# 1995 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 1995 Cheltenham Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. For the second year in a row, the Conservatives failed to win a single seat up for election.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 28
* Conservative 8
* People Against Bureaucracy 3
* Labour 2

## Election result

Cheltenham Local Election Result 1995 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 15 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 88.2 | 49.0 | 15,693 | -4.0 |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 5.9 | 14.4 | 4,605 | +3.3 |
| PAB | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 5.9 | 8.1 | 2,580 | +4.1 |
| Conservative | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0.0 | 27.8 | 8,884 | -1.7 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 239 | -1.8 |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Jordan | 1,287 | 54.0 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | Susan Starling | 754 | 31.6 | −3.3 |
| | Labour | Diana Hale | 344 | 14.4 | −0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 533 | 22.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,385 | 35.72 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Charlton Kings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Worth | 1,539 | 49.8 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | Ian Perry | 1,267 | 41.0 | +1.8 |
| | Labour | Adam Moliver | 287 | 9.3 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 8.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,093 | 48.29 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Gray | 1,656 | 50.3 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | John Watts | 1,341 | 40.7 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | Adrian Ham | 297 | 9.0 | +3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 272 | 9.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,294 | 48.68 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hatherley & The Reddings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Townsend* | 1,363 | 51.0 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Read | 1,307 | 48.9 | −7.2 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Payne | 739 | 27.6 | −6.8 |
| | Conservative | Edward Warhurst | 641 | 24.0 | −10.4 |
| | PAB | Roger Hicks | 446 | 16.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | Eileen Bailey | 435 | 16.3 | +6.7 |
| | PAB | Martin Burford | 416 | 15.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 568 | 21.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,674 | 35.52 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hesters Way :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Banyard* | 1,318 | 68.5 | −8.3 |
| | Labour | Andre Curtis | 343 | 17.8 | +7.5 |
| | Conservative | Helen Todman | 262 | 13.6 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 975 | 50.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,923 | 26.95 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Lansdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Harvey | 968 | 46.0 | −6.4 |
| | Conservative | Aileen Bramah* | 873 | 41.5 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Robert Irons | 265 | 12.6 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 4.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,106 | 35.08 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Leckhampton with Up Hatherley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Langford* | 1,177 | 42.5 | −1.9 |
| | PAB | David Hall | 878 | 31.7 | +3.4 |
| | Conservative | Jill Trewhella | 712 | 25.7 | +3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 299 | 10.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,767 | 43.57 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Jackson | 1,243 | 46.2 | −2.6 |
| | Conservative | Robert Garnham | 1,197 | 44.5 | −2.3 |
| | Labour | Anne Morgan | 250 | 9.3 | +4.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 46 | 4.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,690 | 46.01 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Pittville :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin Hale | 1,170 | 42.6 | +8.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin O'Connell | 1,097 | 39.9 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | Reginald Built-Leonard | 386 | 14.1 | −1.3 |
| | PAB | George Readman | 94 | 3.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 73 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,747 | 46.91 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Prestbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAB | Andrew Cornish* | 1,162 | 47.0 | −3.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Jones | 736 | 29.7 | +8.4 |
| | Conservative | Russell Hopkins | 576 | 23.3 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 426 | 17.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,474 | 42.96 | |
| | PAB hold | PAB hold | Swing | | |
St Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Whales | 945 | 65.2 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | Joseph Kavanagh | 327 | 22.6 | +5.9 |
| | Conservative | John Melville-Smith | 177 | 12.2 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 618 | 42.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,449 | 27.57 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
St Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew McKinlay* | 1,109 | 65.8 | +4.0 |
| | Labour | Mark Sherbourne | 309 | 18.4 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative | Puck Wertwyn | 264 | 15.8 | −7.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 800 | 32.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,682 | 29.40 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
St Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Hawkins* | 958 | 53.3 | −9.1 |
| | Labour | Clive Harriss | 578 | 32.1 | +10.5 |
| | Conservative | Ian Cresswell | 262 | 14.6 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 380 | 21.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,798 | 30.14 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Swindon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Gundy | 304 | 49.3 | +33.4 |
| | Independent | Desmond May | 239 | 38.7 | +3.6 |
| | Conservative | Julie Garnham | 74 | 12.0 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | 10.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 617 | 43.31 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |