Cheltenham council election, 2021

06/05/2021 · 20 wards · 20 seats contested

Most seats
14
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
20
across 20 wards
Turnout
45.6%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 14 -3 16,241 42.6% -3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party 5 +2 14,312 37.5% +0.5
People Against Bureaucracy Group 1 +0 1,307 3.4% -1.7
Green Party 0 +0 4,178 11.0% +6.9
Labour Party 0 +0 2,068 5.4% -2.0
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 26 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 03/05/2018. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 20
Conservative and Unionist Party 20
Liberal Democrats 20
Green Party 19
Labour Party 18
People Against Bureaucracy Group 2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2

A party standing a full slate could field 20 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

All Saints

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Barbara Ann Clark Elected 798 47.2% +0.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Godwin 508 30.0% -6.4
Green Party Jessica West 271 16.0% +9.3
Labour Party Isobel Amy Laing 129 7.6% -2.1
Majority290
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors4,272
Ballots cast1,691

Liberal Democrats hold

Battledown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Louis Arthur Ives Savage Elected 1,005 47.1% -11.1
Liberal Democrats Helen Clare Pemberton 850 39.8% +9.7
Green Party Daniel Joseph Willey 185 8.7% +3.5
Labour Party Caroline Adele Gavin 132 6.2% -0.3
Majority155
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors4,743
Ballots cast2,134

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Benhall and the Reddings

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mike Collins Elected 1,048 51.8% -3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Edward Beeston 768 37.9% -1.9
Green Party Sarah Jane Field 153 7.6% —
Labour Party Robin Frederick Carey 62 3.1% -1.8
Majority280
Turnout51.0%
Registered electors3,962
Ballots cast2,024

Liberal Democrats hold

Charlton Kings

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Paul Gerard McCloskey Elected 1,016 47.2% -0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Jake Wilson 852 39.6% +0.5
Green Party Lorraine Elizabeth Mason 229 10.6% +5.4
Labour Party Ella Harriet Rees 91 4.2% -3.6
Majority164
Turnout50.0%
Registered electors4,400
Ballots cast2,154

Liberal Democrats hold

Charlton Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Steve Harvey Elected 1,092 47.2% -2.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Phil Davis 1,003 43.3% -1.7
Green Party Sharon Lorna Wallington 162 7.0% +3.8
Labour Party Sarah Jane Chacko 75 3.2% +0.7
Majority89
Turnout58.0%
Registered electors3,998
Ballots cast2,314

Liberal Democrats hold

College

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Guy Maughfling Elected 1,027 52.3% -5.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Rich Newman 563 28.7% +2.2
Green Party Elizabeth Johnson 307 15.6% +9.4
Labour Party Robert George Arnott 118 6.0% -3.6
Majority464
Turnout46.0%
Registered electors4,406
Ballots cast1,964

Liberal Democrats hold

Hesters Way

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Wendy Flynn Elected 619 45.6% -9.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Laura Kennedy 515 38.0% +6.2
Green Party Adrian Becker 118 8.7% —
Labour Party John Malcolm Bride 105 7.7% -5.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Samuel Jacob Coxson 7 0.5% —
Majority104
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors4,959
Ballots cast1,356

Liberal Democrats hold

Lansdown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Diggory Seacome Elected 795 45.1% -7.8
Liberal Democrats Paul Wheat 627 35.6% +5.8
Green Party Stephen Paul Bell 239 13.6% +7.2
Labour Party Duncan James Siret 100 5.7% -5.2
Majority168
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,761

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Leckhampton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Emma Nelson Elected 1,132 43.9% -3.7
Liberal Democrats Glenn Andrews 853 33.1% -15.1
Green Party Peter Frings 592 23.0% +9.5
Majority279
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,577

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent

Oakley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Rowena Mary Hay Elected 597 48.1% -6.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Jake Michael Andrew Hardy 414 33.4% +11.0
Labour Party Mike Jarvis 122 9.8% -13.5
Green Party Stephen West 107 8.6% —
Majority183
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,240

Liberal Democrats hold

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Tim Harman Elected 1,292 49.6% +4.2
Liberal Democrats Izaac Augustus Tailford 983 37.7% -9.9
Green Party Catherine Sunita Lyon Leggett 217 8.3% +5.2
Labour Party Kevin Michael Boyle 112 4.3% +0.5
Majority309
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,604

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Pittville

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephan Alexander Fifield Elected 1,038 48.3% +16.8
Liberal Democrats Jayjay Potter-Peachey 713 33.2% +1.5
Green Party Billy John Wassell 231 10.8% +7.5
Labour Party Julie Frances Farmer 166 7.7% +0.2
Majority325
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,148

Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Prestbury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
People Against Bureaucracy Group Ian Michael Bassett-Smith Elected 1,128 50.0% -15.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan James Davis 683 30.3% +16.4
Liberal Democrats Graham Anthony Beale 445 19.7% -0.7
Majority445
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,256

People Against Bureaucracy Group hold

Springbank

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Suzanne Theresa Williams Elected 746 52.9% -11.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Robert Simons 427 30.3% +4.9
Labour Party Thomas Alister Johson 132 9.4% -1.0
Green Party Stephen John Bear 104 7.4% —
Majority319
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,409

Liberal Democrats hold

St Mark's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Richard James Pineger Elected 736 48.0% -4.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Jerome Eugene Forrest 467 30.4% +2.6
Green Party David John Clarke 179 11.7% +4.7
Labour Party Michael Thomas Farmer 152 9.9% -2.5
Majority269
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,534

Liberal Democrats hold

St Paul's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Alisha Chloe-Marie Lewis Elected 431 33.5% -5.3
Green Party Tabi Joy 294 22.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Roger Graham Fox 227 17.7% +5.7
People Against Bureaucracy Group Daud McDonald 179 13.9% —
Labour Party Kenneth Syme 136 10.6% -15.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Joe Waters 19 1.5% —
Majority137
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,286

Liberal Democrats hold

St Peter's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David John Willingham Elected 953 52.5% +12.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Edward Wadih Hazzan 493 27.2% -5.6
Green Party Karen Wilson 215 11.9% -6.1
Labour Party Clive Robert Harriss 153 8.4% -0.9
Majority460
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,814

Liberal Democrats hold

Swindon Village

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Bernie Fisher Elected 740 48.3% -13.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Jean McArdle 452 29.5% -8.4
Green Party Edward Nuan Bycroft Saul 212 13.8% —
Labour Party Peter Arthur Robert Clark 128 8.4% —
Majority288
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,532

Liberal Democrats hold

Up Hatherley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Julie Margaret Sankey Elected 979 47.3% -9.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Rhiannon Evans 810 39.2% +3.0
Green Party Samantha Diane Hodges 199 9.6% —
Labour Party Neil Andrew Armitage 80 3.9% -3.1
Majority169
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,068

Liberal Democrats hold

Warden Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Tony Oliver Elected 988 47.2% +0.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Ro Baillie 868 41.4% -3.1
Green Party Timothy Cosmo Bonsor 164 7.8% +3.0
Labour Party Ian Hugh White 75 3.6% -0.7
Majority120
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,095

Liberal Democrats hold

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