2016 Gloucester City Council election

UK local election

The 2016 Gloucester City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England.[1] All seats are up for election at the same time due to boundary changes.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections. The council also changed from electing a third of the council to electing the entire council. They were originally planned for 7 May 2020, [3] but postponed until 6 May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4]

## Results

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Gloucester City Council election, 2016  Party  | Seats  | Gains  | Losses  | Net gain/loss  | Seats %  | Votes %  | Votes  | +/−

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| Conservative | 22  |  |  | +2  | 54  | 45.0  | 27,081  | +3.5
| Labour | 12  |  |  | +3  | 29  | 27.1  | 16,303  | +1.8
| Liberal Democrats | 7  |  |  | \-  | 17  | 16.5  | 9,907  | +2.2
| UKIP | 0  |  |  | \-  | 0  | 5.4  | 3,230  | -9.0
| Green | 0  |  |  | \-  | 0  | 5.1  | 3,057  | +0.8
| Other parties | 0  |  |  | \-  | 0  | 1  |  |

## Ward results

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### Abbeydale

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Abbeydale 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Andrew Gravells  | 1,138  | 58.5  |
| Conservative | Collette Jane Finnegan  | 881  | 45.3  |
| Labour | Steve Lugg  | 357  | 18.4  |
| UKIP | Danny Sparkes  | 349  | 18.0  |
| Labour | Maisie Rose Sanders  | 331  | 17.0  |
| Independent | David Harber  | 285  | 14.7  |
| Liberal Democrats | Patrick James Wilson  | 149  | 7.7  |
| Green | Emily Ann Hoddy  | 103  | 5.3  |
Turnout | 1,944  | 37.2  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Abbeymead

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Abbeymead 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Laura Pearsall  | 862  | 57.1  |
| Conservative | Gordon Taylor  | 709  | 47.0  |
| Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Michael Whittaker  | 376  | 24.9  |
| Liberal Democrats | Abigail Wilson  | 335  | 22.2  |
| Labour | Tony Hodges  | 249  | 16.5  |
| Green | Michael Richardson  | 164  | 10.9  |
Turnout | 1,510  | 32.1  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Barnwood

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Barnwood 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Lise Noakes  | 875  | 43.8  |
| Liberal Democrats | Joanne Marie Brown  | 685  | 34.3  |
| Conservative | Judi Brown  | 681  | 34.1  |
| Liberal Democrats | Jess Palmer  | 594  | 29.7  |
| UKIP | Stephen Leslie Pottage  | 254  | 12.7  |
| Labour | Cilla Woodman  | 247  | 12.5  |
| Labour | Trevor Duncan Howard  | 223  | 11.2  |
| Green | Brendan Mark Baker  | 117  | 5.9  |
Turnout | 1,998  | 40.5  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |  |

### Barton and Tredworth

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Barton and Tredworth 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Usman Bhaimia  | 1,231  | 51.8  |
| Labour | Said Hansdot  | 1,121  | 47.2  |
| Conservative | Sajid Patel  | 1,113  | 46.8  |
| Labour | Garry Mills  | 794  | 33.4  |
| Conservative | Rashid Farooq  | 630  | 26.4  |
| Conservative | Dan Woolf  | 580  | 24.4  |
| UKIP | Kamila Pawlowicz  | 250  | 10.5  |
| Green | Charley Bircher  | 179  | 7.5  |
| Green | Gareth Huw John  | 175  | 7.4  |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Harries  | 136  | 5.7  |
| TUSC | Katy Bailey  | 116  | 4.9  |
| TUSC | Sue Powell  | 77  | 3.2  |
| TUSC | Richard Price  | 47  | 2.0  |
Turnout | 2,377  | 33.7  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Coney Hill

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Coney Hill 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Lauren Marie Fearn  | 266  | 37.2  |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Stuart McLellan  | 218  | 30.4  |
| Conservative | Tarren Anne Randle  | 133  | 18.6  |
| UKIP | Philip Anthony William Nash  | 99  | 13.8  |
Turnout | 716  | 28.0  |
| Labour win (new seat)

### Elmbridge

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Elmbridge 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | Emily Sarah Trevithick Ryall  | 918  | 48.0  |
| Liberal Democrats | Howard Hyman  | 734  | 38.4  |
| Conservative | Justin Oliver Hudson  | 517  | 27.0  |
| Conservative | Shane Aaron Hopkins  | 476  | 24.9  |
| Labour | Roger John Martin  | 344  | 18.0  |
| UKIP | Bob Mace  | 251  | 13.1  |
| Green | Frances Joan Griffiths  | 141  | 7.4  |
| Green | Jonathan Cecil Ingleby  | 82  | 4.3  |
Turnout | 1,912  | 39.3  |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |  |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |  |

### Grange

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Grange 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Nigel Joseph Hanman  | 893  | 51.3  |
| Conservative | Steve Morgan  | 743  | 42.7  |
| Labour | Daryl Baldwin  | 626  | 35.9  |
| Labour | Mat McCall  | 425  | 24.4  |
| UKIP | Rosemarie Jean Marchmont  | 392  | 22.5  |
Turnout | 1,742  | 33.8  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Hucclecote

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Hucclecote 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | David John Brown  | 1,286  | 56.8  |
| Liberal Democrats | Declan Wilson  | 1,104  | 48.7  |
| Conservative | Chris Etheridge  | 756  | 33.4  |
| Conservative | Lee James Dopson  | 532  | 23.5  |
| Labour | Kay Frances Mills  | 324  | 14.3  |
| Green | Henry Thomas Jones  | 151  | 6.7  |
Turnout | 2,265  | 44.6  |
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

### Kingsholm and Wotton

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Kingsholm and Wotton 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Eric Hilton  | 775  | 50.0  |
| Liberal Democrats | Isabel Mellonie Brazil  | 641  | 41.4  |
| Labour | Jonathan Richard Hoad  | 331  | 21.4  |
| Conservative | Tim Justice  | 310  | 20.0  |
| Conservative | Matthew David Francis  | 276  | 17.8  |
| Labour | Paul Michael Thompson  | 275  | 17.7  |
| UKIP | James Alexander  | 174  | 11.2  |
| Green | Mairi Mills  | 130  | 8.4  |
Turnout | 1,550  | 33.4  |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |  |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |  |

### Kingsway

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Kingsway 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Richard Lawrence Cook  | 470  | 52.2  |
| Conservative | Jennie Rotheva Dallimore  | 464  | 51.6  |
| Labour | Emma Jane Ford  | 340  | 37.8  |
| Green | Chloe French  | 282  | 31.3  |
Turnout | 900  | 23.3  |
| Conservative win (new seat)
| Conservative win (new seat)

### Longlevens

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Longlevens 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Kathy Williams  | 1,657  | 57.3  |
| Conservative | Paul Simon James  | 1,636  | 56.6  |
| Conservative | Jim Porter  | 1,410  | 48.7  |
| Labour | Terry Haines  | 696  | 24.1  |
| UKIP | Susannah Collier  | 541  | 18.7  |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Harris  | 515  | 17.8  |
| Green | Christopher David Britton  | 494  | 17.1  |
Turnout | 2,893  | 39.4  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Matson and Robinswood

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Matson and Robinswood 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Tom Coole  | 822  | 46.8  |
| Labour | Kate Haigh  | 767  | 43.4  |
| Labour | Jan Lugg  | 713  | 40.4  |
| UKIP | Gary Frederick Cleaver  | 521  | 29.5  |
| Conservative | Norman John Ravenhill  | 492  | 27.8  |
| Conservative | Simon John Griffiths  | 368  | 20.9  |
| Conservative | Duncan Hall  | 353  | 20.1  |
| Green | Ros Durrant  | 272  | 15.5  |
Turnout | 1,757  | 26.8  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Moreland

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Moreland 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Neil Hampson  | 1,080  | 50.1  |
| Labour | Kevin Ernest Stephens  | 879  | 40.8  |
| Labour | Terry Pullen  | 872  | 40.4  |
| Conservative | Lyn Ackroyd  | 860  | 39.9  |
| Conservative | Peter Denzil Corry  | 507  | 23.5  |
| Conservative | Jane Elizabeth White  | 462  | 21.4  |
| UKIP | Simon Collins  | 405  | 18.8  |
| Green | Matthew John Sidford  | 375  | 17.4  |
Turnout | 2,156  | 31.0  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |
| Labour hold | Swing |  |

### Podsmead

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Podsmead 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Labour | Deborah Ann Smith  | 372  | 52.0  |
| Conservative | Andrew Gilbert Miller  | 344  | 48.0  |
Turnout | 716  | 32.9  |
| Labour win (new seat)

### Quedgeley Fieldcourt

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Quedgeley Fieldcourt 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | David Foley Norman  | 631  | 48.0  |
| Conservative | Lee Hawthorne  | 578  | 44.0  |
| Labour | Jan Garbutt  | 351  | 26.7  |
| Labour | Ken Garbutt  | 336  | 25.6  |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Heath  | 149  | 11.3  |
Turnout | 1,315  | 28.9  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Quedgeley Severn Vale

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Quedgeley Severn Vale 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Andy Lewis  | 582  | 44.0  |
| Conservative | Hannah Norman  | 462  | 34.9  |
| Liberal Democrats | Anna Mozol  | 446  | 33.7  |
| Labour | Mervyn John Hyde  | 303  | 22.9  |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Susan Powell  | 245  | 18.5  |
| UKIP | Miles Stacey  | 239  | 18.1  |
Turnout | 1,324  | 28.8  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Tuffley

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Tuffley 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Gerald Charles Dee  | 670  | 39.2  |
| Conservative | Colin Adrian Organ  | 652  | 38.2  |
| Labour | Tracy Sharon Millard  | 486  | 28.6  |
| Labour | Sadia Hameed  | 366  | 21.5  |
| UKIP | Daryl Phillip Stanbury  | 276  | 16.2  |
| Green | Eva-Marie Caroline Langrock-Bircher  | 116  | 6.8  |
Turnout | 1,708  | 38.6  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Westgate

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Westgate 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Pam Tracey  | 905  | 58.7  |
| Conservative | Paul Geoffrey Toleman  | 765  | 49.6  |
| Conservative | Dawn Melvin  | 679  | 44.1  |
| Labour | Gabrielle Hilary Hampson  | 406  | 26.3  |
| Labour | Mark Alastair Wallace  | 370  | 24.0  |
| Green | Mariana Straton  | 276  | 17.9  |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew John Keighley  | 210  | 13.6  |
| Liberal Democrats | Imogen Alice Caterer  | 205  | 13.3  |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Lucy Dobson  | 186  | 12.1  |
| TUSC | John Ewers  | 114  | 7.4  |
Turnout | 1,541  | 29.1  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

## By-Elections

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### Longlevens

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A by-election was held in Longlevens ward on 3 November 2016, following the death of Jim Porter.

Longlevens 2016  Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Conservative | Clive Walford  | 1,066  | 46.2  | −2.5
| Liberal Democrats | Linda Susan Castle  | 852  | 36.9  | +19.1
| Labour | Terry Haines  | 223  | 9.7  | −14.4
| UKIP | Daniel Joseph Woolf  | 167  | 7.2  | −11.5
Turnout | 2,311  | 31  |
| Conservative hold | Swing |  |

### Barnwood

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A by-election was held in Barnwood ward on 25 July 2019

Barnwood 2019[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | Ashley Bowkett  | 676  | 46.5  | +15.1
| Conservative | Fred Ramsey  | 496  | 34.1  | −6.0
| Brexit Party | Peter Sheehy  | 152  | 10.5  | new
| Labour | Chris Clee  | 64  | 4.4  | −6.9
| Green | Jonathan Ingleby  | 59  | 4.1  | −1.3
| UKIP | Matthew Young  | 6  | 0.4  | −11.2
Turnout | 1,453  | 29  |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | +10.55  |

### Podsmead

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A by-election was held in Podsmead ward on 25 July 2019

Podsmead 2019[5] Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Liberal Democrats | Sebastian Field  | 203  | 30.0  | new
| Conservative | Byron Davis  | 200  | 29.6  | −18.5
| Labour | Lisa Jevins  | 122  | 18.0  | −33.9
| Brexit Party | Rob McCormick  | 111  | 16.4  | new
| Green | Michael Byfield  | 29  | 4.3  | new
| UKIP | Simon Collins  | 11  | 1.6  | new
Turnout | 676  | 33  |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |  |

## References

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1. ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
2. ^ "City Council and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections 2016". Gloucester City Council. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
3. ^ "Upcoming Elections". Gloucester City CTuncil. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
4. ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
5. ^ a b "Barnwood and Podsmead By-elections - Thursday, 25th July 2019". Gloucester City Council. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

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