2010 Stroud District Council election

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The 2010 Stroud Council election took place on 6 May 2010 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.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives retain control of the council with 30 councillors despite losing 2 seats to the Liberal Democrats. The Liberal Democrats gained Dursley and Wotton-under-Edge wards from the Conservatives, to move to 7 seats, level with Labour.

Stroud local election result 2010
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	12	1	2	-1	66.7	44.1	21,102	-7.1%
Liberal Democrats	3	2	0	+2	16.7	15.6	7,487	+3.4%
Labour	2	0	0	0	11.1	27.2	13,019	+9.8%
Green	1	0	0	0	5.6	13.0	6,242	-4.8%
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0	0	-

Ward results

Berkeley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Craig	1,281
	Conservative	John Stanton	1,253
	Labour	Jaswant Gangotra	800
	Labour	John Greenwood	790
Turnout			4,124	71.0	+32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daniel Le Flemming	721	48.1	−15.3
	Green	Anna Bonallack	585	39.1	+15.4
	Labour	Theresa Watt	192	12.8	+8.2
Majority			136	9.1	−30.6
Turnout			1,498	83.3	+31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cainscross
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karon Cross	1,725	44.6	+2.4
	Conservative	Ian Robinson	1,123	29.0	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sylvia Bridgland	678	17.5	+6.8
	Green	Helen Cranston	341	8.8	−2.1
Majority			602	15.6	+9.5
Turnout			3,867	70.1	+36.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Cam East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hudson	942	38.3	−9.6
	Labour	Miranda Clifton	858	34.9	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Jones	586	23.8	+9.8
	Green	Indigo Redfern	73	3.0	+3.0
Majority			84	3.4	−6.4
Turnout			2,459	75.6	+29.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cam West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Andrewartha	1,068	45.8	+13.0
	Conservative	Jeffrey Tyndall	662	28.4	+0.4
	Labour	Josephine Colebrook	604	25.9	−13.4
Majority			406	17.4
Turnout			2,334	72.3	+34.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chalford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chas Fellows	2,033	51.5	−4.7
	Green	Richard Dean	1,041	26.4	−2.8
	Labour	Sally Thorpe	872	22.1	+13.1
Majority			992	25.1	−1.9
Turnout			3,946	78.4	+35.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Coaley and Uley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Trave	844	55.9	+20.9
	Labour	Tricia Leonard	665	44.1	+35.1
Majority			179	11.9
Turnout			1,509	81.6	+30.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Dursley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Marsh	1,136	33.0	+0.7
	Conservative	Timothy Frankau	1,120	32.5	−1.9
	Labour	Geoffrey Wheeler	1,026	29.8	+1.6
	Green	Miriam Yagud	163	4.7	−0.5
Majority			16	0.5
Turnout			3,445	68.1	+29.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Hardwicke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Littleton	1,606	63.1	−6.2
	Labour	Barbara Peacock	940	36.9	+18.9
Majority			666	26.2	−25.1
Turnout			2,546	67.8	+34.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Nailsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rowland Blackwell	1,588	41.1	−0.8
	Green	Catherine Farrell	1,364	35.3	−7.8
	Labour	Jo Smith	908	23.5	+13.9
Majority			224	5.8
Turnout			3,860	72.9	+26.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Painswick
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Roden	1,716	58.9	−10.1
	Green	Peter Adams	717	24.6	+3.8
	Labour	Joan Moore	481	16.5	+6.3
Majority			999	34.3	−13.8
Turnout			2,914	80.5	+30.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Randwick, Whiteshill and Ruscombe
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Philip Booth	765	68.8	+13.0
	Conservative	Jason Bullingham	215	19.3	−9.3
	Labour	John Appleton	132	11.9	+2.4
Majority			550	49.5	+22.3
Turnout			1,112	77.4	+25.8
	Green hold		Swing

Severn
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Jones	1,511	53.1	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Howe	825	29.0	+9.7
	Labour	Lesley Williams	507	17.8	+4.8
Majority			686	24.1	−17.2
Turnout			2,843	76.4	+33.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stonehouse
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary Powell	1,684	41.9	+1.7
	Conservative	Trevor Baker	1,433	35.7	−6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Fisk	583	14.5	+14.5
	Green	Clare Sheridan	315	7.8	−4.0
Majority			251	6.3
Turnout			4,015	67.4	+33.3
	Labour hold		Swing

The Stanleys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Studdert-Kennedy	941	37.6	−14.7
	Labour	Stephen Lydon	593	23.7	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Herbert	558	22.3	+11.4
	Green	Nicola Hillard	412	16.5	+2.7
Majority			348	13.9	−15.4
Turnout			2,504	76.5	+35.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Vale
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny Wride	892	78.7	+2.7
	Labour	Hilary Fowles	242	21.3	+11.7
Majority			650	57.3	−4.2
Turnout			1,134	76.0	+26.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wotton-Under-Edge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan O'Connor	2,053	54.9	+9.9
	Conservative	Nick McGarvey	1,221	32.6	−10.9
	Green	David Barker	466	12.5	+1.0
Majority			832	22.2	+20.6
Turnout			3,740	73.6	+28.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

"Stroud". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
^ "Local elections 2010". London: guardian.co.uk. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ Thomas, David (10 May 2010). "Our pride and joy". The Citizen Gloucestershire. p. 6.
^ "Stroud District Council election results". Gazette Series. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2011.
^ "District Election Results 2010". Stroud District Council. Retrieved 9 January 2011.
^ "Stroud District Council local election results". this is Gloucestershire. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2011.

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