Cotswold District Council elections

Cotswold District Council in Gloucestershire, England is elected every four years.

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Cotswold District Council election, 1973
Cotswold District Council election, 1976
Cotswold District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
Cotswold District Council election, 1983
Cotswold District Council election, 1987
Cotswold District Council election, 1991 (New ward boundaries & district boundary changes also took place)^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
Cotswold District Council election, 1995
Cotswold District Council election, 1999
Cotswold District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)^[7]^[8]
Cotswold District Council election, 2007 (Some new ward boundaries)^[9]
Cotswold District Council election, 2011
Cotswold District Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[10]

Bourton on the Water By-Election 16 May 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Dudley Mills	381	56.0
	Liberal Democrat		299	43.9
Majority			82	12.1
Turnout			680	25.3
	Independent gain from Independent		Swing

Northleach By-Election 22 August 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Amanda Courtney	227	57.7
	Independent		88	22.4
	Liberal Democrat		78	19.8
Majority			139	35.3
Turnout			393	28.5
	Independent gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Cirencester Watermoor By-Election 5 April 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	300	48.2	+31.6
	Conservative	259	41.6	+23.2
	Independent	63	10.1	-31.6
Majority		41	6.6
Turnout		622	19.6
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour	Swing

Stow-on-the-Wold By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Vera Norwood	438	42.1	+4.2
	Conservative		317	30.5	-31.6
	Liberal Democrat		285	27.4	+27.4
Majority			121	11.6
Turnout			1,040
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Northleach By-Election 4 October 2001
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	209	44.4
	Independent	153	32.5
	Independent	109	23.1
Majority		56	11.9
Turnout		471	30.1
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Northleach By-Election 20 January 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mark Tufnell	435	69.4
	Liberal Democrat	Kenneth Mustoe	105	16.7
	Independent	Alan Wellman	87	13.9
Majority			330	52.7
Turnout			627	44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cirencester Watermoor By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	John Leicester	1,201	66.8	+8.6
	Conservative		597	33.2	-8.6
Majority			604	33.6
Turnout			1,798	60.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Kempsford-Lechlade By-Election 21 July 2005^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sandra Carter	683	62.9	+23.7
	Liberal Democrat	Peterjon Maslen	403	37.1	+21.3
Majority			280	25.8
Turnout			1,086	34.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Beacon-Stow By-Election 12 January 2006^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	David Penman	540	63.8	+23.8
	Independent	John Kennell	307	36.2	-4.6
Majority			233	27.6
Turnout			847	31.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Water Park By-Election 13 March 2008^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Clarke	648	55.5	+15.3
	Conservative	Lynne Armstrong-Hobbs	519	44.5	-15.3
Majority			129	11.0
Turnout			1,167	26.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Campden Vale By-Election 4 June 2009^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Annett	1,595	73.1	-26.9
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew Clayton	588	26.9	+26.9
Majority			1,007	46.2
Turnout			2,183	45.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Water Park By-Election 17 September 2009^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Esmond Jenkins	894	71.7	+31.5
	Conservative	Brian Viner	353	28.3	-31.5
Majority			541	43.4
Turnout			1,247	28.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

↑ "Cotswold". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ The District of Cotswold (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) (Variation) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Cotswold (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cotswold (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Cotswold (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Tories gain seat at by-election". BBC News Online. 2005-07-22. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ "Byelection fillip for Lib Dems". guardian.co.uk. 2006-01-13. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
↑ "Former party leader fights his way back". Gloucestershire Echo. 2008-03-15. p. 2. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "North Cotswolds gets a new voice". Gloucestershire Echo. 2009-06-20. p. 24. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
↑ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). Cotswold District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-25.

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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