← Wednesday 2 September 2026

Kingswood

Stroud · polling day Wednesday 2 September
Liberal Democrats defending

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.

Chance of winning
88 in 100
simulated outcomes
Liberal Democrats: Strong favourite
Liberal Democrats88 in 100

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.

How this ward has voted
ResultConservativeLabourLiberal DemocratsGreen
May 20249%4%82%5%
May 202132%9%59%-
May 201648%-41%11%
May 201227%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.

On the ballot
The council

Stroud is a district council: it runs housing, planning and bin collections. Current control: Green minority.

Current composition of 51 seats
Conservative 6Labour 17Liberal Democrats 1Green 24Independents and others 2Vacant 1

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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.

Ward profile
Degree-educated45%
Owner-occupied80%
Social renting8%
Upper tier

Schools, social care and highways here are run by Gloucestershire County Council, which is not affected by this vote.

In Westminster

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.

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Council composition from Open Council Data. Candidates, candidate histories and polling-day information from Democracy Club. Historical ward results from the Local Elections Archive Project and Democracy Club. Boundary data contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right.