2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election

2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election
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20 out of 40 seats to Cheltenham Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats before 25 11
Seats won 15 3
Seats after 29 7
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 4
Popular vote 14,579 9,387
Percentage 45.5% 29.3%
  Third party
 
Party PAB
Seats before 4
Seats won 1
Seats after 3
Seat change Decrease 1
Popular vote 2,188
Percentage 6.8%
Map showing the results of the 2016 Cheltenham Borough Council elections by ward.
Council control before election

Liberal Democrat

 Council control after election

Liberal Democrat

The 2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in England.[1][2] 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 25* 29 Increase 4
Conservatives 11 7 Decrease 4
People Against Bureaucracy 4 3 Decrease 1
Independent 0* 1 Increase 1
Total 40 40
Cheltenham Borough Council Election Result 2016
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 15 4 0 +4 75.0 45.5 14,579 +3.0
  Conservative 3 0 4 -4 15.0 29.3 9,387 -0.3
  PAB 1 0 1 -1 5.0 6.8 2,188 +0.1
  Labour 0 0 0 0 0 6.3 2,007 +1.4
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 6.2 1,999 +2.7
  Independent 1 1 0 +1 5.0 3.3 1,052 +1.4
  UKIP 0 0 0 0 0 2.5 805 -7.5
  TUSC 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 21 -0.3

Ward results

All Saints

All Saints 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Andrew Jordan* 744 52.5 +11.2
Conservative Martin Andrew Tracey 406 28.6 +0.1
Labour Diana Helen Hale 164 11.6 +2.9
Green Aina Catherine Wylie 103 7.3 −3.4
Majority 338 23.9 +11.1
Turnout 1,423 35 ±0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Battledown

Battledown 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Louis Arthur Ives Savage* 850 55.6 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Michael Robert Hart 444 29.0 −12.9
Labour Helen Clare Pemberton 137 9.0 N/A
Green Jon Paul Stubbings 98 6.4 N/A
Majority 406 26.6 +22.5
Turnout 1,536 37 −5
Conservative hold Swing

Benhall & The Reddings

Benhall & The Reddings 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mike Collins 906 49.6 −17.1
Conservative Jacky Fletcher* 764 41.8 +8.5
Green Geoffrey Leslie Foster 86 4.7 N/A
Labour Robin Frederick Carey 72 3.9 N/A
Majority 142 7.8 −25.6
Turnout 1,837 46 +1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Charlton Kings

Charlton Kings 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Gerard McCloskey 945 49.2 +3.9
Conservative Jenny Elizabeth Kirkwood 721 37.6 +6.4
Green Lorraine Elizabeth Mason 133 7.0 N/A
Labour Lisa Michelle Belshaw 120 6.2 +0.4
Majority 224 11.6 +2.5
Turnout 1,925 45 −2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Charlton Park

Charlton Park 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Harvey 1,010 51.4 +5.5
Conservative Scott Robert Morris 788 40.1 −0.8
Labour Malcolm Bride 106 5.4 +2.9
Green Lennard Vincent Attard 61 3.1 +0.6
Majority 222 11.3 +6.3
Turnout 1,974 50 +3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

College

College 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Klara Victoria Sudbury* 1,063 63.0 +10.5
Conservative Peter James Pritchard 370 21.9 −2.8
Green Sarah Jane Field 101 6.0 −7.2
Labour Joanna Susan Hughes 85 5.0 N/A
UKIP Sue Jones 69 4.1 −5.5
Majority 693 41.1 +13.3
Turnout 1,689 40 −1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hesters Way

Hesters Way 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Wendy Louise Flynn* 624 52.7 +1.1
Conservative Shaun Stephen Bailey 371 31.4 +6.8
Labour Rod Gay 107 9.0 −5.6
Green Malcolm Albert John Allison 60 5.1 N/A
TUSC Sam Coxson 21 1.8 −7.4
Majority 253 21.3 −5.7
Turnout 1,187 25 ±0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lansdown

Lansdown 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diggory Charles Seacome* 646 52.9 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Mike Newby 303 24.8 −16.2
Labour Keith White 141 11.5 +1.2
Green Sophie Dominique Franklin 131 10.7 N/A
Majority 343 28.1 +20.4
Turnout 1,230 30 −3
Conservative hold Swing

Leckhampton

Leckhampton 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ian Bickerton 821 40.1 +17.0
Conservative Andrew William Chard* 583 28.5 −7.9
Liberal Democrats Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie 409 20.0 −2.6
Green Morgan Woodland 99 4.8 −3.4
UKIP Ian Charles Anthony Statham 75 3.7 −6.0
Labour Ian Hugh White 62 3.0 N/A
Majority 238 11.6 −1.7
Turnout 2,053 48 −5
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

Oakley

Oakley 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rowena Mary Hay* 576 47.3 +1.8
Conservative Emma Nelson 320 26.3 +12.7
Labour Alec Gamble 235 19.3 +4.3
Green Roberta Lee Smart 87 7.1 N/A
Majority 256 21.0 +1.4
Turnout 1,225 29 ±0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Park

Park 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tim Harman* 991 46.9 +4.4
Liberal Democrats Dilys Mary Juliet Barrell 912 43.2 −1.7
Labour Megan Alice England 109 5.2 +0.7
Green Anne Knight-Elliott 101 4.8 −3.3
Majority 79 3.7 +1.3
Turnout 2,120 45 ±0
Conservative hold Swing

Pittville

Dennis Parsons was expelled from the Liberal Democrats on 17 June 2020 for using a racist slur at a council meeting the day before. He now sits as an Independent.[3]

Pittville 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dennis Frank Parsons 838 46.0 +8.5
PAB Peter Sayers 536 29.4 −11.6
Conservative Barry Geoffrey Perks 273 15.0 −6.5
Labour Sandra Easton-Lawrence 91 5.0 N/A
Green Ian Antony Lander 84 4.6 N/A
Majority 302 16.6 +13.1
Turnout 1,826 41 −1
Liberal Democrats gain from PAB Swing

Prestbury

Prestbury 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PAB Malcolm George Stennett* 1,196 69.0 −7.4
Conservative Alicia Wyer 258 14.9 −0.4
Liberal Democrats Lisa Patricia Carr 202 11.6 +3.3
Green Catherine Sarah Green 78 4.5 N/A
Majority 938 54.1 −7.0
Turnout 1,737 40 −5
PAB hold Swing

Springbank

Springbank 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Theresa Williams* 778 57.0 +9.4
Conservative Gavin Lee Garthwaite 285 20.8 +6.1
UKIP Elizabeth Jane Roberts 217 15.9 −8.9
Green Dale Karl Campbell 86 6.3 N/A
Majority 493 36.2 +13.9
Turnout 1,367 29 +1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Mark’s

St Mark’s 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Francis Coleman* 896 62.9 +19.3
Conservative Rosemary Rita Harvey 172 12.1 −3.4
UKIP Peter Bowman 139 9.8 −14.2
Labour Andre Ambrosius 124 8.7 +0.1
Green Demelza Jade Jones 93 6.5 −1.8
Majority 724 50.8 +31.2
Turnout 1,433 31 −2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Paul’s

St Paul’s 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Karl Nicholas Hobley 322 36.6 +6.4
Independent Daud McDonald 231 26.3 +13.2
Labour Clive Robert Harriss 141 16.0 +0.7
Conservative Ben Stone 96 10.9 −5.0
Green Jasmine Climpson Moreton 90 10.2 −1.6
Majority 91 13.3 −1.0
Turnout 888 21 ±0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Peter’s

St Peter’s 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David John Willingham 669 46.5 −0.6
Conservative John Vincent Hopwood 376 26.1 +8.9
Green Emily Catherine Campbell 263 18.3 N/A
Labour Robert Ramuz Irons 131 9.1 −4.1
Majority 293 20.4 −4.2
Turnout 1,448 29 ±0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Swindon Village

Swindon Village 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bernie Fisher* 607 45.3 −21.0
PAB Stuart James Deakin 456 34.0 N/A
Conservative Janet Diana Honeywill 183 13.6 −20.1
Green Adrian Becker 95 7.1 N/A
Majority 151 11.3 −21.3
Turnout 1,352 31 +1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Up Hatherley

Up Hatherley 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Lee Whyborn* 1,163 64.5 +14.1
Conservative Marcus Annfield 370 20.5 −8.1
UKIP Peter William Joiner 138 7.7 −7.8
Labour Christine Mary England 68 3.8 −1.7
Green Adam Paul Van Coevorden 64 3.5 N/A
Majority 793 44.0 +22.2
Turnout 1,809 43 −4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Warden Hill

Warden Hill 2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tony Oliver 825 47.0 +11.6
Conservative Neil Killian Jones 564 32.1 −7.2
UKIP Ann Homer 167 9.5 −8.4
Labour Joseph David Sucksmith 114 6.5 N/A
Green Tim Bonsor 86 4.9 −2.4
Majority 261 14.9 +11.0
Turnout 1,762 41 −2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Police and Crime Commissioner and Cheltenham Borough Council elections". Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
  3. ^ "Update from the Cheltenham Liberal Democrats regarding the use of racist words by councillor Dennis Parsons". twitter.com. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.