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2013 Gloucestershire County Council election

Elections to Gloucestershire County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 53 electoral divisions elected one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. No elections were held in South Gloucestershire, which is a unitary authority outside the area covered by the County Council.

Control of the council went from the Conservative Party to no party having overall control. Turnout across the county was 32% with 151,250 votes cast. The Conservatives gained most votes in four of the six parliamentary seats, the Liberal Democrats coming first in Cheltenham and UKIP in the Forest of Dean. The Conservatives were the only party to win a county council seat in every district.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.

Going into the elections, the Conservatives held a majority of 21 seats. Due to boundary changes and a reduction in the number of councillors from 63 to 53 following a public consultation by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England the notional results to be used for the purposes of election planning and comparison before the election were: Conservatives - 36, Liberal Democrats - 10, Labour - 4, People Against Bureaucracy - 1, Greens - 1, Independents - 1. This gave a notional Conservative majority of 17 seats.

The Conservative Party lost 13 notional seats, although the numerical loss was larger due to the reduction in the total number of councillors. The Liberal Democrats remained the second largest party by total seats and percentage vote, while the Labour Party had the largest net gain of five seats. UKIP won representation on the county council for the first time, winning three seats.

The number of Independent councillors rose to two, while both the Green Party and People Against Bureaucracy saw their only councillors re-elected.

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
23	1	14	-13	43.4	34.5	52,410	-9.8%
14	5	1	+4	26.4	20.3	30,891	-10.2%
9	5	0	+5	17.0	18.2	27,725	+6.9%
3	3	0	+3	5.7	15.2	23,046	+13.4%
2	1	0	+1	3.8	3.5	5,387	+0.5%
1	0	0	±0	1.9	6.8	10,266	-0.7%
1	0	0	±0	1.9	1.2	1,791	-0.5%
0	0	0	±0	0	0.3	450	+0.3%

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
7	2	0	+2	70	38.00	10,407
2	0	2	-2	20	28.47	7,797
0	0	0	±0	0	14.08	3,857
1	0	0	±0	10	6.54	1,791
0	0	0	±0	0	6.49	1,777
0	0	0	±0	0	5.78	1,583
0	0	0	±0	0	0.57	155	n/a
0	0	0	±0	0	0.07	19	n/a

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
5	0	3	-3	62.5	41.90	9,954
3	3	0	+3	37.5	26.38	6,268
0	0	0	±0	0	17.76	4,219	n/a
0	0	0	±0	0	7.87	1,870
0	0	0	±0	0	3.80	902
0	0	0	±0	0	2.29	545	n/a

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
3	3	0	+3	37.5	28.34	6,247	n/a
2	1	0	+1	25	24.00	5,292
2	0	5	-5	25	23.85	5,257
1	1	0	+1	12.5	13.86	3,055
0	0	0	±0	0	5.43	1,198
0	0	0	±0	0	4.40	970
0	0	0	±0	0	0.13	28	n/a

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
4	0	2	-2	40	34.18	9,142
4	2	0	+2	40	23.85	5,257
0	0	0	±0	0	18.36	4,909
2	0	0	±0	20	17.57	4,699
0	0	0	±0	0	3.15	843
0	0	0	±0	0	0.89	237	n/a

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
5	0	2	-2	50	34.70	11,238
3	2	0	+2	30	28.12	9,106
1	0	0	±0	10	17.55	5,683
1	0	0	±0	10	9.90	3,207
0	0	0	±0	0	8.77	2,839
0	0	0	±0	0	0.87	281
0	0	0	±0	0	0.09	30	n/a

Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
5	1	0	+1	71.4	45.92	9,022
1	0	1	-1	14.3	26.02	5,112
0	0	0	±0	0	14.07	2,764
1	0	0	±0	14.3	7.57	1,487
0	0	0	±0	0	4.96	975
0	0	0	±0	0	1.46	286

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,046	50
	Conservative	511	24
	Labour	301	14
	Green	245	12
535	26
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,215	36
	Liberal Democrats	1,169	35
	UKIP	615	18
	Labour	184	5
	Green	182	5
46	1
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,427	41
	Conservative	932	27
	UKIP	822	24
	Labour	156	4
	Green	138	4
495	14
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,533	47
	Conservative	1,174	36
	UKIP	352	11
	Labour	207	6
359	11
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,007	53
	Conservative	444	23
	Labour	299	16
	TUSC	155	8
563	30
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,280	46
	Liberal Democrats	786	28
	UKIP	373	13
	Green	184	7
	Labour	170	6
	Independent	19	1
494	18
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,140	34
	Conservative	1,111	33
	UKIP	779	23
	Green	372	11
29	1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	PAB	1,791	59
	Conservative	493	16
	Liberal Democrats	456	15
	UKIP	315	10
1,298	43
	PAB hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,015	44
	UKIP	614	27
	Conservative	319	14
	Labour	234	10
	Green	129	6
401	17
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	828	46
	UKIP	417	23
	Conservative	318	18
	Labour	228	13
411	23
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,275	39
	Conservative	1,216	37
	UKIP	591	18
	Labour	170	5
59	2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,818	62
	UKIP	481	16
	Liberal Democrats	419	14
	Labour	230	8
1,337	46
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,156	39
	Conservative	930	31
	UKIP	588	20
	Labour	165	6
	Green	119	4
226	8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,690	55
	Conservative	688	22
	UKIP	442	14
	Labour	166	5
	Green	92	3
1,002	33
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,372	48
	UKIP	532	19
	Liberal Democrats	486	17
	Labour	284	10
	Green	174	6
840	29
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,175	39
	Liberal Democrats	840	28
	UKIP	546	18
	Labour	221	7
	Green	155	5
	Independent	112	4
335	11
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,643	57
	UKIP	514	18
	Labour	332	11
	Green	219	8
	Liberal Democrats	185	6
1,131	39
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,112	41
	UKIP	525	19
	Independent	433	16
	Labour	302	11
	Liberal Democrats	217	8
	Green	143	5
587	22
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	1,190	36
	Labour	1,096	33
	Conservative	856	26
	Liberal Democrats	208	6
94	3
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,018	47
	UKIP	601	28
	Conservative	275	13
	Liberal Democrats	160	7
	Green	102	5
	TUSC	28	1
417	39
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	825	33
	UKIP	623	25
	Conservative	617	25
	Independent	315	13
	Liberal Democrats	122	5
202	8
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	824	29
	Labour	713	25
	Independent	666	24
	Conservative	416	15
	Green	120	4
	Liberal Democrats	74	3
111	4
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	UKIP	1,075	42
	Labour	492	19
	Conservative	461	18
	Independent	347	14
	Green	188	7
583	23
	UKIP gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	1,152	36
	Conservative	772	24
	UKIP	612	19
	Labour	328	10
	Liberal Democrats	179	6
	Green	120	4
380	12
	Independent gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	988	37
	UKIP	597	22
	Independent	575	21
	Labour	332	12
	Green	129	5
	Liberal Democrats	65	2
391	15
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	872	31
	UKIP	725	26
	Labour	488	18
	Liberal Democrats	390	14
	Green	311	11
147	5
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,390	47
	UKIP	687	23
	Labour	532	18
	Liberal Democrats	284	10
	Green	81	3
703	24
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,530	41
	Conservative	1,143	31
	UKIP	693	19
	Labour	357	10
387	10
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,220	46
	Conservative	1,095	42
	TUSC	177	7
	Liberal Democrats	146	6
125	4
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	997	46
	UKIP	643	30
	Conservative	353	16
	Liberal Democrats	117	5
	TUSC	60	3
354	16
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	790	36
	Conservative	697	32
	UKIP	518	24
	Green	91	4
	Liberal Democrats	80	4
93	4
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	902	45
	Labour	660	33
	Green	272	14
	Liberal Democrats	161	8
242	12
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,020	41
	Labour	477	19
	Conservative	413	17
	UKIP	412	17
	Green	138	6
543	22
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,353	41
	UKIP	768	23
	Liberal Democrats	667	20
	Labour	360	11
	Green	139	4
585	18
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	797	32
	Liberal Democrats	560	23
	UKIP	496	20
	Labour	479	20
	Green	121	5
237	9
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,044	36
	Conservative	999	35
	UKIP	692	24
	Liberal Democrats	134	5
45	1
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,500	41
	Green	928	25
	UKIP	625	17
	Labour	456	12
	Liberal Democrats	145	4
572	16
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,479	43
	Labour	1,409	41
	Liberal Democrats	315	9
	Green	271	8
70	2
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,003	35
	Conservative	952	33
	Liberal Democrats	558	20
	Green	345	12
51	2
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,246	52
	Labour	658	27
	Green	367	15
	Liberal Democrats	129	5
588	25
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,243	33
	Green	946	25
	UKIP	743	20
	Labour	637	17
	Liberal Democrats	153	4
297	8
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,351	42
	Labour	1,128	35
	Green	578	18
	Liberal Democrats	135	4
223	7
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,318	43
	UKIP	549	18
	Conservative	546	18
	Green	340	11
	Liberal Democrats	297	10
769	25
	Labour gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	1,111	44
	Conservative	458	18
	UKIP	410	16
	Independent	281	11
	Green	183	7
	Liberal Democrats	73	3
	TUSC	30	1
653	26
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	1,501	40
	Labour	1,042	28
	Conservative	577	15
	UKIP	512	14
	Liberal Democrats	108	3
459	12
	Green hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,251	43
	Conservative	1,114	38
	Labour	344	12
	Green	224	8
137	5
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,486	49
	Liberal Democrats	1,129	37
	Labour	396	13
357	12
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,173	42
	Liberal Democrats	1,152	41
	Labour	470	17
21	1
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,439	49
	Conservative	873	30
	Labour	414	14
	Green	227	8
566	19
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,930	67
	Labour	544	19
	Liberal Democrats	407	14
1,386	48
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	982	40
	Conservative	724	29
	UKIP	496	20
	Labour	201	8
	Liberal Democrats	72	3
258	11
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	909	37
	Independent	505	21
	UKIP	479	20
	Liberal Democrats	250	10
	Labour	223	9
	Green	59	2
404	16
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	1,927	62
	Liberal Democrats	663	21
	Labour	516	17
1,264	41
	Conservative hold

In July 2016, UKIP group leader Alan Preest defected to the Conservatives, claiming that the party lacked a purpose following the EU Referendum. He was followed shortly thereafter by UKIP councillor Colin Guyton, who left UKIP to serve as an independent. He later resigned from the County Council entirely, but a by-election was not held in his division due to the short length of time between then and the 2017 local elections.

A by-election was held for the Mitcheldean Division on 23 October 2014 following the death of Independent councillor Norman Stephens.

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Conservative	959	38	+14
UKIP	550	22	+3
Independent	455	18	+18
Labour	278	11	+1
Liberal Democrats	150	5	−1
Green	106	4	−

Conservative gain from Independent

A by-election was held on Thursday 5 May 2016 for the Churchdown Division due to the death of County Councillor Bill Whelan.

Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Liberal Democrats	1,700	54	+5
Conservative	1,062	34	+4
Labour	359	12	−2

Liberal Democrats hold

Notes

References

^ http://glostext.gloucestershire.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=3&V=1&RPID=32877983 - Accessed 4-5-2013

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