2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election

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All 40 seats to Cheltenham Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority


Leader	Rowena Hay	Matt Babbage^[a]
Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Leader's seat	Oakley	Battledown
Current seats	31	6
Seats needed		15

Incumbent Leader

Rowena Hay
Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 40 members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire will be elected following boundary changes.

Background

Since its creation in 1974, control of the council has alternated between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats.^[2] The Conservatives controlled the council until 1979, when it fell into no overall control until 1991, when the Liberal Democrats took control. The Conservatives briefly controlled the council from 2000 to 2002, with the Liberal Democrats re-taking control from no overall control in 2010. The Liberal Democrats have formed majority administrations since then.

In the most recent election, the Liberal Democrats maintained their seat count with 55.1% of the vote, the Conservatives won 1 seat (down 1) with 27.7%, People Against Bureaucracy kept their 1-seat up for election with 2.8%, and the Green Party gained 1 seat with 11.3%.

Boundary changes

Cheltenham usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.^[3] All wards have 2 councillors.

Old wards^[4]	New wards
All Saints	All Saints
Battledown	Battledown
Benhall and the Reddings	Benhall, the Reddings and Fiddler's Green
Charlton Kings	Charlton Kings
Charlton Park	Charlton Park
College	College
Hesters Way	Hesters Way
Lansdown	Lansdown
Leckhampton	Leckhampton
Oakley	Oakley
Park	Park
Pittville	Pittville
Prestbury	Prestbury
Springbank	Springbank
St Mark's	St Mark's
St Paul's	St Paul's
St Peter's	St Peter's
Swindon Village	Swindon Village
Up Hatherley	Up Hatherley
Warden Hill	Warden Hill

Previous council composition

After 2022 election			Before 2024 election^[5]			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Liberal Democrats	31		Liberal Democrats	30		Liberal Democrats
	Conservative	6		Conservative	5		Conservative
	PAB	2		PAB	2		PAB
	Green	1		Green	2		Green
	Independent	0		Independent	1		Independent

Changes:

June 2022: Wendy Flynn joins Green Party from Liberal Democrats^[6]
October 2022: Sandra Holliday suspended from Liberal Democrats^[7]
December 2022: Louis Savage (Conservative) resigns; by-election held February 2023^[8]
February 2023: Ed Chidley (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election from the Conservatives^[9]
August 2023: John Payne (People Against Bureaucracy) resigns; by-election held October 2023^[10]
October 2023: Stan Smith (People Against Bureaucracy) wins by-election^[11]

Ward results

Sitting councilors are marked with an asterisk (*).^[12]

All Saints

All Saints
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Ann Clark*		N/A
	Green	Amandeep Kaur Gill-Lang		N/A
	Labour	Diana Helen Hale		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Izaac Augustus Tailford*		N/A
	Conservative	Martin Tracey		N/A
	Green	Stephen West		N/A
	Conservative	Philip Royden Wilce		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Battledown

Battledown
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Green	Connor Lewis Auker-Howlett		N/A
	Conservative	Matt Babbage*		N/A
	Conservative	Dan Bunner		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Day		N/A
	Labour	Caroline Adele Gavin		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Clare Pemberton		N/A
	Green	Karen Wilson		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Benhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green

Benhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Conservative	Dan Collins		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Michael John David Collins*		N/A
	Conservative	Alan James Davis		N/A
	Green	Sarah Jane Field		N/A
	Green	John Leslie Jarvis		N/A
	Labour	Jan Lugg		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Ian Steinhardt		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Charlton Kings

Charlton Kings
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angie Boyes*		N/A
	Conservative	Roy Hewlett		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Mutton		N/A
	Labour	Ella Harriet Rees		N/A
	Conservative	Nick Saywell		N/A
	Green	Daniel Joseph Willey		N/A
	Green	Morgan Woodland		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Charlton Park

Charlton Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Richard Baker*		N/A
	Conservative	Georgina Rose Bass		N/A
	Labour	Malcolm Bride		N/A
	Green	Melina Pereira Costelloe		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Harvey*		N/A
	Independent	John Kadwell		N/A
	Conservative	Helen Frances Shill		N/A
	Green	Sharon Lorna Wallington		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

College

College
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Wallington Barnes*		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie*		N/A
	Conservative	Bettina Evans		N/A
	Green	Lewis Vincent Irvine		N/A
	Labour	Adam Moliver		N/A
	Conservative	Teresa Anne Prothero		N/A
	Green	Stephen Benjamin Vitkovitch		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Hesters Way

Hesters Way
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Conservative	Ro Baillie		N/A
	Green	Gary Clarke		N/A
	TUSC	Samuel Coxson		N/A
	Green	Wendy Flynn*		N/A
	Labour	Clive Harriss		N/A
	Conservative	Helen Landau		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Cathal Lynch		N/A
	TUSC	Joe Waters		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wheeler*		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Lansdown

Lansdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Andrews*		N/A
	Green	Stephen Paul Bell		N/A
	Labour	David Richard Cockfield		N/A
	Conservative	Susan Godwin		N/A
	Green	Deborah Claire Milner		N/A
	Conservative	Olalekan Ebenezer Olajide		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Lewis Orme		N/A
	Independent	Geoff Parsons		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Leckhampton

Leckhampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Caroline Chandler			N/A
	Green	Peter Robert Frings			N/A
	Labour	Bronwen Rachel Goring		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Charles Horwood*			N/A
	Green	Elizabeth Johnson			N/A
	Conservative	Pippa Mason			N/A
	Conservative	William Bernard Francis Prothero			N/A
	Independent	Sali Wijesinghe			N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Oakley

Oakley
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rowena Mary Hay*		N/A
	Labour	Isobel Mary Laing		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alisha Chloe-Marie Lewis**		N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Emma Frances Nelson**		N/A
	Green	Claire Angela Blanche Spanner		N/A
	Conservative	Andrew Stephen Wall		N/A
	Green	Nathan Luke Weller		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Alisha Lewis was a sitting councillor for St Paul's ward

Emma Nelson was a sitting councillor for Leckhampton ward

Park

Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dilys Mary Juliet Barrell		N/A
	Labour	Kevin Michael Boyle		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Chelin*		N/A
	Green	Paul Michael Godfrey		N/A
	Conservative	Tim Harman*		N/A
	Green	Tussie Myerson		N/A
	Conservative	Diana Pollock		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Pittville

Pittville
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Conservative	Peter Frantz Vagh Christensen		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Juan Carlos Garcia Clamp		N/A
	Labour	Martin William Glozier		N/A
	Conservative	Laura Kennedy		N/A
	Green	Sarah Louise Quekett		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Charles George Tooke*		N/A
	Green	Daniel Wilson		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Prestbury

Prestbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Green	Ian Alexander Cameron		N/A
	Conservative	Stephan Alexander Fifield*		N/A
	Green	Jan Foster		N/A
	Conservative	Harry Hopkins		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Joe March		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Elizabeth Martin		N/A
	PAB	Stan Smith*		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Stephan Fifield was a sitting councillor for Pittville ward

Springbank

Springbank
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Conservative	James Alan Robert Bass		N/A
	Green	Stephen John Bear		N/A
	Conservative	Roger Graham Fox		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jeremy Jeffries*		N/A
	Green	Ian James Munday		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Theresa Williams*		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

St Mark's

St Mark's
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Green	Adrian Becker		N/A
	Conservative	Louise Collins		N/A
	Labour	Julie Frances Farmer		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Jane Holliday*		N/A
	Conservative	Penny Hyams		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard James Pinegar*		N/A
	Green	Naomi Ruth Seadon		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

St Paul's

St Paul's
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Green	Ashleigh Olivia Davies		N/A
	TUSC	Adrienne Davis		N/A
	TUSC	Christian David Dwyer		N/A
	Labour	Bobby Johnstone		N/A
	Green	Tabi Joy*		N/A
	Conservative	Chris Mason		N/A
	Independent	Daud McDonald		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Nancekivell		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jayjay Potter-Peachy		N/A
	Conservative	Lily Hannah May Prothero		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

St Peter's

St Peter's
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria May Atherstone*		N/A
	Green	Glyn Ellis		N/A
	Labour	Mike Farmer		N/A
	Conservative	Jerry Forrest		N/A
	Conservative	Edward Wadih Hazzan		N/A
	Green	Daniel Ethan Hodges		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David John Willingham*		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Swindon Village

Swindon Village
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank John Allen		N/A
	Green	Mark Barber		N/A
	Conservative	Brian Anthony Chaplin		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Flo Clucas*		N/A
	Conservative	Joseph James Picknell		N/A
	Green	Edward Nuan Bycroft Saul		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Up Hatherley

Up Hatherley
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Stephen Bamford*		N/A
	Labour	Philip Cole		N/A
	Green	Charles Adrian Goodwin		N/A
	Green	Samantha Diane Hodges		N/A
	Conservative	Colin John Parsons		N/A
	Conservative	Sandra Gloria Parsons		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Margaret Sankey*		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

Warden Hill

Warden Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Anthony Beale*		N/A
	Green	Timothy Cosmo Bonsor		N/A
	Conservative	Patrick John William Dunleavy		N/A
	Green	Maxine Karen Godfrey		N/A
	Conservative	Gill Hewlett		N/A
	Labour	Christopher John Meehan		N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Oliver*		N/A
Majority
Turnout
			Swing
			Swing

References

^ Mayor^[1]

^ Garcia, Carmelo (27 May 2023). "Former Robins chairman is deputy to new Cheltenham mayor". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Cheltenham Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "The Cheltenham (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/820, retrieved 29 February 2024
^ "Cheltenham Borough Councillors 2022 - 2024". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Your Councillors by Party". Cheltenham Borough Council. 29 February 2024. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ Garcia, Carmelo (8 June 2022). "Racism fears force town councillor to defect to rival group". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ Garcia, Carmelo (11 October 2022). "Town mayor suspended by party over 'disciplinary matter'". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ Garcia, Carmelo (18 December 2022). "'Excellent' doctor councillor stands down sparking by-election". Gloucestershire Live.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Battledown Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ Garcia, Carmelo (8 October 2023). "Voters head to polls this week as candidates contest by-election". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Prestbury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
^ https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/downloads/file/10058/statements_of_persons_nominated_-_borough

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