The 2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 40 members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire were elected following boundary changes.
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Liberal Democrats retained control of the local authority.[2] The Conservatives were wiped out losing all their seats on the council, with the Greens replacing them as the largest opposition party.[3][4]
Background
editSince its creation in 1974, control of the council has alternated between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.[5] The Conservatives controlled the council until 1979, when it fell into no overall control until 1991, when the Liberal Democrats took control. The Conservatives briefly controlled the council from 2000 to 2002, with the Liberal Democrats re-taking control from no overall control in 2010. The Liberal Democrats have formed majority administrations since then.
In the most recent election, the Liberal Democrats maintained their seat count with 55.1% of the vote, the Conservatives won 1 seat (down 1) with 27.7%, People Against Bureaucracy kept their 1-seat up for election with 2.8%, and the Green Party gained 1 seat with 11.3%.
Boundary changes
editCheltenham usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[6] All wards have 2 councillors.
Old wards[7] | New wards |
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All Saints | All Saints |
Battledown | Battledown |
Benhall and the Reddings | Benhall, the Reddings and Fiddler's Green |
Charlton Kings | Charlton Kings |
Charlton Park | Charlton Park |
College | College |
Hesters Way | Hesters Way |
Lansdown | Lansdown |
Leckhampton | Leckhampton |
Oakley | Oakley |
Park | Park |
Pittville | Pittville |
Prestbury | Prestbury |
Springbank | Springbank |
St Mark's | St Mark's |
St Paul's | St Paul's |
St Peter's | St Peter's |
Swindon Village | Swindon Village |
Up Hatherley | Up Hatherley |
Warden Hill | Warden Hill |
Previous council composition
editAfter 2022 election | Before 2024 election[8] | After 2024 election[9] | ||||||
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Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
Liberal Democrats | 31 | Liberal Democrats | 30 | Liberal Democrats | 36 | |||
Green | 1 | Green | 2 | Green | 3 | |||
PAB | 2 | PAB | 2 | PAB | 1 | |||
Conservative | 6 | Conservative | 5 | Conservative | 0 | |||
Independent | 0 | Independent | 1 | Independent | 0 |
Changes:
- June 2022: Wendy Flynn joins Green Party from Liberal Democrats[10]
- October 2022: Sandra Holliday suspended from Liberal Democrats[11]
- December 2022: Louis Savage (Conservative) resigns; by-election held February 2023[12]
- February 2023: Ed Chidley (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election from the Conservatives[13]
- August 2023: John Payne (People Against Bureaucracy) resigns; by-election held October 2023[14]
- October 2023: Stan Smith (People Against Bureaucracy) wins by-election[15]
Results
edit2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 36 | 6 | 90.0 | 0 | 36 | 90.0 | 31,202 | 51.9 | –3.2 | |
Green | 3 | 1 | 7.5 | 0 | 3 | 7.5 | 9,431 | 15.7 | +4.4 | |
PAB | 1 | 1 | 2.5 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 928 | 1.5 | –1.3 | |
Conservative | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15,280 | 25.4 | –2.3 | |
Labour | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,798 | 4.7 | +1.8 | ||
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 385 | 0.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 109 | 0.2 | +0.2 |
Ward results
editSitting councilors are marked with an asterisk (*).[16]
All Saints
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Barbara Ann Clark* | 888 | 56.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Izaac Augustus Tailford* | 839 | 53.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Martin Tracey | 361 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Philip Royden Wilce | 262 | 16.8 | N/A | |
Green | Amandeep Kaur Gill-Lang | 228 | 14.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Diana Helen Hale | 219 | 14.0 | N/A | |
Green | Stephen West | 196 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,561 | 34 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Battledown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Helen Clare Pemberton | 811 | 47.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Day | 773 | 45.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Matt Babbage* | 690 | 40.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dan Bunner | 530 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Green | Karen Wilson | 189 | 11.0 | N/A | |
Green | Connor Lewis Auker-Howlett | 133 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Caroline Adele Gavin | 125 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,711 | 36 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Benhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Michael John David Collins* | 1,072 | 52.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Ian Steinhardt | 1,030 | 50.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Dan Collins | 659 | 32.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Alan James Davis | 470 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Green | Sarah Jane Field | 253 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Green | John Leslie Jarvis | 149 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Jan Lugg | 143 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,031 | 41 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Charlton Kings
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Angie Boyes* | 1,099 | 59.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Mutton | 840 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Nick Saywell | 542 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Roy Hewlett | 460 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Green | Daniel Joseph Willey | 242 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Green | Morgan Woodland | 178 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Ella Harriet Rees | 168 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,854 | 42 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Charlton Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Richard Baker* | 1,218 | 62.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Steve Harvey* | 1,033 | 53.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Georgina Rose Bass | 526 | 27.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Helen Frances Shill | 457 | 23.4 | N/A | |
Green | Melina Pereira Costelloe | 151 | 7.7 | N/A | |
Green | Sharon Lorna Wallington | 142 | 7.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Malcolm Bride | 110 | 5.6 | N/A | |
Independent | John Kadwell | 74 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,949 | 46 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
College
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie* | 882 | 51.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Garth Wallington Barnes* | 831 | 48.1 | N/A | |
Green | Stephen Benjamin Vitkovitch | 410 | 23.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Bettina Evans | 319 | 18.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Teresa Anne Prothero | 312 | 18.0 | N/A | |
Green | Lewis Vincent Irvine | 277 | 16.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Adam Moliver | 183 | 10.6 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,729 | 41 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hesters Way
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Simon Wheeler* | 396 | 41.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Cathal Lynch | 348 | 36.4 | N/A | |
Green | Wendy Flynn* | 280 | 29.3 | N/A | |
Green | Gary Clarke | 237 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Clive Harriss | 149 | 15.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ro Baillie | 147 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Conservative | Helen Landau | 125 | 13.1 | N/A | |
TUSC | Joe Waters | 30 | 3.1 | N/A | |
TUSC | Samuel Coxson | 27 | 2.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 955 | 19 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Lansdown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Glenn Andrews* | 713 | 45.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ben Lewis Orme | 585 | 37.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Susan Godwin | 520 | 33.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Olalekan Ebenezer Olajide | 391 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Green | Deborah Claire Milner | 204 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Green | Stephen Paul Bell | 190 | 12.1 | N/A | |
Labour | David Richard Cockfield | 169 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Geoff Parsons | 147 | 9.3 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,574 | 33 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Leckhampton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Charles Horwood* | 1,169 | 54.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Julia Caroline Chandler | 1,007 | 47.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Pippa Mason | 655 | 30.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | William Bernard Francis Prothero | 520 | 24.4 | N/A | |
Green | Peter Robert Frings | 235 | 11.0 | N/A | |
Green | Elizabeth Johnson | 215 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Bronwen Rachel Goring | 125 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Sali Wijesinghe | 58 | 2.7 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,131 | 50 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Oakley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Rowena Mary Hay* | 626 | 59.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alisha Chloe-Marie Lewis** | 492 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Margaret Emma Frances Nelson** | 237 | 22.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Andrew Stephen Wall | 196 | 18.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Isobel Mary Laing | 150 | 14.3 | N/A | |
Green | Claire Angela Blanche Spanner | 133 | 12.6 | N/A | |
Green | Nathan Luke Weller | 84 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,052 | 24 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Alisha Lewis was a sitting councillor for St Paul's ward
Emma Nelson was a sitting councillor for Leckhampton ward
Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Chelin* | 942 | 47.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Dilys Mary Juliet Barrell | 935 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Tim Harman* | 772 | 38.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Diana Pollock | 580 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Green | Paul Michael Godfrey | 196 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Kevin Michael Boyle | 160 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Green | Tussie Myerson | 157 | 7.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,998 | 44 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Pittville
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Julian Charles George Tooke* | 982 | 54.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Juan Carlos Garcia Clamp | 796 | 44.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Laura Kennedy | 463 | 25.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Peter Frantz Vagh Christensen | 446 | 24.9 | N/A | |
Green | Sarah Louise Quekett | 247 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Green | Daniel Wilson | 227 | 12.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Martin William Glozier | 160 | 8.9 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,790 | 36 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Prestbury
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAB | Stan Smith* | 928 | 46.8 | N/A | |
Green | Jan Foster | 744 | 37.6 | N/A | |
Green | Ian Alexander Cameron | 644 | 32.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephan Alexander Fifield* | 621 | 31.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jane Elizabeth Martin | 247 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Conservative | Harry Hopkins | 244 | 12.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Joe March | 169 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,981 | 41 | |||
PAB hold | Swing | ||||
Green gain from PAB | Swing |
Stephan Fifield was a sitting councillor for Pittville ward
Springbank
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Theresa Williams* | 744 | 65.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Jeremy Jeffries* | 734 | 64.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | James Alan Robert Bass | 217 | 19.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Roger Graham Fox | 197 | 17.4 | N/A | |
Green | Stephen John Bear | 118 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Green | Ian James Munday | 104 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,133 | 24 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Mark's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sandra Jane Holliday* | 720 | 53.4 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard James Pinegar* | 697 | 51.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Louise Collins | 268 | 19.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Penny Hyams | 223 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Julie Frances Farmer | 222 | 16.5 | N/A | |
Green | Naomi Ruth Seadon | 173 | 12.8 | N/A | |
Green | Adrian Becker | 159 | 11.8 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,348 | 28 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Paul's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Tabi Joy* | 501 | 43.5 | N/A | |
Green | Ashleigh Olivia Davies | 455 | 39.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob Nancekivell | 318 | 27.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Jayjay Potter-Peachy | 286 | 24.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Bobby Johnstone | 228 | 19.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Chris Mason | 124 | 10.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Daud McDonald | 106 | 9.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lily Hannah May Prothero | 91 | 7.9 | N/A | |
TUSC | Adrienne Davis | 27 | 2.3 | N/A | |
TUSC | Christian David Dwyer | 25 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,151 | 25 | |||
Green hold | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
St Peter's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Victoria May Atherstone* | 781 | 55.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | David John Willingham* | 744 | 53.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jerry Forrest | 226 | 16.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Mike Farmer | 224 | 15.9 | N/A | |
Green | Daniel Ethan Hodges | 217 | 15.4 | N/A | |
Green | Glyn Ellis | 191 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Edward Wadih Hazzan | 182 | 13.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,405 | 28 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Swindon Village
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Flo Clucas* | 723 | 59.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Frank John Allen | 613 | 50.6 | N/A | |
Green | Mark Barber | 303 | 25.0 | N/A | |
Green | Edward Nuan Bycroft Saul | 257 | 21.2 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brian Anthony Chaplin | 191 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joseph James Picknell | 165 | 13.6 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,212 | 32 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Up Hatherley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Stephen Bamford* | 1,170 | 60.7 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Julie Margaret Sankey* | 1,001 | 51.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Colin John Parsons | 488 | 25.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sandra Gloria Parsons | 454 | 23.5 | N/A | |
Green | Samantha Diane Hodges | 222 | 11.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Philip Cole | 156 | 8.1 | N/A | |
Green | Charles Adrian Goodwin | 142 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,929 | 39 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Warden Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Graham Anthony Beale* | 1,009 | 56.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Tony Oliver* | 939 | 52.6 | N/A | |
Conservative | Patrick John William Dunleavy | 517 | 29.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Gill Hewlett | 432 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Green | Maxine Karen Godfrey | 139 | 7.8 | N/A | |
Green | Timothy Cosmo Bonsor | 109 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Labour | Christopher John Meehan | 107 | 6.0 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,785 | 41 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
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