South Gloucestershire Council elections

South Gloucestershire is a unitary authority in Gloucestershire, England. It was created on 1 April 1996 replacing Kingswood, Northavon and Avon County Council.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1995 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control		Years
	No overall control	1995-1999
	Liberal Democrats	1999-2003
	No overall control	2003-2015
	Conservative	2015-present

Council elections

South Gloucestershire Council election, 1995
South Gloucestershire Council election, 1999 (New ward boundaries)^[2]
South Gloucestershire Council election, 2003^[3]
South Gloucestershire Council election, 2007 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
South Gloucestershire Council election, 2011
South Gloucestershire Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995–1999

Parkwell By-Election 13 February 1997
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	1,357	54.5
	Liberal Democrat	570	22.9
	Conservative	561	22.5
Majority		787	31.6
Turnout		2,488	29.4
	Labour hold	Swing

1999–2003

Boyd Valley By-Election 8 July 1999
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	1,061	48.1	+14.2
	Labour	768	34.8	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	379	17.2	-16.8
Majority		293	13.3
Turnout		2,208	39.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

Yate West By-Election 27 January 2000
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	575	63.2	+1.8
	Conservative	194	21.3	+8.7
	Labour	141	15.5	-10.5
Majority		381	41.9
Turnout		910	17.9
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Stoke Gifford By-Election 4 May 2000 (2)
Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	1,220
	Conservative	1,127
	Liberal Democrat	797
	Liberal Democrat	787
	Labour	734
	Labour	681
Turnout		5,346	33.7
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing
	Conservative gain from Labour	Swing

Bradley Stoke Bailey's Court By-Election 6 September 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	430	51.7	-6.2
	Conservative	273	32.8	+7.9
	Labour	129	15.5	-1.7
Majority		157	18.9
Turnout		832	27.1
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

King's Chase By-Election 11 July 2002
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	1,303	55.0	-9.8
	Conservative	770	32.5	+13.1
	Liberal Democrat	294	12.4	-3.4
Majority		533	22.5
Turnout		2,367	29.3
	Labour hold	Swing

2003–2007

Bradley Stoke Baileys Court By-Election 22 April 2004
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	487	44.8	-8.5
	Conservative	458	42.1	+13.2
	Labour	142	13.1	-4.7
Majority		29	2.7
Turnout		1,087	34.6
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Longwell Green By-Election 9 September 2004
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	1,036	56.6	-6.9
	Liberal Democrat	422	23.0	+9.1
	Labour	373	20.4	-2.1
Majority		614	33.6
Turnout		1,831	31.7
	Conservative hold	Swing

2007–2011

Frampton Cotterell By-Election 24 May 2007^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	Dave Hockey	1,624
	Liberal Democrat	Pat Hockey	1,546
	Conservative	John Farbrother	1,179
	Conservative	Sarah Kitching	1,165
	Labour	Terry Trollope	225
	Labour	Ray Bazeley	162
Turnout			5,901	54.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "South Gloucestershire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of South Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "View district candidates (by name)". South Gloucestershire Council. Retrieved 16 August 2009.

External links

Council elections in Gloucestershire

Gloucestershire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

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 2016

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 2016

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 2016

Tewkesbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished

Kingswood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

Northavon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

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