2021 Stroud District Council election

The 2021 Stroud District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Stroud District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2021 Stroud District Council election

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All 51 seats to Stroud District Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Party Conservative Labour
Last election 23 seats, 39.9% 18 seats, 31.3%
Seats won 20 15
Seat change Decrease 3 Decrease 3
Popular vote 35,643 21,320
Percentage 43.1% 25.8%
Swing Increase 3.2% Decrease 5.5%

  Third party Fourth party
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Party Green Liberal Democrats
Last election 8 seats, 14.5% 2 seats, 8.3%
Seats won 13 3
Seat change Increase 5 Increase 1
Popular vote 20,316 4,782
Percentage 24.6% 5.8%
Swing Increase 10.1% Decrease 2.5%

Map showing the results of the 2021 Stroud District Council election

Council control before election


No overall control

Council control after election


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Summary

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Election result

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2021 Stroud District Council election[2]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 51 20 4 7   3 39.2 43.1 35,643 +3.2
  Labour 35 15 3 6   3 29.4 25.8 21,320 –5.5
  Green 32 13 6 1   5 25.5 24.6 20,316 +10.1
  Liberal Democrats 10 3 1 0   1 5.9 5.8 4,782 –2.5
  Independent 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.5 382 –3.7
  TUSC 5 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 117 –0.1
  Libertarian 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 61 N/A
  Heritage 1 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 58 N/A

Ward results

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Amberley & Woodchester

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Amberley & Woodchester
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ashley Smith 537 51.6 +14.5
Conservative John Copley 503 48.4 +2.7
Majority 34 3.2
Turnout 1,050 59.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Berkeley Vale

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Berkeley Vale (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gordon Craig* 1,415 57.0 +4.8
Conservative Lindsey Green 1,345 54.2 +6.4
Conservative Haydn Jones* 1,170 47.2 +4.3
Labour Elizabeth Ashton 768 31.0 −7.8
Green David Lungley 435 17.5 +8.2
Labour Keith Terry 404 16.3 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Easby 370 14.9 +2.0
Turnout 2,481 42.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Bisley

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Bisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Martin Brown 550 53.6 +22.5
Conservative Timothy Williams* 476 46.4 −10.8
Majority 74 7.2
Turnout 1,035 57.0
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Cainscross

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Cainscross (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jenny Miles* 767 33.9 −9.9
Labour Jessie Hoskin 754 33.4 −10.4
Conservative Katrina Davis 685 30.3 +7.2
Labour Thomas Williams* 644 28.5 −8.2
Conservative George Williams 643 28.5 +9.3
Conservative Anthony Malpass 468 20.7 +1.5
Green Steven Naumann 420 18.6 −5.0
Green Geoffrey Kayum 391 17.3 N/A
Independent Graham Stanley 382 16.9 +0.4
Green Roderick Nelson 341 15.1 N/A
Heritage Richard Nurse 58 2.6 N/A
TUSC Raymond Darlington 41 1.8 +0.4
Turnout 2,260 39.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Cam East

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Cam East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Tipper* 825 49.3 +0.5
Conservative Victoria Gray 779 46.5 +8.8
Labour Nera Cornell 454 27.1 −24.1
Labour Robert Blenkinsop 401 23.9 −12.9
Liberal Democrats Richard Blackwell-Whitehead 293 17.5 N/A
Turnout 1,675 45.0
Conservative gain from Labour
Conservative hold

Cam West

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Cam West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christopher Evans 593 43.8 −0.2
Labour Colin Fryer 589 43.5 −4.6
Conservative Jonathan Fulcher 464 34.3 −7.1
Labour Anja Rowston 393 29.0 −15.0
Liberal Democrats Elaine Jewell 143 10.6 N/A
TUSC Lucia Jayaseelanvictor 15 1.1 N/A
Turnout 1,354 41.0
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Chalford

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Chalford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Patricia Watson 1,399 50.0 +11.9
Green Christopher Jockel 1,314 47.0 N/A
Labour Co-op Helen Fenton 1,018 36.4 −1.2
Conservative Anthony Pilkington 960 34.3 −9.4
Conservative Lewis McQueer 926 33.1 −10.5
Conservative Christopher Lester 830 29.7 −12.8
Turnout 2,796 53.0
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative
Labour Co-op gain from Conservative

Coaley & Uley

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Coaley & Uley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Martin Pearcy 606 55.1 +2.2
Conservative Victoria Newman 494 44.9 +10.1
Majority 112 10.2
Turnout 1,110 55.0
Green hold

Dursley

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Dursley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trevor Hall 999 42.9 −1.2
Labour Doina Cornell* 973 41.8 −6.5
Conservative Loraine Patrick 921 39.6 +7.3
Labour Danae Savvidou 843 36.2 −3.1
Conservative Alexander Stennett 770 33.1 +2.9
Conservative Tracey Viney 713 30.6 +1.3
Green Benjamin Bywater 467 20.1 +1.5
Green James Broady 329 14.1 N/A
Turnout 2,328 41.0
Labour hold
Labour hold
Conservative gain from Labour

Hardwicke

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Hardwicke (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Gillian Oxley* 1,211 56.5 +1.6
Conservative David Mossman* 979 45.6 −10.5
Conservative Mark Ryder 860 40.1 −1.3
Green Peter Adams 555 25.9 −1.9
Labour John Callinan 536 25.0 −2.3
Green John Robinthwaite 500 23.3 N/A
Turnout 2,145 35.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Kingswood

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Kingswood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Wilsher 515 58.9 +18.1
Conservative Charles Tuffin 284 32.5 −15.8
Labour David Carter 75 8.6 N/A
Majority 231 26.4
Turnout 879 49.0
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Minchinhampton

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Minchinhampton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Chloe Turner 1,190 58.7 +38.5
Conservative Nicholas Hurst* 986 48.6 −1.1
Labour Mark Huband 443 21.9 −0.3
Conservative David Lowin 440 21.7 −33.5
Turnout 2,027 54.0
Green gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Nailsworth

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Nailsworth (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Stephen Robinson* 1,555 58.8 −3.3
Green Norman Kay* 1,408 53.2 +2.6
Labour Co-op Natalie Bennett 1,144 43.3 −14.7
Conservative John Lockwood 712 26.9 −11.5
Conservative Ewen Denning 666 25.2 −4.0
Conservative Max Howells 618 23.4 −2.5
Liberal Democrats Rhianna Wilsher 315 11.9 N/A
Turnout 2,645 50.0
Labour Co-op hold
Green hold
Labour Co-op hold

Painswick & Upton

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Painswick & Upton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jason Bullingham 1,408 46.1 −10.7
Conservative Julie Job* 1,279 41.9 −14.9
Conservative Keith Pearson* 1,279 41.9 −9.6
Green Isa Clee 1,128 36.9 +2.9
Green Gavin McClafferty 1,128 36.9 N/A
Labour Ela Pathak-Sen 785 25.7 −2.9
Turnout 3,054 50.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe

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Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Jonathan Edmunds* 706 71.9 +12.5
Conservative Susan Williams 276 28.1 +5.7
Majority 430 43.8
Turnout 995 56.0
Green hold

Rodborough

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Rodborough (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Robin Layfield 754 41.9 −0.4
Labour Co-op Nigel Prenter* 609 33.9 −10.8
Green Philip Blomberg 463 25.8 +4.2
Green Elizabeth Hillary 435 24.2 +10.9
Conservative Elisabeth Bird 405 22.5 −5.5
Conservative Robert Trusty 331 18.4 −1.2
Turnout 1,798 50.0
Labour Co-op hold
Labour Co-op hold

Severn

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Severn (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Davies* 941 47.9 −1.9
Conservative John Jones* 900 45.8 −4.1
Labour Oakley Pollard 548 27.9 −2.9
Green Moya Shannon 453 23.0 +2.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Stayte 390 19.8 −4.6
Turnout 1,966 42.0
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Stonehouse

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Stonehouse (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Christopher Brine* 840 37.9 −18.0
Conservative Nicholas Housden 789 35.6 +12.0
Labour Co-op Mattie Ross* 762 34.4 −19.2
Labour Co-op Gary Powell* 678 30.6 −22.1
Conservative Christopher Easton 655 29.6 +7.8
Conservative Emma Porter 569 25.7 +8.2
Green Carol Kambites 527 23.8 +5.4
Green Sally Pickering 484 21.9 N/A
Green Victoria Redding 308 13.9 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Jewell 102 4.6 N/A
Libertarian Glenville Gogerly 61 2.8 N/A
TUSC Elizabeth Fletcher 41 1.9 N/A
Turnout 2,214 37.0
Labour Co-op hold
Conservative gain from Labour Co-op
Labour Co-op hold

Stroud Central

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Stroud Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Kathryn Crews 335 41.2 +2.8
Labour Jessica McQuail 297 36.5 −2.9
Conservative John Stanton 181 22.3 +0.2
Majority 38 4.7
Turnout 655 37.0
Green gain from Labour Swing

Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill

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Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Haydn Sutton* 393 43.4 +3.6
Labour Co-op David Drew 367 40.6 +13.0
Green Neil Buick 145 16.0 +1.0
Majority 26 2.8
Turnout 908 47.0
Conservative hold Swing

Stroud Slade

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Stroud Slade
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Laurie Davies 345 43.0 +6.0
Green Adrian Oldman 326 40.6 −11.0
Conservative Allison Long 117 14.6 +3.2
TUSC Christopher Moore 14 1.7 N/A
Majority 19 2.4
Turnout 805 44.0
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing

Stroud Trinity

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Stroud Trinity
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lucas Schoemaker 475 51.9 −9.2
Labour Sebastian Parkinson-Proudlove 290 31.7 +6.8
Conservative Jessica Tomblin 151 16.5 +2.5
Majority 180 20.2
Turnout 930 55.0
Green hold Swing

Stroud Uplands

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Stroud Uplands
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paula Baker 329 43.8 +0.9
Green George Richardson 220 29.3 +14.5
Conservative Colin Chisholm 168 22.4 +11.8
Liberal Democrats Natalie Davenport 28 3.7 N/A
TUSC Adam Goulcher 6 0.8 N/A
Majority 109 14.5
Turnout 759 45.0
Labour hold Swing

Stroud Valley

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Stroud Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Martin Baxendale* 438 45.6 −8.9
Labour Megan Sheer 393 40.9 +8.5
Conservative Sharon Sugars 130 13.5 +0.4
Majority 45 4.7
Turnout 961 55.0
Green hold Swing

The Stanleys

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The Stanleys (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nigel Studdert-Kennedy* 774 41.1 −1.0
Green Stephen Hynd 730 38.7 +19.4
Conservative Conor Reddington 556 29.5 −7.0
Labour Vanessa Price 540 28.6 −21.9
Labour Andrew Theaker 360 19.1 −17.8
Turnout 1,885 50.0
Conservative hold
Green gain from Labour

Thrupp

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Thrupp
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Rebecca Aldam 714 63.0 −6.7
Conservative Anthony Blackburn 294 25.9 +6.8
Labour Oisin Hayden Burrell 126 11.1 −0.1
Majority 420 37.1
Turnout 1,138 57.0
Green hold Swing

Wotton-under-Edge

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Wotton-under-Edge (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kenneth Tucker* 1,451 53.6 −9.9
Green Catherine Braun* 1,426 52.6 +20.1
Liberal Democrats George James* 1,175 43.4 +11.9
Conservative Graham Smith 1,064 39.3 +9.8
Conservative Susan Cursham 643 23.7 +4.9
Conservative Lorna Price 604 22.3 +5.9
Turnout 2,709 48.0
Liberal Democrats hold
Green hold
Liberal Democrats hold

Changes 2021–2025

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Painswick and Upton by-election, 17 May 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gary Luff 1,168 45.9
Conservative Susan Williams 817 32.1
Liberal Democrats Roz Savage 381 15.0
Labour Ela Pathak-Sen 180 7.1
Green gain from Conservative

The Painswick and Upton by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Jason Bullingham.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Council, SDC | Stroud District. "Local Government, County and Police and Crime Commissioner elections - Thursday 6 May 2021 | Stroud District Council". www.stroud.gov.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Council, Matt Wilkins | Stroud District. "Election results 2021 | Stroud District Council". www.stroud.gov.uk.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Garcia, Carmelo (16 April 2023). "Health concerns sparks resignation from Gloucestershire council forcing by-election". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  4. ^ Garcia, Carmelo (19 May 2023). "Green Party's Gary Luff wins Painswick and Upton by-election". Stroud News. Retrieved 28 August 2023.