2021 Cheltenham Borough Council election
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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]
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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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These seats were due to be contested in 2020, but were delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Results
edit2021 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 |
Council composition
editBefore 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
Ward results
editIncumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*)
All Saints
editParty | 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 |
Battledown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Benhall & The Reddings
editParty | 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 |
Charlton Kings
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Charlton Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
College
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Hesters Way
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Lansdown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Leckhampton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Oakley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Pittville
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Prestbury
editParty | 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 |
Springbank
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
St. Mark's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
St. Paul's
editParty | 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 |
St. Peter's
editParty | 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 |
Swindon Village
editParty | 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 |
Up Hatherley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Warden Hill
editParty | 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 |
References
edit- ^ "Election results by party, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election 2021: Gloucester, Cheltenham and Stroud election results". bbc.co.uk. 12 April 2022.
- ^ "Election results for All Saints, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Battledown, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Benhall and the Reddings, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Charlton Kings, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Charlton Park, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for College, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Hesters Way, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Lansdown, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Leckhampton, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Oakley, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Park, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Pittville, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Prestbury, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Springbank, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for St. Marks, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for St. Pauls, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for St. Peters, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Swindon Village, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Up Hatherley, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.
- ^ "Election results for Warden Hill, 6 May 2021". democracy.cheltenham.gov.uk. 6 May 2021.