| Election Name: | 2021 Gloucestershire County Council election |
| Country: | Gloucestershire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2017 Gloucestershire County Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2017 |
| Next Election: | 2025 Gloucestershire County Council election |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| Seats For Election: | All 53 seats to Gloucestershire County Council |
| Majority Seats: | 27 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election1: | 31 seats, 45.1% |
| Seats1: | 28 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 87,833 |
| Percentage1: | 43.9% |
| Swing1: | 1.2% |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 14 seats, 27.4% |
| Seats2: | 16 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Popular Vote2: | 49,528 |
| Percentage2: | 24.8% |
| Swing2: | 2.6% |
| Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 5 seats, 14.4% |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Popular Vote4: | 30,832 |
| Percentage4: | 15.4% |
| Swing4: | 1.0% |
| Party5: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election5: | 1 seat, 7.7% |
| Seats5: | 4 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Popular Vote5: | 25,916 |
| Percentage5: | 13.0% |
| Swing5: | 5.3% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
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.[1] The Conservatives retained their majority, albeit a smaller one than in 2017.
In the 2017 Gloucestershire County Council election, the Conservatives won overall control of the council.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
| After 2017 election[5] | Before 2021 election | After 2021 election[6] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||||
| 31 | 28 | 28 | |||||||
| 14 | 13 | 16 | |||||||
| 3 | 4 | 4 | |||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| 1 | |||||||||
| Vacant | 1 | ||||||||
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