Forest of Dean District Council elections

Forest of Dean District Council is the local authority for the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 38 councillors are elected from 21 wards.^[1]

Council elections

• 1973 Forest of Dean District Council election
• 1976 Forest of Dean District Council election
• 1979 Forest of Dean District Council election
• 1983 Forest of Dean District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1987 Forest of Dean District Council election
• 1991 Forest of Dean District Council election
• 1995 Forest of Dean District Council election
• 1999 Forest of Dean District Council election (Some new ward boundaries)^[3]
• 2003 Forest of Dean District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)^[4][5][6]
• 2007 Forest of Dean District Council election
• 2011 Forest of Dean District Council election
• 2015 Forest of Dean District Council election
• 2019 Forest of Dean District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced number of seats from 48 to 38)^[1]
• 2023 Forest of Dean District Council election

Results maps

• 
  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
• 
  2023 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Newnham By-Election 29 August 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		185	50.8
	Conservative		179	49.2
Majority			6	1.6
Turnout			364	35.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Bream By-Election 16 October 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		422	86.5	+15.2
	Conservative		66	13.5	+13.5
Majority			356	73.0
Turnout			488	17.0
	Labour hold		Swing

1999-2003

Broadwell By-Election 18 May 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		368	46.6
	Conservative		201	25.4
	Liberal Democrats		112	14.2
	Independent		109	13.8
Majority			167	21.2
Turnout			790	40.7
	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 Democrats	John Holman	221	30.3	+11.9
Majority			25	3.4
Turnout			730
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2003-2007

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 Democrats	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 Democrats	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 Democrats	David Wheeler	140	21.2	+1.0
Majority			209	31.6
Turnout			661	51.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Newent Central By-Election 15 January 2009^[7]

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^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Coleford East By-Election 19 November 2009^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Meredith-Edwards	267	29.8	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	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

2011-2015

Cinderford West By-Election 12 January 2012^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Roger Sterry	496
	Conservative	Aaron Freeman	236
	UKIP	Colin Guyton	119
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Davies	89
Majority			260
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Berry Hill By-Election 7 February 2013^[11]

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

Bromesberrow and Dymock By-Election 2 May 2013^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Simon Roberts	308	54.3	+54.3
	Conservative	Mike Rees	259	45.7	−7.5
Majority			49	8.6
Turnout			567
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Coleford East By-Election 26 September 2013^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tanya Palmer	289	37.2	+1.9
	UKIP	Alan Grant	227	29.3	+29.3
	Conservative	Harry Ives	104	13.4	−10.3
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Lusty	80	10.3	−5.6
	Independent	Keith Aburrow	76	9.8	+9.8
Majority			62	8.0
Turnout			776
	Labour hold		Swing

Redmarley By-Election 26 September 2013^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clayton Williams	332	65.5	−14.5
	UKIP	Alex Tritton	119	23.5	+23.5
	Labour	Andy Hewlett	56	11.0	−9.0
Majority			213	42.0
Turnout			507
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newnham and Westbury By-Election 23 October 2014^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Simon Phelps	321	38.5	+38.5
	Conservative	Richard Boyles	216	25.9	−4.9
	UKIP	Peter Foster	102	12.2	+12.2
	Labour	Jenny Shaw	100	12.0	−1.0
	Green	Sid Phelps	70	8.4	−7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Ian King	25	3.0	+3.0
Majority			105	12.6
Turnout			834
	Independent hold		Swing

2015-2019

Lydbrook and Ruardean By-Election 16 February 2017^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Sid Phelps	360	35.3	+27.9
	Conservative	Kevin White	248	24.3	+6.2
	Labour	Karen Brown	231	22.7	−2.0
	UKIP	Roy Bardo	113	11.1	−12.2
	Liberal Democrats	Heather Lusty	67	6.6	+6.6
Majority			112	11.0
Turnout				25.8
	Green gain from UKIP		Swing

2019-2023

Berry Hill By-Election 6 May 2021^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jamie Elsmore	561	40.7	+40.7
	Conservative	Terry Hale	400	29.0	+4.4
	Green	Melanie Getgood	199	14.4	−5.0
	Labour	Matt Bishop	185	13.4	+13.4
	Liberal Democrats	John Taylerson	33	2.4	+2.4
Majority			161	11.7
Turnout			1,378
	Independent hold		Swing

Cinderford East By-Election 6 May 2021^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaun Stammers	362	39.5	−13.0
	Conservative	Carol Thomas	319	34.8	+15.1
	Green	Carl Picton	152	16.6	+16.6
	Independent	Jeremy Charlton-Wright	83	9.1	−18.7
Majority			43	4.7
Turnout			916
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "The Forest of Dean (Electoral Changes) Order 2018", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2018/547
2. The District of Forest of Dean (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1980
3. legislation.gov.uk - The Forest of Dean (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 1997 Archived 25 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine Archived 25 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
4. "Forest of Dean". BBC News Online. Archived from the original on 23 April 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
5. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Forest of Dean (Electoral Changes) Order 2001 Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Archived 12 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Forest of Dean (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002 Archived 3 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Archived 3 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. "Election Results January 2009" (PDF). Forest of Dean District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
8. "Result of Poll - Mitcheldean & Drybrook Ward" (PDF). Forest of Dean District Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
9. "Elections and voting". Forest of Dean District Council. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
10. "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Forest of Dean District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
11. "Declaration of Result of Poll". Forest of Dean District Council. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
12. "Local Elections Archive Project — Bromesberrow and Dymock Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
13. "Local Elections Archive Project — Coleford East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
14. "Local Elections Archive Project — Redmarley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
15. "Local Elections Archive Project — Newnham and Westbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
16. "Local Elections Archive Project — Lydbrook and Ruardean Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
17. "Local Elections Archive Project — Berry Hill Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
18. "Local Elections Archive Project — Cinderford East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 9 March 2024.

• By-election results Archived 29 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Forest of Dean District Council