9.3 | |
Turnout | 1,481 | 40.61 | |||
Registered electors | 3,647 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Haynes | 590 | 46.6 | +3.1 | |
Labour | Terri Kinnison | 528 | 41.7 | +12.7 | |
Conservative | Bridget Baxter | 361 | 28.5 | −5.8 | |
Conservative | Christopher Evans* | 345 | 27.3 | −16.5 | |
Green | Ben Bywater | 238 | 18.8 | N/A | |
Green | Sally Pickering | 159 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rhianna Wilsher | 107 | 8.5 | −2.1 | |
Turnout | 1,274 | 33.50 | |||
Registered electors | 3,803 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | |||||
Labour gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Tricia Watson* | 1,323 | 53.5 | +3.5 | |
Green | Helen Fenton* [lower-alpha 5] | 1,279 | 51.7 | +15.3 | |
Green | James Boyle | 1,192 | 48.2 | +1.2 | |
Labour | Alex Hughes | 624 | 25.2 | −11.2 | |
Labour | Jed Knight | 605 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gail Fearnley-Whittingstall | 559 | 22.6 | −11.7 | |
Conservative | Tim Westlake | 511 | 20.7 | −12.4 | |
Conservative | Kim Hawkins | 504 | 20.4 | −9.3 | |
Labour | Stephen Stanley | 504 | 20.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,486 | 47.60 | |||
Registered electors | 5,223 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Green hold | |||||
Green gain from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Martin Pearcy* | 584 | 59.2 | +4.1 | |
Conservative | John Stanton | 260 | 26.3 | −18.6 | |
Labour | Claire Cook | 143 | 14.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 324 | 33.1 | |||
Turnout | 998 | 50.74 | |||
Registered electors | 1,967 | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Helen Caton Hughes | 915 | 43.2 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Terry Cook | 840 | 39.7 | −2.1 | |
Labour | Bob Hughes | 802 | 37.9 | +1.7 | |
Green | Danae Savvidou | 688 | 32.5 | −3.7 | |
Green | Tom Meadowcroft | 557 | 26.3 | +6.2 | |
Conservative | Loraine Patrick* | 549 | 25.9 | −13.7 | |
Conservative | Matt Patrick | 480 | 22.7 | −10.4 | |
Conservative | Carwyn Williams | 449 | 21.2 | −9.4 | |
Green | James Broady | 417 | 19.7 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ann Blacklock | 155 | 7.3 | N/A | |
TUSC | Lucia Jayaseelan | 45 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,129 | 37.42 | |||
Registered electors | 5,689 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Labour gain from Independent | |||||
Labour gain from Conservative |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Gill Oxley* | 858 | 44.9 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | Demelza Turner-Wilkes | 724 | 37.9 | −7.7 | |
Conservative | Mark Ryder* | 676 | 35.4 | −4.7 | |
Labour | Simon MacGregor | 491 | 25.7 | +0.7 | |
Green | Adrian Oldman | 458 | 24.0 | −1.9 | |
Labour | Keith Terry | 420 | 22.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Thomas Williams | 415 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Green | John Robinthwaite | 380 | 19.9 | −3.4 | |
Green | John Patient | 362 | 19.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexandra Owen | 263 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,922 | 27.59 | |||
Registered electors | 6,967 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Holly Simkiss | 689 | 82.0 | +23.1 | |
Conservative | Allison Long | 79 | 9.4 | −23.1 | |
Green | Hannah Lyons-Tsai | 40 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Val Randell | 32 | 3.8 | −4.8 | |
Majority | 610 | 72.6 | |||
Turnout | 843 | 45.77 | |||
Registered electors | 1,842 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Chloe Turner* | 1,259 | 72.5 | +13.8 | |
Green | Gill Thomas | 960 | 55.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Duncan Greenaway | 306 | 17.6 | −31.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christo Archer | 261 | 15.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Philip Morris | 203 | 11.7 | −10.0 | |
Labour | Stephen Moore | 173 | 10.0 | −11.9 | |
Labour | David Carter | 148 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,740 | 47.10 | |||
Registered electors | 3,694 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Steve Robinson* | 1,599 | 66.8 | +8.0 | |
Green | Kate Kay | 985 | 41.1 | −12.1 | |
Labour Co-op | Maggie Dutton | 942 | 39.3 | −4.0 | |
Labour Co-op | Shelley Rider | 827 | 34.5 | N/A | |
Green | Rod Nelson | 614 | 25.6 | N/A | |
Green | Rosie Thresher | 434 | 18.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ian Daniels | 347 | 14.5 | −12.4 | |
Conservative | Tom George | 329 | 13.7 | −11.5 | |
Conservative | Max Howells | 327 | 13.7 | −9.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colleen Rothwell | 185 | 7.7 | −4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Adam Cain | 115 | 4.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,412 | 45.72 | |||
Registered electors | 5,276 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Gary Luff* | 1,492 | 58.0 | +21.1 | |
Green | Pete Kennedy | 1,245 | 48.4 | +11.5 | |
Green | Matthew Sargeant | 1,171 | 45.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Castle | 849 | 33.0 | −13.1 | |
Conservative | Tim Williams | 807 | 31.4 | −10.5 | |
Conservative | David Lowin | 737 | 28.7 | −13.2 | |
Labour | Anne Snelgrove | 274 | 10.7 | −15.0 | |
Labour | Ashley Smith* [lower-alpha 6] | 245 | 9.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Osborn | 239 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Andrew Treacher | 202 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,587 | 43.09 | |||
Registered electors | 6,004 | ||||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Jon Edmunds* | 613 | 74.0 | +2.1 | |
Conservative | Marcia Cosh | 111 | 13.4 | −14.7 | |
Labour | Paul Sztumpf | 65 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | John Holmes | 39 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 502 | 60.6 | |||
Turnout | 833 | 48.00 | |||
Registered electors | 1,737 | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Nigel Prenter* | 602 | 34.5 | +0.6 | |
Labour | Katy Hofmann | 576 | 33.0 | −8.9 | |
Green | Liz Hillary | 539 | 30.9 | +6.7 | |
Green | Phil Blomberg | 505 | 28.9 | +3.1 | |
Independent | Robin Layfield* [lower-alpha 7] | 450 | 25.8 | −16.1 | |
Independent | Helen Elliott-Boult | 303 | 17.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sarah Jones | 193 | 11.1 | −11.4 | |
Conservative | Tom Whittaker | 169 | 9.7 | −8.7 | |
Turnout | 1,745 | 49.36 | |||
Registered electors | 3,535 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Brown | 706 | 37.3 | −10.6 | |
Labour Co-op | Richard Maisey | 683 | 36.1 | +8.2 | |
Labour Co-op | Nathan Greenway | 648 | 34.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Hena Mannan-Rahman | 504 | 26.6 | −19.2 | |
Green | Moya Shannon | 374 | 19.8 | −3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Stayte | 341 | 18.0 | −1.8 | |
Green | Isa Clee | 276 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,911 | 33.89 | |||
Registered electors | 5,638 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Callinan | 749 | 40.4 | +2.5 | |
Labour | John Parker | 723 | 39.0 | +4.6 | |
Green | Carol Kambites | 661 | 35.6 | +11.8 | |
Labour | Karen Linforth | 571 | 30.8 | +0.2 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Housden* | 412 | 22.2 | −13.4 | |
Green | Madelaine Maraboli-Roman | 393 | 21.2 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Sonia Brinkworth | 361 | 19.5 | −10.1 | |
Green | Rachel Smith | 317 | 17.1 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Wendy Thomson | 310 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Surjeet Malik | 294 | 15.8 | −9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Jewell | 129 | 7.0 | +2.4 | |
TUSC | Adam Goulcher | 45 | 2.4 | +0.5 | |
Turnout | 1,868 | 32.01 | |||
Registered electors | 5,835 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | David Drew | 408 | 50.7 | +14.2 | |
Green | Cate James-Hodges | 326 | 40.5 | −0.7 | |
Conservative | Susan Cursham | 70 | 8.7 | −13.6 | |
Majority | 82 | 10.2 | |||
Turnout | 814 | 44.68 | |||
Registered electors | 1,822 | ||||
Labour Co-op gain from Green | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shyama Ananthan | 388 | 48.4 | +7.8 | |
Green | Val Saunders | 309 | 38.5 | +22.5 | |
Conservative | Richard Silvey | 105 | 13.1 | −30.3 | |
Majority | 79 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 805 | 42.62 | |||
Registered electors | 1,889 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Natalie Rothwell-Warn | 387 | 53.8 | +13.2 | |
Labour | Rachel Lyons | 230 | 31.9 | −11.1 | |
Independent | Thea Pilikian | 65 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Anthony Malpass | 38 | 5.3 | −9.3 | |
Majority | 157 | 21.9 | |||
Turnout | 725 | 40.26 | |||
Registered electors | 1,801 | ||||
Green gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Lucas Schoemaker* | 485 | 60.2 | +8.3 | |
Labour | Andy Theaker | 194 | 24.1 | −7.6 | |
Conservative | Sharon Sugars | 52 | 6.5 | −10.0 | |
TUSC | Chris Moore | 46 | 5.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Purves | 29 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 291 | 36.1 | |||
Turnout | 814 | 49.76 | |||
Registered electors | 1,636 | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Cath Moore | 246 | 38.0 | −5.8 | |
Green | Sarah Dixon | 184 | 28.4 | −0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | George James | 118 | 18.2 | +14.5 | |
Conservative | Jessica Tomblin | 100 | 15.4 | −7.0 | |
Majority | 62 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 657 | 39.94 | |||
Registered electors | 1,645 | ||||
Labour gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Martin Baxendale* | 559 | 62.0 | +16.4 | |
Labour Co-op | Mick Fealty | 293 | 32.5 | −8.4 | |
Conservative | Brian Lee | 49 | 5.4 | −8.1 | |
Majority | 266 | 29.5 | |||
Turnout | 906 | 52.28 | |||
Registered electors | 1,733 | ||||
Green hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Steve Hynd* | 907 | 56.8 | +18.1 | |
Green | Marisa Godfrey | 741 | 46.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nigel Studdert-Kennedy* | 437 | 27.3 | −13.8 | |
Labour | Jenny Miles | 317 | 19.8 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | David White | 226 | 14.1 | −15.4 | |
Labour | Julie Harper | 203 | 12.7 | −6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elaine Jewell | 56 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,608 | 42.89 | |||
Registered electors | 3,749 | ||||
Green hold | |||||
Green gain from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Beki Aldam* | 635 | 64.4 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Rod Beer | 178 | 18.1 | +7.0 | |
Conservative | Charlie Stacey | 173 | 17.5 | −8.4 | |
Majority | 457 | 46.0 | |||
Turnout | 994 | 51.53 | |||
Registered electors | 1,929 | ||||
Green hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Linda Cohen | 1,185 | 48.8 | −4.8 | |
Green | Catherine Braun* | 1,090 | 44.9 | −7.7 | |
Green | Gareth Kitchen | 743 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Mark Walter | 740 | 30.5 | −12.9 | |
Conservative | Graham Smith | 558 | 23.0 | −16.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Carr | 541 | 22.3 | N/A | |
Green | Eleanor Meehan | 431 | 17.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Steven Mackay | 354 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Rachel Curley | 343 | 14.1 | N/A | |
Labour | John Bloxsom | 332 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Andrew Reynolds | 316 | 13.0 | −10.7 | |
Conservative | Allan Nolan | 304 | 12.5 | −9.8 | |
Turnout | 2,432 | 43.88 | |||
Registered electors | 5,542 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Green hold | |||||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats |
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The 2022 Huntingdonshire District Council election was held on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Huntingdonshire District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.
The 2023 Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council election took place on 4 May, 2023, to elect all 76 members of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council in Dorset, England.
The 2023 Colchester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Colchester City Council in Essex, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England. There were 17 of the 51 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council, with one seat available for each ward. This set of seats were last contested at the 2019 election.
The 2023 South Kesteven District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all 56 members of South Kesteven District Council in Lincolnshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The 2024 Hastings Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. Half of the 32 members of Hastings Borough Council in East Sussex were elected. The council remained under no overall control, but the Green Party made significant gains in their number of seats, becoming the largest party on the council. The Conservatives performed poorly, losing a third of their 2023 share of the vote and half their seats. Reform UK also lost their only seat, which they had gained in May 2023 following a Conservative Councillor switching parties. The Labour group leader, Heather Bishop, lost her seat.