Forest of Dean local elections

Forest of Dean Council in Gloucestershire, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 48 councillors are elected from 27 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Forest of Dean Council election, 1999

Forest of Dean Council election, 2003 (boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 3)^[3]

Forest of Dean Council election, 2007

Newnham By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		267	36.6	-3.4
	Labour		242	33.2	-8.5
	Liberal Democrat	John Holman	221	30.3	+11.9
Majority			25	3.4
Turnout			730
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

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 Democrat	Leslie Holman	98	7.8	+7.8
Majority			419	33.6
Turnout			1,249	32.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		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 Democrat	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 Democrat	David Wheeler	140	21.2	+1.0
Majority			209	31.6
Turnout			661	51.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newent Central By-Election 15 January 2009^[4]
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^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Coleford East By-Election 19 November 2009^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mike Meredith-Edwards	267	29.8	+1.2
	Liberal Democrat	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