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Map showing the results of the 2021 Cheltenham Borough Council elections by ward. Yellow shows the Liberal Democrats, blue shows the Conservatives and black People Against Bureaucracy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Cheltenham Borough Council elections took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election, and the Liberal Democrats remained in overall control of the council.[1][2]
These seats were due to be contested in 2020, but were delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 Cheltenham Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 14 | 1 | 75.0 | 16 | 31 | 75.0 | 16,241 | 42.6 | -2.9 | |
Conservative | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | 7 | 20.0 | 14,312 | 37.5 | +8.2 | |
PAB | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 1,307 | 3.4 | -3.4 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,178 | 11.0 | +4.8 | ||
Labour | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,068 | 5.4 | -0.9 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |
Before the election, the composition of the council was:
32 | 6 | 2 |
Liberal Democrats | Conservative | PAB |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
31 | 7 | 2 |
Liberal Democrats | Conservative | PAB |
PAB - People Against Bureaucracy
Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*)
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Barbara Ann Clark | 798 | 46.8 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | Susan Mary Godwin | 508 | 29.8 | -6.7 | |
Green | Jessica West | 271 | 15.9 | +9.2 | |
Labour | Isobel Amy Laing | 129 | 7.6 | -2.1 | |
Majority | 290 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,706 | 40 | +6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louis Arthur Ives Savage* | 1,005 | 46.3 | -11.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Clare Pemberton | 850 | 39.1 | +9.0 | |
Green | Daniel Joseph Willey | 185 | 8.5 | +3.3 | |
Labour | Caroline Adele Gavin | 132 | 6.1 | -0.4 | |
Majority | 155 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,172 | 46 | +8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Collins* | 1,048 | 51.6 | -3.7 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Edward Beeston | 768 | 37.8 | -2.0 | |
Green | Sarah Jane Field | 153 | 7.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Robin Frederick Carey | 62 | 3.1 | -1.8 | |
Majority | 280 | 13.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,031 | 51 | +4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Gerard McCloskey* | 1,016 | 46.4 | -1.4 | |
Conservative | Jake Wilson | 852 | 38.9 | -0.1 | |
Green | Lorraine Elizabeth Mason | 229 | 10.5 | +5.2 | |
Labour | Elle Harriet Rees | 91 | 4.2 | -3.6 | |
Majority | 164 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,188 | 50 | +6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Steve Harvey* | 1,092 | 46.8 | -2.4 | |
Conservative | Phil Davis | 1,003 | 43.0 | -2.1 | |
Green | Sharon Lorna Wallington | 162 | 6.9 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Sarah Jane Chacko | 75 | 3.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 89 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,332 | 58 | +5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | William Guy Rosewarne Maughfling | 1,027 | 51.0 | -6.7 | |
Conservative | Rich Newman | 563 | 27.9 | +1.4 | |
Green | Elizabeth Johnson | 307 | 15.2 | +9.0 | |
Labour | Robert George Arnott | 118 | 5.9 | -2.7 | |
Majority | 464 | 23.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,015 | 46 | +8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Wendy Louise Flynn* | 619 | 45.4 | -9.7 | |
Conservative | Laura Elizabeth Haley | 515 | 37.8 | +6.1 | |
Green | Adrian Becker | 118 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Labour | John Malcolm Bride | 105 | 7.7 | -5.5 | |
TUSC | Samuel Jacob Coxson | 7 | 0.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 104 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,364 | 28 | +4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Diggory Charles Seacome* | 795 | 45.1 | -7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Wheat | 627 | 35.6 | +5.8 | |
Green | Stephen Paul Bell | 239 | 13.6 | +7.2 | |
Labour | Duncan James Siret | 100 | 5.7 | -5.2 | |
Majority | 168 | 9.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,761 | 42 | +9 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Margaret Emma Frances Nelson | 1,132 | 43.9 | -2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenn Andrews | 853 | 33.1 | -3.3 | |
Green | Peter Robert Frings | 592 | 23.0 | +9.8 | |
Majority | 279 | 10.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,577 | 59 | +7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Rowena Mary Hay* | 597 | 48.1 | -6.1 | |
Conservative | Jake Michael Andrew Hardy | 414 | 33.4 | +10.0 | |
Labour | Mike Jarvis | 122 | 9.8 | -13.6 | |
Green | Stephen West | 107 | 8.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 183 | 14.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,240 | 29 | -4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tim Harman* | 1,292 | 49.6 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Izaac Augustus Tailford | 983 | 37.7 | -9.9 | |
Green | Catherine Sunita Lyon Leggett | 217 | 8.3 | +5.1 | |
Labour | Kevin Michael Boyle | 112 | 4.3 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 309 | 11.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,604 | 53 | +3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephan Alexander Fifield | 1,038 | 48.3 | +16.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jason Edwin Potter-Peachey | 713 | 33.2 | +1.5 | |
Green | Billy Wassell | 231 | 10.8 | +7.5 | |
Labour | Julie Frances Farmer | 166 | 7.7 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 325 | 15.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,148 | 44 | +3 | ||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAB | Ian Michael Bassett-Smith | 1,128 | 50.0 | -15.7 | |
Conservative | Alan James Davis | 683 | 30.3 | +16.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Anthony Beale | 445 | 19.7 | -0.7 | |
Majority | 455 | 19.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,256 | 46 | +2 | ||
PAB hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Theresa Williams* | 746 | 52.9 | -11.4 | |
Conservative | Paul Robert Simons | 427 | 30.3 | +4.9 | |
Labour | Thomas Alister Johnson | 132 | 9.4 | -1.0 | |
Green | Stephen John Bear | 104 | 7.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 319 | 22.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,409 | 28 | +3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard James Pineger | 736 | 48.0 | -4.8 | |
Conservative | Jerome Eugene Forrest | 467 | 30.4 | +2.6 | |
Green | David John Clarke | 179 | 11.7 | +4.7 | |
Labour | Mike Farmer | 152 | 9.9 | -2.5 | |
Majority | 269 | 17.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,534 | 32 | +6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alisha Chloe-Marie Lewis | 431 | 33.5 | -5.3 | |
Green | Tabi Joy | 294 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Conservative | Roger Graham Fox | 227 | 17.7 | +5.8 | |
PAB | Daud McDonald | 179 | 13.9 | -9.6 | |
Labour | Kenneth Syme | 136 | 10.6 | -15.1 | |
TUSC | Joe Waters | 19 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 137 | 10.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,286 | 29 | +3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David John Willingham* | 953 | 52.5 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Edward Wahid Hazzan | 493 | 27.2 | -5.6 | |
Green | Karen Wilson | 215 | 11.9 | -6.1 | |
Labour | Clive Robert Harriss | 153 | 8.4 | -1.0 | |
Majority | 460 | 26 | |||
Turnout | 1,814 | 33 | +4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Bernie Fisher* | 740 | 48.3 | -13.8 | |
Conservative | Susan Jean McArdle | 452 | 29.5 | -8.4 | |
Green | Edward Nuan Bycroft Saul | 212 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Labour | Peter Arthur Robert Clark | 128 | 8.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 288 | 18.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,532 | 35 | +8 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Julie Margaret Sankey | 979 | 47.3 | -9.6 | |
Conservative | Rhiannon Evans | 810 | 39.2 | +3.0 | |
Green | Samantha Diane Hodges | 199 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Labour | Neil Andrew Armitage | 80 | 3.9 | -3.1 | |
Majority | 169 | 8.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,068 | 50 | +7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tony Oliver* | 988 | 47.2 | +0.8 | |
Conservative | Ro Baillie | 868 | 41.4 | -3.1 | |
Green | Timothy Cosmo Bonsor | 164 | 7.8 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Ian Hugh White | 75 | 3.6 | -0.6 | |
Majority | 120 | 5.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,095 | 48 | +3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |