2023 Cotswold District Council election

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2023 Cotswold District Council election
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All 34 seats to Cotswold District Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Joe Harris Tony Berry (defeated)
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 18 seats, 44.5% 14 seats, 38.9%
Seats won 22 9
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 5
Popular vote 13,362 12,220
Percentage 46.9% 42.9%
Swing Increase 2.4% Increase 4.0%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Green Independent
Last election 1 seat, 5.0% 1 seat, 5.7%
Seats won 2 1
Seat change Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 1,573 1,041
Percentage 5.5% 3.7%
Swing Increase 0.5% Decrease2.0%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Cotswold District Council election
Leader before election

Joe Harris
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Joe Harris
Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Cotswold District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect all members of Cotswold District Council in Gloucestershire, England.[1][2][3] It was held on the same day as other local elections in England.

The Liberal Democrats increased their majority on the council.[4] The Conservative group leader, Tony Berry, lost his seat.[5]

Summary[edit]

Election result[edit]

2023 Cotswold District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 31 22 5 1 Increase 4 64.7 46.9 13,362 Increase 2.4
  Conservative 34 9 1 6 Decrease 5 26.5 42.9 12,220 Increase 4.0
  Green 11 2 1 0 Increase 1 5.9 5.5 1,573 Increase 0.5
  Independent 6 1 0 0 Steady 2.9 3.7 1,041 Decrease 2.0
  Labour 3 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.6 174 Decrease 2.5
  Heritage 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 67 N/A
  TUSC 1 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.1 31 N/A

Chris Twells Controversy[edit]

During the run-up to the election a minor controversy emerged when Chris Twells, a Liberal Democrat councillor for Salford City Council's Ordsall ward since 2022, sought to simultaneously become a councillor in Cotswold District Council, standing in the Tetbury with Upton ward over 150 miles away from Salford.[6] While both he and the Liberal Democrats claimed he was merely a 'paper candidate,' he subsequently won in a surprise upset.[7] Admist calls for his resignation in both areas,[8] the Liberal Democrats shortly after suspended him from the party.[9] Now an independent councillor in both councils, Chris Twells announced he would resign from his Ordsall seat, although it would then take him until January of the next year to even set a date for this.[10] He finally resigned from his Ordsall seat on March 15 2024 and remains on the Cotswold council as a independent councillor to this day.

Ward results[edit]

Abbey[edit]

Cirencester Abbey[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Harris* 504 62.2 -13.0
Conservative Jackie Tarleton 233 28.8 +12.1
Green Erin Hughes 73 9.0 New
Majority 271 33
Turnout 810
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -12.6

Blockley[edit]

Blockley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Clare Turner 518 56.3 +38.0
Conservative Sue Jepson* 402 43.7 -12.5
Majority 116 12.6
Turnout 920
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Bourton Vale[edit]

Bourton Vale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Len Wilkins 518 60.9 -3.5
Liberal Democrats George Fenton 262 30.8 -4.8
Green Joe Eastoe 70 8.2 N/A
Majority 256 30.1
Turnout 850
Conservative hold Swing

Bourton Village[edit]

Bourton Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John Wareing 425 50.3 -4.7
Conservative Madan Samuel 420 49.7 +4.7
Majority 5 0.6 -9.4
Turnout 825
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Campden and Vale[edit]

Campden and Vale (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Stowe* 1,271 66.1 +20.1
Conservative Gina Blomefield* 1,258 65.4 +16.2
Liberal Democrats Danny Loveridge 604 31.4 +2.5
Liberal Democrats Rupert Potter 497 25.8 N/A
Majority 654 34.0
Turnout 1924
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Chedworth and Churn Valley[edit]

Chedworth and Churn Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Hodgkinson 576 64.0 +6.4
Conservative Shaun Parsons 324 36.0 +18.3
Majority 252 28.0
Turnout 900
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chesterton[edit]

Cirencester Chesterton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roly Hughes* 398 63.9 -15.8
Conservative Peter Braidwood 155 24.9 +4.6
Green Michael Poole 70 11.2 New
Majority 243 39.0
Turnout 623
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Coln Valley[edit]

Coln Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Fowles 480 52.2 -6.5
Liberal Democrats Tristan Wilkinson 440 47.8 +20.0
Majority 40 4.3
Turnout 920
Conservative hold Swing

Ermin[edit]

Ermin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julia Judd* 581 64.9 +6.8
Liberal Democrats Ed Smith 314 35.1 -6.8
Majority 267 29.8
Turnout 895
Conservative hold Swing

Fairford North[edit]

Fairford North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Vann 406 51.5 -17.7
Conservative Tom Dutton 316 40.1 +9.8
Heritage James Nicholls 67 8.5 N/A
Majority 90 11.4
Turnout 789
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fosseridge[edit]

Fosseridge
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Cunningham 563 65.6 -3.1
Liberal Democrats Anthony McGarel-Groves 295 34.4 +3.1
Majority 268 31.2
Turnout 858
Conservative hold Swing

Four Acres[edit]

Cirencester Four Acres
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ray Brassington* 395 66.1 -3.5
Conservative Rob Gibson 203 33.9 +10.0
Majority 192 32.1
Turnout 598
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Grumbolds Ash with Avening[edit]

Grumbolds Ash with Avening
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Slater 488 61.4 +0.1
Liberal Democrats Joanna Walker 307 38.6 +15.7
Majority 181 22.8
Turnout 795
Conservative hold Swing

Kemble[edit]

Kemble
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike McKeown 665 56.9 N/A
Conservative Tony Berry* 479 41.0 -16.9
Independent Charlotte Smith 25 2.1 N/A
Majority 186 15.9
Turnout 1169
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Lechlade, Kempsford and Fairford South[edit]

Lechlade, Kempsford and Fairford South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Muir 1,150 56.5 +26.2
Liberal Democrats Helene Mansilla 976 48.0 N/A
Conservative Stephen Andrews* 785 38.6 -13.4
Conservative Steve Trotter* 776 38.2 -13.6
Labour Esme Barlow Hall 131 6.4 N/A
Labour Trevor Smith 114 5.6 -9.1
Majority 191
Turnout 2034 9.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Moreton East[edit]

Moreton East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angus Jenkinson 436 42.7 -20.1
Conservative Tom Bradley 407 39.9 +6.2
Independent Chas Allen 108 10.6 N/A
Green Sue Berry 69 6.8 N/A
Majority 29 2.8
Turnout 1020
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Moreton West[edit]

Moreton West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Daryl Corps 451 51.5 +6.7
Liberal Democrats Craig Thurling 352 41.3 -13.9
Green Bob Eastoe 63 7.2 N/A
Majority 89 10.2
Turnout 876
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

New Mills[edit]

Cirencester New Mills
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Claire Bloomer* 382 72.9 -3.0
Conservative Lynn Hilditch 142 27.1 +3.0
Majority 240 45.8
Turnout 524
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Northleach[edit]

Northleach
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Dale* 511 50.5 -11.7
Conservative Becca Amory 427 42.2 +4.4
Green Hannah Grayson-Gaito 74 7.4 N/A
Majority 84 8.3
Turnout 1012
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Sandywell[edit]

Sandywell
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Theyer 448 53.7 -13.3
Liberal Democrats Alan McLellan 386 46.3 +21.4
Majority 62 7.4
Turnout 834
Conservative hold Swing

Siddington and Cerney Rural[edit]

Siddington and Cerney Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Evemy* 530 65.9 -5.5
Conservative Richard Davies 274 34.1 +5.5
Majority 256 31.8
Turnout 804
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

South Cerney Village[edit]

South Cerney Village
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Juliet Layton* 481 63.7 -20.0
Conservative Helen Roffe 274 36.3 +20.0
Majority 207 27.4
Turnout 755
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Michael's[edit]

Cirencester St Michael's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Joe Harris* 512 68.4 -4.5
Conservative Chris Vaughan 236 31.6 +12.2
Majority 276 36.9
Turnout 748
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stow[edit]

Stow
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dilys Neill* 436 57.9 -7.4
Conservative David Thorpe 290 38.5 +3.8
Independent Agnieszka Wright 27 3.6 N/A
Majority 146 19.4
Turnout 753
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Stratton[edit]

Cirencester Stratton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Patrick Coleman* 516 56.7 -0.4
Conservative Jill Rixon 278 30.5 +17.3
Green Bob Irving 85 9.3 N/A
TUSC Gunther Strait 31 3.4 N/A
Majority 238 26.2
Turnout 910
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Tetbury East and Rural[edit]

Tetbury East and Rural
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nikki Ind* 635 76.7 +3.2
Conservative Jenny Knight 193 23.3 -3.2
Majority 442 53.4
Turnout 828
Independent hold Swing

Tetbury Town[edit]

Tetbury Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Watson 336 50.5 +31.0
Conservative Stephen Hirst* 183 27.5 -12.8
Independent Ann Pearce 104 15.6 N/A
Labour Symon Bye 43 6.5 N/A
Majority 153 23.0
Turnout 666
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Tetbury with Upton[edit]

Tetbury with Upton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Twells 267 37.6 +28.5
Conservative Peter Coleman 207 29.2 -18.8
Independent Kevin Painter 142 20.0 N/A
Green Michael Wagner 94 13.2 N/A
Majority 60 8.5
Turnout 710
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

The Ampneys and Hampton[edit]

The Ampneys and Hampton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lisa Spivey* 614 57.5 -1.0
Conservative Lottie Goldstone 454 42.5 +1.0
Majority 160 15.0
Turnout 1068
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The Beeches[edit]

Cirencester Beeches
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Robbins* 406 55.5 -24.1
Conservative Adam Limb 251 34.3 +13.9
Green Lucy Schlappa 74 10.1 N/A
Majority 155 21.2
Turnout
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The Rissingtons[edit]

The Rissingtons
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andrew Maclean* 383 56.6 +4.0
Conservative Esther Trinder 294 43.4 -4.0
Majority 89 13.1
Turnout 677
Green hold Swing

Watermoor[edit]

Cirencester Watermoor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gary Selwyn* 446 69.8 +12.0
Conservative Mackenzie Vaughan 193 30.2 +18.5
Majority 253 39.6
Turnout 639
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

By-elections[edit]

Lechlade, Kempsford and Fairford South, 14 December 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tristan Wilkinson 705 48.5 -8.0
Conservative Stephen Andrews 624 42.9 +4.3
Labour Anna Mainwaring 73 5.0 -1.4
Independent Marshall Regan 53 3.6 N/A
Majority 81 5.6
Turnout 1,455
Liberal Democrats hold

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Elections 2023". Cotswold District Council. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Lib-Dems defend majority of two at next month's Cotswold local elections". Gloucestershire News Service. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Local elections 2023: Lib Dems strengthen Cotswolds position". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  5. ^ Norris, Phil; Garcia, Carmelo (5 May 2023). "Cotswold District Council local election 2023 results - full list of new councillors". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  6. ^ "Cotswolds election candidate is already a councillor 153 miles away in Greater Manchester". Gloucestershire Live. 14 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Salford councillor who won second seat 160 miles away says he will resign". The Guardian. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  8. ^ "Local elections: Councillor who won second seat 150 miles away quits". BBC. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Lib Dem who won two seats 150 miles apart suspended". BBC. 12 May 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  10. ^ "King Charles III's republican Cotswold councillor reveals date he'll quit other council he sits on 160 miles away in Greater Manchester". Gloucestershire Live. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  11. ^ "Cotswold District Council - Election results for Abbey". Cotswold District Council. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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