2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election

2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
All 38 seats to Tewkesbury Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
Leader before election; Rob Bird; Conservative	Leader after election ; Richard Stanley; Liberal Democrats; No overall control

The 2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members for the 20 wards of the Tewkesbury Borough Council in England.^[2]^[3]^[4] This was on the same day as other local elections taking place in England.^[5]

Results summary

Following the results, the Conservatives lost the council to no overall control for the first time in 16 years.^[6]^[7] The Conservative leader of the council prior to the election, Rob Bird, lost his seat.^[8] Liberal Democrat councillor Richard Stanley was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 17 May 2023 with the support of all parties except the Conservatives.^[9]

2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	28	16	8	0	8	42.1	32.6	15,141	+3.8
	Conservative	38	9	0	14	14	23.7	34.9	16,214	–6.7
	Independent	8	7	3	0	3	18.4	7.5	3,478	–1.2
	Green	24	4	3	0	3	10.5	15.2	7,049	+6.7
	Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents	2	2	0	0		5.3	5.1	2,345	+0.1
	Labour	10	0	0	0		0.0	4.7	2,200	–0.5

Ward Results

The results for each ward were as follows. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).^[10]

Badgeworth

Badgeworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Vines*	347	51.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Yates	331	48.8	+24.5
Majority			16	2.4	−23.1
Turnout			678	34.5	+2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.0

Brockworth East

Brockworth East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charlotte Mills*	595	76.7	+34.1
	Independent	Jason Mills*	478	61.5	+22.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kaci Khazeni-Rad	161	20.7	+6.2
	Conservative	Judith Hill	108	13.9	−13.6
	Conservative	Mike Hill	108	13.9	−8.4
Turnout			777	25.8	−4.1
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Brockworth West

Brockworth West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Deborah Harwood*	671	63.6	+26.7
	Independent	Craig Carter*	600	56.9	+18.6
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Oliver	259	24.5	+9.9
	Conservative	Marc Barwick	254	24.1	−4.6
	Conservative	Kathleen Bocking	165	15.6	−11.5
Turnout			1,055	26.8	−0.9
	Independent hold
	Independent hold

Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote

Churchdown Brookfield with Hucclecote (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Smith*	944	59.2	+14.9
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Smith*	926	58.1	+21.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gilbert Yates	898	56.3	+29.8
	Conservative	Gillian Blackwell*	529	33.2	+1.4
	Conservative	Paul Grierson	459	28.8	+1.4
	Conservative	Ron Furulo	332	20.8	−0.1
	Green	Jacqueline Totterdell	158	9.9	−6.9
	Green	Graham Allen	147	9.2	N/A
	Green	Campbell Milne	141	8.8	N/A
Turnout			1,594	32.2	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Churchdown St John's

Churchdown St John's (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Jordan*	1,097	64.8	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Dove	1,015	59.9	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Skelt	986	58.2	+25.3
	Conservative	Julie Evans	501	29.6	−2.0
	Conservative	Greg Szlowieniec	420	24.8	−5.7
	Conservative	Mike Carey	391	23.1	−6.0
	Green	Annabel Blackledge	149	8.8	−8.9
	Green	Giusi Cavallaro	123	7.3	N/A
	Green	Helen Dendulk	122	7.2	N/A
Turnout			1,694	30.4	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats hold

Cleeve Grange

Cleeve Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Budge	334	49.4	+12.7
	Conservative	Andrew Barriskell	243	35.9	+4.5
	Labour	Clive Boyd	67	9.9	N/A
	Green	Sophie Franklin	32	4.7	−0.9
Majority			91	13.5	+8.2
Turnout			676	33.2	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cleeve Hill

Cleeve Hill (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Adcock	943	54.9	+25.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Agg	901	52.4	+20.4
	Conservative	Keja Berliner*	811	47.2	−4.6
	Conservative	Michael Dean*	679	39.5	−7.3
Turnout			1,718	43.4	+6.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Cleeve St Michael's

Cleeve St Michael's (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Hegenbarth	771	57.1	+36.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kashan Pervaiz	527	39.0	+19.6
	Conservative	Bob East*	446	33.0	−12.1
	Conservative	Andrew Reece*	403	29.9	−7.6
	Labour	John Peake	148	11.0	−5.0
	Green	Kate Aubury	93	6.9	−8.3
	Green	Mandy Bown	76	5.6	N/A
Turnout			1,350	31.7	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Cleeve West

Cleeve West (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Stanley*	988	66.2	+24.7
	Liberal Democrats	Murray Stewart	740	49.6	+17.2
	Conservative	Robert Bird*	426	28.6	−14.8
	Conservative	Warwick Ross	359	24.1	−14.4
	Labour	Elizabeth Harrison	158	10.6	−2.5
	Green	Alice North	101	6.8	−9.2
	Green	Stephanie Wheeler	71	4.8	N/A
Turnout			1,492	35.3	+5.0
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Highnam with Haw Bridge

Highnam with Haw Bridge (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Smith*	912	60.5	+4.2
	Conservative	Paul McLain*	790	52.4	+3.1
	Green	Jonathan Bristow	504	33.4	+18.1
	Green	Jan Millett	468	31.0	N/A
Turnout			1,508	42.7	+3.4
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Innsworth

Innsworth (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Hands	485	43.5	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Ockelton*	455	40.8	−4.2
	Conservative	Graham Bocking*	414	37.2	−9.1
	Conservative	Rojina Pradhan Rai	338	30.3	−12.8
	Labour	Veronica Davies	237	21.3	N/A
	Independent	Rhiannon Evans	67	6.0	N/A
Turnout			1,114	27.9	+7.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats hold

Isbourne

Isbourne (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christopher Coleman	719	55.8	*N/A*
	Conservative	Melanie Gore*	450	34.9	−18.9
	Conservative	Duncan Smith	384	29.8	−26.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pam Taylor	300	23.3	−8.3
	Green	Jessica Beddams	164	12.7	−5.4
	Labour	Maggie Levett	100	7.8	N/A
	Green	Chris White	97	7.5	N/A
Turnout			1,289	41.5	+1.9
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Northway

Northway (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Elaine MacTiernan*	348	40.0	+7.4
	Conservative	Pauline Godwin*	275	31.6	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Fancourt	269	31.0	+19.7
	Labour	Fiona Castle	233	26.8	+5.9
	Conservative	Kevin Cromwell	218	25.1	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Guyll	187	21.5	N/A
Turnout			869	24.4	+3.5
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Severn Vale North

Severn Vale North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Heather McLain*	363	46.1	−14.5
	Liberal Democrats	Drewe Lacey	310	39.3	+22.3
	Green	Su Billington	114	14.5	−7.9
Majority			53	6.8	−31.4
Turnout			787	39.6	+6.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	-18.4

Severn Vale South

Severn Vale South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Williams*	468	64.1	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Griffiths	182	24.9	−0.7
	Green	Diane Hyett	80	11.0	−3.7
Majority			286	39.2	+5.1
Turnout			730	40.2	+3.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.5

Shurdington

Shurdington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Porter	354	54.7	+25.9
	Conservative	Philip Surman*	293	45.3	−4.6
Majority			61	9.4	N/A
Turnout			647	33.2	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	15.2

Tewkesbury East

Tewkesbury East (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Hilarie Bowman	899	62.0	+37.3
	Green	Helena Sundarajoo	842	58.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	Vernon Smith*	536	36.9	−14.6
	Conservative	Chrissy Reid*	456	31.4	−10.4
Turnout			1,451	33.1	+4.2
	Green gain from Conservative
	Green gain from Conservative

Tewkesbury North and Twyning

Tewkesbury North and Twyning (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TTI	Michael Sztymiak*	1,202	72.7	+10.9
	TTI	Philip Workman*	1,143	69.1	+13.5
	Labour	Emma Robertson	217	13.1	+5.1
	Conservative	Judy Gilder	183	11.1	−4.7
	Conservative	Grantham Gilder	179	10.8	−4.2
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Usmar	142	8.6	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Evans	106	6.4	+2.0
Turnout			1,653	40.2	+0.2
	TTI hold
	TTI hold

Tewkesbury South

Tewkesbury South (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Catherine Cody*	1,025	80.8	+22.0
	Green	Matt Dimond-Brown	802	63.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Tom Coffey	259	20.4	−16.1
	Labour	Zoe Darlington	153	12.1	N/A
	Conservative	Dan Collins	141	11.1	−23.1
Turnout			1,269	32.3	+6.0
	Green hold
	Green gain from Conservative

Winchcombe

Winchcombe (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Mason*	958	45.8	−1.8
	Conservative	David Gray*	834	39.8	+7.7
	Independent	Gemma Madle	814	38.9	*N/A*
	Conservative	John Murphy*	784	37.5	+7.7
	Labour	Sue Sturgeon	514	24.6	+5.7
	Labour	John Hurley	373	17.8	+4.7
	Green	Caroline Corsie	334	16.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Reford	327	15.6	−9.4
	Green	Stuart Galey	304	14.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tony MacKinnon	294	14.0	−9.9
	Green	Mandy Walters	203	9.7	N/A
Turnout			2,093	39.6	+4.6
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Independent gain from Conservative

References

^ The four independent councillors prior to the election sat together as the "Brockworth First" group, led by Deborah Harwood.^[1]

^ "Your councillors by party". Tewkesbury Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022.
^ "Election 2023". Tewkesbury Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ "One hundred and ten candidates for 38 seats on Tewkesbury Borough Council". Gloucestershire News Service. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ Morgan, William (6 May 2023). "Tewkesbury local elections live updates: Results and reaction". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
^ "Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose Tewkesbury after 16 years". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ "Tewkesbury result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ Morgan, William (5 May 2023). "Tewkesbury Borough Council leader and Tories out after Lib Dem and Green surge". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
^ Garcia, Carmelo (21 May 2023). "The new man calling the shots in Tewkesbury as council elects new leader". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
^ "2023 Borough Elections". Tewkesbury Borough Council. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

[2] The four independent councillors prior to the election sat together as the "Brockworth First" group, led by Deborah Harwood.^[1]

[1] "Your councillors by party". Tewkesbury Borough Council. Archived from the original on 3 July 2022.

[3] "Election 2023". Tewkesbury Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2023.

[4] "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[5] "One hundred and ten candidates for 38 seats on Tewkesbury Borough Council". Gloucestershire News Service. Retrieved 10 April 2023.

[6] Morgan, William (6 May 2023). "Tewkesbury local elections live updates: Results and reaction". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 7 May 2023.

[7] "Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose Tewkesbury after 16 years". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[8] "Tewkesbury result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

[9] Morgan, William (5 May 2023). "Tewkesbury Borough Council leader and Tories out after Lib Dem and Green surge". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

[10] Garcia, Carmelo (21 May 2023). "The new man calling the shots in Tewkesbury as council elects new leader". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 26 August 2023.

[11] "2023 Borough Elections". Tewkesbury Borough Council. Retrieved 28 August 2023.

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