Stroud District Council election, 2008

Map of the results of the 2008 Stroud council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Green party in green. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008.

The 2008 Stroud Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 31
• Labour 7
• Green 6
• Liberal Democrat 5
• Independent 2^[2]

Background

Before the election the council had 31 Conservative, 9 Labour, 5 Green, 4 Liberal Democrat and 2 independents.^[3] 61 candidates stood for the 17 seats that were being contested, with the Green party contesting every seat for the first time.^[3] Councillors standing down at the election included Conservative Sue Fellows and the Labour party's Hilary Fowles and Mattie Ross.^[3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives stay in control with 31 seats, after both gaining and losing 2 seats,^[4] while increasing their vote share to 51%.^[5] The Conservatives gained the seats of Dursley and Stonehouse from Labour, after the sitting Labour councillors had stood down, reducing Labour to 7 seats.^[6] However the Conservatives also lost Nailsworth by 28 votes to the Greens and Wotton-under-Edge by 25 votes to the Liberal Democrats.^[6] This meant the Greens went up to 6 seats and the Liberal Democrats up to 5 seats, while there remained 2 independents who had not defended seats in the election.^[6] Turnout in the election varied from a high of 50.03% in Painswick to a low of 33% in Cainscross.^[6]

The local Labour Member of Parliament David Drew blamed the defeats for Labour on "general disillusionment with the Government" and the issues of government assistance after the 2007 floods and the abolition of the 10 pence income tax rate.^[7]

Ward results

References

Council elections in Gloucestershire Gloucestershire County Council Covered Gloucestershire, except for Kingswood and Northavon 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 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 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 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 Tewkesbury Borough Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Avon County Council Covered Kingswood and Northavon only 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished Kingswood Borough Council Kingswood District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 Kingswood Borough Council 1987 1991 Abolished Northavon District Council 1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

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