2019_Forest_of_Dean_District_Council_election
The 2019 Forest of Dean District Council election was held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. This was the first election in the Forest of Dean following a boundary review, which reduced the total number of Councillors from 48 to 38. Due to the boundary review, party seat changes in the summary box (right) are based on notional results, not the actual 2015 results.[1]
Quick Facts All 38 seats to Forest of Dean District Council 20 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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Background
Only the Conservatives fielded candidates for all 38 seats. The Green Party fielded 27 candidates, Labour 24, the Liberal Democrats 5 and UKIP 2. There were 24 independent candidates.[2]
A Green Party candidate standing in Newen & Taynton ward, David Richard Humphreys, died whilst canvassing for the party, causing the election to be postponed to 20 June 2019.[3]
Election result
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Independent | 25 | 14 | N/A | N/A |  8 |
40.0 | 25.6 | 10,409 | +15.6 | |
| Conservative | 38 | 10 | N/A | N/A |  11 |
28.6 | 30.0 | 12,197 | –4.1 | |
| Green | 27 | 6 | N/A | N/A | 5 |
17.1 | 21.6 | 8,775 | +11.4 | |
| Labour | 24 | 5 | N/A | N/A | 8 |
14.3 | 16.4 | 6,660 | –9.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | N/A | N/A |  |
0.0 | 5.2 | 2,093 | +2.6 | |
| UKIP | 2 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 7 |
0.0 | 1.2 | 472 | –15.3 | |
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Council composition
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| Party | 2015 election | Pre-2019 election* | 2019 election | |
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| Independent | 6 | 15 | 14 | |
| Conservative | 21 | 19 | 10 | |
| Green | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| Labour | 13 | 9 | 5 | |
| UKIP | 7 | 3 | 0 | |
| Vacant | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Total | 48 | 48 | 38 | |
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Changes since the 2015 election are due to defections and by-elections.[4]
Aftermath
Following the election, an administration was formed between the Independents, Green and Labour councillors. Tim Gwilliam, an Independent councillor who had served as Leader of the Council since July 2017, was re-elected as leader. A cabinet was formed consisting of two Independents, two Green and two Labour members.[5]
Berry Hill
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Tim Gwilliam | 727 | 60.2 | ||
| Independent | Michelle Claire Mumford | 370 | 30.6 | ||
| Conservative | Nigel John Bluett | 319 | 26.4 | ||
| Conservative | Marrilyn Jane Smart | 260 | 21.5 | ||
| Green | Richard Noel Henson | 251 | 20.8 | ||
| Green | Mike Smith | 163 | 13.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,208 | ||||
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Bream
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Richard Nicholas Leppington | 651 | 48.5 | ||
| Independent | Paul John Hiett | 442 | 32.9 | ||
| Labour | Steve Crick | 335 | 25.0 | ||
| Green | Rachel Cameron | 261 | 19.4 | ||
| Green | Jackie Dale | 237 | 17.7 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Roy John Bensted | 198 | 14.8 | ||
| Conservative | Liz Stuart | 159 | 11.8 | ||
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Cinderford East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Max Coborn | 424 | 55.4 | ||
| Labour | Di Martin | 417 | 54.4 | ||
| Independent | Jeremy Paul Charlton-Wright | 224 | 29.2 | ||
| Conservative | Grace Bensted | 159 | 20.8 | ||
| Conservative | Pamela Kay Plummer | 123 | 16.1 | ||
| Turnout | 766 | ||||
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Cinderford West
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Mark David Turner | 317 | 41.5 | ||
| Labour | Lynn Iris Sterry | 288 | 37.7 | ||
| Labour | Roger Anthony Sterry | 284 | 37.2 | ||
| Conservative | Catherine Alys Broadhead | 141 | 18.5 | ||
| Green | Jill Raymond | 132 | 17.3 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Burgess Newton Stuart | 113 | 14.8 | ||
| Green | Piers Gawain Chivers | 70 | 9.2 | ||
| Turnout | 763 | ||||
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Coleford
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Clive Terence Elsmore | 712 | 46.3 | ||
| Independent | Ian Richard Whitburn | 486 | 31.6 | ||
| Conservative | Carole Ann Allaway Martin | 458 | 29.8 | ||
| Green | Beth Llewellyn | 420 | 27.3 | ||
| Conservative | David William Easton | 379 | 24.7 | ||
| Labour | James Bricis | 325 | 21.1 | ||
| Conservative | Denis Riley | 315 | 20.5 | ||
| Labour | Neil Hampson | 300 | 19.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Heather Margaret Lusty | 268 | 17.4 | ||
| Green | Bhogini Vieira | 164 | 10.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,537 | ||||
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Dymock
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Roger Yeates | 432 | 65.3 | ||
| Green | Bob Rhodes | 230 | 34.7 | ||
| Turnout | 662 | ||||
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Hartpury & Redmarley
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Philip Howard Joseph Burford | 850 | 59.4 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Cecil Lewis | 546 | 38.2 | ||
| Conservative | Clayton Williams | 519 | 36.3 | ||
| Green | John Edward Thomas Turvill | 421 | 29.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,430 | ||||
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Longhope & Huntley
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Brian Richard Robinson | 549 | 51.3 | ||
| Conservative | Brian Anthony Jones | 493 | 46.1 | ||
| Green | Jane Prescott | 460 | 43.0 | ||
| Labour | Toby Alexander Flitton | 267 | 25.0 | ||
| Turnout | 1,070 | ||||
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Lydbrook
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Green | Sid Phelps | 500 | 67.4 | ||
| Independent | Matthew James Williams | 213 | 28.7 | ||
| Conservative | Zehra Zaidi | 29 | 3.9 | ||
| Turnout | 742 | ||||
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Lydney East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Alan Preest | 475 | 39.5 | ||
| Independent | James Arthur Bevan | 431 | 35.8 | ||
| Conservative | Claire Elizabeth Vaughan | 360 | 29.9 | ||
| Independent | Bill Osborne | 282 | 23.4 | ||
| Labour | Zac Arnold | 273 | 22.7 | ||
| Independent | Roger Ashley Jean Wilkinson | 221 | 18.4 | ||
| Green | James Carwithen Greenwood | 220 | 18.3 | ||
| Labour | Louis Neal Arnold | 214 | 17.8 | ||
| Labour | Mel Farrant | 207 | 17.2 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Francis Garside | 194 | 16.1 | ||
| Green | Rachel Ann Pardoe | 190 | 15.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,204 | ||||
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Lydney North
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Harry Joseph Ives | 270 | 43.7 | ||
| Labour | Louise Penny | 157 | 25.4 | ||
| Independent | Phoebe Winter Coleman-Wood | 99 | 16.0 | ||
| Green | Jane Margaret Carr | 92 | 14.9 | ||
| Turnout | 618 | ||||
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Lydney West & Aylburton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Green | Mark Topping | 285 | 40.9 | ||
| Conservative | Jim Simpson | 273 | 39.2 | ||
| Labour | Steve Stockham | 139 | 19.9 | ||
| Turnout | 697 | ||||
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Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Andrew Edward Gardiner | 665 | 35.6 | ||
| Labour | Jackie Fraser | 605 | 32.4 | ||
| Independent | Thom Forester | 556 | 29.8 | ||
| Labour | Douglas Martin Scott | 464 | 24.8 | ||
| Labour | Shaun Stammers | 428 | 22.9 | ||
| Green | Jackie Orman | 419 | 22.4 | ||
| Conservative | Philip John Robinson | 404 | 21.6 | ||
| Conservative | Sarah Jane Cuthbert | 356 | 19.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Henchley | 340 | 18.2 | ||
| Conservative | Jane Henson Horne | 310 | 16.6 | ||
| UKIP | Roy Bardo | 296 | 15.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,868 | ||||
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Newent & Taynton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Julia Denise Gooch | 551 | 30.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gill Moseley | 462 | 25.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Vilnis Oliver Vesma | 423 | |||
| Conservative | Len Lawton | 404 | 22.0 | ||
| Conservative | Eli Heathfield | 392 | |||
| Green | Bob Rhodes | 306 | 16.7 | ||
| Green | David John Price | 282 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Martin | 266 | |||
| Green | Johnny Back | 251 | |||
| Conservative | Nick Winter | 217 | |||
| Independent | Edward Hugh Wood | 175 | |||
| Independent | Simon Holmes | 170 | |||
| Labour | Jean Sampson | 110 | 6.0 | ||
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- On 29 April 2019, it was announced that David Richard Humphreys died whilst canvassing for the Green Party. The election for the ward was then held on 20 June.[3]
Newland & Sling
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Green | David Andrew John Wheeler | 347 | 42.8 | ||
| Independent | Roger John James | 208 | 25.7 | ||
| Conservative | Terry Hale | 198 | 24.4 | ||
| Labour | Sally Reader | 57 | 7.0 | ||
| Turnout | 810 | ||||
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Newnham
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Green | Nicky Packer | 813 | 57.5 | ||
| Conservative | Richard Henry Boyles | 571 | 40.4 | ||
| Labour | Stephen Robert Miller | 519 | 36.7 | ||
| Conservative | Gareth Rhys Hughes | 497 | 35.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,415 | ||||
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Pillowell
Ruspidge
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Bernard Anthony O'Neill | 268 | 59.4 | ||
| Conservative | Grant Stephen Hughes | 183 | 40.6 | ||
| Turnout | 451 | ||||
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St Briavels
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Green | Chris McFarling | 870 | 80.9 | ||
| Conservative | Patrick Christopher John Molyneux | 205 | 19.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,075 | ||||
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Tidenham
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Nick Evans | 635 | 35.3 | ||
| Independent | Maria Edwards | 617 | 34.3 | ||
| Independent | Helen Mary Molyneux | 580 | 32.2 | ||
| Green | Adrian Birch | 468 | 26.0 | ||
| Conservative | Judy Davis | 402 | 22.3 | ||
| Conservative | John Rodney Fox | 388 | 21.6 | ||
| Independent | Gethyn Joffre Davies | 366 | 20.3 | ||
| Green | Fiona Bowie | 344 | 19.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Harrison Brown | 334 | 18.6 | ||
| Green | Sophie Jane Blacksell Jones | 313 | 17.4 | ||
| Labour | Angela Farrant | 203 | 11.3 | ||
| Labour | Roger Edward Holmes | 174 | 9.7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,800 | ||||
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Westbury-on-Severn
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Simon Charles Phelps | 437 | 61.9 | ||
| Conservative | Kate Elisabeth Robinson | 137 | 19.4 | ||
| Labour | Benjamin Elliott Garrick Webb | 83 | 11.8 | ||
| Independent | Gwyn John Evans | 49 | 6.9 | ||
| Turnout | 706 | ||||
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Berry Hill
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Independent | Jamie Elsmore | 561 | 40.7 | +10.1 | |
| Conservative | Terry Hale | 400 | 29.0 | +2.6 | |
| Green | Melanie Getgood | 199 | 14.4 | -6.4 | |
| Labour | Matt Bishop | 185 | 13.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Taylerson | 33 | 2.4 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,378 | 37 | |||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
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Cinderford East
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Shaun Stammers | 362 | 39.5 | -15.9 | |
| Conservative | Carol Thomas | 319 | 34.8 | +14.0 | |
| Green | Carl Picton | 152 | 16.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Jeremy Charlton-Wright | 83 | 9.1 | -20.1 | |
| Turnout | 916 | 27 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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- "English Local Elections 2019: Forest of Dean District Council". BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- "Forest of Dean upcoming elections". Forest of Dean District Council. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- "Election postponed after Gloucestershire candidate collapses and dies while canvassing". Gloucestershire Live. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- "Your Councillors". Forest of Dean District Council. Archived from the original on 19 May 2021. Retrieved 5 May 2019.