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

• 1995 South Gloucestershire Council election
• 1999 South Gloucestershire Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
• 2003 South Gloucestershire Council election[3]
• 2007 South Gloucestershire Council election (New ward boundaries)[4]
• 2011 South Gloucestershire Council election
• 2015 South Gloucestershire Council election
• 2019 South Gloucestershire Council election (New ward boundaries)[5]

By-election results

1995–1999

Parkwell By-Election 13 February 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		1,357	54.5
	Liberal Democrats		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		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		1,061	48.1	+14.2
	Labour		768	34.8	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats		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		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats hold		Swing

Stoke Gifford By-Election 4 May 2000 (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		1,220
	Conservative		1,127
	Liberal Democrats		797
	Liberal Democrats		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		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats hold		Swing

King's Chase By-Election 11 July 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour		1,303	55.0	-9.8
	Conservative		770	32.5	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats		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		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats		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 Democrats hold		Swing

Longwell Green By-Election 9 September 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative		1,036	56.6	-6.9
	Liberal Democrats		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[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Hockey	1,624
	Liberal Democrats	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 Democrats hold		Swing

References

1. "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
2. "The District of South Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 1998". legislation.gov.uk. 3 November 1998. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
3. "South Gloucestershire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 16 August 2009.
4. "The District of South Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2007". legislation.gov.uk. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
5. "The District of South Gloucestershire (Electoral Changes) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
6. "View district candidates (by name)". South Gloucestershire Council. Retrieved 16 August 2009.

External links

• South Gloucestershire Council
• South Gloucestershire election results
• By-election results