2021 Stroud District Council election

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6 May 2021 (2021-05-06)

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All 51 seats to Stroud District Council
26 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party

Party	Conservative	Labour
Last election	23 seats, 39.9%	18 seats, 31.3%
Seats won	20	15
Seat change	3	3
Popular vote	35,643	21,320
Percentage	43.1%	25.8%
Swing	3.2%	5.5%

	Third party	Fourth party

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

Map showing the results of the 2021 Stroud District Council election

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

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.

Summary

Election result

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

Amberley & Woodchester

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Painswick and Upton by-election, 17 May 2023
	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

^ 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)
^ 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)
^ Garcia, Carmelo (16 April 2023). "Health concerns sparks resignation from Gloucestershire council forcing by-election". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
^ Garcia, Carmelo (19 May 2023). "Green Party's Gary Luff wins Painswick and Upton by-election". Stroud News. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

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