The 2021 Gloucestershire County Council election took place on 6 May 2021 alongside other local elections. All 53 seats to Gloucestershire County Council were up for election. The Conservatives retained their majority, albeit a smaller one than in 2017.
Background and election campaign
In the 2017 Gloucestershire County Council election, the Conservatives won overall control of the council.
At the 2019 United Kingdom general election, the Labour Party lost their only parliamentary seat in Gloucestershire.
Before the election, the council consisted of 28 Conservatives, 13 Liberal Democrats, 5 Labour (4 being Labour Co-op), 2 Green, 1 People Against Bureaucracy, 3 Independents and 1 vacant seat.
There was some controversy over alleged delivery of election material and campaigning due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. One candidate in the election was reported to the Gloucestershire Constabulary for allegedly breaching lockdown regulations but she denied this and claimed that the leaflets were not election related. The Liberal Democrats in the county claimed that it was a politically motivated attack on their campaign by the Conservative Party.
Council composition
Summary
Election result
Results by Division
Cheltenham
Cotswold
Forest of Dean
Gloucester
Stroud
Tewkesbury
Changes 2021–2025
- Alistair Chambers, elected as a Conservative, became an independent in February 2022.
- Sue Williams, elected as a Conservative, joined the Green Party in May 2024. As a result of this change, the Conservatives lost their majority and the council went under no overall control.
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