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2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election
All 40 seats to Cheltenham Borough Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election
Leader before election; Rowena Hay; Liberal Democrats	Leader after election ; Rowena Hay; Liberal Democrats

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.

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

Since 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

Cheltenham 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
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

After 2022 election			Before 2024 election^[8]			After 2024 election^[9]
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

2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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

Sitting councilors are marked with an asterisk (*).^[16]

All Saints

All Saints
Party		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

Battledown
Party		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

Benhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green
Party		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

Charlton Kings
Party		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

Charlton Park
Party		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

College
Party		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

Hesters Way
Party		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

Lansdown
Party		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

Leckhampton
Party		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

Oakley
Party		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

Park
Party		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

Pittville
Party		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

Prestbury
Party		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

Springbank
Party		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

St Mark's
Party		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

St Paul's
Party		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

St Peter's
Party		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

Swindon Village
Party		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

Up Hatherley
Party		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

Warden Hill
Party		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

References

^ Lockyer, Chris (3 May 2024). "Lib Dems retain control of Cheltenham Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
^ "Cheltenham Council held by Lib Dems as Tories lose seats". BBC News. 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
^ Norris, Phil; Garcia, Carmelo (2024-05-03). "Cheltenham Borough Council local election results and reaction - updates". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
^ Hacker, Simon (4 May 2024). "ELECTION RESULTS: No singing for the blues in Cheltenham". Punchline-Gloucester.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ "Cheltenham Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "The Cheltenham (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/820, retrieved 29 February 2024
^ "Cheltenham Borough Councillors 2022 - 2024". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Your Councillors by Party". Cheltenham Borough Council. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Cheltenham result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
^ Garcia, Carmelo (8 June 2022). "Racism fears force town councillor to defect to rival group". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ Garcia, Carmelo (11 October 2022). "Town mayor suspended by party over 'disciplinary matter'". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ Garcia, Carmelo (18 December 2022). "'Excellent' doctor councillor stands down sparking by-election". Gloucestershire Live.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Battledown Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ Garcia, Carmelo (8 October 2023). "Voters head to polls this week as candidates contest by-election". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Prestbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Statements of persons nominated - Borough | May 2024 elections | Elections and voting | Cheltenham Borough Council". www.cheltenham.gov.uk.

[1] Lockyer, Chris (3 May 2024). "Lib Dems retain control of Cheltenham Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2024.

[2] "Cheltenham Council held by Lib Dems as Tories lose seats". BBC News. 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-09.

[3] Norris, Phil; Garcia, Carmelo (2024-05-03). "Cheltenham Borough Council local election results and reaction - updates". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 2024-05-09.

[4] Hacker, Simon (4 May 2024). "ELECTION RESULTS: No singing for the blues in Cheltenham". Punchline-Gloucester.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024.

[5] "Cheltenham Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[6] "The Cheltenham (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/820, retrieved 29 February 2024

[7] "Cheltenham Borough Councillors 2022 - 2024". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[8] "Your Councillors by Party". Cheltenham Borough Council. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[9] "Cheltenham result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-09.

[10] Garcia, Carmelo (8 June 2022). "Racism fears force town councillor to defect to rival group". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[11] Garcia, Carmelo (11 October 2022). "Town mayor suspended by party over 'disciplinary matter'". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[12] Garcia, Carmelo (18 December 2022). "'Excellent' doctor councillor stands down sparking by-election". Gloucestershire Live.

[13] "Local Elections Archive Project — Battledown Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[14] Garcia, Carmelo (8 October 2023). "Voters head to polls this week as candidates contest by-election". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[15] "Local Elections Archive Project — Prestbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2024.

[16] "Statements of persons nominated - Borough | May 2024 elections | Elections and voting | Cheltenham Borough Council". www.cheltenham.gov.uk.

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