2019 Forest of Dean District Council election

Elections for all seats on Forest of Dean District Council were held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. This was the first election in the Forest of Dean following a boundary review, which reduced the total number of Councillors from 48 to 38. Please note that due to the boundary review, party seat changes in the summary box (right) are based on notional results, not the actual 2015 results.[1]

2019 Forest of Dean District Council election
2 May 2019
All 38 seats to Forest of Dean District Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Independent Conservative Green
Seats won 14 10 6
Seat change 10 6 6
Popular vote 9,513 11,184 7,936
Percentage 25.99% 34.12% 21.68%
Swing 15.82 3.56 11.44
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party Labour UKIP
Seats won 5 0
Seat change 6 4
Popular vote 6,550 472
Percentage 17.90% 1.29%
Swing 8.42 15.25
Council control before election

No Overall Control

 Council control after election

No Overall Control

Only the Conservatives fielded candidates for all 38 seats. The Green Party fielded 27 candidates, Labour 24, the Liberal Democrats 5 and UKIP 2. There were 24 independent candidates.[2]

A Green Party candidate, David Richard Humphreys for Newent & Taynton died whilst canvassing for the election and has been postponed until 20 June 2019.[3]

The composition of the council stands as:[4]

Party 2015 election Pre-2019 election* 2019 election
Independent 6 15 14
Conservative 21 19 10
Green 1 2 6
Labour 13 9 5
UKIP 7 3 0
Vacant 0 0 3
Total 48 48 38
  • Changes since the 2015 election are due to defections and by-elections
2019 local election results in the Forest of Dean

Ward results

Berry Hill
Berry Hill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tim Gwilliam 727 56.1
Independent Michelle Claire Mumford 370
Conservative Nigel John Bluett 319 24.6
Conservative Marrilyn Jane Smart 260
Green Richard Noel Henson 251 19.4
Green Mike Smith 163
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Bream
Bream (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Nicholas Leppington 651 45.1
Independent Paul John Hiett 442
Labour Steve Crick 335 23.2
Green Rachel Cameron 261 18.1
Green Jackie Dale 237
Conservative Alan Roy John Bensted 198 13.7
Conservative Liz Stuart 159
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Cinderford East
Cinderford East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Max Coborn 424 52.5
Labour Di Martin 417
Independent Jeremy Paul Charlton-Wright 224 27.8
Conservative Grace Bensted 159 19.7
Conservative Pamela Kay Plummer 123
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Cinderford West
Cinderford West (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Mark David Turner 317 36.1
Labour Lynn Iris Sterry 288 32.8
Labour Roger Anthony Sterry 284
Conservative Catherine Alys Broadhead 141 16.1
Green Jill Raymond 132 15.0
Conservative Roger Burgess Newton Stuart 113
Green Piers Gawain Chivers 70
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Coleford
Coleford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Clive Terence Elsmore 712 32.6
Independent Ian Richard Whitburn 486
Conservative Carole Ann Allaway Martin 458 21.0
Green Beth Llewellyn 420 19.2
Conservative David William Easton 379
Labour James Bricis 325 14.9
Conservative Denis Riley 315
Labour Neil Hampson 300
Liberal Democrats Heather Margaret Lusty 268 12.3
Green Bhogini Vieira 164
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Dymock
Dymock (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Yeates 432 65.3
Green Bob Rhodes 230 34.7
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)

Hartpury & Redmarley
Hartpury & Redmarley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Philip Howard Joseph Burford 850 46.8
Conservative Brian Cecil Lewis 546 30.0
Conservative Clayton Williams 519
Green John Edward Thomas Turvill 421 23.2
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Longhope & Huntley
Longhope & Huntley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Brian Richard Robinson 549 43.0
Conservative Brian Anthony Jones 493
Green Jane Prescott 460 36.1
Labour Toby Alexander Flitton 267 20.9
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Lydbrook
Lydbrook (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Sid Phelps 500 67.4
Independent Matthew James Williams 213 28.7
Conservative Zehra Zaidi 29 3.9
Turnout
Green win (new seat)

Lydney East
Lydney East (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Preest 475 34.0
Independent James Arthur Bevan 431 30.8
Conservative Claire Elizabeth Vaughan 360
Independent Bill Osborne 282
Labour Zac Arnold 273 19.5
Independent Roger Ashley Jean Wilkinson 221
Green James Carwithen Greenwood 220 15.7
Labour Louis Neal Arnold 214
Labour Mel Farrant 207
Conservative Robert Francis Garside 194
Green Rachel Ann Pardoe 190
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Lydney North
Lydney North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Harry Joseph Ives 270 43.7
Labour Louise Penny 157 25.4
Independent Phoebe Winter Coleman-Wood 99 16.0
Green Jane Margaret Carr 92 14.9
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)

Lydney West & Aylburton
Lydney West & Aylburton (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Mark Topping 285 40.9
Conservative Jim Simpson 273 39.2
Labour Steve Stockham 139 19.9
Turnout
Green win (new seat)

Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook
Mitcheldean, Ruardean & Drybrook (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Andrew Edward Gardiner 665 24.4
Labour Jackie Fraser 605 22.2
Independent Thom Forester 556
Labour Douglas Martin Scott 464
Labour Shaun Stammers 428
Green Jackie Orman 419 15.4
Conservative Philip John Robinson 404 14.8
Conservative Sarah Jane Cuthbert 356
Liberal Democrats Sue Henchley 340 12.5
Conservative Jane Henson Horne 310
UKIP Roy Bardo 296 10.8
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Newent & Taynton
Newent & Taynton (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Julia Denise Gooch 551 30.1
Liberal Democrats Gill Moseley 462 25.2
Liberal Democrats Vilnis Oliver Vesma 423
Conservative Len Lawton 404 22.0
Conservative Eli Heathfield 392
Green Bob Rhodes 306 16.7
Green David John Price 282
Liberal Democrats Steve Martin 266
Green Johnny Back 251
Conservative Nick Winter 217
Independent Edward Hugh Wood 175
Independent Simon Holmes 170
Labour Jean Sampson 110 6.0
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
  • On 29 April 2019, it was announced that David Richard Humphreys died whilst canvassing for the Green Party. Election to be held on 20 June. [3]

Newland & Sling
Newland & Sling (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green David Andrew John Wheeler 347 42.8
Independent Roger John James 208 25.7
Conservative Terry Hale 198 24.4
Labour Sally Reader 57 7.0
Turnout
Green win (new seat)

Newnham
Newnham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Nicky Packer 813 42.7
Conservative Richard Henry Boyles 571 30.0
Labour Stephen Robert Miller 519 27.3
Conservative Gareth Rhys Hughes 497
Turnout
Green win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Pillowell
Pillowell (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Andy Moore 266 38.3
UKIP Alan Philip Grant 176 25.3
Conservative Frankie Evans 134 19.3
Labour Elizabeth June Pugh 119 17.1
Turnout
Green win (new seat)

Ruspidge
Ruspidge (1 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bernard Anthony O'Neill 268 59.4
Conservative Grant Stephen Hughes 183 40.6
Turnout
Labour win (new seat)

St Briavels
St Briavels (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Chris McFarling 870 80.9
Conservative Patrick Christopher John Molyneux 205 19.1
Turnout
Green win (new seat)

Tidenham
Tidenham (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Evans 635 28.1
Independent Maria Edwards 617 27.3
Independent Helen Mary Molyneux 580
Green Adrian Birch 468 20.7
Conservative Judy Davis 402
Conservative John Rodney Fox 388
Independent Gethyn Joffre Davies 366
Green Fiona Bowie 344
Liberal Democrats Peter Harrison Brown 334 14.8
Green Sophie Jane Blacksell Jones 313
Labour Angela Farrant 203 9.0
Labour Roger Edward Holmes 174
Turnout
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Westbury-on-Severn
Westbury-on-Severn (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Simon Charles Phelps 437 66.5
Conservative Kate Elisabeth Robinson 137 20.9
Labour Benjamin Elliott Garrick Webb 83 12.6
Independent Gwyn John Evans 49
Turnout
Independent win (new seat)

References
  1. "English Local Elections 2019: Forest of Dean District Council". BBC. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. "Forest of Dean upcoming elections". Forest of Dean District Council. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  3. "Election postponed after Gloucestershire candidate collapses and dies while canvassing". Gloucestershire Live. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. "Your Councillors". Forest of Dean District Council. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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