2021 Gloucester City Council election explained

Election Name:2021 Gloucester City Council election
Country:Gloucestershire
Type:parliamentary
Previous Election:2016 Gloucester City Council election
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2024 Gloucester City Council election
Next Year:2024
Seats For Election:All 39 seats to Gloucester City Council
Majority Seats:20
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:22 seats, 45.0%
Seats1:26
Seat Change1: 4
Popular Vote1:31,278
Percentage1:47.1%
Swing1: 2.1%
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election2:7 seats, 16.5%
Seats2:10
Seat Change2: 3
Popular Vote2:18,505
Percentage2:27.9%
Swing2: 11.4%
Party3:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election3:10 seats, 27.1%
Seats3:3
Seat Change3: 7
Popular Vote3:11,839
Percentage3:17.8%
Swing3: 9.3%
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Party:Conservative Party (UK)
After Party:Conservative Party (UK)

The 2021 Gloucester City Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Gloucester City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. There were held elections for all 39 of the City Council’s seats, Quedgeley Town Council and for the Police and Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire, all of which were postponed from May 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

Summary

Election result

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Ward Results

Abbeymead

Isabel Brazil was a sitting councillor in Kingsholm & Wotton ward.

Quedgeley Fieldcourt

Hannah Norman was a sitting councillor in Quedgeley Severn Vale ward.

Westgate

By-Elections

Longlevens

A by-election was held in Longlevens ward on 4 November 2021 following the resignation of Clive Walford.

Tuffley

A by-election was held in Tuffley ward on 13 October 2022 following the death of Colin Organ.

Westgate

A by-election was held in Westgate ward on 30 March 2023 following the resignation of Dawn Melvin.

Notes and References

  1. News: May 2021 Elections. Gloucester.gov. 11 February 2021. 11 February 2021.