Spider Flower – Cleome

The 2018 Cheltenham Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in England. 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.

Party		Previous council	New council	+/-
	Liberal Democrats	29	32	3
	Conservatives	7	6	1
	People Against Bureaucracy	3	2	1
	Independent	1	0	1
Total		40	40

Cheltenham Borough Council Election Result 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	17	3	0	+3	81.0	45.8	15,504	+0.3
	Conservative	3	0	1	-1	14.3	36.0	12,196	+6.7
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	7.7	2,600	+1.4
	PAB	1	0	1	-1	4.8	5.4	1,450	-1.4
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.3	1,450	-1.9
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0.8	268	-2.5

All Saints

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Hegenbarth*	674	47.1	−5.4
	Conservative	Ben Stone	522	36.5	+5.9
	Labour	Derek Anthony Nigel Lockhart	139	9.7	−1.9
	Green	Sarah Jane Field	96	6.7	−0.6
Majority			152	10.6	−13.3
Turnout			1,433	34	−1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Battledown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matt Babbage*	971	58.2	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Jane Allen	503	30.1	+1.1
	Labour	Caroline Adele Gavin	108	6.5	−2.5
	Green	Spencer Richard Allman	87	5.2	−1.2
Majority			468	28.1	+1.5
Turnout			1,672	38	+1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benhall & The Reddings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Charles Britter*	1,036	55.3	+5.7
	Conservative	James William Harold Russell	746	39.8	−2.0
	Labour	Francis Xavier Chacko	91	4.9	+1.0
Majority			290	15.5	+7.7
Turnout			1,873	47	+1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Charlton Kings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angie Boyes	915	47.8	−1.4
	Conservative	Dan Collins	747	39.0	+1.4
	Labour	Joanna Susan Hughes	150	7.8	+1.6
	Green	Lorraine Elizabeth Mason	101	5.3	−1.7
Majority			168	8.8	−2.8
Turnout			1,921	44	−1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Charlton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Richard Baker*	1,050	49.2	−2.2
	Conservative	David Grahame Lewis	962	45.1	+5.0
	Green	Karen Wilson	68	3.2	+0.1
	Labour	David John Beesley	54	2.5	−2.9
Majority			88	4.1	−7.2
Turnout			2,136	53	+3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

College

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Wallington Barnes*	976	57.7	−5.3
	Conservative	Peter Frantz Vagn	448	26.5	+4.6
	Labour	Lynda Peggy Johnson	162	9.6	+4.6
	Green	Drew Alexander Davie	105	6.2	+0.2
Majority			528	31.2	−9.9
Turnout			1,692	38	−2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hesters Way

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Albert Wheeler*	669	55.0	+2.3
	Conservative	Stephen Charles Lovatt	386	31.7	+0.3
	Labour	Clive Robert Harriss	161	13.2	+4.2
Majority			283	23.3	+2.0
Turnout			1,218	24	−1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lansdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Mason*	720	52.9	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Anne Clark	406	29.8	+5.0
	Labour	Miranda Jane Latham-Jackson	148	10.9	−0.6
	Green	Adrian Becker	87	6.4	−4.3
Majority			314	23.1	−5.0
Turnout			1,362	33	+3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leckhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Horwood	1,082	47.2	+27.2
	Conservative	Stephen Cooke	1,069	46.6	+18.1
	Conservative	Chris Nelson*	1,067	46.5	+18.0
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Andrews	834	36.4	+16.4
	Green	Peter Frings	302	13.2	+8.4
	Labour	Steve Harrop	78	3.4	+0.4
	Labour	Christopher Meehan	56	2.4	−0.6
Majority			13	0.1	−11.5
Turnout			2,293	52	+4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Oakley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Max Wilkinson**	768	54.2	+6.9
	Labour	Liz Ashley	331	23.4	+4.1
	Conservative	Ben Carlton	317	22.4	−3.9
Majority			437	30.8	+9.8
Turnout			1,320	33	+4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Max Wilkinson was a sitting councillor in Park.

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dilys Mary Juliet Barrell	1,154	47.6	+4.4
	Conservative	Laura Elizabeth Kennedy	1,101	45.4	−1.5
	Labour	Kevin Michael Boyle	91	3.8	−1.4
	Green	Barbara Anne Knight-Elliott	77	3.2	−1.6
Majority			53	2.2	−1.5
Turnout			2,430	50	+5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Pittville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Stafford	628	31.7	−14.3
	Conservative	Stephen Alexander Fifield	624	31.5	+16.5
	PAB	Adam Lewis Kirkham Lillywhite*	514	25.9	−3.5
	Labour	Andrew James Nicholson	150	7.6	+2.6
	Green	Stephen John Bear	65	3.3	−1.3
Majority			4	0.2	−16.4
Turnout			1,984	41	±0
	Liberal Democrats gain from PAB		Swing

Prestbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	John Payne*	1,324	65.7	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Jane Stimpson	411	20.4	+8.8
	Conservative	Jerry Forrest	279	13.9	−1.0
Majority			913	45.3	−8.8
Turnout			2,022	44	+4
	PAB hold		Swing

Springbank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jeremy Jeffries*	818	64.3	+7.3
	Conservative	Rich Newman	323	25.4	+4.6
	Labour	John Malcolm Bride	132	10.4	N/A
Majority			495	38.9	+2.7
Turnout			1,277	25	−4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Mark’s

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Jane Holliday*	676	52.8	−10.1
	Conservative	Joshua David William	356	27.8	+15.7
	Labour	Matthew James Bevington	159	12.4	+3.7
	Green	David John Clarke	89	7.0	+0.5
Majority			320	25.0	−25.8
Turnout			1,284	26	−5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Paul’s

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonny Brownsteen	442	38.8	+2.2
	Labour	Craig Francis Fraser	293	25.7	+9.7
	Independent	Daud McDonald	268	23.5	−2.8
	Conservative	Tamba Abass Manyeh	136	11.9	+1.0
Majority			149	13.1	−0.2
Turnout			1,142	26	+5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Peter’s

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria May Atherstone	617	39.9	−6.6
	Conservative	Hannah Wright	507	32.8	+6.7
	Green	Jim Blackstock	278	18.0	−0.3
	Labour	Robert Ramuz Irons	145	9.4	+0.3
Majority			110	7.1	−13.3
Turnout			1,548	29	±0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swindon Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Flo Clucas*	744	62.1	+16.8
	Conservative	Edward Wadih Hazzan	455	37.9	+24.3
Majority			289	24.2	+12.9
Turnout			1,217	27	−4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Up Hatherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew McKinlay*	1,015	56.9	−7.6
	Conservative	Emma Jane Logan	645	36.2	+15.7
	Labour	Kenneth Syme	124	7.0	+3.2
Majority			370	20.7	−23.3
Turnout			1,788	43	±0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warden Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie	920	46.4	−0.6
	Conservative	Margaret Emma Frances Nelson	882	44.5	+12.4
	Green	Timothy Cosmo Bonsor	95	4.8	−0.1
	Labour	Ian Hugh White	84	4.2	−2.3
Majority			38	1.9	−13.0
Turnout			1,983	45	+4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing