Gloucestershire County Council in England is elected every four years. Following last boundary changes in 2005, 63 councillors were elected from 53 divisions. [1] The last election took place on 2 May 2013, when all divisions were reduced to single members.
Since 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties: [2]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1977 | |
Conservative | 1977–1981 | |
No overall control | 1981–2005 | |
Conservative | 2005–2013 | |
No overall control | 2013–2017 | |
Conservative | 2017–present |
The leaders of the council since 2001 have been: [3]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Peter Clarke | Labour | 3 Sep 2001 | 8 May 2005 | |
Barry Dare | Conservative | 18 May 2005 | 19 May 2010 | |
Mark Hawthorne | Conservative | 19 May 2010 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 1,064 | 80.0 | |||
Labour | 266 | 20.0 | |||
Majority | 798 | 60.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,370 | 16.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,274 | 44.0 | +9.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 982 | 33.9 | +11.2 | ||
Labour | 642 | 22.2 | -20.2 | ||
Majority | 292 | 10.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,898 | 24.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,087 | 60.8 | +13.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 701 | 39.2 | -3.4 | ||
Majority | 386 | 21.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,788 | 37.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,230 | 71.8 | +31.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 297 | 17.3 | -28.5 | ||
Labour | 186 | 10.9 | -2.8 | ||
Majority | 939 | 54.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,713 | 26.2 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 958 | 63.2 | -2.0 | ||
Conservative | 416 | 27.5 | +5.8 | ||
Labour | 141 | 9.3 | -3.9 | ||
Majority | 542 | 35.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,515 | 21.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 922 | 46.6 | |||
Labour | 621 | 31.4 | |||
Conservative | 437 | 22.1 | |||
Majority | 301 | 15.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,980 | 22.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 835 | 44.4 | +20.1 | ||
Labour | 694 | 36.9 | +5.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 350 | 18.6 | -25.5 | ||
Majority | 141 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,879 | 31.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Antonia Noble | 2,208 | 52.3 | -6.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Dunne | 1,605 | 38.0 | +7.3 | |
Labour | Brian Hughes | 226 | 5.4 | +6.6 | |
Green | Janet Thomas | 184 | 4.3 | +7.3 | |
Majority | 603 | 14.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,223 | 30.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael Collins | 1,040 | 52.9 | +41.0 | |
Conservative | Ronald Furolo | 751 | 38.2 | +11. | |
Labour | Terry Haines | 175 | 8.9 | -15.9 | |
Majority | 289 | 14.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,966 | 31.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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