# 1990 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 1990 Cheltenham Council election took place on 3 May 1990 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election. The Social and Liberal Democrats became the biggest party, but fell one seat short of a majority, meaning the council stayed in no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Social and Liberal Democrats 16
* Conservative 15
* Labour 2

## Election result

Cheltenham Local Election Result 1990 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| SLD | 8 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 72.7 | 48.5 | 16,063 | +5.1 |
| Conservative | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 18.2 | 32.6 | 10,809 | -10.0 |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 9.1 | 18.9 | 6,251 | +5.5 |
| Residents | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | ±0.0 |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SLD | Adelaide Hodges* | 1,473 | 50.6 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Burke | 901 | 31.0 | −7.6 |
| | Labour | Ian White | 537 | 18.4 | +6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 572 | 19.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,911 | 43.66 | |
| | SLD hold | SLD hold | Swing | | |
Charlton Kings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SLD | Barrie Anderson | 1,936 | 53.0 | +10.1 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Smith | 1,412 | 38.7 | −12.6 |
| | Labour | Mary Daniel | 305 | 8.3 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 524 | 14.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,653 | 57.84 | |
| | SLD gain from Residents | SLD gain from Residents | Swing | | |
College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SLD | Garth Barnes | 2,046 | 51.3 | +8.5 |
| | Conservative | Bryan Howell* | 1,943 | 48.7 | −8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 103 | 2.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,989 | 58.58 | |
| | SLD gain from Conservative | SLD gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Hatherley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SLD | Eric Phillips* | 1,725 | 51.4 | +1.2 |
| | Conservative | Ada Nicholas | 1,162 | 34.6 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | Fiona Sewell | 467 | 13.9 | +4.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 563 | 16.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,354 | 50.53 | |
| | SLD hold | SLD hold | Swing | | |
Hesters Way :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SLD | Alistair Cameron* | 2,061 | 65.6 | +18.1 |
| | Labour | Shirley Day | 644 | 20.5 | +2.0 |
| | Conservative | Frances Wookey | 436 | 13.9 | −20.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,417 | 45.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,141 | 43.02 | |
| | SLD hold | SLD hold | Swing | | |
Lansdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | May Dent* | 1,228 | 47.7 | −9.3 |
| | SLD | Mary Gray | 928 | 36.0 | +5.6 |
| | Labour | Robert Irons | 419 | 16.3 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 300 | 11.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,575 | 43.07 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Maureen Stafford* | 1,560 | 48.3 | −8.5 |
| | SLD | Alan Compton | 1,466 | 45.3 | +6.7 |
| | Labour | Martin Peters | 207 | 6.4 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 94 | 3.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,233 | 56.29 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pittville :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin Hale* | 1,593 | 54.1 | +15.8 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Paterson | 733 | 24.9 | −6.8 |
| | SLD | Joseph Fallon | 619 | 21.0 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 860 | 29.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,945 | 48.68 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
St Mark’s :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SLD | Janet Watson* | 1,550 | 61.5 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Andre Curtis | 640 | 25.4 | +8.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Nutting | 329 | 13.1 | −8.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 910 | 36.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,519 | 44.97 | |
| | SLD hold | SLD hold | Swing | | |
St Paul’s :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SLD | Deborah Griggs* | 1,119 | 51.6 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | Brian Gaylard | 561 | 25.9 | −2.7 |
| | Labour | Ronald North | 489 | 22.5 | +9.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 558 | 25.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,169 | 37.31 | |
| | SLD hold | SLD hold | Swing | | |
St Peter’s :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SLD | Pat Thornton* | 1,140 | 43.3 | +5.3 |
| | Labour | Julian Dunkerton | 950 | 36.1 | +10.2 |
| | Conservative | Nigel Ball | 544 | 20.7 | −15.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 190 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,634 | 45.49 | |
| | SLD hold | SLD hold | Swing | | |