2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election
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Map showing the results of the 2016 Cheltenham Borough Council elections by ward. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election was held on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in England.[1][2] 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 | +/- | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 25* | 29 | 4 | |
Conservatives | 11 | 7 | 4 | |
People Against Bureaucracy | 4 | 3 | 1 | |
Independent | 0* | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 40 | 40 |
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 15 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 75.0 | 45.5 | 14,579 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | 3 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 15.0 | 29.3 | 9,387 | -0.3 | |
PAB | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 5.0 | 6.8 | 2,188 | +0.1 | |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 2,007 | +1.4 | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.2 | 1,999 | +2.7 | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 5.0 | 3.3 | 1,052 | +1.4 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 805 | -7.5 | |
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 21 | -0.3 |
Ward results
[edit]All Saints
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Andrew Jordan* | 744 | 52.5 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | Martin Andrew Tracey | 406 | 28.6 | +0.1 | |
Labour | Diana Helen Hale | 164 | 11.6 | +2.9 | |
Green | Aina Catherine Wylie | 103 | 7.3 | −3.4 | |
Majority | 338 | 23.9 | +11.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,423 | 35 | ±0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Battledown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louis Arthur Ives Savage* | 850 | 55.6 | +9.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Robert Hart | 444 | 29.0 | −12.9 | |
Labour | Helen Clare Pemberton | 137 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Green | Jon Paul Stubbings | 98 | 6.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 406 | 26.6 | +22.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,536 | 37 | −5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Benhall & The Reddings
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Mike Collins | 906 | 49.6 | −17.1 | |
Conservative | Jacky Fletcher* | 764 | 41.8 | +8.5 | |
Green | Geoffrey Leslie Foster | 86 | 4.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Robin Frederick Carey | 72 | 3.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 142 | 7.8 | −25.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,837 | 46 | +1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Charlton Kings
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Paul Gerard McCloskey | 945 | 49.2 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Jenny Elizabeth Kirkwood | 721 | 37.6 | +6.4 | |
Green | Lorraine Elizabeth Mason | 133 | 7.0 | N/A | |
Labour | Lisa Michelle Belshaw | 120 | 6.2 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 224 | 11.6 | +2.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,925 | 45 | −2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Charlton Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Steve Harvey | 1,010 | 51.4 | +5.5 | |
Conservative | Scott Robert Morris | 788 | 40.1 | −0.8 | |
Labour | Malcolm Bride | 106 | 5.4 | +2.9 | |
Green | Lennard Vincent Attard | 61 | 3.1 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 222 | 11.3 | +6.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,974 | 50 | +3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
College
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Klara Victoria Sudbury* | 1,063 | 63.0 | +10.5 | |
Conservative | Peter James Pritchard | 370 | 21.9 | −2.8 | |
Green | Sarah Jane Field | 101 | 6.0 | −7.2 | |
Labour | Joanna Susan Hughes | 85 | 5.0 | N/A | |
UKIP | Sue Jones | 69 | 4.1 | −5.5 | |
Majority | 693 | 41.1 | +13.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,689 | 40 | −1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Hesters Way
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Wendy Louise Flynn* | 624 | 52.7 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Shaun Stephen Bailey | 371 | 31.4 | +6.8 | |
Labour | Rod Gay | 107 | 9.0 | −5.6 | |
Green | Malcolm Albert John Allison | 60 | 5.1 | N/A | |
TUSC | Sam Coxson | 21 | 1.8 | −7.4 | |
Majority | 253 | 21.3 | −5.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,187 | 25 | ±0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Lansdown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Diggory Charles Seacome* | 646 | 52.9 | +4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Mike Newby | 303 | 24.8 | −16.2 | |
Labour | Keith White | 141 | 11.5 | +1.2 | |
Green | Sophie Dominique Franklin | 131 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 343 | 28.1 | +20.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,230 | 30 | −3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Leckhampton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Ian Bickerton | 821 | 40.1 | +17.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew William Chard* | 583 | 28.5 | −7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie | 409 | 20.0 | −2.6 | |
Green | Morgan Woodland | 99 | 4.8 | −3.4 | |
UKIP | Ian Charles Anthony Statham | 75 | 3.7 | −6.0 | |
Labour | Ian Hugh White | 62 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 238 | 11.6 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,053 | 48 | −5 | ||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Oakley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Rowena Mary Hay* | 576 | 47.3 | +1.8 | |
Conservative | Emma Nelson | 320 | 26.3 | +12.7 | |
Labour | Alec Gamble | 235 | 19.3 | +4.3 | |
Green | Roberta Lee Smart | 87 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 256 | 21.0 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,225 | 29 | ±0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tim Harman* | 991 | 46.9 | +4.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dilys Mary Juliet Barrell | 912 | 43.2 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Megan Alice England | 109 | 5.2 | +0.7 | |
Green | Anne Knight-Elliott | 101 | 4.8 | −3.3 | |
Majority | 79 | 3.7 | +1.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,120 | 45 | ±0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Pittville
[edit]Dennis Parsons was expelled from the Liberal Democrats on 17 June 2020 for using a racist slur at a council meeting the day before. He now sits as an Independent.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Dennis Frank Parsons | 838 | 46.0 | +8.5 | |
PAB | Peter Sayers | 536 | 29.4 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | Barry Geoffrey Perks | 273 | 15.0 | −6.5 | |
Labour | Sandra Easton-Lawrence | 91 | 5.0 | N/A | |
Green | Ian Antony Lander | 84 | 4.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 302 | 16.6 | +13.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,826 | 41 | −1 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from PAB | Swing |
Prestbury
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PAB | Malcolm George Stennett* | 1,196 | 69.0 | −7.4 | |
Conservative | Alicia Wyer | 258 | 14.9 | −0.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lisa Patricia Carr | 202 | 11.6 | +3.3 | |
Green | Catherine Sarah Green | 78 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 938 | 54.1 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,737 | 40 | −5 | ||
PAB hold | Swing |
Springbank
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Theresa Williams* | 778 | 57.0 | +9.4 | |
Conservative | Gavin Lee Garthwaite | 285 | 20.8 | +6.1 | |
UKIP | Elizabeth Jane Roberts | 217 | 15.9 | −8.9 | |
Green | Dale Karl Campbell | 86 | 6.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 493 | 36.2 | +13.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,367 | 29 | +1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Mark’s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Francis Coleman* | 896 | 62.9 | +19.3 | |
Conservative | Rosemary Rita Harvey | 172 | 12.1 | −3.4 | |
UKIP | Peter Bowman | 139 | 9.8 | −14.2 | |
Labour | Andre Ambrosius | 124 | 8.7 | +0.1 | |
Green | Demelza Jade Jones | 93 | 6.5 | −1.8 | |
Majority | 724 | 50.8 | +31.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,433 | 31 | −2 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Paul’s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Karl Nicholas Hobley | 322 | 36.6 | +6.4 | |
Independent | Daud McDonald | 231 | 26.3 | +13.2 | |
Labour | Clive Robert Harriss | 141 | 16.0 | +0.7 | |
Conservative | Ben Stone | 96 | 10.9 | −5.0 | |
Green | Jasmine Climpson Moreton | 90 | 10.2 | −1.6 | |
Majority | 91 | 13.3 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 888 | 21 | ±0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Peter’s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | David John Willingham | 669 | 46.5 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | John Vincent Hopwood | 376 | 26.1 | +8.9 | |
Green | Emily Catherine Campbell | 263 | 18.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Robert Ramuz Irons | 131 | 9.1 | −4.1 | |
Majority | 293 | 20.4 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,448 | 29 | ±0 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Swindon Village
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Bernie Fisher* | 607 | 45.3 | −21.0 | |
PAB | Stuart James Deakin | 456 | 34.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Janet Diana Honeywill | 183 | 13.6 | −20.1 | |
Green | Adrian Becker | 95 | 7.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 151 | 11.3 | −21.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,352 | 31 | +1 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Up Hatherley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Roger Lee Whyborn* | 1,163 | 64.5 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Marcus Annfield | 370 | 20.5 | −8.1 | |
UKIP | Peter William Joiner | 138 | 7.7 | −7.8 | |
Labour | Christine Mary England | 68 | 3.8 | −1.7 | |
Green | Adam Paul Van Coevorden | 64 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 793 | 44.0 | +22.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,809 | 43 | −4 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Warden Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Tony Oliver | 825 | 47.0 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Neil Killian Jones | 564 | 32.1 | −7.2 | |
UKIP | Ann Homer | 167 | 9.5 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Joseph David Sucksmith | 114 | 6.5 | N/A | |
Green | Tim Bonsor | 86 | 4.9 | −2.4 | |
Majority | 261 | 14.9 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,762 | 41 | −2 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Police and Crime Commissioner and Cheltenham Borough Council elections". Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Update from the Cheltenham Liberal Democrats regarding the use of racist words by councillor Dennis Parsons". twitter.com. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.