Tewkesbury Borough Council elections

Tewkesbury Borough Council is the local authority for the Borough of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council is elected together every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, a total of 38 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
No overall control1973–1976
Independent1976–1987
No overall control1987–1991
Independent1991–1995
No overall control1995–2011
Conservative2011–2023
No overall control2023–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2007 have been:[3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Robert Vines Conservative200716 May 2017
Dave Waters Conservative16 May 201715 May 2018
Rob Bird Conservative15 May 2018

Council elections
  • 1973 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
  • 1976 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
  • 1979 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
  • 1983 Tewkesbury Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
  • 1987 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
  • 1991 Tewkesbury Borough Council election (New ward boundaries & borough boundary changes also took place)[5][6][7][8]
  • 1995 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
  • 1999 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
  • 2003 Tewkesbury Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)[9]
  • 2007 Tewkesbury Borough Council election[10]
  • 2011 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
  • 2015 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
  • 2019 Tewkesbury Borough Council election[1]
  • 2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election

By-election results
Cleve Hill by-election 6 May 2021[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Khatija Berliner
(Keja Berliner) 		910 46%
Liberal Democrats Lorraine Cheryl Agg 842 43%
Green Robey Timothy Vaughan Jenkins 114 6%
Labour Emma Jane Robertson 107 5%
Turnout 1973 47.3%
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "The Tewkesbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2018/37 Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2015). Tewkesbury Borough Council Election Results 1973–2011 (PDF). The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  3. "Council minutes". Tewkesbury Borough Council. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  4. The Borough of Tewkesbury (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
  5. "The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1991/793 Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  6. "The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) (Variation) Order 1991", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1991/2700 Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  7. "The Gloucestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1991", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1991/281 Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  8. legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  9. "The Borough of Tewkesbury (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/3881 Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  10. "English local elections 2007: Tewkesbury". BBC News Online. 4 May 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  11. "Cleeve Hill Borough Ward By-Election". Tewkesbury Borough Council. Retrieved 28 June 2022.


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