2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election

2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election
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20 out of 40 seats to Cheltenham Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2016 Cheltenham Borough Council elections by ward.
Council control before election; Liberal Democrat;	Council control after election ; Liberal Democrat;

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.

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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

	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

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

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

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

2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election

Overall Results

Ward results

All Saints

Battledown

Benhall & The Reddings

Charlton Kings

Charlton Park

College

Hesters Way

Lansdown

Leckhampton

Oakley

Park

Pittville

Prestbury

Springbank

St Mark’s

St Paul’s

St Peter’s

Swindon Village

Up Hatherley

Warden Hill

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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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 2016
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 2016
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

Warden Hill 2016
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

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

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