Gloucester City Council elections

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the local government reorganisation under the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2]

Party in controlYears
Conservative1973–1984
No overall control1984–1987
Conservative1987–1990
No overall control1990–1995
Labour1995–2002
No overall control2002–2011
Conservative2011–2012
No overall control2012–2015
Conservative2015–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1995 have been:[3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Kevin Stephens Labour22 May 1995Sep 1995
Jon Holmes Labour26 Oct 199517 May 1999
Kevin Stephens Labour17 May 19994 May 2003
Bill Crowther Liberal Democrats13 May 200327 Nov 2003
Mary Smith Labour27 Nov 200322 Jun 2004
Mark Hawthorne Conservative22 Jun 20046 May 2007
Paul James Conservative21 May 200721 Nov 2019
Richard Cook Conservative21 Nov 2019

Council elections

By-election results
Longlevens by-election 3 November 2016[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clive Walford 1,066 46.2 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Linda Castle 852 36.9 +23.7
Labour Terry Haines 223 9.7 -8.2
UKIP Daniel Woolf 167 7.2 -6.6
Majority 214 9.3
Turnout 2,311 31
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Gloucester City Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  2. "Local elections: Gloucester". BBC News. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  3. "Council minutes". Gloucester City Council. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. The City of Gloucester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  5. legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) (Variation) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  7. legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  8. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Gloucester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  9. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Gloucester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  10. legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
  11. "Coronavirus: English local elections postponed for a year". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  12. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2016 - Gloucester". www.andrewteale.me.uk.


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