Stroud, in the Stroud council area — Stroud: a photograph of the Stroud area, not of Kingswood itself. Air1jwilkins1212 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Kingswood by-election

Polls closed on 2 September 2026 from 7am to 10pm. One seat on Stroud, contested by 5 candidates.

Polls have closed and the count is under way. We will publish the result here once the council declares it. We would rather leave this blank than print a projection.

Who is standing

Every candidate on the ballot paper, in alphabetical order, exactly as the council published them.

Alasdair LiddellGreen Party
Claire Louise CookLabour Party
Fred HullsLiberal Democrats
Louise Jane TandyConservative and Unionist Party
Michael Alun ReesReform UK

Party names link to our own page on where that party stands. Candidates standing as independents, or for parties we do not cover, are listed without a link rather than pointed somewhere that does not describe them.

Every by-election, ward by ward