2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election

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]


2023 Tewkesbury Borough Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 38 seats to Tewkesbury Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Mary Jordan Rob Bird Deborah Harwood
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independent
Last election 8 seats, 28.8% 23 seats, 41.6% 4 seats, 8.7%
Seats before 8 23 4[lower-alpha 1]
Seats after 16 9 7
Seat change Increase8 Decrease14 Increase3
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Leader Cate Cody Mike Sztymiak
Party Green TTI
Last election 1 seat, 8.5% 2 seats, 5.0%
Seats before 1 2
Seats after 4 2
Seat change Increase3 Steady
Leader before election

Rob Bird
Conservative

 Leader after election

Richard Stanley
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

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 Increase8 42.1
  Conservative 38 9 0 14 Decrease14 23.7
  Independent 8 7 3 0 Increase3 18.4
  Green 24 4 3 0 Increase3 10.5
  Tewkesbury and Twyning Independents 2 2 0 0 Steady 5.3
  Labour 10 0 0 0 Steady 0.0

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 Keith 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
  1. 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.
  2. "Election 2023". Tewkesbury Borough Council. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
  3. "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  4. "One hundred and ten candidates for 38 seats on Tewkesbury Borough Council". Gloucestershire News Service. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
  5. Morgan, William (6 May 2023). "Tewkesbury local elections live updates: Results and reaction". GloucestershireLive. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  6. "Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose Tewkesbury after 16 years". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  7. "Tewkesbury result - Local Elections 2023". BBC News. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  8. Morgan, William (5 May 2023). "Tewkesbury Borough Council leader and Tories out after Lib Dem and Green surge". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  9. Garcia, Carmelo (21 May 2023). "The new man calling the shots in Tewkesbury as council elects new leader". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
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