Photo: Jaggery · CC BY-SA 2.0No party holds a majority on Stroud District Council
Stonehouse is run by Stroud District Council and Gloucestershire County Council, with Stonehouse parish council for local matters. No party holds a majority on either Stroud District Council or Gloucestershire County Council. Its MP is Dr Simon Opher (Labour), member for Stroud.
£2,530
Band D, a year, the middle band every council sets its tax from.
Where it goes →How Stonehouse’s politics has changed since 2021
No majority on Stroud District Council
No party holds a majority on Stroud District Council. The Greens, the largest group, hold 24 of its 59 seats as elected, 6 short of the 30 needed. Labour holds 22, the Conservatives 8 and the Liberal Democrats 2. Who’s in charge ↓
Gloucestershire in 2025
Gloucestershire County Council, which runs schools, social care and roads, has no overall control at the May 2025 election: the Liberal Democrats won 27 of 55 seats. Gloucestershire ↓
Council tax
A Band D bill in Stonehouse is £2,540 for 2026–27; Stroud District Council keeps 10% of it. The council area’s Band D has risen 55% in ten years, against England’s 56%. Council money ↓
Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results since May 2021, the UK Parliament Members API and MHCLG council tax.
No party has a majority on either council
Seats by party as elected. A party needs 30 of Stroud’s 59 or 28 of Gloucestershire’s 55 seats to run the council alone.
- Green24
- Labour22
- Conservative8
- Liberal Democrat2
Latest election: May 2024.
- Liberal Democrat27
- Reform UK11
- Green9
- Conservative6
- Independent1
- Labour1
Latest election: May 2025.
Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.
Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.
Two tiers of council, and a parish tier
Stonehouse has two tiers of council: the county runs the big services, the district the local ones.
Local matters: allotments, play areas, halls, footpaths and benches; it is consulted on planning and adds a precept to the council tax bill. A town council is a parish council by another name.
91% of Stonehouse’s residents · Band D precept £186
The parish council for the part of Stonehouse inside Great Oldbury parish.
Who runs Stonehouse: same source as Who runs Stonehouse, above.
The parish council for the part of Stonehouse inside Eastington parish.
Who runs Stonehouse: same source as Who runs Stonehouse, above.
Bins and recycling, planning, housing, environmental health, leisure, and collecting council tax.
Website ↗Schools, social care, roads and transport, libraries and waste disposal.
Website ↗Who to ask
From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.
Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.
From the parish to Westminster
Every elected tier that speaks for Stonehouse, from the most recent elections.
- 1Town or parish3 parish councilsStonehouse parish councilGreat Oldbury parish councilEastington parish council
- 2Stroud District Council2 wards · 5 councillorsJohn Michael CallinanJohn Charles ParkerCarol KambitesMoya ShannonRobert Geoffrey BrownRichard Maisey
- 3Gloucestershire County Council1 division · 1 councillorDean Raymond Luke Botterill
- 4Police and crime commissionerGloucestershire Constabulary · elected May 2024Chris Nelson
- 5House of CommonsStroud
Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own. Tap an MP’s name for their contact page on parliament.uk.
5 councillors for 2 wards
Wards with at least 2% of the town’s residents, or half their own inside it. Each shows who won its most recent elections, newest first, until its seats are filled.
- John Michael CallinanLabour · May 2024
- John Charles ParkerLabour · May 2024
- Carol KambitesGreen · May 2024
- Moya ShannonGreen · June 2025 · by-election
- Robert Geoffrey BrownConservative · May 2024
- Richard MaiseyLabour and Co-operative · May 2024
Show as a table, with Gloucestershire County Council’s 1 division (1 councillor)
| Ward | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonehouseall in Stonehouse · 7,594 residents3 seats · May 2024 | 3 | John Michael CallinanJohn Charles ParkerCarol Kambites | May 2024 |
| Severn12% in Stonehouse · 708 residents2 seats · June 2025, May 2024 | 2 | Moya Shannonby-electionRobert Geoffrey BrownRichard Maisey | June 2025, May 2024 |
Gloucestershire County Council: county divisions
| Division | Seats | Elected | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stonehouse EDmostly in Stonehouse · 8,302 residents1 seat · May 2025 | 1 | Dean Raymond Luke Botterill | May 2025 |
Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Stroud District Council’s website lists who sits now.
Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).
Stroud council election, May 2024
Results in the wards that make up Stonehouse, as declared. Percentages are of votes cast for candidates in each ward; where a ward elects several councillors, each voter has that many votes.
2 wards voted. Every seat in the town’s wards was up.
No election is scheduled yet for Stonehouse’s wards in Democracy Club’s list. Councils publish a notice of election about five weeks before polling day.
Who can I vote for? ↗4,965 votes for candidates · 3 seats, so 3 votes each
3,532 votes for candidates · 2 seats, so 2 votes each
Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.
Stonehouse is in Stroud constituency
The constituency’s MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result (it reaches beyond Stonehouse).
55,221 votes for candidates · majority 11,388
Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.
turnout in July 2024: 55,221 votes from 77,905 registered voters. England: 60%.
Majority 11,388 of 55,221 votes (20.6%): wider than in 68% of England’s 543 constituencies.
MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.
Stonehouse’s Band D council tax is £2,540 a year
Where a Band D bill goes, what it has cost over the years, and what the councils plan to spend per resident.
Stroud District Council keeps £250.35 of a Band D bill (10%); the rest goes to the Stonehouse parish council, Gloucestershire County Council and the Gloucestershire police and crime commissioner.
Across the whole town the average Band D is £2,530 (parishes differ; weighted by residents).
Band D since 1993
Stroud’s Band D bill has risen 55% in ten years, from £1,609.54 in 2016–17, against England’s average (56%). It was £580.50 in 1993–94.
Your bill by band
A Band D home in Stonehouse, 2026–27, before discounts. The Valuation Office Agency’s band search gives any home’s band.
Gloucestershire’s councils
Average Band D in each council area, 2026–27, parish precepts included. Bars start at £2,200.
Council budgets per resident, 2026–27
Show as a table, with Gloucestershire
| Stroud + Gloucestershire | Stonehouse’s councils | Gloucestershire | England |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adult social care | £404 | £404 | £487 |
| Children’s social care | £294 | £294 | £290 |
| Roads and transport | £92 | £82 | £41 |
| Housing (not council homes’ rents) | £24 | £31 | £61 |
| Bins, street cleaning, environment | £145 | £142 | £119 |
| Libraries, leisure, culture | £34 | £34 | £44 |
| Planning and development | £45 | £26 | £26 |
| Public health | £50 | £50 | £78 |
| Running the council | £53 | £57 | £59 |
| Other | £3 | £1 | £19 |
| Total, schools apart | £1,194 | £1,170 | £1,234 |
Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Stroud per its residents plus Gloucestershire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Gloucestershire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.
Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.
Having a say in how Stonehouse is run
It takes about five minutes online; the deadline is 12 working days before a poll.
gov.uk ↗Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors and its MP.
WriteToThem ↗GOV.UK sends the report to the council that looks after the road.
gov.uk ↗Council and committee meetings are open to the public, with agendas and minutes online.
stroud.gov.uk ↗Anyone can comment while an application is open for consultation.
stroud.gov.uk ↗The rules, nomination papers and guidance for council candidates.
Electoral Commission ↗Questions about how Stonehouse is run
Which council runs Stonehouse?
Stonehouse is run by Stroud District Council and Gloucestershire County Council. The county council runs schools, social care and roads; the district runs bins, planning and housing.
Does Stonehouse have a town council?
Yes: Stonehouse has its own parish-tier council (Stonehouse parish council; town councils are parish councils by another name), which adds £186 to a Band D bill in 2026–27.
Who is the MP for Stonehouse?
Dr Simon Opher (Labour) is the MP for Stroud, which covers Stonehouse.
How many councillors does Stonehouse have?
5 ward councillors represent Stonehouse’s 2 wards, and 1 county councillors its county divisions.
When are the next elections in Stonehouse?
No election is scheduled yet in Democracy Club’s list for Stonehouse’s wards. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.
How much is council tax in Stonehouse?
Band D council tax in Stonehouse is £2,530 for 2026–27. Your bill depends on your home’s band, from A (6/9 of Band D) to H (18/9).
Who controls Stroud District Council?
No party has a majority. As elected, Green 24 · Labour 22 · Conservative 8 · Liberal Democrat 2 of 59 seats; a majority needs 30. The council’s website lists who leads it now.
Who controls Gloucestershire County Council?
As elected, Liberal Democrat 27 · Reform UK 11 · Green 9 · Conservative 6 · Labour 1 · Independent 1 of 55 seats; a majority needs 28.
Who won the 2024 council election in Stonehouse?
In Stonehouse’s wards on 2 May 2024, Labour 3 · Green 1 · Conservative 1 of the 5 seats up. Labour had the largest share of votes, 39.7%.
Sources: ONS ward, county division, parish, constituency lookups (Census 2021 output areas; Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates (CC BY 4.0) and EveryElection · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · MHCLG Band D council tax, parish precepts and Revenue Account budgets 2026–27 (OGL v3.0) · ONS mid-2025 population estimates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.
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