# 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. 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 338 | 23.9 | +11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,423 | 35 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Battledown

Battledown 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 406 | 26.6 | +22.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,536 | 37 | −5 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Benhall & The Reddings

Benhall & The Reddings 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 142 | 7.8 | −25.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,837 | 46 | +1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Charlton Kings

Charlton Kings 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 224 | 11.6 | +2.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,925 | 45 | −2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Charlton Park

Charlton Park 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 222 | 11.3 | +6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,974 | 50 | +3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### College

College 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 693 | 41.1 | +13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,689 | 40 | −1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Hesters Way

Hesters Way 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 253 | 21.3 | −5.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,187 | 25 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Lansdown

Lansdown 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 343 | 28.1 | +20.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,230 | 30 | −3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Leckhampton

Leckhampton 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 238 | 11.6 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,053 | 48 | −5 |
| | Independent gain from Conservative | Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Oakley

Oakley 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 256 | 21.0 | +1.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,225 | 29 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Park

Park 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 79 | 3.7 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,120 | 45 | ±0 |
| | Conservative hold | 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.
Pittville 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 302 | 16.6 | +13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,826 | 41 | −1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from PAB | Liberal Democrats gain from PAB | Swing | | |

### Prestbury

Prestbury 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 938 | 54.1 | −7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,737 | 40 | −5 |
| | PAB hold | PAB hold | Swing | | |

### Springbank

Springbank 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 493 | 36.2 | +13.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,367 | 29 | +1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Mark’s

St Mark’s 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 724 | 50.8 | +31.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,433 | 31 | −2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Paul’s

St Paul’s 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 91 | 13.3 | −1.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 888 | 21 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Peter’s

St Peter’s 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 293 | 20.4 | −4.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,448 | 29 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Swindon Village

Swindon Village 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 151 | 11.3 | −21.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,352 | 31 | +1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Up Hatherley

Up Hatherley 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 793 | 44.0 | +22.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,809 | 43 | −4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Warden Hill

Warden Hill 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 261 | 14.9 | +11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,762 | 41 | −2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |