2016 Stroud District Council election

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2016 Stroud District Council election
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  2015 5 May 2016 2021  

All 51 seats to Stroud District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour Green
Seats won23188
Popular vote30,72624,12211,153
Percentage39.8931.3214.48

 Fourth party
 
Party Liberal Democrats
Seats won2
Popular vote6,420
Percentage8.34

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

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2016 local election results in Stroud

The 2016 Stroud District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Stroud District Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Due to boundary changes, all seats were up for election, with the council moving to a four-year election cycle. [2]

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Results summary

Stroud District Council election, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 23-45.1039.8930,726
  Labour 18-135.2931.3224,122
  Green 8+215.6914.4811,153
  Liberal Democrats 2-13.928.346,420
  Independent 004.243,269
  UKIP 001.491,151
  TUSC 000.24182

A total of 181 ballots were rejected, and the overall turnout was 42.59%.

Ward results

Amberley & Woodchester

Amberley & Woodchester (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Louis McAsey 366 45.7
Labour Jo Smith29737.1
Green Martyn George Cutcher13817.2
Majority698.6
Turnout 80647.3
Rejected ballots50.6
Conservative win

Berkeley Vale

Berkeley Vale (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gordon Alexander Stark Craig* 1,279 52.2
Conservative Penny Wride* 1,172 47.8
Conservative Haydn Jones 1,050 42.9
Labour Liz Ashton*95138.8
Labour Billy Hunt67227.4
Labour George Frederick Coleman Knight64626.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Robert Stayte37015.1
Liberal Democrats Nick Easby31712.9
Liberal Democrats Rob Jewell2349.6
Green Tom Willetts2279.3
Majority994.1
Turnout 2,45644.3
Rejected ballots60.2
Conservative win
Conservative win
Conservative win

Bisley

Bisley (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tim Williams* 515 57.2
Green Anna Elizabeth Bonallack28031.1
Labour Richard Alan House10511.7
Majority23526.1
Turnout 90248.7
Rejected ballots20.2
Conservative win

Cainscross

Cainscross (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Rachel Curley 924 43.8
Labour Jenny Miles 903 42.8
Labour Tom Williams* 775 36.7
Independent David Mark Rees*61629.2
Green Patricia Helen Royall49823.6
Conservative Keith Stuart Rippington48723.1
Conservative Colin Chrisholm40519.2
Conservative Anthony Richard Powell40519.2
Independent Graham Keith Stanley34816.5
Liberal Democrats Sylvia Jean Bridgland29714.1
TUSC Chris Moore522.5
TUSC Adam Mark Goulcher321.5
TUSC Ray Darlington301.4
Majority1597.5
Turnout 2,11635.9
Rejected ballots50.2
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Cam East

Cam East (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Miranda Anne Clifton* 742 51.2
Conservative Brian Tipper* 707 48.8
Conservative Graham Blackshaw54637.7
Labour James Kenneth Martin Prewett53336.8
Green Steven Naumann17512.1
Majority16111.1
Turnout 1,45840.3
Rejected ballots80.5
Labour win
Conservative win

Cam West

Cam West (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Paul Anthony Denney* 566 48.1
Conservative Jessica Mary Olivia Tomblin 518 44.0
Labour Julie Alyson Douglass*51744.0
Conservative Neil Edward Fletcher48741.4
Green Neil Richards Buick15313.0
Majority10.0
Turnout 1,18238.8
Rejected ballots60.5
Labour win
Conservative win

Chalford

Chalford (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Liz Peters* 930 43.7
Conservative Chas Fellows* 927 43.6
Conservative Debbie Young* 905 42.5
Green Carolyn Jane Billingsley81038.1
Labour Helen Joan Beioley79937.6
Labour David Arthur Taylor73834.7
UKIP Adrian George Blake35316.6
Majority954.4
Turnout 2,13042.2
Rejected ballots30.1
Conservative win
Conservative win
Conservative win

Coaley & Uley

Coaley & Uley (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jim Dewey 532 52.9
Conservative Tim Boxall*35034.8
Labour Brendan Skelton12412.3
Majority18218.1
Turnout 1,01252.8
Rejected ballots60.6
Green win

Dursley

Dursley (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Doina Claire Cornell* 932 48.3
Labour Colin Patrick Fryer* 851 44.1
Labour Alison Margaret Hayward 757 39.3
Conservative Loraine Vivienne Patrick62332.3
Liberal Democrats Brian Arthur Marsh60631.4
Conservative Andrea Elizabeth Sheffield58330.2
Conservative Patricia Ann Betteley56529.3
Green Miriam Janice Yagud35918.6
Majority1347.0
Turnout 1,93637.0
Rejected ballots80.4
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Hardwicke

Hardwicke (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dave Mossman* 902 56.1
Conservative Gill Oxley 883 54.9
Conservative Tom Skinner 666 41.4
Independent Gerald Owain Hartley61438.2
Green Sally Pickering44727.8
Labour Steve Price43927.3
Majority523.2
Turnout 1,61330.6
Rejected ballots60.4
Conservative win
Conservative win
Conservative win

Kingswood

Kingswood (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Mark Reeves 335 48.3
Liberal Democrats Oliver Hartland Mountjoy28340.8
Green Alan Graham Sage7611.0
Majority527.5
Turnout 70141.1
Rejected ballots60.9
Conservative win

Minchinhampton

Minchinhampton (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dorcas Lavinia Maxine Binns* 844 55.2
Conservative Nick Hurst* 760 49.7
Labour Mark Christopher Huband33922.2
Green Chris Jockel30920.2
Liberal Democrats Colleen Rothwell26417.3
Liberal Democrats Jean Marie Etridge24015.7
TUSC Ruth Amias684.4
Majority42127.5
Turnout 1,53542.3
Rejected ballots50.3
Conservative win
Conservative win

Nailsworth

Nailsworth (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Steve Robinson* 1,455 62.1
Labour Sue Reed 1,358 58.0
Green Norman Kay 1,185 50.6
Conservative Emma Sims*89938.4
Conservative Charles Edward O’Neill68529.2
Conservative Ryan Davis60625.9
Majority28612.2
Turnout 2,35644.6
Rejected ballots140.6
Labour win
Labour win
Green win

Painswick & Upton

Painswick & Upton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nigel Robin Cooper* 1,350 56.8
Conservative Julie Anthea Job* 1,350 56.8
Conservative Keith Lionel Pearson* 1,224 51.5
Green Peter Adams80934.0
Labour Sarah Ruth Madley68028.6
UKIP Richard Ford39716.7
Majority41517.5
Turnout 2,38442.3
Rejected ballots70.3
Conservative win
Conservative win
Conservative win

Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe

Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Jonathan Paul Edmunds* 489 59.4
Conservative Tom Cooper18422.4
Labour John Bloxson15018.2
Majority30537.0
Turnout 82947.6
Rejected ballots60.72
Green win

Rodborough

Rodborough (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Nigel Andrew Prenter* 693 44.7
Labour Karen Helen McKeown 656 42.3
Conservative Libby Bird43528.0
Green Philip Sven Blomberg33521.6
Conservative Sarah Leslie Shaw30419.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Linda Headley28518.4
Green Kiera Megan Jones20713.3
Majority22114.3
Turnout 1,55743.4
Rejected ballots50.3
Labour win
Labour win

Severn

Severn (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Frederick Jones* 723 49.9
Conservative Stephen Frank Davies* 721 49.8
Labour Thomas Joseph Lydon44630.8
Liberal Democrats John Reginald Howe35324.4
Green Robin Lewis29120.1
Majority27519.0
Turnout 1,46336.9
Rejected ballots141.0
Conservative win
Conservative win

Stonehouse

Stonehouse (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chris Brine* 1,102 55.9
Labour Mattie Ross* 1,058 53.6
Labour Gary Dean Powell* 1,039 52.7
Conservative Ray Clegg46623.6
Conservative Ginny Anne Smart43021.8
Green Carol Jill Kambites36318.4
Conservative Aaron James Newell34517.5
Independent Trevor Royston Baker30615.5
Independent Ciaran James Brazington29615.0
Majority57329.1
Turnout 1,98234.7
Rejected ballots90.5
Labour win
Labour win
Labour win

Stroud Central

Stroud Central (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Skeena Rathor 275 39.4
Green Caroline Baird26838.4
Conservative Marcus William Shaw15422.1
Majority71.0
Turnout 70842.7
Rejected ballots111.6
Labour win

Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill

Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Haydn Leonard Sutton* 300 39.8
Labour Paul Mapplebeck20827.6
Independent Harry Carr13217.5
Green Brian Nimblette11315.0
Majority9212.2
Turnout 75940.6
Rejected ballots40.5
Conservative win

Stroud Slade

Stroud Slade (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Simon Paul Christopher Pickering* 363 51.6
Labour Vanessa Price26037.0
Conservative Kris Anthony Smith8011.4
Majority10314.6
Turnout 70741.3
Rejected ballots40.6
Green win

Stroud Trinity

Stroud Trinity (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green John Marjoram* 489 61.1
Labour Roy Derbyshire19924.9
Conservative Ian Arthur Edmunds11214.0
Majority29036.2
Turnout 80747.4
Rejected ballots70.9
Green win

Stroud Uplands

Stroud Uplands (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Chas Townley* 319 42.9
Independent Roger Sanders23531.6
Green Peter Richardson11014.8
Conservative Jeremy Norman Bennett Strickland7910.6
Majority8411.3
Turnout 74944.8
Rejected ballots60.8
Labour win

Stroud Valley

Stroud Valley (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Baxendale* 394 54.5
Labour Joe Ambridge23432.4
Conservative John Stanton9513.1
Majority16022.1
Turnout 72842.5
Rejected ballots40.5
Green win

The Stanleys

The Stanleys (2 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Stephen Leslie Lydon* 740 50.5
Conservative Nigel William John Studdert-Kennedy* 617 42.1
Labour Debbie Tara Hicks54036.9
Conservative Lawrie Hall53436.5
Green Nicola Caryl Hillary28319.3
Majority775.2
Turnout 1,47944.3
Rejected ballots151.0
Labour win
Conservative win

Thrupp

Thrupp (1 seat)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Martin Whiteside* 620 69.7
Conservative Steve Wigzell17019.1
Labour Rod Beer10011.2
Majority45050.6
Turnout 89648.2
Rejected ballots40.4
Green win

Wotton-under-Edge

Wotton-under-Edge (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ken Tucker* 1,622 63.5
Green Catherine Braun 830 32.5
Liberal Democrats George Butcher 804 31.5
Conservative Lesley Reeves*75429.5
Liberal Democrats Adrian Walker-Smith74529.2
Independent Alex Wilkinson72228.3
Conservative Henry Binns48018.8
Conservative Alexander Wheeler41916.4
UKIP Henry David Hinder40115.7
Majority502.0
Turnout 2,55847.2
Rejected ballots50.2
Liberal Democrats win
Green win
Liberal Democrats win

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