| Election Name: | 2024 Stroud District Council election |
| Country: | Gloucestershire |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Stroud District Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Stroud District Council election |
| Next Year: | 2028 |
| Seats For Election: | All 51 seats to Stroud District Council |
| Majority Seats: | 26 |
| Leader1: | Catherine Braun |
| Party1: | Green Party of England and Wales |
| Last Election1: | 13 seats, 24.6% |
| Seats Before1: | 15 |
| Seats1: | 22 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 29,811 |
| Percentage1: | 35.7% |
| Swing1: | 11.1% |
| Leader2: | Steve Robinson |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Last Election2: | 15 seats, 25.8% |
| Seats Before2: | 4 |
| Seats2: | 20 |
| Seat Change2: | 16 |
| Popular Vote2: | 25,915 |
| Percentage2: | 31.0% |
| Swing2: | 5.2% |
| Leader3: | Lindsey Green |
| Party3: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Last Election3: | 20 seats, 43.1% |
| Seats Before3: | 19 |
| Seats3: | 7 |
| Seat Change3: | 12 |
| Popular Vote3: | 20,709 |
| Percentage3: | 24.8% |
| Swing3: | 18.3% |
| Leader4: | Ken Tucker |
| Party4: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Last Election4: | 3 seats, 5.8% |
| Seats Before4: | 3 |
| Seats4: | 2 |
| Seat Change4: | 1 |
| Popular Vote4: | 5,586 |
| Percentage4: | 6.7% |
| Swing4: | 0.9% |
| Party5: | Independent politician |
| Last Election5: | 0 seats, 0.5% |
| Seats Before5: | 10 |
| Seats5: | 0 |
| Seat Change5: | 10 |
| Popular Vote5: | 1,337 |
| Percentage5: | 1.6% |
| Swing5: | 1.1% |
| Leader | |
| Posttitle: | Leader after election |
| Before Election: | Catherine Braun Green |
| Before Party: | No overall control |
| After Election: | Catherine Braun Green |
| After Party: | No overall control |
The 2024 Stroud District Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 51 members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire were elected.
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control. The Conservatives were the largest party, but the council was being run by a coalition of the Green Party, Liberal Democrats and independent councillors, led by Catherine Braun of the Green Party.[1]
At the previous election in 2021, the Conservatives won 20 seats (down 3) with 39.2% of the vote, Labour won 15 (down 3) with 29.4%, the Green Party won 13 (up 5) with 25.5%, and the Liberal Democrats won 3 (up 1) with 5.9%. Following the election, Doina Cornell of the Labour Party was elected council leader, with the backing of the Green Party and Liberal Democrats.[2] Labour lost their position as the largest party in the coalition in June 2022, following the resignation of Cornell and 3 others from the party.[3] Green Party councillor Catherine Braun was elected leader on 22 July 2022;[4] the council is now run by a coalition of the Green Party, the Liberal Democrats, the Community Independents group, and the Independent Left group.[5]
Following the election, the council remained under no overall control, but the Greens overtook the Conservatives to become the largest party. Labour also made significant gains, whereas the Conservatives made significant losses and no independent councillors were elected. The Green subsequently formed a minority administration.[6]
| After 2021 election | Before 2024 election[7] | After 2024 election | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| 20 | 19 | 7 | ||||||
| 13 | 14 | 22 | ||||||
| 15 | 4 | 20 | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| 0 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Stroud District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024.[15]