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vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Stroud District</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stroud_from_the_air.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stroud from the air"><img alt="Stroud from the air" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Stroud_from_the_air.jpg/280px-Stroud_from_the_air.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Stroud_from_the_air.jpg/420px-Stroud_from_the_air.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Stroud_from_the_air.jpg/560px-Stroud_from_the_air.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption"><a href="/wiki/Stroud" title="Stroud">Stroud</a> from the air</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stroud_UK_locator_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stroud shown within Gloucestershire"><img alt="Stroud shown within Gloucestershire" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Stroud_UK_locator_map.svg/250px-Stroud_UK_locator_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Stroud_UK_locator_map.svg/375px-Stroud_UK_locator_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Stroud_UK_locator_map.svg/500px-Stroud_UK_locator_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1089" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">Stroud shown within Gloucestershire</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Countries_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Countries of the United Kingdom">Constituent country</a></th><td class="infobox-data">England</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_England" title="Regions of England">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_West_England" title="South West England">South West England</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">Non-metropolitan county</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Admin HQ</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stroud" title="Stroud">Stroud</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Incorporated</th><td class="infobox-data">1 April 1974</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Type</th><td class="infobox-data">Non-metropolitan district council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Body</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Stroud District Council</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/List_of_MPs_elected_in_the_2015_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="List of MPs elected in the 2015 United Kingdom general election">MPs</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Opher" title="Simon Opher">Simon Opher</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Clifton-Brown_(Cotswold_MP)" class="mw-redirect" title="Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Cotswold MP)">Geoffrey Clifton-Brown</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">177.9 sq mi (460.7 km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">82nd <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_area" title="List of English districts by area">(of 296)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2022)</div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">123,205</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data">194th <a href="/wiki/List_of_English_districts_by_population" title="List of English districts by population">(of 296)</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">690/sq mi (270/km<sup>2</sup>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Ethnicity <span style="font-weight:normal;">(<a href="/wiki/2021_United_Kingdom_census" title="2021 United Kingdom census">2021</a>)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">Ethnic groups</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 96.4% <a href="/wiki/White_people_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="White people in the United Kingdom">White</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1.8% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_(United_Kingdom_ethnicity_category)" title="Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category)">Mixed</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 1% <a href="/wiki/British_Asians" title="British Asians">Asian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Black_British_people" title="Black British people">Black</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.4% <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Ethnic groups in the United Kingdom">other</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Religion <span style="font-weight:normal;">(2021)</span><div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-2021_Nomis_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2021_Nomis-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">Religion</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div>List</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 47.5% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England#Christianity" title="Religion in England">Christianity</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 44.1% <a href="/wiki/Irreligion_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Irreligion in the United Kingdom">no religion</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 8.1% <a href="/wiki/Religion_in_England" title="Religion in England">other</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_England" title="Islam in England">Islam</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC0" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC0">UTC0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time" title="Greenwich Mean Time">GMT</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/British_Summer_Time" title="British Summer Time">BST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ONS_coding_system" title="ONS coding system">ONS code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">23UF (ONS)<br />E07000082 (GSS)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_National_Grid" title="Ordnance Survey National Grid">OS grid reference</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion" style="white-space: nowrap"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Stroud_District&params=51.748445_N_2.217387_W_region:GB_scale:25000">SO8508905550</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Stroud District</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">local government district</a> in <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire" title="Gloucestershire">Gloucestershire</a>, England. The district is named after its largest town of <a href="/wiki/Stroud" title="Stroud">Stroud</a>. The council is based at Ebley Mill in <a href="/wiki/Cainscross" title="Cainscross">Cainscross</a>. The district also includes the towns of <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_Gloucestershire" title="Berkeley, Gloucestershire">Berkeley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dursley" title="Dursley">Dursley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nailsworth" title="Nailsworth">Nailsworth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stonehouse,_Gloucestershire" title="Stonehouse, Gloucestershire">Stonehouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wotton-under-Edge" title="Wotton-under-Edge">Wotton-under-Edge</a>, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. Over half of the district lies within the <a href="/wiki/Cotswolds" title="Cotswolds">Cotswolds</a> <a href="/wiki/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty" title="Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The neighbouring districts are <a href="/wiki/Forest_of_Dean_District" title="Forest of Dean District">Forest of Dean</a>, <a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Tewkesbury" title="Borough of Tewkesbury">Tewkesbury</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gloucester" title="Gloucester">Gloucester</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cotswold_District" title="Cotswold District">Cotswold</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Gloucestershire" title="South Gloucestershire">South Gloucestershire</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stroud_District&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The area is rich in <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> remnants and is of particular interest to <a href="/wiki/Archaeologist" class="mw-redirect" title="Archaeologist">archaeologists</a> for its <a href="/wiki/Neolithic" title="Neolithic">Neolithic</a> burial grounds, of which there are over a hundred. Much of its wealth was built on the cloth industry during the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_era" title="Victorian era">Victorian era</a>, and its many mills, most of which are now <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed buildings</a>, survive as testament to this. Much of the landscape in this area is designated as an <a href="/wiki/Area_of_Outstanding_Natural_Beauty" title="Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty">Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Cotswold_Way" title="Cotswold Way">Cotswold Way</a> walk leads through the area. There are <a href="/wiki/Gliding" title="Gliding">gliding</a> clubs at <a href="/wiki/Aston_Down" title="Aston Down">Aston Down</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nympsfield" title="Nympsfield">Nympsfield</a>. </p><p>The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Act_1972" title="Local Government Act 1972">Local Government Act 1972</a>. It covered the whole area of four former districts and parts of another three, which were all abolished at the same time:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dursley_Rural_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Dursley Rural District">Dursley Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucester_Rural_District" title="Gloucester Rural District">Gloucester Rural District</a> (part, rest split between Forest of Dean and Tewkesbury)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nailsworth" title="Nailsworth">Nailsworth</a> <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)" title="Urban district (England and Wales)">Urban District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sodbury_Rural_District" title="Sodbury Rural District">Sodbury Rural District</a> (parish of <a href="/wiki/Alderley,_Gloucestershire" title="Alderley, Gloucestershire">Alderley</a> only, rest went to <a href="/wiki/Northavon" title="Northavon">Northavon</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stroud_Rural_District" title="Stroud Rural District">Stroud Rural District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stroud" title="Stroud">Stroud</a> Urban District</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornbury_Rural_District" title="Thornbury Rural District">Thornbury Rural District</a> (parishes of <a href="/wiki/Alkington,_Gloucestershire" title="Alkington, Gloucestershire">Alkington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_Gloucestershire" title="Berkeley, Gloucestershire">Berkeley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ham_and_Stone" title="Ham and Stone">Ham and Stone</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hamfallow" title="Hamfallow">Hamfallow</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hinton,_Stroud" title="Hinton, Stroud">Hinton</a> only, rest went to Northavon)</li></ul> <p>The new district was named Stroud after its largest town.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Boundary reviews in 1991 saw the district gain the parish of <a href="/wiki/Hillesley_and_Tresham" title="Hillesley and Tresham">Hillesley and Tresham</a> from Northavon and cede the parish of <a href="/wiki/Quedgeley" title="Quedgeley">Quedgeley</a> to Gloucester.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stroud_District&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; background-color: #ededed"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Stroud District Council</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stroud_District_Council.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Stroud_District_Council.svg/200px-Stroud_District_Council.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Stroud_District_Council.svg/300px-Stroud_District_Council.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4b/Stroud_District_Council.svg/400px-Stroud_District_Council.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="468" data-file-height="180" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">Non-metropolitan district</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Chairperson" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairperson">Chair</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Kate Kay, <br /><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> <br />since 23 May 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">Leader</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Catherine Braun, <br /><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> <br />since 21 July 2022 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Executive" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief Executive">Chief Executive</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Kathy O'Leary <br />since November 2018<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">51 councillors</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:United_Kingdom_Stroud_District_Council_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/United_Kingdom_Stroud_District_Council_2024.svg/250px-United_Kingdom_Stroud_District_Council_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/United_Kingdom_Stroud_District_Council_2024.svg/375px-United_Kingdom_Stroud_District_Council_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/United_Kingdom_Stroud_District_Council_2024.svg/500px-United_Kingdom_Stroud_District_Council_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"> <dl><dt>Administration (22)</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#02A95B; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Greens</a> (22)</span></dd> <dt>Other parties (29)</dt> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E4003B; color:white;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> (20)</span></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0087DC; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> (7)</dd> <dd><span class="nowrap"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FAA61A; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> (2)</span></dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Plurality_voting_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Plurality voting system">First past the post</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_Stroud_District_Council_election" title="2024 Stroud District Council election">2 May 2024</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4 May 2028</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ebley_mill_Stroud.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Ebley_mill_Stroud.jpg/250px-Ebley_mill_Stroud.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Ebley_mill_Stroud.jpg/375px-Ebley_mill_Stroud.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Ebley_mill_Stroud.jpg/500px-Ebley_mill_Stroud.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, GL5<span class="nowrap"> </span>4UB</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.stroud.gov.uk">www<wbr />.stroud<wbr />.gov<wbr />.uk</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Stroud District Council provides <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_district" title="Non-metropolitan district">district-level</a> services. <a href="/wiki/Non-metropolitan_county" title="Non-metropolitan county">County-level</a> services are provided by <a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_County_Council" title="Gloucestershire County Council">Gloucestershire County Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The whole district is also covered by <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parishes</a>, which form a third tier of local government.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Political_control">Political control</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stroud_District&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Political control"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council has been under <a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">no overall control</a> since 2011. Following the <a href="/wiki/2024_Stroud_District_Council_election" title="2024 Stroud District Council election">2024 election</a> a <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> minority administration formed to run the council.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-change_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-change-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-looming_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-looming-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party in control</th> <th>Years </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1974–1976 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>1976–1984 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1984–1996 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td>1996–1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>1998–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td>2002–2011 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: black;" data-sort-value="No overall control"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/No_overall_control" title="No overall control">No overall control</a></td> <td>2011–present </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leadership">Leadership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stroud_District&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_council" class="mw-redirect" title="Leader of the council">leaders of the council</a> since 2001 have been:<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Councillor</th> <th colspan="2">Party</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th></tr> <tr> <td>John Stephenson-Oliver</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">10 May 2001</td> <td align="right">29 Jul 2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Chas Fellows</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">29 Jul 2004</td> <td align="right">12 Nov 2009 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Frances Roden</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a></td> <td align="right">12 Nov 2009</td> <td align="right">May 2012 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Geoff Wheeler</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">12 May 2012</td> <td align="right">8 May 2016 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Steve Lydon</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">19 May 2016</td> <td align="right">Jan 2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">Doina Cornell<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a></td> <td align="right">25 Jan 2018</td> <td align="right">30 Jun 2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></td> <td align="right">30 Jun 2022</td> <td align="right">21 Jul 2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Catherine Braun</td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a></td> <td align="right">21 Jul 2022</td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Composition">Composition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stroud_District&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the <a href="/wiki/2024_Stroud_District_Council_election" title="2024 Stroud District Council election">2024 election</a> the composition of the council was:<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Councillors </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #02A95B;" data-sort-value="Green Party of England and Wales"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales" title="Green Party of England and Wales">Green</a> </td> <td align="center">22 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #E4003B;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> </td> <td align="center">20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #0087DC;" data-sort-value="Conservative Party (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> </td> <td align="center">7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FAA61A;" data-sort-value="Liberal Democrats (UK)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democrats_(UK)" title="Liberal Democrats (UK)">Liberal Democrats</a> </td> <td align="center">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Total </th> <th align="center">51 </th></tr></tbody></table> <p>The next election is due in May 2028. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Premises">Premises</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stroud_District&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Premises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The council is based at Ebley Mill in the parish of Cainscross, a suburban town adjoining the west side of the town of Stroud. The mill was built as a woollen mill in 1818 and is a grade II* <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a>. It was converted to become the council's offices between 1987 and 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stroud_District&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Stroud_District_Council_elections" title="Stroud District Council elections">Stroud District Council elections</a></div> <p>Since the last full review of boundaries in 2016 the council has comprised 51 <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">councillors</a> representing 27 <a href="/wiki/Wards_and_electoral_divisions_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Wards and electoral divisions of the United Kingdom">wards</a>, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors. Elections are held every four years.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Towns_and_parishes">Towns and parishes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stroud_District&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Towns and parishes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/List_of_civil_parishes_in_Gloucestershire" title="List of civil parishes in Gloucestershire">List of civil parishes in Gloucestershire</a></div> <p>The district is entirely covered by <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parishes</a>. The parish councils for Berkeley, Cainscross, Dursley, Nailsworth, Stonehouse, Stroud and Wotton-under-Edge take the style "town council". Some of the smaller parishes have a <a href="/wiki/Parish_meeting" title="Parish meeting">parish meeting</a> rather than a parish council.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_Members_of_Stroud_District_Council_(and_predecessors)"><span id="Notable_Members_of_Stroud_District_Council_.28and_predecessors.29"></span>Notable Members of Stroud District Council (and predecessors)</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stroud_District&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Notable Members of Stroud District Council (and predecessors)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Hills" title="Margaret Hills">Margaret Hills</a> (née Robertson) was the first woman elected to Stroud <a href="/wiki/Urban_district_(England_and_Wales)" title="Urban district (England and Wales)">Urban District Council</a> in 1928.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where she stood as a representative of the Stroud Women's Citizens Association (SWCA).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She remained a member until 1936 when the council was expanded to cover <a href="/wiki/Cainscross" title="Cainscross">Cainscross</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rodborough" title="Rodborough">Rodborough</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/David_Drew_(politician)" title="David Drew (politician)">David Drew</a> is also a former member of the council originally representing the Stonehouse Ward and more recently the Paganhill and Farmhill Ward.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Levitt" title="Tom Levitt">Tom Levitt</a> is also a former member and served for a short time before moving to High Peak in the early 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stroud_District&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media 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