2019 Cotswold District Council election

2019 Cotswold District Council election
2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 34 seats to Cotswold District Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 10 seats, 33.4% 24 seats, 54.8%
Seats won 18 14
Seat change 8 10
Popular vote 12,255 10,727
Percentage 44.5% 38.9%
Swing 11.1% 15.9%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Party Independent Green
Last election 0 seats, 1.3% 0 seats, 2.7%
Seats won 1 1
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 1,570 1,370
Percentage 5.7% 5.0%
Swing 4.4% 2.3%
Map of results of 2019 election, with Cirencester shown inset.
Leader of the council before election

Tony Berry
Conservative

 Leader of the council after election

Joe Harris
Liberal Democrats

The 2019 Cotswold District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect all members of Cotswold District Council, as part of the United Kingdom local elections. The Conservatives had controlled the council since 2003 but lost ten seats. The Liberal Democrats won overall control of the council for the first time since the council's creation in 1974. The Green Party also won their first seat on the council since the council's creation.

The Tetbury Town ward was decided by one vote. The returning officer reportedly decided the seat by allocating a doubtful ballot paper that had the word "BREXIT" written across it with an arrow pointing to the Conservative candidate, Stephen Hirst, in favour of Hirst. The hitherto tied candidate, Independent David Painter, described it as a "travesty of justice" and said "no wonder people are turned off voting". Painter sought to raise £2,500 to begin a legal challenge against the returning officer's decision. The council maintained that the returning officer's decision was in line with guidance from the Electoral Commission.

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