2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election

2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election
	5 May 2016
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.

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
	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
Turnout			1,423	35	±0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Battledown

Battledown 2016
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

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
Turnout			1,837	46	+1
	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
Turnout			1,925	45	-2
	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
Turnout			1,974	50	+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
Turnout			1,689	40	-1
	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
Turnout			1,187	25	±0
	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
Turnout			1,230	30	-3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leckhampton

Leckhampton 2016
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

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
Turnout			1,225	29	±0
	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
Turnout			2,120	45	±0
	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
Turnout			1,826	41	-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
Turnout			1,737	40	-5
	PAB hold		Swing

Springbank

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

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

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

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
Turnout			1,448	29	±0
	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
Turnout			1,352	31	+1
	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
Turnout			1,809	43	-4
	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
Turnout			1,762	41	-2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
↑ "Police and Crime Commissioner and Cheltenham Borough Council elections". Cheltenham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 27 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
↑ "Update from the Cheltenham Liberal Democrats regarding the use of racist words by councillor Dennis Parsons". twitter.com. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[BBC-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] "Update from the Cheltenham Liberal Democrats regarding the use of racist words by councillor Dennis Parsons". twitter.com. 17 June 2020. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.

[1]

[2]

[3]

(2015 ←) 2016 United Kingdom local elections (→ 2017)
Metropolitan boroughs	Barnsley Birmingham Bolton Bradford Bury Calderdale Coventry Dudley Gateshead Kirklees Knowsley Leeds Liverpool Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne North Tyneside Oldham Rochdale Rotherham Salford Sandwell Sefton Sheffield Solihull South Tyneside St Helens Stockport Sunderland Tameside Trafford Wakefield Walsall Wigan Wirral Wolverhampton
Unitary authorities (England)	Blackburn with Darwen Bristol Derby Halton Hartlepool Kingston upon Hull Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea Swindon Thurrock Warrington Wokingham
District councils (England)	Adur Amber Valley Basildon Basingstoke and Deane Brentwood Broxbourne Burnley Cambridge Cannock Chase Carlisle Castle Point Cheltenham Cherwell Chorley Colchester Craven Crawley Daventry Eastleigh Elmbridge Epping Forest Exeter Fareham Gloucester Gosport Great Yarmouth Harlow Harrogate Hart Hastings Havant Huntingdonshire Hyndburn Ipswich Lincoln Maidstone Mole Valley Newcastle-under-Lyme North Hertfordshire Norwich Nuneaton and Bedworth Oxford Pendle Preston Redditch Reigate and Banstead Rochford Rossendale Rugby Runnymede Rushmoor South Cambridgeshire South Lakeland St Albans Stevenage Stratford-on-Avon Stroud Tamworth Tandridge Three Rivers Tunbridge Wells Watford Welwyn Hatfield West Lancashire West Oxfordshire Weymouth and Portland Winchester Woking Worcester Worthing Wyre Forest
Other elections	Mayor of Bristol Mayor of Liverpool London Assembly Mayor of London Mayor of Salford Police and crime commissioners

Council elections in Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
Cheltenham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2021 2022
Cotswold District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Forest of Dean District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Gloucester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021
South Gloucestershire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Stroud District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2021
Tewkesbury Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Avon County Council	1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 Abolished
Kingswood Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
Northavon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 Abolished
West of England Mayor	2017 2021
See also: Wards Boundary changes