# 2021 Stroud District Council election

The 2021 Stroud District Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Stroud District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

## Summary
### Election result

2021 Stroud District Council election :
| 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ashley Smith | 537 | 51.6 | +14.5 |
| | Conservative | John Copley | 503 | 48.4 | +2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,050 | 59.0 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Berkeley Vale

Berkeley Vale (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,481 | 42.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Bisley

Bisley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Martin Brown | 550 | 53.6 | +22.5 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Williams* | 476 | 46.4 | −10.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,035 | 57.0 | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Cainscross

Cainscross (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,260 | 39.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### Cam East

Cam East (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,675 | 45.0 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Cam West

Cam West (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,354 | 41.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Chalford

Chalford (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,796 | 53.0 | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative | Labour Co-op gain from Conservative |

### Coaley & Uley

Coaley & Uley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Martin Pearcy | 606 | 55.1 | +2.2 |
| | Conservative | Victoria Newman | 494 | 44.9 | +10.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 112 | 10.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,110 | 55.0 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |

### Dursley

Dursley (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,328 | 41.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour |

### Hardwicke

Hardwicke (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,145 | 35.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Kingswood

Kingswood :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 231 | 26.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 879 | 49.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative |

### Minchinhampton

Minchinhampton (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,027 | 54.0 | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Nailsworth

Nailsworth (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,645 | 50.0 | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold |

### Painswick & Upton

Painswick & Upton (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 3,054 | 50.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe

Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Jonathan Edmunds* | 706 | 71.9 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | Susan Williams | 276 | 28.1 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 430 | 43.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 995 | 56.0 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |

### Rodborough

Rodborough (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,798 | 50.0 | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold |

### Severn

Severn (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,966 | 42.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Stonehouse

Stonehouse (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,214 | 37.0 | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold |
| | Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Conservative gain from Labour Co-op | Conservative gain from Labour Co-op |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold |

### Stroud Central

Stroud Central :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 38 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 655 | 37.0 | |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill

Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 26 | 2.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 908 | 47.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Stroud Slade

Stroud Slade :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 19 | 2.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 805 | 44.0 | |
| | Labour Co-op gain from Green | Labour Co-op gain from Green | Swing | | |

### Stroud Trinity

Stroud Trinity :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 180 | 20.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 930 | 55.0 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Stroud Uplands

Stroud Uplands :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 109 | 14.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 759 | 45.0 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Stroud Valley

Stroud Valley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 45 | 4.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 961 | 55.0 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### The Stanleys

The Stanleys (2 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 1,885 | 50.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour | Green gain from Labour |

### Thrupp

Thrupp :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 420 | 37.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,138 | 57.0 | |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Swing | | |

### Wotton-under-Edge

Wotton-under-Edge (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | 2,709 | 48.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |
| | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold | Green hold |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold |

## Changes 2021–2025

Painswick and Upton by-election, 17 May 2023 :
| Party | 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 | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative |
The Painswick and Upton by-election was triggered by the resignation of Conservative councillor Jason Bullingham.