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Stratford On Avon

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

Council composition (approx.)

54 councillors elected across cycles 2023, 2025, summed by party. One square per seat. Approximate: by-thirds councils mid-term, boundary reviews, and partial-cycle elections all mean this can be a few seats off the live council count. For the authoritative current composition, check the council's own members list. Hover any seat for the party.

Cycles

Party-control changes between cycles

Cases where the largest party (by seats won) changed from one cycle to the next. Each row shows the new party's vote share in both cycles and the seats they took. A small vote shift paired with a big seat shift is the First-Past-the-Post volatility story.

2021 2023

Conservative and Unionist Party Liberal Democrats

Vote shift (incoming party) +12.7 pts 29.7% → 42.4%
Seat shift (incoming party) +45.6 pts 15.4% → 61.0%
Outgoing party (vote / seats 2021 → 2023) 52.0% → 35.7% seats: 84.6% → 29.3%

Vote share vs seat share

2021
Votes
Seats
2023
Votes
Seats

Caveat for by-thirds councils: only a third of the seats are elected in each cycle, so a flip in the "largest party this cycle" doesn't necessarily mean a flip in overall council control. The vote-vs-seat divergence still tells you something about how First-Past-the-Post allocates the seats that were contested.

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward202120232025
Alcester46%35%
Alcester East67%
Alcester West41%
Arden74%37%
Bidford & Welford50%35%
Bidford East41%
Bidford West45%
Bishop’s Itchington, Fenny Compton & Napton25%
Brailes & Compton50%
Claverdon & Snitterfield62%
Feldon56%33%
Gaydon, Kineton & Upper Lighthorne32%
Harbury47%
Henley-in-Arden58%
Kineton & Red Horse67%45%
Kinwarton57%
Long Marston58%
Quinton44%
Salford Priors & Alcester Rural57%
Shipston37%
Shipston North63%
Shipston On Stour49%
Shipston South58%
Southam East, Central & Stockton65%
Southam North & Long Itchington66%
Southam South47%
Southam Stockton & Napton75%
Southam West70%
Southam, Stockton & Napton60%
Stour & the Vale37%
Stour & The Vale53%
Stratford Avenue42%
Stratford Bishopton57%
Stratford Clopton50%
Stratford Guildhall & Bridgetown68%
Stratford Hathaway47%
Stratford North42%38%
Stratford Orchard Hill53%
Stratford Shottery63%
Stratford South58%60%
Stratford Tiddington73%
Stratford Welcombe58%
Stratford West57%46%
Studley48%33%
Studley North46%
Studley South54%
Tanworth-in-Arden68%
Tredington45%
Tysoe55%
Welford-on-Avon74%
Wellesbourne55%43%
Wellesbourne East & Rural52%
Wellesbourne North & Rural46%
Wellesbourne South53%
Wootton Wawen64%