Stroud District Council election, 2016

5 May 2016

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

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Green
Seats won	23	18	8
Popular vote	30,726	24,122	11,153
Percentage	39.89	31.32	14.48

	Fourth party

Party	Liberal Democrat
Seats won	2
Popular vote	6,420
Percentage	8.34

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

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]

Results Summary

Stroud District Council election, 2016
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	23				45.10	39.89	30,726
	Labour	18				35.29	31.32	24,122
	Green	8				15.69	14.48	11,153
	Liberal Democrat	2				3.92	8.34	6,420
	Independent	0				0	4.24	3,269
	UKIP	0				0	1.49	1,151
	TUSC	0				0	0.24	182

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

Ward results

Amberley & Woodchester

Amberley & Woodchester (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Philip Louis McAsey	366	45.7
	Labour	Jo Smith	297	37.1
	Green	Martyn George Cutcher	138	17.2
Majority			69	8.6
Turnout			806	47.3
Rejected ballots			5	0.6
	Conservative win

Berkeley Vale

Berkeley Vale (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Gordon Alexander Stark Craig	1,279	18.5
	Conservative	Penny Wride	1,172	16.9
	Conservative	Haydn Lewis	1,050	15.2
	Labour	Liz Ashton	951	13.8
	Labour	Billy Hunt	672	9.7
	Labour	George Frederick Coleman Knight	646	9.3
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Robert Stayte	370	5.4
	Liberal Democrat	Nick Easby	317	4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Jewell	234	3.4
	Green	Tom Willetts	227	3.3
Majority			101	1.4
Turnout			2,456	44.3
Rejected ballots			6	0.2
	Conservative win
	Conservative win
	Conservative win

Bisley

Bisley (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tim Williams	515	57.2
	Green	Anna Elizabeth Bonallack	280	31.1
	Labour	Richard Alan House	105	11.7
Majority			235	26.1
Turnout			902	48.7
Rejected ballots			2	0.2
	Conservative win

Cainscross

Cainscross (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Rachel Curley	924	16.0
	Labour	Jenny Miles	903	15.6
	Labour	Tom Williams	775	13.4
	Independent	David Mark Rees	616	10.7
	Green	Patricia Helen Royall	498	8.6
	Conservative	Keith Stuart Rippington	487	8.4
	Conservative	Colin Chrisholm	405	7.0
	Conservative	Anthony Richard Powell	405	7.0
	Independent	Graham Keith Stanley	348	6.0
	Liberal Democrat	Sylvia Jean Bridgland	297	5.2
	TUSC	Chris Moore	52	0.9
	TUSC	Adam Mark Goulcher	32	0.6
	TUSC	Ray Darlington	30	0.5
Majority			159	2.7
Turnout			2,116	35.9
Rejected ballots			5	0.2
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Cam East

Cam East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Miranda Anne Clifton	742	27.4
	Conservative	Brian Tipper	707	26.2
	Conservative	Graham Blackshaw	546	20.2
	Labour	James Kenneth Martin Prewett	533	19.7
	Green	Steven Naumann	175	6.5
Majority			161	6.0
Turnout			1,458	40.3
Rejected ballots			8	0.5
	Labour win
	Conservative win

Cam West

Cam West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Anthony Denney	566	25.3
	Conservative	Jessica Mary Olivia Tomblin	518	23.1
	Labour	Julie Alyson Douglass	517	23.1
	Conservative	Neil Edward Fletcher	487	21.7
	Green	Neil Richards Buick	153	6.8
Majority			1	0.0
Turnout			1,182	38.8
Rejected ballots			6	0.5
	Labour win
	Conservative win

Chalford

Chalford (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Liz Peters	930	17.0
	Conservative	Chas Fellows	927	17.0
	Conservative	Debbie Young	905	16.6
	Green	Carolyn Jane Billingsley	810	14.8
	Labour	Helen Joan Beioley	799	14.6
	Labour	David Arthur Taylor	738	13.5
	UKIP	Adrian George Blake	353	6.5
Majority			95	1.8
Turnout			2,130	42.2
Rejected ballots			3	0.1
	Conservative win
	Conservative win
	Conservative win

Coaley & Uley

Coaley & Uley (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Jim Dewey	532	52.9
	Conservative	Tim Boxall	350	34.8
	Labour	Brendan Skelton	124	12.3
Majority			182	18.1
Turnout			1,012	52.8
Rejected ballots			6	0.6
	Green win

Dursley

Dursley (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Doina Claire Cornell	932	17.7
	Labour	Colin Patrick Fryer	851	16.1
	Labour	Alison Margaret Hayward	757	14.4
	Conservative	Loraine Vivienne Patrick	623	11.8
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Arthur Marsh	606	11.5
	Conservative	Andrea Elizabeth Sheffield	583	11.0
	Conservative	Patricia Ann Betteley	565	10.7
	Green	Miriam Janice Yagud	359	6.8
Majority			134	2.6
Turnout			1,936	37.0
Rejected ballots			8	0.4
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Hardwicke

Hardwicke (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dave Mossman	902	22.8
	Conservative	Gill Oxley	883	22.4
	Conservative	Tom Skinner	666	16.9
	Independent	Gerald Owain Hartley	614	15.5
	Green	Sally Pickering	447	11.3
	Labour	Steve Price	439	11.1
Majority			52	1.4
Turnout			1,613	30.6
Rejected ballots			6	0.4
	Conservative win
	Conservative win
	Conservative win

Kingswood

Kingswood (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Mark Reeves	335	48.3
	Liberal Democrat	Oliver Hartland Mountjoy	283	40.8
	Green	Alan Graham Sage	76	11.0
Majority			52	7.5
Turnout			701	41.1
Rejected ballots			6	0.9
	Conservative win

Minchinhampton

Minchinhampton (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Dorcas Lavinia Maxine	844	29.9
	Conservative	Nick Hurst	760	26.9
	Labour	Mark Christopher Huband	339	12.0
	Green	Chris Jockel	309	10.9
	Liberal Democrat	Colleen Rothwell	264	9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Jean Marie Etridge	240	8.5
	TUSC	Ruth Amias	68	2.4
Majority			421	14.9
Turnout			1,535	42.3
Rejected ballots			5	0.3
	Conservative win
	Conservative win

Nailsworth

Nailsworth (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Steve Robinson	1,455	23.5
	Labour	Sue Reed	1,358	22.0
	Green	Norman Kay	1,185	19.2
	Conservative	Emma Sims	899	14.5
	Conservative	Charles Edward O’Neill	685	11.1
	Conservative	Ryan Davis	606	9.8
Majority			286	4.7
Turnout			2,356	44.6
Rejected ballots			14	0.6
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Green win

Painswick & Upton

Painswick & Upton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Robin Cooper	1,350	23.2
	Conservative	Julie Anthea Job	1,350	23.2
	Conservative	Keith Lionel Pearson	1,224	21.1
	Green	Peter Adams	809	13.9
	Labour	Sarah Ruth Madley	680	11.7
	UKIP	Richard Ford	397	6.8
Majority			415	7.2
Turnout			2,384	42.3
Rejected ballots			7	0.3
	Conservative win
	Conservative win
	Conservative win

Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe

Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Jonathan Paul Edmunds	489	59.4
	Conservative	Tom Cooper	184	22.4
	Labour	John Bloxson	150	18.2
Majority			305	37.0
Turnout			829	47.6
Rejected ballots			6	0.72
	Green win

Rodborough

Rodborough (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Nigel Andrew Prenter	693	23.8
	Labour	Karen Helen McKeown	656	22.5
	Conservative	Libby Bird	435	14.9
	Green	Philip Sven Blomberg	335	11.5
	Conservative	Sarah Leslie Shaw	304	10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Christine Linda Headley	285	9.8
	Green	Kiera Megan Jones	207	7.1
Majority			221	7.6
Turnout			1,557	43.4
Rejected ballots			5	0.3
	Labour win
	Labour win

Severn

Severn (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Frederick Jones	723	28.5
	Conservative	Stephen Frank Davies	721	28.4
	Labour	Thomas Joseph Lydon	446	17.6
	Liberal Democrat	John Reginald Howe	353	13.9
	Green	Robin Lewis	291	11.5
Majority			275	10.8
Turnout			1,463	36.9
Rejected ballots			14	1.0
	Conservative win
	Conservative win

Stonehouse

Stonehouse (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chris Brine	1,102	20.4
	Labour	Mattie Ross	1,058	19.6
	Labour	Gary Dean Powell	1,039	19.2
	Conservative	Ray Clegg	466	8.6
	Conservative	Ginny Anne Smart	430	8.0
	Green	Carol Jill Kambites	363	6.7
	Conservative	Aaron James Newell	345	6.4
	Independent	Trevor Royston Baker	306	5.7
	Independent	Ciaran James Brazington	296	5.5
Majority			573	10.6
Turnout			1,982	34.7
Rejected ballots			9	0.5
	Labour win
	Labour win
	Labour win

Stroud Central

Stroud Central (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Skeena Rathor	275	39.4
	Green	Caroline Baird	268	38.4
	Conservative	Marcus William Shaw	154	22.1
Majority			7	1.0
Turnout			708	42.7
Rejected ballots			11	1.6
	Labour win

Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill

Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Haydn Leonard Sutton	300	39.8
	Labour	Paul Mapplebeck	208	27.6
	Independent	Harry Carr	132	17.5
	Green	Brian Nimblette	113	15.0
Majority			92	12.2
Turnout			759	40.6
Rejected ballots			4	0.5
	Conservative win

Stroud Slade

Stroud Slade (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Simon Paul Christopher Pickering	363	51.6
	Labour	Vanessa Price	260	37.0
	Conservative	Kris Anthony Smith	80	11.4
Majority			103	14.6
Turnout			707	41.3
Rejected ballots			4	0.6
	Green win

Stroud Trinity

Stroud Trinity (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	John Marjoram	489	61.1
	Labour	Roy Derbyshire	199	24.9
	Conservative	Ian Arthur Edmunds	112	14.0
Majority			290	36.2
Turnout			807	47.4
Rejected ballots			7	0.9
	Green win

Stroud Uplands

Stroud Uplands (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Chas Townley	319	42.9
	Independent	Roger Sanders	235	31.6
	Green	Peter Richardson	110	14.8
	Conservative	Jeremy Norman Bennett Strickland	79	10.6
Majority			84	11.3
Turnout			749	44.8
Rejected ballots			6	0.8
	Labour win

Stroud Valley

Stroud Valley (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Martin Baxendale	394	54.5
	Labour	Joe Ambridge	234	32.4
	Conservative	John Stanton	95	13.1
Majority			160	22.1
Turnout			728	42.5
Rejected ballots			4	0.5
	Green win

The Stanleys

The Stanleys (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Leslie Lydon	740	27.3
	Conservative	Nigel William John Studdert-Kennedy	617	22.7
	Labour	Debbie Tara Hicks	540	19.9
	Conservative	Lawrie Hall	534	19.7
	Green	Nicola Caryl Hillary	283	10.4
Majority			77	2.8
Turnout			1,479	44.3
Rejected ballots			15	1.0
	Labour win
	Conservative win

Thrupp

Thrupp (1 seat)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Martin Whiteside	620	69.7
	Conservative	Steve Wigzell	170	19.1
	Labour	Rod Beer	100	11.2
Majority			450	50.6
Turnout			896	48.2
Rejected ballots			4	0.4
	Green win

Wotton-under-Edge

Wotton-under-Edge (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Ken Tucker	1,622	23.9
	Green	Catherine Braun	830	12.2
	Liberal Democrat	George Butcher	804	11.9
	Conservative	Lesley Reeves	754	11.1
	Liberal Democrat	Adrian Walker-Smith	745	11.0
	Independent	Alex Wilkinson	722	10.6%
	Conservative	Henry Binns	480	7.1
	Conservative	Alexander Wheeler	419	6.2
	UKIP	Henry David Hinder	401	5.9
Majority			50	0.8
Turnout			2,558	47.2
Rejected ballots			5	0.2
	Liberal Democrat win
	Green win
	Liberal Democrat win

References

↑ "District Council Statement of Persons Nominated". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
↑ "District and Parish/Town Council elections". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 20 April 2016.

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