2008 Stroud District Council election

The 2008 Stroud Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Stroud District Council in Gloucestershire, England.

[1] After the election, the composition of the council was Before the election the council had 31 Conservative, 9 Labour, 5 Green, 4 Liberal Democrat and 2 independents.

[3] Councillors standing down at the election included Conservative Sue Fellows and the Labour Party's Hilary Fowles and Mattie Ross.

[6] Turnout in the election varied from a high of 50.03% in Painswick to a low of 33% in Cainscross.

[6] The local Labour Member of Parliament David Drew blamed the defeats for Labour on "general disillusionment with the Government" and the issues of government assistance after the 2007 floods and the abolition of the 10 pence income tax rate.

Map of the results of the 2008 Stroud council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Green party in green. Wards in grey were not contested in 2008.