Greens make gains in Forest of Dean but no party has majority

No party has won a majority in the Forest of Dean council elections but The Green Party had the most gains.

All 38 seats were contested in the Forest of Dean District Council (FoDDC) and the Greens had 15 councillors elected, having gained eight new seats.

Labour had five, gaining two, the Progressive Independents Group had four, having lost three seats.

The Conservatives had four seats, losing two and the Independents had three, losing six seats.

The Progressive Independents are currently at the helm in Coleford.

They have been running a minority administration and were in coalition with the Greens until last autumn.

The political make-up of the council before the election was seven Progressive Independents, seven Greens, six Tories, half a dozen Independents, four Independent Alliance councillors, three Labour members, two Lib Dems and a couple of councillors from the Independent Group 2.

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