2008 Stroud District Council election

2008 UK local government election March 2025 November 2013 thumb|Results of the 2008 Stroud District Council election The 2008 Stroud Council election took place on 1 May 2008 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. https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/23uf.stm Stroud 2011-01-08 BBC News After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 31 Labour 7 Green 6 Liberal Democrat 5 Independent 2 National: Full election results The Guardian 45 2008-05-03 Background Before the election the council had 31 Conservative, 9 Labour, 5 Green, 4 Liberal Democrat and 2 independents. Town braced for a heated poll battle Gloucestershire Echo 13 2008-04-09 61 candidates stood for the 17 seats that were being contested, with the Green Party contesting every seat for the first time. Councillors standing down at the election included Conservative Sue Fellows and the Labour Party's Hilary Fowles and Mattie Ross. Election results The results saw the Conservatives stay in control with 31 seats, after both gaining and losing 2 seats, Ups and downs but few surprises in poll results; Across the South West election results held few surprises and little change for local authorities. 2008-05-03 Western Daily Press while increasing their vote share to 51%. http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/archive/2008/05/05/News+%28snj_news%29/2247739.Jubilant_Tories_boost_their_share_of_votes_in_local_elections/ Jubilant Tories boost their share of votes in local elections 2011-01-09 2008-05-05 Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard The Conservatives gained the seats of Dursley and Stonehouse from Labour, after the sitting Labour councillors had stood down, reducing Labour to 7 seats. It's won two, lost two for the Tories The Citizen Gloucestershire 4 2008-05-03 However the Conservatives also lost Nailsworth by 28 votes to the Greens and Wotton-under-Edge by 25 votes to the Liberal Democrats. This meant the Greens went up to 6 seats and the Liberal Democrats up to 5 seats, while there remained 2 independents who had not defended seats in the election. Turnout in the election varied from a high of 50.03% in Painswick to a low of 33% in Cainscross. The local Labour member of parliament David Drew blamed the defeats for Labour on "general disillusionment with the Government" and the issues of government assistance after the 2007 floods and the abolition of the 10 pence income tax rate. http://www.wiltsglosstandard.co.uk/archive/2008/05/05/News+%28snj_news%29/2247745.Labour__s_poor_support_due_to_disillusionment_says_Stroud_MP/ Labour's poor support due to disillusionment says Stroud MP 2011-01-09 2008-05-05 Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard Stroud local election result 2008 http://www.stroud.gov.uk/docs/democ/district_results08.asp District Results 2008 2011-01-09 Stroud District Council https://web.archive.org/web/20081008044100/http://www.stroud.gov.uk/docs/democ/district_results08.asp 8 October 2008 dead Results The Times London 14 2008-05-03 Conservative Party (UK) 12 2 2 0 70.6 51.2 13,231 +10.8 Labour Party (UK) 2 0 2 -2 11.8 17.4 4,491 -5.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) 2 1 0 +1 11.8 12.2 3,142 -1.3 Green Party of England and Wales 1 1 0 +1 5.9 17.8 4,595 -1.1 United Kingdom Independence Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 1.2 300 -0.5 British National Party 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.3 67 +0.3 Ward results Amberley and Woodchester Conservative Party (UK) Stephen Glanfield 452 54.3 -1.7 Green Party of England and Wales Jennifer Whiskerd 151 18.1 +2.6 Labour Party (UK) Jo Smith 131 15.7 +0.8 Liberal Democrats (UK) Adrian Walker-Smith 98 11.8 -1.8 301 36.2 -4.2 832 49.4 Conservative Party (UK) Berkeley Conservative Party (UK) Tim Archer 861 67.2 -2.7 Labour Party (UK) Geoffrey Wheeler 295 23.0 -7.1 Green Party of England and Wales Chris Keppie 126 9.8 +9.8 566 44.1 +4.4 1,282 39.0 -0.9 Conservative Party (UK) Cainscross Labour Party (UK) Tom Williams 757 42.2 -7.1 Conservative Party (UK) Norma Rodman 648 36.2 +1.4 Green Party of England and Wales Helen Royall 195 10.9 -5.0 Liberal Democrats (UK) Sylvia Bridgland 192 10.7 +10.7 109 6.1 -8.4 1,792 33.3 -3.2 Labour Party (UK) Chalford Conservative Party (UK) Debbie Young 1,217 56.2 +0.9 Green Party of England and Wales Carolyn Billingsley 633 29.2 +4.8 Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Perry 195 9.0 -3.4 United Kingdom Independence Party Leslie Banstead 121 5.6 -2.2 584 27.0 -3.9 2,166 43.2 +2.8 Conservative Party (UK) Dursley Conservative Party (UK) Alex Stennett 647 34.4 -0.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) Brian Marsh 608 32.3 +0.5 Labour Party (UK) Daryl Matthews 531 28.2 -5.5 Green Party of England and Wales Gillian Stott 97 5.2 +5.2 39 2.1 +1.4 1,883 39.0 -1.9 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) Eastington and Standish Labour Party (UK) Ken Stephens 288 44.5 +3.4 Conservative Party (UK) Ian Robinson 277 42.8 +3.4 Green Party of England and Wales Gerald Hartley 82 12.7 +2.1 11 1.7 +0.0 647 45.9 Labour Party (UK) Hardwicke Conservative Party (UK) Len Tomlins 875 69.3 +0.9 Labour Party (UK) Miranda Williams 227 18.0 +3.4 Green Party of England and Wales Sally Pickering 160 12.7 +12.7 648 51.3 -0.1 1,262 33.8 -1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Kingswood Liberal Democrats (UK) Paul Hemming 309 50.3 -0.7 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Howard 187 30.5 -12.1 Green Party of England and Wales Sue Fleming 118 19.2 +19.2 122 19.9 +11.5 614 40.3 Liberal Democrats (UK) Minchinhampton Conservative Party (UK) Joe Forbes 1,112 71.2 +8.0 Green Party of England and Wales Marie Gwynn 275 17.6 +6.3 Labour Party (UK) Joan Moore 175 11.2 -1.0 837 53.6 +3.7 1,562 44.6 -4.5 Conservative Party (UK) Nailsworth Green Party of England and Wales Fi MacMillan 1,028 43.1 +5.2 Conservative Party (UK) Dorcas Binns 1,000 41.9 +3.5 Labour Party (UK) Sally Thorpe 229 9.6 -3.7 British National Party Alan Lomas 67 2.8 +2.8 United Kingdom Independence Party Maureen Upchurch 61 2.6 -2.7 28 1.2 2,385 46.4 +2.6 Green Party of England and Wales Conservative Party (UK) Painswick Conservative Party (UK) Barbara Tait 1,228 69.0 +1.9 Green Party of England and Wales Elinor Croxall 371 20.8 -1.5 Labour Party (UK) David Heyes 181 10.2 -0.5 857 48.1 +3.3 1,780 50.0 -0.3 Conservative Party (UK) Rodborough Conservative Party (UK) Nigel Cooper 516 32.1 +1.7 Liberal Democrats (UK) Andrew Fisk 465 29.0 -1.8 Green Party of England and Wales Phil Blomberg 446 27.8 +1.7 Labour Party (UK) John Appleton 178 11.1 -1.6 51 3.2 1,605 46.4 +1.7 Conservative Party (UK) Severn Conservative Party (UK) Norman-Leonard Smith 961 60.6 +3.1 Liberal Democrats (UK) John Howe 306 19.3 -7.2 Labour Party (UK) John Greenwood 206 13.0 -1.9 Green Party of England and Wales Annie Finlay-Trotter 114 7.2 +7.2 655 41.3 +10.3 1,587 42.9 +0.0 Conservative Party (UK) Stonehouse Conservative Party (UK) Phil Bevan 843 42.1 +5.1 Labour Party (UK) Gary Powell 806 40.2 -1.1 Green Party of England and Wales Clare Sheridan 237 11.8 -2.1 United Kingdom Independence Party Adrian Blake 118 5.9 -1.8 37 1.8 2,004 34.1 -1.5 Conservative Party (UK) Labour Party (UK) The Stanleys Conservative Party (UK) Ray Apperley 718 52.3 -1.4 Labour Party (UK) Lesley Williams 316 23.0 +3.3 Green Party of England and Wales Tony Mcnulty 190 13.8 +0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Gavin Owen 150 10.9 -2.8 402 29.3 -4.8 1,374 41.2 -1.8 Conservative Party (UK) Upton St Leonards Conservative Party (UK) Keith Pearson 710 78.9 +0.4 Green Party of England and Wales Peter Adams 114 12.7 +12.7 Labour Party (UK) Ela Pathak-Sen 76 8.4 -13.1 596 66.2 +9.3 900 48.9 +1.3 Conservative Party (UK) Wotton-Under-Edge Liberal Democrats (UK) June Cordwell 1,014 45.0 -7.2 Conservative Party (UK) John Gowers 979 43.5 +18.4 Green Party of England and Wales Martin Harvey 258 11.5 -5.5 35 1.6 -25.5 2,251 45.0 -0.9 Liberal Democrats (UK) Conservative Party (UK) References Category:2008 English local elections 2008 Category:2000s in Gloucestershire