1995 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 1995 Cheltenham Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. For the second year in a row, the Conservatives failed to win a single seat up for election.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Liberal Democrat 28
• Conservative 8
• People Against Bureaucracy 3
• Labour 2

Election result

Cheltenham Local Election Result 1995^[1]^[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	15	3	0	+3	88.2	49.0	15,693	-4.0
	Labour	1	0	0	-	5.9	14.4	4,605	+3.3
	PAB	1	0	0	-	5.9	8.1	2,580	+4.1
	Conservative	0	0	2	-2	0.0	27.8	8,884	-1.7
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0.0	0.7	239	-1.8

Ward results

All Saints^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Jordan	1,287	54.0	+1.1
	Conservative	Susan Starling	754	31.6	−3.3
	Labour	Diana Hale	344	14.4	−0.2
Majority			533	22.4
Turnout			2,385	35.72
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Charlton Kings^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Worth	1,539	49.8	−4.8
	Conservative	Ian Perry	1,267	41.0	+1.8
	Labour	Adam Moliver	287	9.3	+3.1
Majority			272	8.8
Turnout			3,093	48.29
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

College^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Gray	1,656	50.3	−4.3
	Conservative	John Watts	1,341	40.7	+0.5
	Labour	Adrian Ham	297	9.0	+3.8
Majority			272	9.6
Turnout			3,294	48.68
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hatherley & The Reddings^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Townsend*	1,363	51.0	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Read	1,307	48.9	−7.2
	Conservative	Andrew Payne	739	27.6	−6.8
	Conservative	Edward Warhurst	641	24.0	−10.4
	PAB	Roger Hicks	446	16.7	N/A
	Labour	Eileen Bailey	435	16.3	+6.7
	PAB	Martin Burford	416	15.6	N/A
Majority			568	21.3
Turnout			2,674	35.52
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hesters Way^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Banyard*	1,318	68.5	−8.3
	Labour	Andre Curtis	343	17.8	+7.5
	Conservative	Helen Todman	262	13.6	+0.7
Majority			975	50.7
Turnout			1,923	26.95
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lansdown^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Harvey	968	46.0	−6.4
	Conservative	Aileen Bramah*	873	41.5	+0.4
	Labour	Robert Irons	265	12.6	+6.1
Majority			95	4.5
Turnout			2,106	35.08
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Leckhampton with Up Hatherley^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Langford*	1,177	42.5	−1.9
	PAB	David Hall	878	31.7	+3.4
	Conservative	Jill Trewhella	712	25.7	+3.0
Majority			299	10.8
Turnout			2,767	43.57
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Jackson	1,243	46.2	−2.6
	Conservative	Robert Garnham	1,197	44.5	−2.3
	Labour	Anne Morgan	250	9.3	+4.9
Majority			46	4.5
Turnout			2,690	46.01
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Pittville^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Hale	1,170	42.6	+8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Colin O'Connell	1,097	39.9	−10.1
	Conservative	Reginald Built-Leonard	386	14.1	−1.3
	PAB	George Readman	94	3.4	N/A
Majority			73	2.7
Turnout			2,747	46.91
	Labour hold		Swing

Prestbury^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Andrew Cornish*	1,162	47.0	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Jones	736	29.7	+8.4
	Conservative	Russell Hopkins	576	23.3	−1.3
Majority			426	17.3
Turnout			2,474	42.96
	PAB hold		Swing

St Mark's^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeremy Whales	945	65.2	−5.4
	Labour	Joseph Kavanagh	327	22.6	+5.9
	Conservative	John Melville-Smith	177	12.2	−0.4
Majority			618	42.6
Turnout			1,449	27.57
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Paul's^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew McKinlay*	1,109	65.8	+4.0
	Labour	Mark Sherbourne	309	18.4	+3.5
	Conservative	Puck Wertwyn	264	15.8	−7.5
Majority			800	32.6
Turnout			1,682	29.40
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Peter's^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Hawkins*	958	53.3	−9.1
	Labour	Clive Harriss	578	32.1	+10.5
	Conservative	Ian Cresswell	262	14.6	−1.4
Majority			380	21.2
Turnout			1,798	30.14
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swindon^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Gundy	304	49.3	+33.4
	Independent	Desmond May	239	38.7	+3.6
	Conservative	Julie Garnham	74	12.0	N/A
Majority			65	10.6
Turnout			617	43.31
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

References

1. "Borough council election 4th May, 1995". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1995 (PDF). Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre. Retrieved 21 December 2021.