2007 Stroud District Council election

The 2007 Stroud Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England.

[1] After the election, the composition of the council was The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council after making a net gain of 2 seats to hold 31 of the 51 seats.

[3] The Conservatives gained Farmhill and Paganhill from an independent, Dursley and Upton St Leonards from the Liberal Democrats and Cam East from the Labour Party.

[4] However Labour gained Cainscross back from the Conservatives, while the Liberal Democrats defeated the Conservative cabinet member Nigel Cooper in Rodborough by 5 votes.

[4] Meanwhile, the Greens held all 4 seats they had been defending and came within 12 votes of taking Nailsworth from the Conservatives.

Map of the results of the 2007 Stroud council election. Conservatives in blue, Green party in green, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and independent in white. Wards in grey were not contested in 2007.