Cheltenham Borough Council elections

Cheltenham Borough Council is the local authority for Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, England. Half the council is elected every two years, while before 2002 the council was elected by thirds. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 40 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.[1]

Election results

Composition of the council[2]
Year Conservative Liberal Democrats[a] Labour PAB Green[b] Reform UK Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (35 seats)
1973 21 4 7 – – – 3 Conservative
1976 22 4 2 0 0 – 7 Conservative
1979 15 14 0 0 0 – 6 No overall control
New ward boundaries (33 seats)
1983 16 12 1 0 0 – 4 No overall control
1984 12 14 2 0 0 – 5 No overall control
1986 11 16 2 0 0 – 4 No overall control
1987 15 14 2 0 0 – 2 No overall control
1988 16 14 2 0 0 – 1 No overall control
1990 15 15 2 0 0 – 1 No overall control
New ward boundaries (41 seats)
1991 8 24 3 3 0 – 3 Liberal Democrats
1992 12 22 3 2 0 – 2 Liberal Democrats
1994 10 26 2 1 0 – 2 Liberal Democrats
1995 7 29 2 0 0 – 3 Liberal Democrats
1996 3 34 1 1 0 – 2 Liberal Democrats
1998 9 27 0 3 0 – 2 Liberal Democrats
1999 18 17 1 4 0 – 1 No overall control
2000 24 12 2 3 – 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries (40 seats)
2002[c] 13 21 2 4 0 – 0 Liberal Democrats
2004 15 18 2 5 0 – 0 No overall control
2006 17 17 1 5 0 – 0 No overall control
2008 17 20 0 3 0 – 0 No overall control
2010 12 25 0 3 0 – 0 Liberal Democrats
2012 11 25 0 4 0 – 0 Liberal Democrats
2014 12 24 0 4 0 – 0 Liberal Democrats
2016 7 29 0 3 0 – 1 Liberal Democrats
2018 6 32 0 2 0 – 0 Liberal Democrats
2021 7 31 0 2 0 – 0 Liberal Democrats
2022 6 31 0 2 1 – 0 Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (40 seats)
2024 0 36 0 1 3 – 0 Liberal Democrats
2026 0 35 0 1 3 1 0 Liberal Democrats

Borough result maps

Changes between elections

1986–1990

Hesters Way By-Election 20 October 1988[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Lloyd 1,353 58.4 +10.9
Conservative Nigel Ball 658 28.4 −5.7
Labour Ian Whyte 307 13.2 −5.3
Majority 695 30.0
Turnout 2,318 32.13
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Lansdown By-Election 8 December 1988[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roy Miles 895 53.5 −4.4
Liberal Democrats Mary Gray 694 41.5 +11.1
Labour Robert Irons 85 5.1 −6.6
Majority 201 12.0
Turnout 1,674 27.39
Conservative hold Swing

1998–2002

Swindon Village By-Election 28 May 1998[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAB Joanna McVeagh 239 39.6 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Charmain Sheppard 218 36.2 −13.1
Conservative Barbara Driver 146 24.2 +12.2
Majority 21 3.4
Turnout 603 41.7
PAB gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Prestbury By-Election 2 November 2000[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAB Diane Hibbert 786 59.2 +0.5
Conservative Tess Neale 344 25.9 +7.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Jones 161 12.1 +4.2
Labour Edward Hemmings 37 2.8 +2.8
Majority 625 33.3
Turnout 1,328 22.0
PAB gain from Conservative Swing

2002–2006

Charlton Kings By-Election 22 January 2004[6][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Christine Ryder 857 47.0 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Alan White 833 45.7 +9.1
Green Caroline Griffiths 84 4.6 −2.2
Labour Denis Williams 49 2.7 −3.6
Majority 24 1.3
Turnout 1,823 42.9
Conservative hold Swing

2006–2010

All Saints By-Election 30 July 2009[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Charlie Stewart 680 58.2 −0.9
Conservative Emma Logan 395 33.8 +0.2
Green Cathy Green 59 4.9 +0.4
Labour John Phipps 37 3.2 +0.3
Majority 285 24.4
Turnout 1,169 27.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2010–2014

Springbank By-Election 28 October 2010[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Coleman 722 66.4 −2.9
Conservative Mireille Weller 188 17.3 −13.4
Labour Clive Harriss 142 13.1 +13.1
Green Jon Stubbings 35 3.2 +3.2
Majority 534 49.1
Turnout 1,087
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Warden Hill By-Election 2 May 2013[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Ryder 852 53.7 −7.1
Liberal Democrats Tony Oliver 735 46.3 +24.9
Majority 117 7.5
Turnout 1,587 37.49
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2014–2018

Battledown By-Election 7 May 2015 [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Louis Savage 1,477 47.1 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Paul McCloskey 1,037 33.0 −8.9
Green Roberta Smart 243 7.7 N/A
Labour Helen Pemberton 200 6.4 N/A
UKIP Elizabeth Roberts 181 5.8 −6.3
Majority 440 14.1
Turnout 3,138 74
Conservative hold Swing
All Saints By-Election 4 May 2017[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Hegenbarth 806 51.9 −0.6
Conservative Ben Carlton 512 33.0 +4.4
Green Adrian Becker 130 8.4 +1.1
Labour Joanna Hughes 105 6.8 −4.8
Majority 294 18.9
Turnout 1,553 38
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2022–2026

Battledown By-Election 9 February 2023[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Chidley 877 52.0 +11.2
Conservative Marcia Mary Jacko 609 36.1 −10.3
Green Ian Alexander Cameron 156 9.3 −3.5
Labour Caroline Adele Gavin 43 2.6 N/A
Majority 268 15.9
Turnout 1,690 35
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Prestbury By-Election 12 October 2023[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAB Stan Smith 644 37.2 −8.5
Green Jan Foster 484 27.9 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Ben Ingram 346 20.0 +5.4
Conservative Laura Kennedy 258 14.9 −6.5
Majority 160 9.2
Turnout 1,732
PAB hold Swing
Charlton Kings By-Election 1 May 2025[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Healy 869 48.2
Conservative Matt Babbage 696 38.6
Green Karen Celia Wilson 193 10.7
Labour Malcolm Bride 46 2.5
Majority 173 9.6
Turnout 1,838 41
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
  3. ↑ Changed from one-third to half council elections.
  1. ↑ "Should Cheltenham Borough Council have elections every four years?". this is gloucestershire.co.uk. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 19 March 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Borough council elections 1988". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Borough council by-election 28th May, 1998" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  5. ↑ "Borough Council by-election 2nd November, 2000" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  6. ↑ "Plaid profits in only byelection gain". guardian.co.uk. London. 23 January 2004. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  7. ↑ "Borough Council by-election 22nd January 2004" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  8. ↑ "Liberals hold on to power in Cheltenham". this is gloucestershire.co.uk. 1 August 2009. Retrieved 27 September 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ↑ "Lib Dem's Chris Coleman wins Cheltenham Borough Council seat in Springbank". this is Gloucestershire. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
  10. ↑ "Borough Council By-election" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Election results for Battledown". Cheltenham Borough Council. Cheltenham. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  12. ↑ "Election results in All Saints". Cheltenham Borough Council. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Election results for Battledown". Cheltenham Borough Council. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Prestbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Charlton Kings Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
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