THE election results for Alcester and Studley wards at Stratford District Council (SDC).
The Conservatives lost power at SDC it is now the first time any other party has been in majority control.
All 41 seats were up for election and the Lib Dems convincingly came though with a 15-seat gain.
That compared with the Conservatives, who not only lost their majority but dropped 14 of their seats.
Campaigners said issues around the town’s Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi came up repeatedly.
He was sacked as Tory party chairman after an investigation found there had been a “serious breach of the ministerial code” when he failed to disclose an HMRC investigation into his tax affairs.
The council was established in 1989, through the merger of Stratford County and Stratford Borough councils.
SDC is now made up of 12 Conservatives, 25 Liberal Democrats, one Independent and three Greens.
Alcester East (previously Alcester town) – LIB DEM HOLD
Emma Daniell, – Conservatives – 94
Susan Juned* – Liberal Democrat – 548 – ELECTED
Emma Randle, Labour, , 55
Penny Stott, Green, 25
Alcester West (previously Alcester & Rural) – LIB DEM GAIN
Nicola Carpenter – Green – 31
Andrew Foster – Labour -362
Joseph Harmer – Liberal Democrats, 478 ELECTED
Gavin Smithers – Local Conservatives – 309
Henley-in-Arden – LIB DEM GAIN
Mike Rice – Liberal Democrats – 601 – ELECTED
India Tibbs – Local Conservatives – 343
Bryn Turner – Labour – 101
Studley North (previously Studley with Mappleborough Green) – LIB DEM HOLD
Wayne Bates – Labour – 82
Peter Hencher-Serafin+ – Liberal Democrats – 358 ELECTED
Justin Kerridge – Local Conservatives – 304
Anne Waldon – Green – 40
Studley South – (previously Studley with Sambourne) – LIB DEM HOLD
Neil Edden+ – Liberal Democrats – 505 ELECTED
Dom Giles – Green – 56
Alison Leask – Labour – 89
Jed McCrory – Local Conservatives – 288
Current Councillors are denoted by an asterisk *
Current Councillors but representing a different or new ward are denoted by a +
