Gloucestershire County Council elections

Gloucestershire County Council in England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2013 the council has comprised 53 councillors, each representing an electoral division. Elections are held every four years.^[1]

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Reform	Green	UKIP	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year								Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (61 seats)
1973^[3]	30	18	5	–	–	–	8		No overall control
1977^[3]	46	3	0	–	0	–	12		Conservative
1981^[3]	25	17	11	–	0	–	8		No overall control
New division boundaries; seats increased from 61 to 63
1985^[3]	18	14	23	–	0	–	8		No overall control
1989^[3]	20	16	23	–	0	–	4		No overall control
1993^[3]	10	20	30	–	0	–	3		No overall control
1997^[3]	21	18	22	–	0	0	2		No overall control
2001^[3]	27	19	16	–	0	0	1		No overall control
2005^[3]	33	13	13	–	0	0	4		Conservative
2009	42	4	13	–	1	0	3^[b]		Conservative
New division boundaries; seats decreased from 63 to 53
2013	23	9	14	–	1	3	3^[c]		No overall control
2017	31	5	14	–	2	0	1^[d]		Conservative
2021	28	5	16	0	4	0	0		Conservative
New division boundaries; seats increased from 53 to 55
2025	6	1	27	11	9	0	1		No overall control

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,274	44.0	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	982	33.9	+11.2
	Labour	642	22.2	−20.2
Majority		292	10.1
Turnout		2,898	24.0
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,087	60.8	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	701	39.2	−3.4
Majority		386	21.6
Turnout		1,788	37.9
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,230	71.8	+31.3
	Liberal Democrats	297	17.3	−28.5
	Labour	186	10.9	−2.8
Majority		939	54.5
Turnout		1,713	26.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Council elections

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	958	63.2	−2.0
	Conservative	416	27.5	+5.8
	Labour	141	9.3	−3.9
Majority		542	35.7
Turnout		1,515	21.7
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	922	46.6
	Labour	621	31.4
	Conservative	437	22.1
Majority		301	15.2
Turnout		1,980	22.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	835	44.4	+20.1
	Labour	694	36.9	+5.3
	Liberal Democrats	350	18.6	−25.5
Majority		141	7.5
Turnout		1,879	31.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Antonia Noble	2,208	52.3	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Dunne	1,605	38.0	+7.3
	Labour	Brian Hughes	226	5.4	+6.6
	Green	Janet Thomas	184	4.3	+7.3
Majority			603	14.3
Turnout			4,223	30.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Collins	1,040	52.9	+41.0
	Conservative	Ronald Furolo	751	38.2	+11.
	Labour	Terry Haines	175	8.9	−15.9
Majority			289	14.7
Turnout			1,966	31.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Oosthuysen	793	31.7	+19.5
	Conservative	Nigel Cooper	790	31.6	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Headley	660	26.4	−4.9
	Green	Phil Blomberg	260	10.4	−10.7
Majority			3	0.1
Turnout			2,503
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Robinson	959	38.4	+14.0
	UKIP	Malcolm Berry	550	22.0	+2.7
	Independent	Ian Whitburn	455	18.2	+18.2
	Labour	Jackie Fraser	278	11.1	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Henchley	150	6.0	+0.3
	Green	Ken Power	106	4.2	+0.4
Majority			409	16.4
Turnout			2,498
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Williams	1,700	54.5	+5.8
	Conservative	Graham Bocking	1,062	34.0	+4.4
	Labour	Ed Buxton	359	11.5	−2.5
Majority			638	20.4
Turnout			3,121
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Evans	1,405	47.8	−2.7
	Conservative	Graham Bocking	811	27.6	−12.8
	Independent	Dick Bishop	263	8.9	+8.9
	Green	Cate Cody	249	8.5	+8.5
	UKIP	Robert McCormick	213	7.2	+7.2
Majority			594	20.2
Turnout			2,941
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul McLain	2,041	50.7	−15.5
	Liberal Democrats	James Joyce	1,411	35.1	+24.0
	Green	Jonathan Bristow	572	14.2	+2.2
Majority			630	15.7
Turnout			4,024
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mark's and St Peter's By-Election 7 May 2026^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Atherstone	1,607	43.6	–6.2
	Reform	Warwick Ross	822	22.3	–2.7
	Green	Jonathan Bristow	735	20.0	+11.0
	Conservative	Risha Santilal	345	9.4	–0.5
	Labour	Julie Farmer	158	4.3	–1.0
	TUSC	Billy Jones	15	0.4	–0.6
Majority			785	21.3	–3.5
Turnout			3,703	38.37
Registered electors			9,650
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cirencester Park By-Election 2 July 2026^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Pellegram	1,369	58.7	+6.6
	Conservative	David Fowles	429	18.4	+2.9
	Reform	Joe Day	366	15.7	–5.7
	Green	Dylan Brook	111	4.8	–1.1
	Labour	Joshua Littler-Jennings	59	2.5	–2.6
Majority			940	40.3
Turnout			2,334
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing