2013 Gloucestershire County Council election

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All 53 seats to Gloucestershire County Council
27 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats
Seats won	23	14
Seat change	13	4

	Third party	Fourth party

Party	Labour	UKIP
Seats won	9	3
Seat change	5	3

Map showing the results of the 2013 Gloucestershire County Council elections.

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

No Overall Control

Elections to Gloucestershire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections.^[1] 53 electoral divisions elected one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. No elections were held in South Gloucestershire, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council.

Control of the council went from the Conservative Party to no party having overall control. Turnout across the county was 32% with 151,250 votes cast.^[2] The Conservatives gained most votes in four of the six parliamentary seats, the Liberal Democrats coming first in Cheltenham and UKIP in the Forest of Dean. The Conservatives were the only party to win a county council seat in every district.^[n 1]

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[3] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[4]

County Council single-member electoral review 2012-13

Going into the elections, the Conservatives held a majority of 21 seats. Due to boundary changes and a reduction in the number of councillors from 63 to 53^[n 2] following a public consultation by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England^[5] the notional results to be used for the purposes of election planning and comparison before the election were: Conservatives - 36, Liberal Democrats - 10, Labour - 4, People Against Bureaucracy - 1, Greens - 1, Independents - 1. This gave a notional Conservative majority of 17 seats.

Summary

The Conservative Party lost 13 notional seats, although the numerical loss was larger due to the reduction in the total number of councillors. The Liberal Democrats remained the second largest party by total seats and percentage vote, while the Labour Party had the largest net gain of five seats. UKIP won representation on the county council for the first time, winning three seats.

The number of Independent councillors rose to two, while both the Green Party and People Against Bureaucracy saw their only councillors re-elected.

Results

Gloucestershire County Council election, 2013^[6]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	23	1	14	-13	43.4	34.5	52,410	-9.8%
Liberal Democrats	14	5	1	+4	26.4	20.3	30,891	-10.2%
Labour	9	5	0	+5	17.0	18.2	27,725	+6.9%
UKIP	3	3	0	+3	5.7	15.2	23,046	+13.4%
Independent	2	1	0	+1	3.8	3.5	5,387	+0.5%
Green	1	0	0	±0	1.9	6.8	10,266	-0.7%
PAB	1	0	0	±0	1.9	1.2	1,791	-0.5%
TUSC	0	0	0	±0	0	0.3	450	+0.3%

Results by District

Within Cheltenham District
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	7	2	0	+2	70	38.00	10,407
Conservative	2	0	2	-2	20	28.47	7,797
UKIP	0	0	0	±0	0	14.08	3,857
PAB	1	0	0	±0	10	6.54	1,791
Labour	0	0	0	±0	0	6.49	1,777
Green	0	0	0	±0	0	5.78	1,583
TUSC	0	0	0	±0	0	0.57	155	n/a
Independent	0	0	0	±0	0	0.07	19	n/a

Within Cotswold District
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	5	0	3	-3	62.5	41.90	9,954
Liberal Democrats	3	3	0	+3	37.5	26.38	6,268
UKIP	0	0	0	±0	0	17.76	4,219	n/a
Labour	0	0	0	±0	0	7.87	1,870
Green	0	0	0	±0	0	3.80	902
Independent	0	0	0	±0	0	2.29	545	n/a

Within Forest of Dean District
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
UKIP	3	3	0	+3	37.5	28.34	6,247	n/a
Labour	2	1	0	+1	25	24.00	5,292
Conservative	2	0	5	-5	25	23.85	5,257
Independent	1	1	0	+1	12.5	13.86	3,055
Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	±0	0	5.43	1,198
Green	0	0	0	±0	0	4.40	970
TUSC	0	0	0	±0	0	0.13	28	n/a

Within Gloucester District
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	4	0	2	-2	40	34.18	9,142
Labour	4	2	0	+2	40	23.85	5,257
UKIP	0	0	0	±0	0	18.36	4,909
Liberal Democrats	2	0	0	±0	20	17.57	4,699
Green	0	0	0	±0	0	3.15	843
TUSC	0	0	0	±0	0	0.89	237	n/a

Within Stroud District
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	5	0	2	-2	50	34.70	11,238
Labour	3	2	0	+2	30	28.12	9,106
Green	1	0	0	±0	10	17.55	5,683
Liberal Democrats	1	0	0	±0	10	9.90	3,207
UKIP	0	0	0	±0	0	8.77	2,839
Independent	0	0	0	±0	0	0.87	281
TUSC	0	0	0	±0	0	0.09	30	n/a

Within Tewkesbury District
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	5	1	0	+1	71.4	45.92	9,022
Liberal Democrats	1	0	1	-1	14.3	26.02	5,112
Labour	0	0	0	±0	0	14.07	2,764
Independent	1	0	0	±0	14.3	7.57	1,487
UKIP	0	0	0	±0	0	4.96	975
Green	0	0	0	±0	0	1.46	286

Results by Division

Cheltenham

All Saints and Oakley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Hay	1,046	50
	Conservative	Steve Thomas	511	24
	Labour	Diana Hale	301	14
	Green	Adrian Becker	245	12
Majority			535	26
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Battledown and Charlton Kings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul McLain	1,215	36
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Collins	1,169	35
	UKIP	Justin Dunne	615	18
	Labour	Kevin Boyle	184	5
	Green	Jon Stubbings	182	5
Majority			46	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benhall and Up Hatherley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wheeler	1,427	41
	Conservative	Lewis Feilder	932	27
	UKIP	Jeff Hack	822	24
	Labour	Brian Hughes	156	4
	Green	Timothy Bonsor	138	4
Majority			495	14
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Charlton Park and College
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Klara Sudbury	1,533	47
	Conservative	Matt Babbage	1,174	36
	UKIP	Alan Stone	352	11
	Labour	Emma Clifford	207	6
Majority			359	11
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hesters Way and Springbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Williams	1,007	53
	Conservative	Elizabeth Fox	444	23
	Labour	Clive Harriss	299	16
	TUSC	Joanna Hughes	155	8
Majority			563	30
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lansdown and Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tim Harman	1,280	46
	Liberal Democrats	Maximilian Wilkinson	786	28
	UKIP	Mark Daniel	373	13
	Green	Vanessa Angelo-Thompson	184	7
	Labour	Robert Irons	170	6
	Independent	Radek Walesa	19	1
Majority			494	18
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leckhampton and Warden Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Dobie	1,140	34
	Conservative	Rosemary Harvey	1,111	33
	UKIP	Christina Simmonds	779	23
	Green	Sarah Field	372	11
Majority			29	1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Pittville and Prestbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	PAB	David Prince	1,791	59
	Conservative	Lucy Strachan	493	16
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jones	456	15
	UKIP	Jean Bamford	315	10
Majority			1,298	43
	PAB hold		Swing

St Mark's and St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Coleman	1,015	44
	UKIP	Peter Bowman	614	27
	Conservative	Andrew Coffey	319	14
	Labour	Rod Gay	234	10
	Green	Demelza Jones	129	6
Majority			401	17
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Paul's and Swindon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Fisher	828	46
	UKIP	Ann Homer	417	23
	Conservative	Emily Croft	318	18
	Labour	Mark Hobbs	228	13
Majority			411	23
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cotswold

Bourton-on-the-Water and Northleach
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hodgkinson	1,275	39
	Conservative	David Thorpe	1,216	37
	UKIP	Christopher Cooke	591	18
	Labour	Merilyn Hill	170	5
Majority			59	2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Campden-Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lynden Stow	1,818	62
	UKIP	Michael Fitzgerald	481	16
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Sipthorp	419	14
	Labour	Glyn Ford	230	8
Majority			1,337	46
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cirencester Beeches
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Robbins	1,156	39
	Conservative	John Burgess	930	31
	UKIP	Chris Harlow	588	20
	Labour	Terry Pomroy	165	6
	Green	Joy Irving	119	4
Majority			226	8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Cirencester Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Joe Harris	1,690	55
	Conservative	Tony Curry	688	22
	UKIP	Robert Stephens	442	14
	Labour	Reg Eyre	166	5
	Green	Bob Irving	92	3
Majority			1,002	33
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Fairford and Lechlade on Thames
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Raymond Theodoulou	1,372	48
	UKIP	Geoff Willis	532	19
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Watts	486	17
	Labour	Trevor Smith	284	10
	Green	Xanthe Messenger	174	6
Majority			840	29
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Cerney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Shaun Parsons	1,175	39
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Evemy	840	28
	UKIP	Guy Parfitt	546	18
	Labour	Jon Easterbrook	221	7
	Green	Nick Gibbs	155	5
	Independent	Sandy Steel	112	4
Majority			335	11
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stow-on-the-Wold
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Moor	1,643	57
	UKIP	Rob Woodhouse	514	18
	Labour	Jude Walker	332	11
	Green	Andrew Maclean	219	8
	Liberal Democrats	Danny Loveridge	185	6
Majority			1,131	39
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tetbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Hicks	1,112	41
	UKIP	Jenny Knight	525	19
	Independent	David Painter	433	16
	Labour	Chris Giles	302	11
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Radford-Hancock	217	8
	Green	Brecon Quaddy	143	5
Majority			587	22
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forest of Dean

Blakeney and Bream
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Richard Leppington	1,190	36
	Labour	Bill Evans	1,096	33
	Conservative	Diana Edwards	856	26
	Liberal Democrats	Zoe Forbes	208	6
Majority			94	3
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Cinderford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Graham Morgan	1,018	47
	UKIP	Ann Guyton	601	28
	Conservative	Neville Freeman	275	13
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Dalziel	160	7
	Green	Sid Phelps	102	5
	TUSC	Claude Mickleson	28	1
Majority			417	39
	Labour hold		Swing

Coleford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul McMahon	825	33
	UKIP	Alan Grant	623	25
	Conservative	Terry Hale	617	25
	Independent	Ian Whitburn	315	13
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Lusty	122	5
Majority			202	8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Drybrook and Lydbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Colin Guyton	824	29
	Labour	Bruce Hogan	713	25
	Independent	Andrew Gardiner	666	24
	Conservative	Brian Jones	416	15
	Green	Bob Rhodes	120	4
	Liberal Democrats	Melanie Hughes	74	3
Majority			111	4
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Lydney
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	Alan Preest	1,075	42
	Labour	Di Martin	492	19
	Conservative	Terry Glastonbury	461	18
	Independent	David Cooksley	347	14
	Green	James Greenwood	188	7
Majority			583	23
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Mitcheldean
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Norman Stephens	1,152	36
	Conservative	Brian Robinson	772	24
	UKIP	Tim Congdon	612	19
	Labour	David Thomson	328	10
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Henchley	179	6
	Green	Ken Power	120	4
Majority			380	12
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Newent
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Will Windsor-Clive	988	37
	UKIP	John Sullivan	597	22
	Independent	Philip Burford	575	21
	Labour	Janet Royall	332	12
	Green	David Humphrey	129	5
	Liberal Democrats	David Fidgeon	65	2
Majority			391	15
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sedbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Patrick Molyneux	872	31
	UKIP	John McOwan	725	26
	Labour	Malcolm Sadler	488	18
	Liberal Democrats	David Wheeler	390	14
	Green	Chris McFarling	311	11
Majority			147	5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Gloucester

Abbey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Andrew Gravells	1,390	47
	UKIP	Danny Sparkes	687	23
	Labour	Emily Barrett	532	18
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Anderton	284	10
	Green	Charley Bircher	81	3
Majority			703	24
	Conservative hold		Swing

Barnwood and Hucclecote
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Brown	1,530	41
	Conservative	Lise Noakes	1,143	31
	UKIP	Steve Pottage	693	19
	Labour	Shaun Shute	357	10
Majority			387	10
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Barton and Tredworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jasminder Gill	1,220	46
	Conservative	Sajid Patel	1,095	42
	TUSC	John Ewers	177	7
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Etheridge	146	6
Majority			125	4
	Labour hold		Swing

Coney Hill and Matson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen McHale	997	46
	UKIP	Gary Cleaver	643	30
	Conservative	Tarren Randle	353	16
	Liberal Democrats	Declan Wilson	117	5
	TUSC	Susan Powell	60	3
Majority			354	16
	Labour hold		Swing

Grange and Kingsway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Barry Kirby	790	36
	Conservative	Dave Norman	697	32
	UKIP	Rosemary Marchmont	518	24
	Green	Frances Griffiths	91	4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Power	80	4
Majority			93	4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hempsted and Westgate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pam Tracey	902	45
	Labour	Gary Mills	660	33
	Green	Matthew Sidford	272	14
	Liberal Democrats	Sebastian Field	161	8
Majority			242	12
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsholm and Wotton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Hilton	1,020	41
	Labour	David Hitchings	477	19
	Conservative	Matthew Stevens	413	17
	UKIP	Mike Smith	412	17
	Green	Jonathan Ingleby	138	6
Majority			543	22
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Longlevens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kathy Williams	1,353	41
	UKIP	Jack Bavin	768	23
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Whyham	667	20
	Labour	Patrick Sweeney	360	11
	Green	Chris Britton	139	4
Majority			585	18
	Conservative hold		Swing

Quedgeley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Hawthorne	797	32
	Liberal Democrats	Anna Mozol	560	23
	UKIP	Daryl Stanbury	496	20
	Labour	Kevin Neal	479	20
	Green	Gerald Hartley	121	5
Majority			237	9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tuffley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Tracy Millard	1,044	36
	Conservative	Colin Morgan	999	35
	UKIP	Allen Prout	692	24
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Brazil	134	5
Majority			45	1
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stroud

Bisley and Painswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jason Bullingham	1,500	41
	Green	Anna Bonallack	928	25
	UKIP	Duncan Richardson	625	17
	Labour	Sheila McGrath	456	12
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel Murch	145	4
Majority			572	16
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cam Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Brian Tipper	1,479	43
	Labour	John Fowles	1,409	41
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Cairns	315	9
	Green	Tony McNulty	271	8
Majority			70	2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dursley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Lydon	1,003	35
	Conservative	Alex Stennett	952	33
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Marsh	558	20
	Green	Nicola Hillary	345	12
Majority			51	2
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Hardwicke and Severn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Anthony Blackburn	1,246	52
	Labour	Sarah Madley	658	27
	Green	Sue Hartley	367	15
	Liberal Democrats	Myles Robinson	129	5
Majority			588	25
	Conservative hold		Swing

Minchinhampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Stan Waddington	1,243	33
	Green	John Williams	946	25
	UKIP	Adrian Blake	743	20
	Labour	David Taylor	637	17
	Liberal Democrats	Felicity Hornby	153	4
Majority			297	8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nailsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dorcas Binns	1,351	42
	Labour	Jo Smith	1,128	35
	Green	Uta Baldauf	578	18
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McCloskey	135	4
Majority			223	7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rodborough
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Brian Oosthuysen	1,318	43
	UKIP	Richard Williams	549	18
	Conservative	Rodger Cuddingham	546	18
	Green	Philip Blomberg	340	11
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Headley	297	10
Majority			769	25
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Stonehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Lesley Williams	1,111	44
	Conservative	Lawrie Hall	458	18
	UKIP	Steve Parker	410	16
	Independent	Trevor Barker	281	11
	Green	Claire Sheridan	183	7
	Liberal Democrats	Roberta Crawley	73	3
	TUSC	Chris Moore	30	1
Majority			653	26
	Labour hold		Swing

Stroud Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Sarah Lunnon	1,501	40
	Labour	Tosca Cabello-Watson	1,042	28
	Conservative	Debbie Young	577	15
	UKIP	Harry Carr	512	14
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Walker-Smith	108	3
Majority			459	12
	Green hold		Swing

Wotton-under-Edge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Cordwell	1,251	43
	Conservative	Lesley Reeves	1,114	38
	Labour	Laurence Cotterell	344	12
	Green	Graham Spencer	224	8
Majority			137	5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Tewkesbury

Bishops Cleeve
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Bird	1,486	49
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Richmond	1,129	37
	Labour	John Hurley	396	13
Majority			357	12
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Brockworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Vines	1,173	42
	Liberal Democrats	Jude Perez	1,152	41
	Labour	Edward Buxton	470	17
Majority			21	1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Churchdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Whelan	1,439	49
	Conservative	Graham Bocking	873	30
	Labour	David Carter	414	14
	Green	Leo Fletcher	227	8
Majority			566	19
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Highnam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phil Awford	1,930	67
	Labour	Keir Dhillon	544	19
	Liberal Democrats	Audrey Ricks	407	14
Majority			1,386	48
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tewkesbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mike Sztymiak	982	40
	Conservative	Kevin Cromwell	724	29
	UKIP	Stuart Adair	496	20
	Labour	Mike Reynolds	201	8
	Liberal Democrats	Pearl Stokes	72	3
Majority			258	11
	Independent hold		Swing

Tewkesbury East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Vernon Smith	909	37
	Independent	Gordon Shurmer	505	21
	UKIP	Steve Cooper	479	20
	Liberal Democrats	Cindy Bexfield	250	10
	Labour	Rosemary Phillips	223	9
	Green	Robert Brookes	59	2
Majority			404	16
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winchcombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Roger Wilson	1,927	62
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Hillier-Richardson	663	21
	Labour	Susan Sturgeon	516	17
Majority			1,264	41
	Conservative hold		Swing

Changes 2013–2017

In July 2016, UKIP group leader Alan Preest defected to the Conservatives, claiming that the party lacked a purpose following the EU Referendum.^[7] He was followed shortly thereafter by UKIP councillor Colin Guyton, who left UKIP to serve as an independent.^[8] He later resigned from the County Council entirely, but a by-election was not held in his division due to the short length of time between then and the 2017 local elections.^[9]

Mitcheldean

A by-election was held for the Mitcheldean Division on 23 October 2014 following the death of Independent councillor Norman Stephens.

Mitcheldean by-election 23 October 2014
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Robinson	959	38	+14
	UKIP	Malcolm Berry	550	22	+3
	Independent	Ian Whitburn	455	18	+18
	Labour	Jackie Fraser	278	11	+1
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Henchley	150	5	-1
	Green	Ken Power	106	4	-
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Churchdown

A by-election was held on Thursday 5 May 2016 for the Churchdown Division due to the death of County Councillor Bill Whelan.

Churchdown by-election 5 May 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Williams	1,700	54	+5
	Conservative	Graham Bocking	1,062	34	+4
	Labour	Edward Buxton	359	12	-2
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Notes and references

Notes

^ However, note that this was an election to the county council only; elections to district councils are held in other years.
^ Although described in the official consultation as an open proposal as to the Size of Council, this denotes the number of councillors only, not relating to budget or number of local government staff.

References

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^ "LGBCE - Gloucestershire County Council single member ward review". Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
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^ "UKIP council leader defects to Tories saying party 'doesn't have a point any more' after EU Referendum". ITV News. 1 July 2016.
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4. ^ http://glostext.gloucestershire.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=3&V=1&RPID=32877983 - Accessed 4-5-2013

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