Forest of Dean District Council is the local authority for the

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, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 38

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s are elected from 21

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Political control

Since the first elections to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2007 have been:

Council elections

* 1973 Forest of Dean District Council election * 1976 Forest of Dean District Council election * 1979 Forest of Dean District Council election * 1983 Forest of Dean District Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1987 Forest of Dean District Council election *

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* 1995 Forest of Dean District Council election * 1999 Forest of Dean District Council election (Some new ward boundaries) * 2003 Forest of Dean District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)legislation.gov.uk
The District of Forest of Dean (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2002
. Retrieved on 4 October 2015. * 2007 Forest of Dean District Council election * 2011 Forest of Dean District Council election * 2015 Forest of Dean District Council election *

2019 Forest of Dean District Council election Elections for all seats on Forest of Dean District Council were held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. This was the first election in the Forest of Dean following a boundary review, which reduced the total number ...

(New ward boundaries reduced number of seats from 48 to 38)

By-election results

1995-1999

1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011

2011-2015

2015-present

References

By-election results

External links

Forest of Dean District Council
{{Gloucestershire elections Council elections in Gloucestershire Forest of Dean District council elections in England