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![]() Map showing the results of the 2018 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 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
[edit]Party | Previous council | New council | +/- | |
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Liberal Democrats | 29 | 32 | ![]() | |
Conservatives | 7 | 6 | ![]() | |
People Against Bureaucracy | 3 | 2 | ![]() | |
Independent | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |
Total | 40 | 40 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | |
PAB | 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
[edit]All Saints
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,433 | 34 | −1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Battledown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Matt Babbage* | 971 | 58.2 | +2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,672 | 38 | +1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Benhall & The Reddings
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,873 | 47 | +1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Charlton Kings
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,921 | 44 | −1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Charlton Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 2,136 | 53 | +3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
College
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,692 | 38 | −2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hesters Way
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,218 | 24 | −1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Lansdown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Chris Mason* | 720 | 52.9 | ±0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,362 | 33 | +3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Leckhampton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Martin Horwood | 1,082 | 47.2 | +27.2 | |
Conservative | Stephen Cooke | 1,069 | 46.6 | +18.1 | |
Conservative | Chris Nelson* | 1,067 | 46.5 | +18.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Glenn Andrews | 834 | 36.4 | +16.4 | |
Green | Peter Frings | 302 | 13.2 | +8.4 | |
Labour | Steve Harrop | 78 | 3.4 | +0.4 | |
Labour | Christopher Meehan | 56 | 2.4 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 13 | 0.1 | −11.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,293 | 52 | +4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Oakley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,320 | 33 | +4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Max Wilkinson was a sitting councillor in Park.
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 2,430 | 50 | +5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Pittville
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,984 | 41 | ±0 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from PAB | Swing |
Prestbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAB | John Payne* | 1,324 | 65.7 | −3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Jane Stimpson | 411 | 20.4 | +8.8 | |
Conservative | Jerry Forrest | 279 | 13.9 | −1.0 | |
Majority | 913 | 45.3 | −8.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,022 | 44 | +4 | ||
PAB hold | Swing |
Springbank
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,277 | 25 | −4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Mark’s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,284 | 26 | −5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Paul’s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,142 | 26 | +5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Peter’s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,548 | 29 | ±0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Swindon Village
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Flo Clucas* | 744 | 62.1 | +16.8 | |
Conservative | Edward Wadih Hazzan | 455 | 37.9 | +24.3 | |
Majority | 289 | 24.2 | +12.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,217 | 27 | −4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Up Hatherley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | ||
Turnout | 1,788 | 43 | ±0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Warden Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 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 | 38 | 1.9 | −13.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,983 | 45 | +4 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |