# 2022 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 2022 Cheltenham Borough Council elections took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election.

## Results

35,574
2022 Cheltenham Borough Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Liberal Democrats | 18 | | 85.7 | 13 | 31 | 77.5 | 19,595 | 55.1 | +12.5 |
| | Conservative | 1 | 1 | 4.8 | 5 | 6 | 15.0 | 9,867 | 27.7 | -9.8 |
| | PAB | 1 | | 4.8 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 996 | 2.8 | -0.6 |
| | Green | 1 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 4,028 | 11.3 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,030 | 2.9 | -2.5 |
| | Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 47 | 0.1 | N/A |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| Party | Party | Previous council | New council | +/- |
| | Liberal Democrats | 31 | 31 | 0 |
| | Conservatives | 7 | 6 | -1 |
| | People Against Bureaucracy | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | Green Party | 0 | 1 | +1 |
| Total | Total | 40 | 40 | |

## Ward results

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*)

### All Saints

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Izaac Augustus Tailford | 1,048 | 62.9 | +16.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Christensen | 362 | 21.7 | −8.1 |
| | Green | Stephen West | 145 | 8.7 | −7.2 |
| | Labour | Isobel Amy Laing | 112 | 6.7 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 686 | 41.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,667 | 38.1 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Battledown

Battledown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Matt Babbage* | 893 | 46.4 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ed Chidley | 785 | 40.8 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Karen Celia Wilson | 246 | 12.8 | +4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 108 | 5.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,924 | 40.0 | −6.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Benhall & The Reddings

Benhall & The Reddings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Charles Britter* | 1,218 | 66.6 | +15.0 |
| | Conservative | Michael David Scott Evans | 452 | 24.7 | −13.1 |
| | Green | Sarah Jane Field | 158 | 8.6 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 766 | 41.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,828 | 46.3 | −4.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Charlton Kings

Charlton Kings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angie Boyes* | 1,222 | 54.7 | +8.3 |
| | Conservative | Jake Wilson | 743 | 33.3 | −5.6 |
| | Green | Daniel Joseph Willey | 185 | 8.3 | −2.2 |
| | Labour | Caroline Adele Gavin | 84 | 3.8 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 479 | 21.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,234 | 50.2 | +0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Charlton Park

Charlton Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Richard Baker* | 1,265 | 58.8 | +12.0 |
| | Conservative | Georgie Bass | 726 | 33.8 | −9.2 |
| | Green | Sharon Lorna Wallington | 160 | 7.4 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 539 | 25.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,151 | 54.7 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### College

College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garth Wallington Barnes* | 1,060 | 56.5 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie** | 1,019 | 54.3 | +3.3 |
| | Conservative | Rich Newman | 418 | 22.3 | −5.6 |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Anthony Pollock | 397 | 21.2 | −6.7 |
| | Green | Elizabeth Johnson | 303 | 16.2 | +1.0 |
| | Green | Connor Lewis Auker-Howlett | 192 | 10.2 | −5.0 |
| | Labour | Kevin Michael Boyle | 138 | 7.4 | +1.5 |
| | Reform UK | Steven Thomas | 47 | 2.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 601 | 32.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,875 | 42.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Iain Dobie was a sitting councillor for Warden Hill ward.

### Hesters Way

Hesters Way :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Albert Wheeler* | 632 | 51.7 | +6.3 |
| | Conservative | Jerry Forrest | 361 | 29.5 | −8.3 |
| | Labour | John Malcolm Bride | 115 | 9.4 | +1.7 |
| | Green | Adrian Becker | 104 | 8.5 | −0.2 |
| | TUSC | Samuel Jacob Coxson | 11 | 0.9 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 271 | 22.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,223 | 24.3 | −3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Lansdown

Lansdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glenn Andrews | 829 | 51.9 | +16.3 |
| | Conservative | Chris Mason* | 604 | 37.8 | −7.3 |
| | Green | Steve Bell | 164 | 10.3 | +2.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 225 | 14.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,597 | 37.9 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Leckhampton

Leckhampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Charles Horwood* | 1,446 | 60.8 | +27.7 |
| | Conservative | Teresa Anne Prothero | 547 | 23.0 | −20.9 |
| | Green | Peter Robert Frings | 387 | 16.3 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 899 | 37.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,380 | 54.5 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Oakley

Oakley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Max Wilkinson* | 775 | 63.5 | +15.4 |
| | Conservative | James Alan Robert Bass | 249 | 20.4 | −13.0 |
| | Labour | Michael Jarvis | 110 | 9.0 | −0.8 |
| | Green | Carl Anthony Parker | 87 | 7.1 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 526 | 43.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,221 | 28.3 | −0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jacqueline Ann Chelin | 1,304 | 53.4 | +15.7 |
| | Conservative | David George Reed | 926 | 37.9 | −11.7 |
| | Green | Catherine Sunita Lyon Leggett | 211 | 8.6 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 378 | 15.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,441 | 48.9 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Pittville

Pittville :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julian Charles George Tooke | 1,097 | 52.7 | +19.5 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Edward Beeston | 663 | 31.8 | −16.5 |
| | Green | Daniel Wilson | 322 | 15.5 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 434 | 20.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,082 | 42.4 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Prestbury

Prestbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAB | John Payne* | 996 | 45.7 | −4.3 |
| | Conservative | Laura Elizabeth Haley | 466 | 21.4 | −8.9 |
| | Green | Dan Taylor | 398 | 18.3 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Ingram | 318 | 14.6 | −5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 530 | 24.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,178 | 44.6 | −1.4 |
| | PAB hold | PAB hold | Swing | | |

### Springbank

Springbank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Jeremy Jeffries* | 1,035 | 77.2 | +24.3 |
| | Conservative | Paul Robert Simons | 191 | 14.3 | −16.0 |
| | Green | Stephen John Bear | 114 | 8.5 | +1.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 844 | 63.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,340 | 26.3 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Mark's

St Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Jane Holliday* | 880 | 62.5 | +14.5 |
| | Conservative | Joseph Charles Grout | 304 | 21.6 | −8.8 |
| | Labour | Julie Frances Farmer | 223 | 15.8 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 576 | 40.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,407 | 29.5 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Paul's

St Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Tabi Joy | 586 | 50.4 | +27.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jayjay Potter-Peachey | 437 | 37.6 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Susan Mary Godwin | 139 | 12.0 | −5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 149 | 12.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,162 | 26.6 | −2.4 |
| | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Green gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### St Peter's

St Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Mae Atherstone* | 1,118 | 66.9 | +14.4 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Jaquine Baillie | 365 | 21.9 | −5.3 |
| | Labour | Clive Robert Harriss | 187 | 11.2 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 753 | 45.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,670 | 30.1 | −2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Swindon Village

Swindon Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Flo Clucas* | 841 | 64.6 | +16.3 |
| | Conservative | Edward Wadih Hazzan | 319 | 24.5 | −5.0 |
| | Green | Thomas Edward William Boden | 142 | 10.9 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 522 | 40.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,302 | 29.9 | −5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Up Hatherley

Up Hatherley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Stephen Bamford | 1,197 | 63.1 | +15.8 |
| | Conservative | Roger Graham Fox | 533 | 28.1 | −11.1 |
| | Green | Samantha Diane Hodges | 167 | 8.8 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 664 | 35.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,897 | 45.7 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Warden Hill

Warden Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Anthony Beale | 1,088 | 57.1 | +9.9 |
| | Conservative | Carl Leigh Jones | 606 | 31.8 | −9.6 |
| | Green | Tim Bonsor | 149 | 7.8 | ±0.0 |
| | Labour | Ian Hugh White | 61 | 3.2 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 482 | 25.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,904 | 43.7 | −4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

## By-elections
### Battledown

Battledown: 9 February 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ed Chidley | 877 | 52.0 | +11.2 |
| | Conservative | Marcia Jacko | 609 | 36.1 | −10.3 |
| | Green | Ian Cameron | 156 | 9.3 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | Caroline Gavin | 43 | 2.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 268 | 15.9 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,685 | 35.4 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 10.7 | |

### Prestbury

Prestbury: 12 October 2023 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAB | Stan Smith | 644 | 37.2 | −8.5 |
| | Green | Jan Foster | 484 | 27.9 | +9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben Ingram | 346 | 20.0 | +5.4 |
| | Conservative | Laura Kennedy | 258 | 14.9 | −6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 160 | 9.3 | −15.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,732 | 36.7 | −7.9 |
| | PAB hold | PAB hold | Swing | 9.0 | |