# 1991 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 1991 Cheltenham Council election took place on 2 May 1991 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Due to local authority boundary changes a number of areas had been transferred from the Borough of Tewkesbury to the Borough of Cheltenham. Although most wards were unchanged, and continued to elect by thirds, three new wards were created, and had an all-up election: Leckhampton with Warden Hill, Prestbury and Swindon. Furthermore, the ward of Hatherley was abolished and recreated as Hatherley & The Reddings, and the number of councillors it elected was increased from three to four. This ward also had an all-out election.
Following the election, the Liberal Democrats took majority control of the council for the first time ever.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Liberal Democrat 25
* Conservative 8
* Labour 3
* People Against Bureaucracy 3
* Independent 2

## Election result

Cheltenham Local Election Result 1991 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Liberal Democrats | 14 | 6 | 0 | +9 | 63.6 | 41.5 | 18,059 |
| PAB | 3 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 13.6 | 4.9 | 2,135 |
| Conservative | 2 | 0 | 7 | -7 | 9.1 | 33.6 | 14,615 |
| Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 4,189 |
| Labour | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 4.5 | 10.4 | 4,539 |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Hay | 1,539 | 53.1 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sally Stringer | 1,438 | 49.6 | −1.0 |
| | Conservative | Daphne Pennell* | 1,161 | 40.1 | +9.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Nutting | 1,032 | 35.6 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Alan Powell | 322 | 11.1 | −7.3 |
| | Labour | Marianne Thornett-Roston | 303 | 10.5 | −7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 277 | 9.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,897 | 43.97 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Charlton Kings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Donald Goold | 1,835 | 50.3 | −2.7 |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Moreton* | 1,633 | 44.7 | +6.0 |
| | Labour | Mary Daniel | 183 | 5.0 | −3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 202 | 5.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,651 | 58.16 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Stone | 2,119 | 51.6 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Brian Chaplin* | 1,988 | 48.4 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 131 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,107 | 60.34 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Hatherley & The Reddings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Fidgeon | 1,736 | 45.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Townsend | 1,702 | 45.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Lee | 1,692 | 44.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Gray | 1,688 | 44.6 | |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Thorp* | 1,654 | 43.7 | |
| | Conservative | Charles Raymond | 1,480 | 39.1 | |
| | Conservative | Timothy Paterson | 1,365 | 36.1 | |
| | Independent | Harry Turbyfield | 936 | 24.7 | |
| | Independent | Roger Hicks | 832 | 22.0 | |
| | Labour | Shirley Day | 426 | 11.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,783 | 50.42 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Hesters Way :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Banyard* | 2,042 | 68.9 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Frances Wookey | 526 | 17.8 | +3.9 |
| | Labour | Duane McClusky | 394 | 13.3 | −7.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,516 | 51.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,962 | 40.18 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Lansdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Aileen Bramah | 1,291 | 55.0 | +7.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Hart | 803 | 34.2 | −1.8 |
| | Labour | Robert Irons | 255 | 10.9 | −5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 488 | 20.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,349 | 40.37 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Leckhampton with Warden Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hazel Langford | 1,427 | 58.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Morgan | 1,131 | 46.1 | |
| | Independent | David Hall | 1,050 | 42.8 | |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Buckland | 950 | 38.7 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Witcombe | 846 | 34.5 | |
| | Conservative | Bryan Howell | 744 | 30.3 | |
| | PAB | Harry Welsby | 493 | 20.1 | |
| | Independent | Iain Willox | 411 | 16.8 | |
| | Labour | Richard Courtney | 308 | 12.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 100 | 4.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,453 | 44.76 | |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Charles Irving* | 1,739 | 55.1 | +6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Howe | 1,273 | 40.3 | −5.0 |
| | Labour | Julian Dunkerton | 143 | 4.5 | −1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 466 | 14.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,155 | 54.87 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Pittville :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Bench | 1,235 | 44.3 | −9.8 |
| | Conservative | Anna Bullingham | 871 | 31.2 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Jones | 682 | 24.5 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 364 | 13.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,788 | 46.04 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Prestbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAB | Andrew Cornish | 1,642 | 61.1 | |
| | PAB | Leslie Godwin | 1,225 | 45.6 | |
| | PAB | John Newman | 1,121 | 41.7 | |
| | Conservative | John Hamey | 893 | 33.2 | |
| | Independent | Margarita Honneyman | 852 | 31.7 | |
| | Conservative | Barbara Driver | 761 | 28.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Jones | 534 | 19.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Jones | 518 | 19.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Lawrence | 510 | 19.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 228 | 8.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,686 | 45.25 | |
| | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) |
| | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) |
| | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) | PAB win (new seat) |
St Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Cassin* | 1,457 | 64.3 | +2.8 |
| | Labour | Andre Curtis | 424 | 18.7 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Reginald Built-Leonard | 384 | 17.0 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,033 | 45.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,265 | 41.05 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
St Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew McKinlay | 1,273 | 57.8 | +6.2 |
| | Conservative | Brian Gaylard | 582 | 26.4 | +0.5 |
| | Labour | Fiona Sewell | 347 | 15.8 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 691 | 31.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,202 | 38.42 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
St Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Hawkins | 1,239 | 46.2 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative | Roy Marchant* | 943 | 35.1 | +14.4 |
| | Labour | Ronald North | 502 | 18.7 | −17.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 296 | 11.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,684 | 47.06 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Swindon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Harry Tebbs | 308 | 49.0 | |
| | Independent | Desmond May | 221 | 35.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Williams | 100 | 13.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 87 | 13.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 629 | 42.39 | |
| | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) | Independent win (new seat) |