Cheltenham council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 20 wards · 20 seats contested

Most seats
17
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
20
across 20 wards
Turnout
46.7%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 17 -19 17,093 38.4% -13.6
Green Party 2 -1 8,526 19.1% +3.5
Reform UK 1 +1 8,627 19.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party 0 +0 9,626 21.6% -3.8
Labour Party 0 +0 649 1.5% -3.2
Christian Peoples Alliance 0 +0 22 0.0% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 14 0.0% -0.2
Heritage Party 0 +0 10 0.0% —
People Against Bureaucracy Group 0 -1 0 — —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. 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 25
Green Party 22
Reform UK 22
Liberal Democrats 20
Labour Party 15
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 2
Christian Peoples Alliance 1
Heritage Party 1

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 Izaac Augustus Tailford Elected 928 43.0% -13.9
Green Party James Dyson 596 27.6% +13.0
Reform UK Hod Birkby 275 12.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gill Hewlett 225 10.4% -12.7
Labour Party Diana Helen Hale 37 1.7% -12.3
Majority332
Turnout47.9%
Registered electors4,521
Ballots cast2,160

Liberal Democrats hold

Battledown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Chris Day Elected 1,040 44.7% -2.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Clinton 506 21.7% -18.6
Reform UK Marcia Jacko 349 15.0% —
Green Party Liam Pem 276 11.9% +0.8
Labour Party Lukshayini Manimaran 23 1.0% -6.3
Majority534
Turnout48.9%
Registered electors4,759
Ballots cast2,327

Liberal Democrats hold

Benhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Stephen Ian Steinhardt Elected 1,103 43.3% -9.5
Reform UK Maggie Humphries 565 22.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dan Collins 436 17.1% -15.3
Green Party Emily Fairburn 264 10.4% -2.1
Majority538
Turnout51.3%
Registered electors4,974
Ballots cast2,546

Liberal Democrats hold

Charlton Kings

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Arthur Gordon Snell Elected 922 36.9% -11.2
Green Party Jon Perera 563 22.5% +11.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Matt Babbage 487 19.5% -19.1
Reform UK Denise Jeffreys-Jones 320 12.8% —
Reform UK Den Jeffreys-Jones 320 12.8% —
Labour Party Ella Harriet Rees 47 1.9% -0.7
Majority359
Turnout55.4%
Registered electors4,516
Ballots cast2,498

Liberal Democrats hold

Charlton Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Steve Harvey Elected 906 36.1% -26.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Elliot Craddock 740 29.5% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Elliot Henry Robin Craddock 740 29.5% —
Green Party Kes Steger 370 14.7% +7.0
Reform UK Kevin Charles Bowden 296 11.8% —
Labour and Co-operative Party John Malcolm Bride 44 1.8% -3.9
Majority166
Turnout58.4%
Registered electors4,305
Ballots cast2,512

Liberal Democrats hold

College

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Garth Wallington Barnes Elected 1,003 50.1% -0.9
Green Party Naomi Seadon 337 16.8% -6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Rich Newman 334 16.7% -1.8
Reform UK Maureen McNall 269 13.4% —
Labour Party Adam Moliver 51 2.5% -8.0
Heritage Party Stephen Paul Reid 10 0.5% —
Majority666
Turnout47.3%
Registered electors4,239
Ballots cast2,001

Liberal Democrats hold

Hesters Way

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Callum James Eldridge Elected 431 29.6% —
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Botchway 415 28.5% -13.0
Green Party Wendy Flynn 366 25.1% -4.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Miller 99 6.8% -8.6
Labour Party Clive Robert Harriss 40 2.7% -12.9
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Samuel Jacob Coxson 8 0.5% -2.6
Majority16
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors5,032
Ballots cast1,458

Reform UK gain from Liberal Democrats

Lansdown

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jamie Jamieson Elected 874 39.2% -6.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Pippa Mason 574 25.7% -7.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Pippa Mason 574 25.7% —
Green Party Ed Joy 330 14.8% +1.8
Green Party Edward Nuan Bycroft Saul 330 14.8% —
Reform UK Dean Raymond Luke Botterill 324 14.5% —
Majority300
Turnout46.3%
Registered electors4,830
Ballots cast2,231

Liberal Democrats hold

Leckhampton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Julia Caroline Chandler Elected 1,274 51.1% -3.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Nick Saywell 491 19.7% -11.0
Reform UK Stephen Hayward Bajdala-Brown 307 12.3% —
Green Party Peter Frings 260 10.4% -0.6
Labour Party Philip Cole 33 1.3% -4.5
Labour Party Philip Cole 33 1.3% —
Majority783
Turnout58.3%
Registered electors4,292
Ballots cast2,494

Liberal Democrats hold

Oakley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Alisha Chloe-Marie Lewis Elected 632 39.9% -19.6
Reform UK Maureen Dodwell 487 30.8% —
Reform UK Maureen Susan Dodwell 487 30.8% —
Green Party Nathan Weller 204 12.9% +0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Roy Hewlett 144 9.1% -13.4
Majority145
Turnout36.2%
Registered electors4,373
Ballots cast1,582

Liberal Democrats hold

Park

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Karen Louise Priest Elected 997 39.9% -7.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Tim Harman 750 30.0% -8.6
Reform UK Andrew Patrick Dempsey 298 11.9% —
Green Party Karen Wilson 290 11.6% +1.8
Labour Party Kevin Michael Boyle 45 1.8% -6.2
Majority247
Turnout55.5%
Registered electors4,511
Ballots cast2,497

Liberal Democrats hold

Pittville

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Cecily Frances Grace Henderson Elected 1,037 42.6% -12.3
Green Party Jamal Rahman 470 19.3% +5.5
Reform UK Ashley John Fraser Mills 389 16.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan James Davis 362 14.9% -11.0
Labour Party Martin William Glozier 45 1.8% -7.1
Majority567
Turnout50.9%
Registered electors4,809
Ballots cast2,437

Liberal Democrats hold

Prestbury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Jan Foster Elected 993 38.5% +0.9
Reform UK Lance Alan Fletcher 621 24.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Mason 430 16.7% -14.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Mason 430 16.7% —
Liberal Democrats Ben Ingram 364 14.1% +1.6
Majority372
Turnout53.8%
Registered electors4,800
Ballots cast2,579

Green Party hold

Springbank

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Peter Jeremy Jeffries Elected 719 42.2% -23.4
Reform UK Haydn Douglas Pearl 498 29.3% —
Green Party Sarp Cetin 195 11.5% +1.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Helen Frances Shill 162 9.5% -9.6
Christian Peoples Alliance David Nigel Edgar 22 1.3% —
Majority221
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors4,872
Ballots cast1,702

Liberal Democrats hold

St Mark's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Richard James Pineger Elected 752 41.2% -12.2
Reform UK Antony Neil Fillingham 438 24.0% —
Green Party Kieran Scott 297 16.3% +3.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin John Parsons 160 8.8% -11.1
Labour Party Julie Frances Farmer 67 3.7% -12.8
Majority314
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors4,689
Ballots cast1,825

Liberal Democrats hold

St Paul's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Ashleigh Davies Elected 723 47.9% +4.4
Liberal Democrats Cathal Lynch 374 24.8% -2.9
Reform UK Steve Buckley 208 13.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sandra Gloria Parsons 87 5.8% -5.0
Labour Party Christopher John Meehan 40 2.6% -17.2
Majority349
Turnout33.5%
Registered electors4,533
Ballots cast1,510

Green Party hold

St Peter's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Cathy Dearden Elected 876 42.0% -13.6
Green Party John Jarvis 444 21.3% +5.8
Green Party John Leslie Jarvis 444 21.3% —
Reform UK Anthony William Green 386 18.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Risha Santilal 187 9.0% -7.1
Labour Party Michael Thomas Farmer 72 3.4% -12.5
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Billy Jones 6 0.3% —
Majority432
Turnout42.3%
Registered electors4,961
Ballots cast2,088

Liberal Democrats hold

Swindon Village

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Richard Lawler Elected 606 35.7% -24.0
Reform UK Matthew David William Podmore 462 27.2% —
Green Party Ian Cameron 363 21.4% -3.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Edward Wadih Hazzan 126 7.4% -8.3
Labour Party Chris Johnson 45 2.6% —
Majority144
Turnout44.2%
Registered electors3,853
Ballots cast1,699

Liberal Democrats hold

Up Hatherley

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Julie Margaret Sankey Elected 1,177 48.3% -12.4
Reform UK Tristram John Francis Torrance 456 18.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua Godfrey 431 17.7% -7.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Joshua James Godfrey 431 17.7% —
Green Party Elizabeth Johnson 234 9.6% -1.9
Majority721
Turnout49.4%
Registered electors4,940
Ballots cast2,437

Liberal Democrats hold

Warden Hill

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Tony Oliver Elected 1,094 49.1% -7.4
Reform UK David Paul Dodwell 441 19.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Georgie Bass 360 16.2% -12.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Georgie Bass 360 16.2% —
Green Party Sarah Quekett 177 8.0% +0.2
Labour Party Ned Holt 27 1.2% -4.8
Majority653
Turnout51.7%
Registered electors4,319
Ballots cast2,226

Liberal Democrats hold

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