# 2007 Stroud District Council election

The 2007 Stroud Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Conservative 31
* Labour 9
* Green 5
* Liberal Democrat 4
* Independent 2

## Election result

The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council after making a net gain of 2 seats to hold 31 of the 51 seats. The Conservatives gained Farmhill and Paganhill from an independent, Dursley and Upton St Leonards from the Liberal Democrats and Cam East from the Labour Party. However Labour gained Cainscross back from the Conservatives, while the Liberal Democrats defeated the Conservative cabinet member Nigel Cooper in Rodborough by 5 votes. Meanwhile, the Greens held all 4 seats they had been defending and came within 12 votes of taking Nailsworth from the Conservatives. Overall turnout in the election was 41.17%.
Stroud local election result 2007 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 47.4 | 40.4 | 10,106 | -7.0% |
| Green | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.1 | 18.9 | 4,724 | +6.7% |
| Labour | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15.8 | 23.1 | 5,774 | +2.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 10.5 | 13.5 | 3,383 | -3.5% |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5.3 | 2.3 | 572 | +0.0% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.7 | 434 | +1.7% |

## Ward results

Berkeley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tim Archer | 913 | 69.9 | −8.9 |
| | Labour | John Greenwood | 394 | 30.1 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 519 | 39.7 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,307 | 39.9 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Cainscross :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Mark Rees | 953 | 49.3 | |
| | Conservative | Norma Rodman | 672 | 34.8 | |
| | Green | Helen Royall | 307 | 15.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 281 | 14.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,932 | 36.5 | +1.2 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Cam East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Tipper | 723 | 47.9 | −2.0 |
| | Labour | Miranda Clifton | 575 | 38.1 | +8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Patrick Blitz | 211 | 14.0 | −6.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 148 | 9.8 | −10.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1509 | 46.1 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |
Cam West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Fowles | 482 | 39.3 | +16.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Veronica Collins | 402 | 32.8 | −21.1 |
| | Conservative | Mike Howard | 343 | 28.0 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 80 | 6.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,227 | 38.0 | +1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mike Williams | 245 | 41.9 | −4.6 |
| | Green | Molly Scott Cato | 193 | 33.0 | +10.0 |
| | Labour | Miranda Williams | 100 | 17.1 | −1.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Fisk | 47 | 8.0 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | 8.9 | −14.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 585 | 40.2 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chalford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Liz Peters | 1,114 | 55.3 | +1.0 |
| | Green | Kate Shuckburgh | 492 | 24.4 | +2.3 |
| | Labour | Dorothy Nichols | 250 | 12.4 | +1.5 |
| | UKIP | Leslie Banstead | 158 | 7.8 | +7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 622 | 30.9 | −1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,014 | 40.4 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Dursley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Loraine Patrick | 653 | 34.5 | −8.1 |
| | Labour | Geoffrey Wheeler | 639 | 33.7 | +0.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Marsh | 603 | 31.8 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 0.7 | −8.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,895 | 40.9 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Farmhill and Paganhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Henry Carr | 268 | 45.2 | +32.0 |
| | Independent | Roger Sanders | 202 | 34.1 | −27.7 |
| | Labour | Lesley Williams | 123 | 20.7 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 66 | 11.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 593 | 35.6 | +1.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Independent | Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | | |
Minchinhampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Libby Bird | 1,071 | 63.2 | +10.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colleen Rothwell | 226 | 13.3 | −0.4 |
| | Labour | John Appleton | 206 | 12.2 | −5.4 |
| | Green | Marie Gwynn | 191 | 11.3 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 845 | 49.9 | +14.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,694 | 49.1 | +13.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Nailsworth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Jeffreys | 839 | 38.4 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Chris Harmer | 827 | 37.9 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Jo Smith | 290 | 13.3 | −0.8 |
| | UKIP | Adrian Blake | 116 | 5.3 | +5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Walker-Smith | 112 | 5.1 | −5.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 12 | 0.5 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,184 | 43.8 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Rodborough :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Headley | 479 | 30.8 | +23.1 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Cooper | 474 | 30.4 | −0.5 |
| | Green | Philip Blomberg | 406 | 26.1 | −0.6 |
| | Labour | Sally Thorpe | 198 | 12.7 | −4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 5 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,557 | 44.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Slade :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Gwen Belcher | 299 | 59.0 | +10.7 |
| | Conservative | Laurence Ward-Toye | 125 | 24.7 | −3.7 |
| | Labour | Ela Pathak-Sen | 83 | 16.4 | −7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 174 | 34.3 | +14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 507 | 32.1 | +1.0 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |
Stonehouse :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Brine | 854 | 41.3 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | Phil Bevan | 765 | 37.0 | +0.4 |
| | Green | Clare Sheridan | 287 | 13.9 | +0.4 |
| | UKIP | Stephen Burt | 160 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | 4.3 | −2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,066 | 35.6 | +1.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Thrupp :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Martin Whiteside | 536 | 62.6 | +12.2 |
| | Conservative | Daniel Le Fleming | 234 | 27.3 | −3.9 |
| | Labour | Ron Nichols | 45 | 5.3 | −6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Bridgeland | 41 | 4.8 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 302 | 35.3 | +16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 856 | 47.1 | −0.8 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |
Trinity :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | John Marjoram | 450 | 62.3 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | Jason Bullingham | 147 | 20.4 | −2.9 |
| | Labour | Malcolm Perry | 75 | 10.4 | −5.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Doug Janke | 50 | 6.9 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 303 | 42.0 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 722 | 44.8 | +0.1 |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |
Uplands :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Linda Townley | 370 | 62.6 | +21.8 |
| | Conservative | Jenefer Wythe | 119 | 20.1 | −5.8 |
| | Labour | Jamila Gavin | 102 | 17.3 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 251 | 42.5 | +27.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 591 | 34.9 | −1.8 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Upton St Leonards :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Pearson | 670 | 78.5 | +39.5 |
| | Labour | David Smith | 184 | 21.5 | +11.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 486 | 57.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 854 | 47.6 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Sarah Lunnon | 340 | 58.9 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative | Ian Edmunds | 148 | 25.6 | −0.9 |
| | Labour | Patricia Leonard | 89 | 15.4 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 192 | 33.3 | +11.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 577 | 35.8 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |
Wotton-Under-Edge :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Smith | 1,212 | 52.2 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative | Linda Jeffreys | 583 | 25.1 | −16.0 |
| | Green | Clive Phillips | 396 | 17.0 | +6.9 |
| | Labour | Daryl Matthews | 132 | 5.7 | −3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 629 | 27.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,323 | 45.9 | +1.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |