Politics
See also: Stroud local electionsElections to the district council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the seats on the council being elected at each election. At the 2011 election, the Conservatives lost its overall control of the council following four Labour gains, including that of former Stroud MP David Drew after he won in the Farmhill and Paganhill ward. Following the 2012 election, the council is composed of the following councillors:
| Year | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrat | Green | Independent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
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“...to many a mother’s heart has come the disappointment of a loss of power, a limitation of influence when early manhood takes the boy from the home, or when even before that time, in school, or where he touches the great world and begins to be bewildered with its controversies, trade and economics and politics make their imprint even while his lips are dewy with his mother’s kiss.”
—J. Ellen Foster (1840–1910)
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—Marge Piercy (b. 1936)
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—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)