The Liberal Democrats won the ward's last contest in May 2024 with 82 per cent. Earlier contests were won by the Liberal Democrats in 2021 and won by the Conservatives in 2016. 5 candidates are standing.
Conservative, Reform UK, Labour, Green: fewer than 5 wins in 100 each.
How often each candidate wins the seat across 10,000 simulations of this contest - chances of winning, not vote shares.
The ward last held its own election in May 2024; this projection instead uses the fresher May 2025 Gloucestershire county-division result, the most recent vote covering the ward.
| Result | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | Green |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | 9% | 4% | 82% | 5% |
| May 2021 | 32% | 9% | 59% | - |
| May 2016 | 48% | - | 41% | 11% |
| May 2012 | 27% | 12% | 61% | - |
Winning share of all votes cast in bold. Multi-member wards elect several councillors at once. Includes any county-division contest covering the same ground.
Stroud is a district council: it runs housing, planning and bin collections. Current control: Green minority.
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Wards coloured by the party that last won them; the by-election ward is outlined. Hover a ward for its last result.
Schools, social care and highways here are run by Gloucestershire County Council, which is not affected by this vote.
The ward is part of the South Cotswolds constituency. Liberal Democrat MP Roz Savage won it at the 2024 general election with 44 per cent of the vote.