2006 Stroud District Council election

The 2006 Stroud Council election took place on 4 May 2006 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England.

[1] After the election, the composition of the council was The results saw the Conservative Party increase their majority on the council after gaining 2 seats.

[3] The Conservatives gained a seat in Cainscross from the Labour Party and Wotton-under-Edge from the Liberal Democrats,[3] while holding the other 11 seats they had been defending.

[4] Meanwhile, the Greens gained Over Stroud from the Labour Party and came within 70 votes of taking Nailsworth from the Conservatives.

[3] This meant the Greens had 5 seats after the election, the same number as the Liberal Democrats.

Map of the results of the 2006 Stroud council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrat in yellow, Green party in green and independent in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2006.