1998 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 1998 Cheltenham Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was

[1]

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	6	6	0	+6	46.2	40.6	10,387	+8.3
Liberal Democrats	5	0	7	-7	38.5	38.8	9,935	-8.8
PAB	2	1	0	+1	15.4	10.1	2,578	+4.0
Labour	0	0	0	0	0	10.2	2,611	-3.8
Green	0			0	0	0.3	82	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daphne Pennell	807	40.4	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Henry	619	31.0	−19.8
	PAB	Sally Stringer*	371	18.6	N/A
	Labour	Edward Hemmings	200	10.0	−3.3
Majority			188	9.4
Turnout			1,997	30.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Moreton	1,439	55.5	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Grainger	1,153	44.5	−1.5
Majority			286	11.0
Turnout			2,592	41.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Freeman	1,278	43.3	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Barnes*	1,225	41.5	−8.0
	PAB	Alan Stone	321	10.9	N/A
	Labour	Thomas Wiffen	128	4.3	−2.9
Majority			53	1.8
Turnout			2,952	44.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Blackburn	1,076	43.2	−6.6
	Conservative	Paul Simons	1,036	41.6	+1.2
	Labour	Christopher Bailey	298	12.0	+2.2
	Green	Geoffrey Foster	82	3.3	N/A
Majority			40	1.6
Turnout			2,492	32.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

1998 Cheltenham Borough Council election

Campaign

Election result

Ward results

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Lloyd	865	59.9	−9.4
	Conservative	Eric Baylis	305	21.1	+6.9
	Labour	William Fawcett	273	18.9	+2.3
Majority			560	38.8
Turnout			1,443	20.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Starling	882	51.6	+10.4
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Whalley*	644	37.7	−7.5
	Labour	Robert Irons	184	10.8	−3.4
Majority			238	13.9
Turnout			1,710	28.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Macdonald	1,449	57.9	+23.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Regan*	806	32.2	+1.9
	Labour	Martin Burford	249	9.9	+0.3
Majority			643	25.7
Turnout			2,504	38.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Duncan Smith	1,372	62.9	+13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Nicholls	810	37.1	−7.2
Majority			562	25.8
Turnout			2,182	38.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	David Prince*	733	33.4	*N/A*
	Liberal Democrats	Royston Hyett	590	26.9	−20.1
	Labour	David Addison	555	25.3	−12.6
	Conservative	Nigel Regnier	315	14.4	−0.7
Majority			143	6.5
Turnout			2,193	38.1
	PAB gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Leslie Godwin*	1,153	59.9	+10.1
	Conservative	John Walker	504	26.2	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Jennifer Jones	202	10.5	−8.4
	Labour	Philip Greening	66	3.4	−5.0
Majority			649	33.7
Turnout			1,925	31.8
	PAB hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Cassin	650	62.2	−9.3
	Labour	Andre Curtis	205	19.6	+3.3
	Conservative	James Stevenson	190	18.2	+6.0
Majority			445	42.6
Turnout			1,045	21.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Heather McLain	640	47.9	−13.5
	Conservative	Susan Godwin	513	38.4	+18.8
	Labour	Tristan Wood	183	13.7	−5.3
Majority			127	9.5
Turnout			1,336	22.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Thornton*	655	53.6	−7.0
	Conservative	Rachel Murray	297	24.3	+10.0
	Labour	Clive Harriss	270	22.1	−3.0
Majority			358	29.3
Turnout			1,222	20.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing