Cheltenham Borough Council election, 2018

The 2018 Cheltenham Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The result was a victory for the incumbent Liberal Democrat administration, which increased its overall majority.

Overall Results

Party		Previous council	New council	+/-
	Liberal Democrats	29	32	3
	Conservatives	7	6	1
	People Against Bureaucracy	3	2	1
	Independent	1	0	1
Total		40	40

Cheltenham Borough Council Election Result 2018
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrat	17	3	0	+3	81.0	45.8	15,504	+0.3
Conservative	3	0	1	-1	14.3	36.0	12,196	+6.7
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	7.7	2,600	+1.4
People Against Bureaucracy	1	0	1	-1	4.8	5.4	1,450	-1.4
Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	1,450	-1.9
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0.8	268	-2.5

Ward results

All Saints

All Saints
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Alex Hegenbarth	674	47.1	-5.4
	Conservative	Ben Stone	522	36.5	+5.9
	Labour	Derek Anthony Nigel Lockhart	139	9.7	-1.9
	Green	Sarah Jane Field	96	6.7	-0.6
Majority			152	10.6	-13.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Battledown

Battledown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Matt Babbage	971	58.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrat	Susan Jane Allen	503	30.1	+1.1
	Labour	Caroline Adele Gavin	108	6.5	-2.5
	Green	Spencer Richard Allman	87	5.2	-1.2
Majority			468	28.1	+1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benhall & The Reddings

Benhall & The Reddings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Nigel Charles Britter	1,036	55.3	+5.7
	Conservative	James William Harold Russell	746	39.8	-2.0
	Labour	Francis Xavier Chacko	91	4.9	+1.0
Majority			290	15.5	+7.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Charlton Kings

Charlton Kings
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Angie Boyes	915	47.8	-1.4
	Conservative	Dan Collins	747	39.0	+1.4
	Labour	Joanna Susan Hughes	150	7.8	+1.6
	Green	Lorraine Elizabeth Mason	101	5.3	-1.7
Majority			168	8.8	-2.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Charlton Park

Charlton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Richard Baker	1,050	49.2	-2.2
	Conservative	David Grahame Lewis	962	45.1	+5.0
	Green	Karen Wilson	68	3.2	+0.1
	Labour	David John Beesley	54	2.5	-2.9
Majority			88	4.1	-7.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

College

College
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Garth Wallington Barnes	976	57.7	-5.3
	Conservative	Peter Frantz Vagn	448	26.5	+4.6
	Labour	Lynda Peggy Johnson	162	9.6	+4.6
	Green	Drew Alexander Davie	105	6.2	+0.2
Majority			528	31.2	-9.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Hesters Way

Hesters Way
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Albert Wheeler	669	55.0	+2.3
	Conservative	Stephen Charles Lovatt	386	31.7	+0.3
	Labour	Clive Robert Harriss	161	13.2	+4.2
Majority			283	23.3	+2.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lansdown

Lansdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Chris Mason	720	52.9	+-0.0
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Anne Clark	406	29.8	+5.0
	Labour	Miranda Jane Latham-Jackson	148	10.9	-0.6
	Green	Adrian Becker	87	6.4	-4.3
Majority			314	23.1	-5.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leckhampton

Leckhampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Martin Horwood	1,082	42.7	+22.7
	Conservative	Stephen Cooke	1,069	42.2	+13.7
	Conservative	Chris Nelson	1,067
	Liberal Democrat	Glenn Andrews	834
	Green	Peter Frings	302	11.9	+7.1
	Labour	Steve Harrop	78	3.1	+0.1
	Labour	Christopher Meehan	56
Majority			13	0.5	-11.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oakley

Oakley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Max Wilkinson	768	54.2	+6.9
	Labour	Liz Ashley	331	23.4	+4.1
	Conservative	Ben Carlton	317	22.4	-3.9
Majority			437	30.8	+9.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Dilys Mary Juliet Barrell	1,154	47.6	+4.4
	Conservative	Laura Elizabeth Kennedy	1,101	45.4	-1.5
	Labour	Kevin Michael Boyle	91	3.8	-1.4
	Green	Barbara Anne Knight-Elliott	77	3.2	-1.6
Majority			53	2.2	-1.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Pittville

Pittville
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Stafford	628	31.7	-14.3
	Conservative	Stephen Alexander Fifield	624	31.5	+16.5
	PAB	Adam Lewis Kirkham Lillywhite	514	25.9	-3.5
	Labour	Andrew James Nicholson	150	7.6	+2.6
	Green	Stephen John Bear	65	3.3	-1.3
Majority			4	0.2	-16.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from PAB		Swing

Prestbury

Prestbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	PAB	John Payne	1,324	65.7	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Catherine Jane Stimpson	411	20.4	+8.8
	Conservative	Jerry Forrest	279	13.9	-1.0
Majority			913	45.3	-8.8
	PAB hold		Swing

Springbank

Springbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Jeremy Jeffries	818	64.3	+7.3
	Conservative	Rich Newman	323	25.4	+4.6
	Labour	John Malcolm Bride	132	10.4	n/a
Majority			495	38.9	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Mark’s

St Mark’s
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Sandra Jane Holliday	676	52.8	-10.1
	Conservative	Joshua David William	356	27.8	+15.7
	Labour	Matthew James Bevington	159	12.4	+3.7
	Green	David John Clarke	89	7.0	+0.5
Majority			320	25.0	-25.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Paul’s

St Paul’s
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jonny Brownsteen	442	38.8	+2.2
	Labour	Craig Francis Fraser	293	25.7	+9.7
	Independent	Daud McDonald	268	23.5	-2.8
	Conservative	Tamba Abass Manyeh	136	11.9	+1.0
Majority			149	13.1	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

St Peter’s

St Peter’s
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Victoria May Atherstone	617	39.9	-6.6
	Conservative	Hannah Wright	507	32.8	+6.7
	Green	Jim Blackstock	278	18.0	-0.3
	Labour	Robert Ramuz Irons	145	9.4	+0.3
Majority			110	7.1	-13.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Swindon Village

Swindon Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Flo Clucas	744	62.1	+16.8
	Conservative	Edward Wadih Hazzan	455	37.9	+24.3
Majority			289	24.2	+12.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Up Hatherley

Up Hatherley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Andrew McKinlay	1,015	56.9	-7.6
	Conservative	Emma Jane Logan	645	36.2	+15.7
	Labour	Kenneth Syme	124	7.0	+3.2
Majority			370	20.7	-23.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Warden Hill

Warden Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie	920	46.4	-0.6
	Conservative	Margaret Emma Frances Nelson	882	44.5	+12.4
	Green	Timothy Cosmo Bonsor	95	4.8	-0.1
	Labour	Ian Hugh White	84	4.2	-2.3
Majority			261	14.9	+11.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

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Council elections in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017
Cheltenham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018
Cotswold District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Forest of Dean District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Gloucester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018
South Gloucestershire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Stroud District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016
Tewkesbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015
Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Kingswood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Northavon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
See also: Wards Boundary changes