The 2012 Cheltenham Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. [1]
After the election, the composition of the council was
The result of the election saw the Liberal Democrats retain control of the council with no change in the number of seats they held. The Conservatives lost one seat whilst the People Against Bureaucracy group gained one. [2] [3] [4]
The election saw an error by the poll clerk at St Christopher's Church polling station in Warden Hill, where voters' unique numbers were written on the reverse of ballot papers, 412 votes had to be discounted by the returning officer. Following an investigation, it was found the error did not affect the result so the election was not re-run. [5]
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 55.0 | 43.0 | 11,739 | -8.1 | |
Conservative | 7 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 35.0 | 36.4 | 9,937 | -2.1 | |
PAB | 2 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 1,952 | +2.7 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 1,483 | +1.8 | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 1,254 | +2.3 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 950 | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Jordan* | 529 | 42.7 | −9.7 | |
Conservative | Matthew Babbage | 476 | 38.4 | +3.8 | |
Labour | Diana Hale | 119 | 9.6 | +2.6 | |
Green | Catherine Green | 115 | 9.3 | +3.3 | |
Majority | 53 | 4.3 | −13.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,239 | 31 | −33 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Wall* | 771 | 55.5 | +3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul McCloskey | 414 | 29.8 | −18.1 | |
Green | Jon Stubbings | 204 | 14.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 357 | 25.7 | +21.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,389 | 33 | −41 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jacqueline Fletcher* | 809 | 46.8 | +6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Marcus Annfield | 635 | 36.7 | −18.2 | |
UKIP | Peter Bowman | 284 | 16.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 174 | 10.1 | −4.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,728 | 42 | −34 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Rob Reid | 854 | 46.4 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | Heather McLain** | 768 | 41.8 | −3.8 | |
Green | Sarah Field | 217 | 11.8 | +5.2 | |
Majority | 86 | 4.6 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,925 | 42 | −37 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Duncan Smith** | 898 | 53.1 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Baker | 794 | 46.9 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 104 | 6.2 | +2.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,692 | 42 | −36 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Duncan Smith was a sitting councillor for Charlton Kings.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Klara Sudbury** | 864 | 62.0 | +7.7 | |
Conservative | David Richardson | 529 | 38.0 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 335 | 24.0 | +8.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,393 | 34 | −36 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Klara Sudbury was a sitting councillor for Charlton Park.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Flynn* | 623 | 59.3 | −8.8 | |
Conservative | Philip Woolley | 237 | 22.5 | −9.4 | |
Labour | Brian Hughes | 191 | 18.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 386 | 36.8 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,051 | 21 | −31 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diggory Seacome* | 569 | 52.1 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paula Baldwin | 524 | 47.9 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 45 | 4.2 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,093 | 26 | −34 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrew Chard | 761 | 43.4 | −1.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Pimley | 678 | 38.7 | −10.1 | |
UKIP | Alan Stone | 172 | 9.8 | N/A | |
Green | Timothy Bonsor | 141 | 8.0 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 83 | 4.7 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,752 | 42 | −39 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Rowena Hay* | 593 | 54.9 | +8.0 | |
Labour | Kevin Boyle | 225 | 20.8 | +7.9 | |
Conservative | Mireille Weller | 186 | 17.2 | −11.2 | |
Green | Adrian Becker | 76 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 368 | 34.1 | +15.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,080 | 25 | −29 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Harman | 972 | 55.8 | +4.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Owen Compton | 382 | 21.9 | −20.3 | |
Green | Vanessa Angelo-Thompson | 230 | 13.2 | +6.4 | |
UKIP | Ann Coleman | 158 | 9.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 590 | 33.9 | +25.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,742 | 34 | −38 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAB | David Prince | 713 | 46.1 | +13.2 | |
Conservative | Lewis Feilder | 397 | 25.7 | −3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Ward | 280 | 18.1 | −14.6 | |
Green | Ian Lander | 96 | 6.2 | +1.1 | |
UKIP | Eric Atkinson | 61 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 316 | 20.4 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,547 | 37 | −32 | ||
PAB gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PAB | Malcolm Stennett* | 1,239 | 72.0 | +19.0 | |
Conservative | Nathan Weller | 263 | 15.3 | −9.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alastair Mason | 218 | 12.7 | −9.5 | |
Majority | 976 | 56.7 | +28.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,720 | 38 | −36 | ||
PAB hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Williams | 675 | 65.3 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Clive Harriss | 189 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Jonathan Moffitt | 170 | 16.4 | −12.0 | |
Majority | 486 | 47.0 | +8.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,034 | 21 | −33 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Coleman | 634 | 51.5 | −3.8 | |
Conservative | Andrew Coffey | 267 | 21.7 | −7.6 | |
Labour | Rod Gay | 210 | 17.0 | +6.4 | |
Green | Demelza Jones | 121 | 9.8 | +5.0 | |
Majority | 367 | 29.8 | +3.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,232 | 27 | −32 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Lansley | 355 | 51.2 | −13.7 | |
Labour | Phillip Vincent | 139 | 20.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Steve Thomas | 124 | 17.9 | −7.1 | |
Green | Jack Guest | 75 | 10.8 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 216 | 31.1 | −8.9 | ||
Turnout | 693 | 15 | −29 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Rawson* | 702 | 63.8 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Lucy Strachan | 217 | 19.7 | −10.5 | |
Labour | Robert Irons | 181 | 16.5 | +6.8 | |
Majority | 485 | 44.1 | +14.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,100 | 22 | −33 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Fisher* | 835 | 76.1 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | Christine Anderson | 262 | 23.9 | −11.0 | |
Majority | 573 | 52.2 | +21.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,097 | 25 | −34 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roger Whyborn* | 901 | 52.1 | +6.1 | |
Conservative | George Askew | 552 | 31.9 | −14.1 | |
UKIP | George Askew | 275 | 15.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 349 | 20.2 | +20.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,728 | 42 | −35 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anne Regan* | 709 | 60.8 | +15.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cindy Bexfield | 249 | 21.4 | −26.4 | |
Green | Adam van Coevorden | 208 | 17.8 | +11.0 | |
Majority | 460 | 39.4 | +37.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,578 | 36 | −37 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
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