Stratford-on-Avon District Council elections

Stratford-on-Avon District Council elections are held every four years. Stratford-on-Avon District Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Stratford-on-Avon in Warwickshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 41 councillors have been elected from 39 wards.^[1] Prior to 2015 elections were held three years out of every four, with a third of the council elected each time.

Council elections

• 1973 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1976 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1979 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[2]
• 1980 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1982 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1983 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1984 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1986 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1987 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1988 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1990 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1991 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1992 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1994 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[3][4]
• 1995 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1996 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1998 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 1999 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2000 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2002 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 2)^[5][6]
• 2003 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2004 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2006 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2007 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2008 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election (Some new ward boundaries)^[7]
• 2010 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2011 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2012 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2014 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2015 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[8]
• 2019 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election
• 2023 Stratford-on-Avon District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[1]

District result maps

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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1994-1998

Tanworth By-Election 6 March 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		277	67.7
	Liberal Democrats		132	32.4
Majority			145	35.3
Turnout			409	32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tanworth Earlswood By-Election 6 March 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		266	56.5
	Conservative		167	35.4
	Labour		38	8.0
Majority			99	21.1
Turnout			471	35.3
	Independent hold		Swing

1998-2002

Tredington By-Election 22 October 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		441	58.9	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats		308	41.1	−7.3
Majority			133	17.8
Turnout			749	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elm By-Election 8 February 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		306	67.3
	Independent		149	32.7
Majority			157	34.6
Turnout			455
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bidford By-Election 13 September 2001^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Pemberton	449	48.4	+48.4
	Conservative	Graham Getgood	405	43.7	−7.4
	Labour	Michael Gerard	73	7.9	−3.7
Majority			44	4.7
Turnout			927
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Compton By-Election 13 September 2001^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Adams	313	55.5	−10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Mason	228	40.4	+6.7
	Labour	Jacqueline Abbott	23	4.1	+4.1
Majority			85	15.1
Turnout			564	40.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2002-2006

Vale of the Red Horse By-Election 19 September 2002^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gillian Roche	469	48.8	−23.9
	Liberal Democrats		391	40.6	+13.3
	Independent		73	7.6	+7.6
	Green		29	3.0	+3.0
Majority			78	8.2
Turnout			962	53.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stratford Alveston By-Election 7 November 2002^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		727	48.6	+5.5
	Conservative		489	32.7	−24.2
	Independent		281	18.7	+18.7
Majority			238	15.9
Turnout			1,497	35.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Long Compton By-Election 5 May 2005^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Gray	706	57.4
	Liberal Democrats	Virginia Mason	523	42.6
Majority			283	14.8
Turnout			1,229	73.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

2006-2010

Wellesbourne By-Election 20 July 2006^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laura Main	897	47.2
	Liberal Democrats	Priscilla Cook	804	42.4
	Labour	John Ritchie	197	10.4
Majority			93	4.8
Turnout			1,898	35.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alcester By-Election 24 August 2006^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Adams	798	53.5	+22.4
	Liberal Democrats	Karyl Rees	638	42.8	−13.9
	Labour	Matthew Stephens	54	3.6	−2.0
Majority			160	10.7
Turnout			1,490	31.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Kineton By-Election 2 November 2006^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Wixey	712	54.4	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Knapton	598	45.6	−13.3
Majority			114	8.8
Turnout			1,310	39.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Stratford Alveston By-Election 28 November 2009^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Cronin	888	47.0	−2.1
	Conservative	Lynda Organ	834	44.1	+1.8
	Labour	David Talbot	111	5.9	+5.9
	Green	Hugh Chatwin	58	3.1	+3.1
Majority			54	2.9
Turnout			1,891	31.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2011-2015

Shipston by-election 29 November 2012^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeffrey Kenner	613	37.9	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Nelson	575	35.5	−7.8
	Conservative	Marion Lowe	431	26.6	+2.2
Majority			38	2.3
Turnout			1,619
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Southam by-election 19 June 2014^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Bromwich	493	42.9	+2.0
	Labour	Bransby Thomas	398	34.6	+11.7
	UKIP	Emily Bleloch	259	22.5	−7.0
Majority			95	8.3
Turnout			1,150
	Conservative hold		Swing

2015-2019

Studley with Sambourne by-election 25 February 2016^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Wright	632	55.3	+24.1
	Conservative	Paul Beaman	233	20.4	−12.2
	Labour	Karen Somner-Brown	156	13.7	+4.5
	Independent	Nick Moon	66	5.8	N/A
	UKIP	Nigel Rogers	55	4.8	−5.5
Majority			376	34.9
Turnout				39.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Councillor Nick Moon, who was elected as a Conservative. However, Moon changed his mind and contested the election as an Independent, receiving 5.8% of the vote^[20]

Red Horse by-election 9 March 2017^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Feilding	476	53.4	−9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Vial	266	29.8	+20.2
	UKIP	Edward Fila	92	10.3	−4.9
	Green	Pat Hotson	58	6.5	+6.5
Majority			210	23.5
Turnout			892
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ettington by-election 4 May 2017^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Penny-Anne O'Donnell	949	74.3	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Dowling	227	17.8	+6.4
	Green	Dave Passingham	102	8.0	+2.7
Majority			722	56.5
Turnout			1,278
	Conservative hold		Swing

2019-2023

Welford-on-Avon by-election 12 March 2020^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Manuela Perteghella	472	43.6	+43.6
	Conservative	Richard Cox	323	29.9	+8.8
	Independent	Neal Appleton	231	21.3	+21.3
	Labour	Anthony Kent	41	3.8	−1.5
	Green	John Stott	15	1.4	−7.1
Majority			149	13.8
Turnout			1,082
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

2023-

Stratford Town Council Shottery ward by-election 4 July 2024^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Albon	1,101
	Conservative	Matt Fallon	503
	Labour	Jacob David Simon Hill	246
	Independent	Claudine Helene Pearson	278
Majority			598
Turnout			2,147	72.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "The Stratford-on-Avon (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/1137, retrieved 22 January 2024
2. The District of Stratford-on-Avon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
3. "The Hereford and Worcester and Warwickshire (County Boundaries) Order 1993", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1993/272, retrieved 8 September 2022
4. "The Hereford and Worcester, Warwickshire and West Midlands (County and Metropolitan Borough Boundaries) Order 1993", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1993/437, retrieved 8 September 2022
5. "Stratford-on-Avon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
6. "The District of Stratford-on-Avon (Electoral Changes) Order 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2000/2059, retrieved 8 September 2022
7. "The Stratford-on-Avon (Parish Electoral Arrangements and Electoral Changes) Order 2008", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2008/748, retrieved 8 September 2022
8. "The Stratford-on-Avon (Electoral Changes) Order 2014", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2014/3057, retrieved 8 September 2022
9. "Council election win for LibDem party". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 18 September 2001. p. 5.
10. "Tories make shock gain from SNP". guardian.co.uk. London. 20 September 2002. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
11. "Tories slump after leadership row". guardian.co.uk. London. 8 November 2002. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
12. "Election Details and Results". Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Archived from the original on 26 February 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
13. "Wellesbourne Elections". Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
14. "August 2006 Alcester by-election". Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Archived from the original on 3 November 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
15. "November 2006 - Kineton by-election". Stratford-on-Avon District Council. Archived from the original on 5 November 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009.
16. "Lib Dems win both seats in Alveston by-election". Stratford Herald. 26 November 2009. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 27 November 2009.
17. "Local Elections Archive Project — Shipston Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
18. "Local Elections Archive Project — Southam Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
19. "Lib dem Hazel Wright wins Studley with Sambourne by-election".
20. "Studley with Sambourne District by-election takes place this Thursday". 24 February 2016.
21. "Local Elections Archive Project — Red Horse Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
22. "Local Elections Archive Project — Ettington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
23. "Local Elections Archive Project — Welford-on-Avon Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
24. "Stratford Town Council Shottery ward by-election result". stratford.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2024.

• By-election results

External links

• Stratford-on-Avon District Council