# 2016 Stroud District Council election

The 2016 Stroud District Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Stroud District Council in England. 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.

## Results summary

Stroud District Council election, 2016 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 23 | - | 45.10 | 39.89 | 30,726 |
| Labour | 18 | -1 | 35.29 | 31.32 | 24,122 |
| Green | 8 | +2 | 15.69 | 14.48 | 11,153 |
| Liberal Democrats | 2 | -1 | 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 | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Philip Louis McAsey | 366 | 45.7 | |
| | Labour | Jo Smith | 297 | 37.1 | |
| | Green | Martyn George Cutcher | 138 | 17.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 69 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 806 | 47.3 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.6 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Berkeley Vale

Berkeley Vale (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gordon Alexander Stark Craig* | 1,279 | 52.2 | |
| | Conservative | Penny Wride* | 1,172 | 47.8 | |
| | Conservative | Haydn Jones | 1,050 | 42.9 | |
| | Labour | Liz Ashton* | 951 | 38.8 | |
| | Labour | Billy Hunt | 672 | 27.4 | |
| | Labour | George Frederick Coleman Knight | 646 | 26.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Robert Stayte | 370 | 15.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nick Easby | 317 | 12.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rob Jewell | 234 | 9.6 | |
| | Green | Tom Willetts | 227 | 9.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 99 | 4.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,456 | 44.3 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.2 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Bisley

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

### Cainscross

Cainscross (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Rachel Curley | 924 | 43.8 | |
| | Labour | Jenny Miles | 903 | 42.8 | |
| | Labour | Tom Williams* | 775 | 36.7 | |
| | Independent | David Mark Rees* | 616 | 29.2 | |
| | Green | Patricia Helen Royall | 498 | 23.6 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Stuart Rippington | 487 | 23.1 | |
| | Conservative | Colin Chrisholm | 405 | 19.2 | |
| | Conservative | Anthony Richard Powell | 405 | 19.2 | |
| | Independent | Graham Keith Stanley | 348 | 16.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sylvia Jean Bridgland | 297 | 14.1 | |
| | TUSC | Chris Moore | 52 | 2.5 | |
| | TUSC | Adam Mark Goulcher | 32 | 1.5 | |
| | TUSC | Ray Darlington | 30 | 1.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 159 | 7.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,116 | 35.9 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |

### Cam East

Cam East (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Miranda Anne Clifton* | 742 | 51.2 | |
| | Conservative | Brian Tipper* | 707 | 48.8 | |
| | Conservative | Graham Blackshaw | 546 | 37.7 | |
| | Labour | James Kenneth Martin Prewett | 533 | 36.8 | |
| | Green | Steven Naumann | 175 | 12.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 161 | 11.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,458 | 40.3 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.5 | |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Cam West

Cam West (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Anthony Denney* | 566 | 48.1 | |
| | Conservative | Jessica Mary Olivia Tomblin | 518 | 44.0 | |
| | Labour | Julie Alyson Douglass* | 517 | 44.0 | |
| | Conservative | Neil Edward Fletcher | 487 | 41.4 | |
| | Green | Neil Richards Buick | 153 | 13.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,182 | 38.8 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.5 | |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Chalford

Chalford (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Liz Peters* | 930 | 43.7 | |
| | Conservative | Chas Fellows* | 927 | 43.6 | |
| | Conservative | Debbie Young* | 905 | 42.5 | |
| | Green | Carolyn Jane Billingsley | 810 | 38.1 | |
| | Labour | Helen Joan Beioley | 799 | 37.6 | |
| | Labour | David Arthur Taylor | 738 | 34.7 | |
| | UKIP | Adrian George Blake | 353 | 16.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 4.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,130 | 42.2 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.1 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Coaley & Uley

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

### Dursley

Dursley (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Doina Claire Cornell* | 932 | 48.3 | |
| | Labour | Colin Patrick Fryer* | 851 | 44.1 | |
| | Labour | Alison Margaret Hayward | 757 | 39.3 | |
| | Conservative | Loraine Vivienne Patrick | 623 | 32.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Arthur Marsh | 606 | 31.4 | |
| | Conservative | Andrea Elizabeth Sheffield | 583 | 30.2 | |
| | Conservative | Patricia Ann Betteley | 565 | 29.3 | |
| | Green | Miriam Janice Yagud | 359 | 18.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,936 | 37.0 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 8 | 0.4 | |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |

### Hardwicke

Hardwicke (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dave Mossman* | 902 | 56.1 | |
| | Conservative | Gill Oxley | 883 | 54.9 | |
| | Conservative | Tom Skinner | 666 | 41.4 | |
| | Independent | Gerald Owain Hartley | 614 | 38.2 | |
| | Green | Sally Pickering | 447 | 27.8 | |
| | Labour | Steve Price | 439 | 27.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,613 | 30.6 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.4 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Kingswood

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

### Minchinhampton

Minchinhampton (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Dorcas Lavinia Maxine Binns* | 844 | 55.2 | |
| | Conservative | Nick Hurst* | 760 | 49.7 | |
| | Labour | Mark Christopher Huband | 339 | 22.2 | |
| | Green | Chris Jockel | 309 | 20.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colleen Rothwell | 264 | 17.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jean Marie Etridge | 240 | 15.7 | |
| | TUSC | Ruth Amias | 68 | 4.4 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 421 | 27.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,535 | 42.3 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.3 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Nailsworth

Nailsworth (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Steve Robinson* | 1,455 | 62.1 | |
| | Labour | Sue Reed | 1,358 | 58.0 | |
| | Green | Norman Kay | 1,185 | 50.6 | |
| | Conservative | Emma Sims* | 899 | 38.4 | |
| | Conservative | Charles Edward O’Neill | 685 | 29.2 | |
| | Conservative | Ryan Davis | 606 | 25.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 286 | 12.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,356 | 44.6 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 0.6 | |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Green win | Green win | Green win | Green win | Green win |

### Painswick & Upton

Painswick & Upton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Nigel Robin Cooper* | 1,350 | 56.8 | |
| | Conservative | Julie Anthea Job* | 1,350 | 56.8 | |
| | Conservative | Keith Lionel Pearson* | 1,224 | 51.5 | |
| | Green | Peter Adams | 809 | 34.0 | |
| | Labour | Sarah Ruth Madley | 680 | 28.6 | |
| | UKIP | Richard Ford | 397 | 16.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 415 | 17.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,384 | 42.3 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 7 | 0.3 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Randwick, Whiteshill & Ruscombe

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

### Rodborough

Rodborough (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Nigel Andrew Prenter* | 693 | 44.7 | |
| | Labour | Karen Helen McKeown | 656 | 42.3 | |
| | Conservative | Libby Bird | 435 | 28.0 | |
| | Green | Philip Sven Blomberg | 335 | 21.6 | |
| | Conservative | Sarah Leslie Shaw | 304 | 19.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Linda Headley | 285 | 18.4 | |
| | Green | Kiera Megan Jones | 207 | 13.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 221 | 14.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,557 | 43.4 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.3 | |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |

### Severn

Severn (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Frederick Jones* | 723 | 49.9 | |
| | Conservative | Stephen Frank Davies* | 721 | 49.8 | |
| | Labour | Thomas Joseph Lydon | 446 | 30.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Reginald Howe | 353 | 24.4 | |
| | Green | Robin Lewis | 291 | 20.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 275 | 19.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,463 | 36.9 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 14 | 1.0 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Stonehouse

Stonehouse (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Chris Brine* | 1,102 | 55.9 | |
| | Labour | Mattie Ross* | 1,058 | 53.6 | |
| | Labour | Gary Dean Powell* | 1,039 | 52.7 | |
| | Conservative | Ray Clegg | 466 | 23.6 | |
| | Conservative | Ginny Anne Smart | 430 | 21.8 | |
| | Green | Carol Jill Kambites | 363 | 18.4 | |
| | Conservative | Aaron James Newell | 345 | 17.5 | |
| | Independent | Trevor Royston Baker | 306 | 15.5 | |
| | Independent | Ciaran James Brazington | 296 | 15.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 573 | 29.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,982 | 34.7 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 9 | 0.5 | |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |

### Stroud Central

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

### Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill

Stroud Farmhill & Paganhill (1 seat) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 92 | 12.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 759 | 40.6 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.5 | |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Stroud Slade

Stroud Slade (1 seat) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 103 | 14.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 707 | 41.3 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.6 | |
| | Green win | Green win | Green win | Green win | Green win |

### Stroud Trinity

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

### Stroud Uplands

Stroud Uplands (1 seat) :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 84 | 11.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 749 | 44.8 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.8 | |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |

### Stroud Valley

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

### The Stanleys

The Stanleys (2 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Leslie Lydon* | 740 | 50.5 | |
| | Conservative | Nigel William John Studdert-Kennedy* | 617 | 42.1 | |
| | Labour | Debbie Tara Hicks | 540 | 36.9 | |
| | Conservative | Lawrie Hall | 534 | 36.5 | |
| | Green | Nicola Caryl Hillary | 283 | 19.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 77 | 5.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,479 | 44.3 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 15 | 1.0 | |
| | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win | Labour win |
| | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win | Conservative win |

### Thrupp

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

### Wotton-under-Edge

Wotton-under-Edge (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ken Tucker* | 1,622 | 63.5 | |
| | Green | Catherine Braun | 830 | 32.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Butcher | 804 | 31.5 | |
| | Conservative | Lesley Reeves* | 754 | 29.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Walker-Smith | 745 | 29.2 | |
| | Independent | Alex Wilkinson | 722 | 28.3 | |
| | Conservative | Henry Binns | 480 | 18.8 | |
| | Conservative | Alexander Wheeler | 419 | 16.4 | |
| | UKIP | Henry David Hinder | 401 | 15.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 2.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,558 | 47.2 | |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win | Liberal Democrats win | Liberal Democrats win | Liberal Democrats win | Liberal Democrats win |
| | Green win | Green win | Green win | Green win | Green win |
| | Liberal Democrats win | Liberal Democrats win | Liberal Democrats win | Liberal Democrats win | Liberal Democrats win |