2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election

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.

2016 local election results in Cheltenham

Overall Results

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

Cheltenham Borough Council Election Result 2016

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

All Saints

All Saints 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Battledown

Battledown 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Louis Arthur Ives Savage	850	55.6	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Benedict Braddock	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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benhall & The Reddings

Benhall & The Reddings 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Charlton Kings

Charlton Kings 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Charlton Park

Charlton Park 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

College

College 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hesters Way

Hesters Way 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lansdown

Lansdown 2016

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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leckhampton

Leckhampton 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Ian Bickerton	821	40.1	+17.5
	Conservative	Andrew William Chard	583	28.5	-7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie	409	20.0	-2.1
	Green	Morgan Woodland	99	4.8	-3.2
	UKIP	Ian Charles Anthony Statham	75	3.7	-8.1
	Labour	Ian Hugh White	62	3.0	n/a
Majority			238	11.6	-1.4
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Oakley

Oakley 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park

Park 2016

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
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pittville

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]

Pittville 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats gain from PAB		Swing

Prestbury

Prestbury 2016

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
	PAB hold		Swing

Springbank

Springbank 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Suzanne Theresa Williams	778	57.0	+9.9
	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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Mark’s

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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Paul’s

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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Peter’s

St Peter’s 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swindon Village

Swindon Village 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Up Hatherley

Up Hatherley 2016

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
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warden Hill

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
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
2. "Police and Crime Commissioner and Cheltenham Borough Council elections". Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
3. https://twitter.com/cheltlibdems/status/1273166558576218112?s=21