2021 Stroud District Council election

2021 Stroud District Council election
All 51 seats to Stroud District Council; 26 seats needed for a majority
	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.

[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.

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