Cheltenham Borough Council elections

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Half of 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]

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Council elections

Borough result maps

Changes between elections

1986-1990

Hesters Way By-Election 20 October 1988 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clive Lloyd 1,353 58.4 +10.9
Conservative Nigel Ball65828.4−5.7
Labour Ian Whyte30713.2−5.3
Majority69530.0
Turnout 2,31832.13
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Lansdown By-Election 8 December 1988 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roy Miles 895 53.5 −4.4
Liberal Democrats Mary Gray69441.5+11.1
Labour Robert Irons855.1−6.6
Majority20112.0
Turnout 1,67427.39
Conservative hold Swing

1998-2002

Swindon Village By-Election 28 May 1998 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAB Joanna McVeagh 239 39.6 +0.9
Liberal Democrats Charmain Sheppard21836.2−13.1
Conservative Barbara Driver14624.2+12.2
Majority213.4
Turnout 60341.7
PAB gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Prestbury By-Election 2 November 2000 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAB Diane Hibbert 786 59.2 +0.5
Conservative Tess Neale34425.9+7.5
Liberal Democrats Robert Jones16112.1+4.2
Labour Edward Hemmings372.8+2.8
Majority62533.3
Turnout 1,32822.0
PAB gain from Conservative Swing

2002-2006

Charlton Kings By-Election 22 January 2004 [12] [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christine Ryder 857 47.0 −3.3
Liberal Democrats Alan White83345.7+9.1
Green Caroline Griffiths844.6−2.2
Labour Denis Williams492.7−3.6
Majority241.3
Turnout 1,82342.9
Conservative hold Swing

2006-2010

All Saints By-Election 30 July 2009 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charlie Stewart 680 58.2 −0.9
Conservative Emma Logan39533.8+0.2
Green Cathy Green594.9+0.4
Labour John Phipps373.2+0.3
Majority28524.4
Turnout 1,16927.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2010-2014

Springbank By-Election 28 October 2010 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Coleman 722 66.4 −2.9
Conservative Mireille Weller18817.3−13.4
Labour Clive Harriss14213.1+13.1
Green Jon Stubbings353.2+3.2
Majority53449.1
Turnout 1,087
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Warden Hill By-Election 2 May 2013 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Chris Ryder 852 53.7 −7.1
Liberal Democrats Tony Oliver73546.3+24.9
Majority1177.5
Turnout 1,58737.49
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2014-2018

Battledown By-Election 7 May 2015 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louis Savage 1,477 47.1 +1.1
Liberal Democrats Paul McCloskey1,03733.0−8.9
Green Roberta Smart2437.7N/A
Labour Helen Pemberton2006.4N/A
UKIP Elizabeth Roberts1815.8−6.3
Majority44014.1
Turnout 3,13874
Conservative hold Swing
All Saints By-Election 4 May 2017 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Hegenbarth 806 51.9 −0.6
Conservative Ben Carlton51233.0+4.4
Green Adrian Becker1308.4+1.1
Labour Joanna Hughes1056.8−4.8
Majority29418.9
Turnout 1,55338
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2022-2024

Battledown By-Election 9 February 2023 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ed Chidley 877 52.0 +11.2
Conservative Marcia Mary Jacko60936.1−10.3
Green Ian Alexander Cameron1569.3−3.5
Labour Caroline Adele Gavin432.6N/A
Majority26815.9
Turnout 1,69035
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Prestbury By-Election 12 October 2023 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PAB Stan Smith 644 37.2 −8.5
Green Jan Foster48427.9+9.6
Liberal Democrats Ben Ingram34620.0+5.4
Conservative Laura Kennedy25814.9−6.5
Majority1609.2
Turnout 1,732
PAB hold Swing

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cheltenham Borough Council</span>

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Gloucester City Council is the local authority for the non-metropolitan district of Gloucester, in Gloucestershire, England.

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Borough of Tewkesbury</span> Non-metropolitan district and borough in England

The Borough of Tewkesbury is a local government district with borough status in Gloucestershire, England. The borough is named after its largest town, Tewkesbury, which is where the council is based. The district also includes the town of Winchcombe and numerous villages including Bishops Cleeve, Ashchurch, Churchdown, Innsworth and Brockworth as well as other hamlets and surrounding rural areas. Parts of the district lie within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In September 2024 the council voted to formally change the borough's name to North Gloucestershire, with the new name due to be brought into use from December 2024.

The 1991 Cheltenham Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Due to local authority boundary changes a number of areas had been transferred from the Borough of Tewkesbury to the Borough of Cheltenham. Although most wards were unchanged, and continued to elect by thirds, three new wards were created, and had an all-up election: Leckhampton with Warden Hill, Prestbury and Swindon. Furthermore, the ward of Hatherley was abolished and recreated as Hatherley & The Reddings, and the number of councillors it elected was increased from three to four. This ward also had an all-out election.

References

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  2. ↑ The Borough of Cheltenham (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  4. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire Districts (Electoral Arrangements) (Variation) Order 1991. Retrieved on 4 November 2015.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Gloucestershire (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Cheltenham". BBC News Online . Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  7. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Cheltenham (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "The Cheltenham (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2023/820, retrieved 29 February 2024
  9. 1 2 "Borough council elections 1988". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  10. ↑ "Borough council by-election 28th May, 1998" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
  11. ↑ "Borough Council by-election 2nd November, 2000" (PDF). Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
  12. ↑ "Plaid profits in only byelection gain". guardian.co.uk . London. 23 January 2004. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
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  14. ↑ "Liberals hold on to power in Cheltenham". this is gloucestershire.co.uk. 1 August 2009. Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
  15. ↑ "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.
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  17. ↑ "Election results for Battledown". Cheltenham Borough Council. Cheltenham. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
  18. ↑ "Election results in All Saints". Cheltenham Borough Council. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
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