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2023 Forest of Dean District Council election

The 2023 Forest of Dean District Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members to the Forest of Dean District Council in Gloucestershire, England. This was part of the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.

The 2023 Forest of Dean District Council election was held on 4 May 2023 to elect members to the Forest of Dean District Council in Gloucestershire, England. This was part of the 2023 United Kingdom local elections.

Following publication of the English devolution white paper on 16 December 2024, the Forest of Dean District Council will be required to merge with neighbouring authorities in Gloucestershire. No further elections are expected beyond 2023.

Prior to the election the majority of the seats on the council were held by independent councillors, with 20 of the 38 councillors not representing a political party. The independents did not act as one political group, instead sitting as four different groups. Since 2017 the council had been led by Tim Gwilliam of the "Progressive Independents" group.

Following the election, the council consisted of fifteen Green, eleven Independent, five Labour, four Conservative and three Liberal Democrat councillors. Of the wards where more than 3 candidates stood, Labour councillor Di Martin and newly elected Labour councillor Matt Bishop achieved the highest share individually where they received 34% and 32% of the vote respectively in Cinderford East. At the subsequent annual council meeting on 25 May 2023, Green councillor Mark Topping was appointed Leader of the Council with support from Labour on a confidence and supply basis. Former Labour group leader Di Martin was appointed as chair of the council at the same meeting.

2023 Forest of Dean District Council election
Green	21	15	9	0	9	39.5	28.8	11,621	+7.2
Independent	27	11	2	6	4	28.9	24.7	9,960	–0.9
Labour	7	5	1	1		13.2	8.0	3,244	–8.4
Conservative	38	4	0	6	6	10.5	27.9	11,258	–2.1
Liberal Democrats	8	3	1	0	1	7.9	10.5	4,242	+5.3

The results for each ward were as follows, with an asterisk (*) indicating a sitting councillor standing for re-election.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Independent	571	44.2	−16.0
	Independent	560	43.4	N/A
	Green	391	30.3	+16.8
	Green	282	21.8	+1.0
	Independent	209	16.2	−10.2
	Conservative	202	15.6	−10.8
	Conservative	140	10.8	−10.7
	Independent	58	4.5	N/A
1,291	34.55
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	537	44.5	+25.1
	Green	377	31.3	+13.6
	Labour	288	23.9	−1.1
	Independent	283	23.5	N/A
	Independent	283	23.5	−9.4
	Conservative	213	17.7	+2.9
	Conservative	149	12.4	+0.6
	Independent	81	6.7	N/A
1,206	32.61
	Green gain from Independent
	Green hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	458	60.5	+6.1
	Labour	421	55.6	+0.2
	Conservative	163	21.5	+0.7
	Independent	157	20.7	−8.5
	Conservative	137	18.1	+2.0
757	22.47
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	367	49.8	+12.1
	Independent	359	48.7	+7.2
	Independent	299	40.6	+2.9
	Conservative	131	17.8	−0.7
	Conservative	104	14.1	−0.7
737	23.73
	Labour hold
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	643	40.2	−6.1
	Labour	619	38.7	+17.6
	Independent	577	36.1	+4.5
	Conservative	530	33.1	+3.3
	Green	526	32.9	+5.6
	Liberal Democrats	364	22.8	+5.4
	Conservative	288	18.0	−2.5
	Conservative	226	14.1	−10.6
1,599	26.44
	Independent hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	431	62.5	N/A
	Conservative	259	37.5	−27.8
690	42.41
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	759	52.6	−6.8
	Conservative	658	45.6	+9.3
	Green	424	29.4	±0.0
	Green	337	23.4	N/A
	Conservative	287	19.9	−18.3
1,443	40.49
	Independent hold
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	465	35.2	N/A
	Green	449	34.0	−9.0
	Independent	387	29.3	N/A
	Independent	340	25.7	N/A
	Conservative	316	23.9	−27.4
	Conservative	259	19.6	−26.5
1,322	40.68
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	502	85.5	+18.1
	Conservative	85	14.5	+10.6
587	32.96
	Green hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	448	38.1	−1.4
	Independent	441	37.5	+1.7
	Green	440	37.4	+19.1
	Independent	439	37.4	+7.5
	Labour	390	33.2	+10.5
	Conservative	344	29.3	−0.6
	Conservative	314	26.7	+10.6
1,175	23.15
	Conservative hold
	Independent hold
	Green gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	483	76.3	+32.6
	Green	150	23.7	+8.8
633	37.46
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	512	77.6	+36.7
	Conservative	148	22.4	−16.8
660	34.17
	Green hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	958	49.0	+16.6
	Green	816	41.7	+19.3
	Labour	701	35.9	+13.0
	Independent	673	34.4	+4.6
	Independent	542	27.7	−7.9
	Conservative	461	23.6	+2.0
	Conservative	275	14.1	−5.0
	Conservative	256	13.1	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	200	10.2	−8.0
1,955	33.93
	Green gain from Independent
	Green gain from Independent
	Labour hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	1,044	64.0
	Independent	894	54.8
	Liberal Democrats	865	53.1
	Conservative	498	30.6
	Liberal Democrats	366	22.5
	Conservative	273	16.7
	Conservative	258	15.8
1,630	30.46
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Independent hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	409	69.4	+26.6
	Conservative	180	30.6	+6.2
589	30.45
	Green hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	763	56.7	−0.8
	Green	744	55.3	N/A
	Conservative	411	30.5	−9.9
	Conservative	299	22.2	−12.9
	Independent	247	18.4	N/A
1,346	34.63
	Green hold
	Green gain from Conservative

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	493	77.3	+39.0
	Conservative	145	22.7	+3.4
638	37.16
	Green hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	230	50.9	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	126	27.9	N/A
	Conservative	96	21.2	−19.4
452	25.10
	Independent gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	650	74.5	−6.4
	Conservative	188	21.6	+2.5
	Independent	34	3.9	N/A
872	45.61
	Green hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	1,034	48.3	+29.2
	Green	977	45.6	+19.6
	Conservative	884	41.3	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	846	39.5	+20.9
	Conservative	661	30.9	+8.6
	Conservative	557	26.0	+4.4
	Independent	381	17.8	−16.5
	Independent	371	17.3	−3.0
2,141	38.74
	Green gain from Independent
	Green gain from Independent
	Conservative hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	557	87.4	+25.5
	Conservative	80	12.6	−6.8
637	39.29
	Independent hold

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	480	44.4	N/A
	Labour	344	31.8	–27.1
	Conservative	112	10.4	–10.6
	Independent	74	6.8	–13.4
	Independent	71	6.6	N/A
136	12.6	N/A
1,086	31.7	+9.2
	Reform gain from Labour

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	704	38.7	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats	561	30.8	–12.1
	Green	430	23.6	N/A
	Labour	124	6.8	N/A
143	7.9	N/A
1,887	33.3	+1.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

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