Forest of Dean District Council elections

Forest of Dean District Council in Gloucestershire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors are elected from 27 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Forest of Dean District Council election, 1973
Forest of Dean District Council election, 1976
Forest of Dean District Council election, 1979
Forest of Dean District Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Forest of Dean District Council election, 1987
Forest of Dean District Council election, 1991
Forest of Dean District Council election, 1995
Forest of Dean District Council election, 1999 (Some new ward boundaries)^[4]
Forest of Dean District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)^[5]^[6]^[7]
Forest of Dean District Council election, 2007
Forest of Dean District Council election, 2011
Forest of Dean District Council election, 2015

Bream By-Election 16 October 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	422	86.5	+15.2
	Conservative	66	13.5	+13.5
Majority		356	73.0
Turnout		488	17.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Newnham By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		267	36.6	-3.4
	Labour		242	33.2	-8.5
	Liberal Democrat	John Holman	221	30.3	+11.9
Majority			25	3.4
Turnout			730
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Lydney East By-Election 5 February 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	James Bevan	785	62.9	+35.8
	Labour	Albert Stapleton	366	29.3	-7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Leslie Holman	98	7.8	+7.8
Majority			419	33.6
Turnout			1,249	32.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Hartpury By-Election 4 August 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tracey Hunt	288	50.3
	Independent	Philip Burford	262	45.8
	Labour	Bruce Hogan	22	3.8
Majority			26	4.5
Turnout			572
	Conservative hold		Swing

Awre By-Election 20 October 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jay Waller	239	52.4	+7.8
	Conservative	Raymond Puttock	217	47.6	-7.8
Majority			22	4.8
Turnout			456	32.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Mitcheldean and Drybrook By-Election 20 October 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Bruce Hogan	286	29.0	+8.0
	Conservative	Brian Robinson	259	26.2	+2.4
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Baker	252	25.5	+4.4
	Independent	Colin Smith	156	15.8	-18.3
	Independent	Roger Sterry	34	3.4	+3.4
Majority			27	2.8
Turnout			987	29.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Christchurch & English Bicknor By-Election 4 May 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Marrilyn Smart	365	55.2	+5.0
	Labour	Barten Venner	156	23.6	-6.0
	Liberal Democrat	David Wheeler	140	21.2	+1.0
Majority			209	31.6
Turnout			661	51.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newent Central By-Election 15 January 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Len Lawton	306	49.2	+6.5
	Independent	Edward Wood	166	26.7	-13.5
	Labour	Cherry Burrow	96	15.4	-1.7
	Independent	Stephen Tweedie	54	8.7	+8.7
Majority			140	22.5
Turnout			622	22.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Mitcheldean and Drybrook By-Election 20 August 2009^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Sue Henchley	638	55.1	+36.2
	Independent	Tony Pickthall	239	20.6	-18.2
	Conservative	Brian Jones	195	16.8	-5.8
	Labour	Helen Stewart	86	7.4	-12.1
Majority			399	34.5
Turnout			1,158	32.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Coleford East By-Election 19 November 2009^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Mike Meredith-Edwards	267	29.8	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	Heather Lusty	230	25.7	+25.7
	Conservative	David Cooksley	210	23.5	-17.7
	Labour	Paul Kay	188	21.0	-9.2
Majority			37	4.1
Turnout			895	21.0
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Berry Hill By-Election 7 February 2013^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Timothy Brian Gwilliam	276	59.7	+4.6
	Conservative	Nigel John Bluett	102	21.9	-23.0
	UKIP	John Duncan William McOwan	85	18.4	+18.4
Majority			174
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

↑ "Elections". Forest of Dean District Council. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
↑ "Forest of Dean". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
↑ The District of Forest of Dean (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Forest of Dean (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Forest of Dean". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Forest of Dean (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Forest of Dean (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Election Results January 2009". Forest of Dean District Council. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
↑ "Result of Poll - Mitcheldean & Drybrook Ward". Forest of Dean District Council. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
↑ "Elections and voting". Forest of Dean District Council. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Forest of Dean District Council. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
↑ "Declaration of Result of Poll". Forest of Dean District Council. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

Council elections in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Cheltenham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Cotswolds District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Forest of Dean District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Gloucester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Gloucestershire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Stroud District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Tewkesbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Kingswood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Northavon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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