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]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1999
No overall control	1999 - 2003
Conservative	2003 - present

Council elections

• 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]

By-election results

1995-1999

Bourton on the Water By-Election 16 May 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		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		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

1999-2003

Cirencester Watermoor By-Election 5 April 2001
Party		Candidate	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		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		Candidate	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

2003-2007

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		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

2007-2011

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

References

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

• By-election results

External links

• Cotswold District Council