2022 Cheltenham Borough Council election

2022 Cheltenham Borough Council election
← 2021 5 May 2022 2024 →
21 out of 40 seats to Cheltenham Borough Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2022 Cheltenham Borough Council election
Council control before election; ; Liberal Democrats	Council control after election ; ; Liberal Democrats

The 2022 Cheltenham Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election.^[1]

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2022 Cheltenham Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	18		85.7	13	31	77.5	19,595	55.1	+12.5
	Conservative	1	1	4.8	5	6	15.0	9,867	27.7	-9.8
	PAB	1		4.8	1	2	5.0	996	2.8	-0.6
	Green	1	1	4.8	0	1	2.5	4,028	11.3	+0.3
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,030	2.9	-2.5
	Reform	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	47	0.1	N/A
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	11	0.0	-0.1

Party		Previous council	New council	+/-
	Liberal Democrats	31	31	0
	Conservatives	7	6	-1
	People Against Bureaucracy	2	2	0
	Green Party	0	1	+1
Total		40	40

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Izaac Augustus Tailford	1,048	62.9	+16.1
	Conservative	Peter Christensen	362	21.7	−8.1
	Green	Stephen West	145	8.7	−7.2
	Labour	Isobel Amy Laing	112	6.7	−0.9
Majority			686	41.2
Turnout			1,667	38.1	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matt Babbage*	893	46.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Chidley	785	40.8	+1.7
	Green	Karen Celia Wilson	246	12.8	+4.3
Majority			108	5.6
Turnout			1,924	40.0	−6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Charles Britter*	1,218	66.6	+15.0
	Conservative	Michael David Scott Evans	452	24.7	−13.1
	Green	Sarah Jane Field	158	8.6	+1.1
Majority			766	41.9
Turnout			1,828	46.3	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

2022 Cheltenham Borough Council election

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

By-elections

Battledown

Prestbury

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angie Boyes*	1,222	54.7	+8.3
	Conservative	Jake Wilson	743	33.3	−5.6
	Green	Daniel Joseph Willey	185	8.3	−2.2
	Labour	Caroline Adele Gavin	84	3.8	−0.4
Majority			479	21.4
Turnout			2,234	50.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Richard Baker*	1,265	58.8	+12.0
	Conservative	Georgie Bass	726	33.8	−9.2
	Green	Sharon Lorna Wallington	160	7.4	+0.5
Majority			539	25.1
Turnout			2,151	54.7	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Wallington Barnes*	1,060	56.5	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie**	1,019	54.3	+3.3
	Conservative	Rich Newman	418	22.3	−5.6
	Conservative	Kenneth Anthony Pollock	397	21.2	−6.7
	Green	Elizabeth Johnson	303	16.2	+1.0
	Green	Connor Lewis Auker-Howlett	192	10.2	−5.0
	Labour	Kevin Michael Boyle	138	7.4	+1.5
	Reform	Steven Thomas	47	2.5	N/A
Majority			601	32.0
Turnout			1,875	42.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Albert Wheeler*	632	51.7	+6.3
	Conservative	Jerry Forrest	361	29.5	−8.3
	Labour	John Malcolm Bride	115	9.4	+1.7
	Green	Adrian Becker	104	8.5	−0.2
	TUSC	Samuel Jacob Coxson	11	0.9	+0.4
Majority			271	22.2
Turnout			1,223	24.3	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Andrews	829	51.9	+16.3
	Conservative	Chris Mason*	604	37.8	−7.3
	Green	Steve Bell	164	10.3	+2.6
Majority			225	14.1
Turnout			1,597	37.9	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Charles Horwood*	1,446	60.8	+27.7
	Conservative	Teresa Anne Prothero	547	23.0	−20.9
	Green	Peter Robert Frings	387	16.3	−6.7
Majority			899	37.8
Turnout			2,380	54.5	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Max Wilkinson*	775	63.5	+15.4
	Conservative	James Alan Robert Bass	249	20.4	−13.0
	Labour	Michael Jarvis	110	9.0	−0.8
	Green	Carl Anthony Parker	87	7.1	−1.5
Majority			526	43.1
Turnout			1,221	28.3	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Ann Chelin	1,304	53.4	+15.7
	Conservative	David George Reed	926	37.9	−11.7
	Green	Catherine Sunita Lyon Leggett	211	8.6	+0.3
Majority			378	15.5
Turnout			2,441	48.9	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Charles George Tooke	1,097	52.7	+19.5
	Conservative	Jonathan Edward Beeston	663	31.8	−16.5
	Green	Daniel Wilson	322	15.5	+4.7
Majority			434	20.8
Turnout			2,082	42.4	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	John Payne*	996	45.7	−4.3
	Conservative	Laura Elizabeth Haley	466	21.4	−8.9
	Green	Dan Taylor	398	18.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ingram	318	14.6	−5.1
Majority			530	24.3
Turnout			2,178	44.6	−1.4
	PAB hold		Swing

St Mark's^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Jane Holliday*	880	62.5	+14.5
	Conservative	Joseph Charles Grout	304	21.6	−8.8
	Labour	Julie Frances Farmer	223	15.8	+5.9
Majority			576	40.9
Turnout			1,407	29.5	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Paul's^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Tabi Joy	586	50.4	+27.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jayjay Potter-Peachey	437	37.6	+4.1
	Conservative	Susan Mary Godwin	139	12.0	−5.7
Majority			149	12.8
Turnout			1,162	26.6	−2.4
	Green gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

St Peter's^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Mae Atherstone*	1,118	66.9	+14.4
	Conservative	Rosemary Jaquine Baillie	365	21.9	−5.3
	Labour	Clive Robert Harriss	187	11.2	+2.8
Majority			753	45.0
Turnout			1,670	30.1	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Up Hatherley^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Stephen Bamford	1,197	63.1	+15.8
	Conservative	Roger Graham Fox	533	28.1	−11.1
	Green	Samantha Diane Hodges	167	8.8	−0.8
Majority			664	35.0
Turnout			1,897	45.7	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jeremy Jeffries*	1,035	77.2	+24.3
	Conservative	Paul Robert Simons	191	14.3	−16.0
	Green	Stephen John Bear	114	8.5	+1.1
Majority			844	63.0
Turnout			1,340	26.3	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Flo Clucas*	841	64.6	+16.3
	Conservative	Edward Wadih Hazzan	319	24.5	−5.0
	Green	Thomas Edward William Boden	142	10.9	−2.9
Majority			522	40.1
Turnout			1,302	29.9	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Anthony Beale	1,088	57.1	+9.9
	Conservative	Carl Leigh Jones	606	31.8	−9.6
	Green	Tim Bonsor	149	7.8	±0.0
	Labour	Ian Hugh White	61	3.2	−0.4
Majority			482	25.3
Turnout			1,904	43.7	−4.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ed Chidley	877	52.0	+11.2
	Conservative	Marcia Jacko	609	36.1	−10.3
	Green	Ian Cameron	156	9.3	−3.5
	Labour	Caroline Gavin	43	2.6	N/A
Majority			268	15.9	N/A
Turnout			1,685	35.4	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	10.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Stan Smith	644	37.2	−8.5
	Green	Jan Foster	484	27.9	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Ingram	346	20.0	+5.4
	Conservative	Laura Kennedy	258	14.9	−6.5
Majority			160	9.3	−15.0
Turnout			1,732	36.7	−7.9
	PAB hold		Swing	9.0

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