Gloucester City Council elections

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Gloucester City Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Gloucester, in Gloucestershire, England.

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Election results

Composition of the council [1]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats [a] Independents
& Others
Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (33 seats)
1973 211200Conservative
1976 27510Conservative
New ward boundaries (33 seats)
1979 25710Conservative
1980 21930Conservative
1982 19860Conservative
1983 171150Conservative
1984 161160No overall control
1986 151251No overall control
1987 171051Conservative
1988 17961Conservative
1990 111471No overall control
New ward boundaries (35 seats)
1991 101771No overall control
1992 131651No overall control
1994 111770No overall control
1995 72080Labour
1996 22580Labour
New ward boundaries (39 seats)
1998 62580Labour
1999 82380Labour
2000 111981Labour
New ward boundaries (36 seats)
2002 111972No overall control
2003 1411110No overall control
2004 168120No overall control
2006 168120No overall control
2007 159120No overall control
2008 188100No overall control
2010 178110No overall control
2011 197100Conservative
2012 18990No overall control
2014 18990No overall control
2015 20970Conservative
New ward boundaries (39 seats) [b]
2016 221070Conservative
2021 263100Conservative
2024 117174No overall control

Council elections

Results maps

By-election results

2016-2021

Longlevens by-election 3 November 2016 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clive Walford1,06646.2+3.7
Liberal Democrats Linda Castle85236.9+23.7
Labour Terry Haines2239.7−8.2
UKIP Daniel Woolf1677.2−6.6
Majority 2149.3
Turnout 2,31131
Conservative hold Swing

2021-2024

Longlevens by-election 4 November 2021 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Sawyer1,52060.3
Conservative Julie Evans78131.0
Labour Alfie Harrison1355.4
Green Claire Carter863.4
Majority 73929.3
Turnout 2,522
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Tuffley by-election 13 October 2022 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lorraine Campbell50234.9
Liberal Democrats Caroline Courtney48733.8
Labour Tracy Millard45131.3
Majority 151.0
Turnout 1,440
Conservative hold Swing
Westgate by-election 30 March 2023 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Trimnell65843.2
Conservative Peter Sheehy45529.9
Labour Trevor Howard35123.0
Reform UK Gill White372.4
Monster Raving Loony Benjamin Baker221.4
Majority 20313.3
Turnout 1,523
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. Changed from one-third to whole council elections.
  1. "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. The City of Gloucester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  3. legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  4. legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) (Variation) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  5. legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Gloucester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  7. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Gloucester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
  9. "Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  10. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2016 - Gloucester". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  11. "Local Elections Archive Project — Longlevens Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  12. "Local Elections Archive Project — Tuffley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  13. "Local Elections Archive Project — Westgate Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2024.