# 1999 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 1999 Cheltenham Council election took place on 6 May 1999 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Conservative 18
* Liberal Democrat 17
* People Against Bureaucracy 5
* Labour 1

## Election result

The results saw the Conservatives become the largest party after gaining 9 seats from the Liberal Democrats, therefore depriving the Liberal Democrats of control of the council.
Cheltenham Local Election Result 1999 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 56.3 | 48.7 | 15,929 | +8.1% |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 | 0 | 9 | -9 | 25.0 | 29.8 | 9,753 | -9.0% |
| PAB | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 | 8.2 | 2,690 | -1.9% |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 | 12.8 | 4,191 | +2.6% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.4 | 121 | +0.1% |

## Ward results

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Simons | 764 | 37.3 | −3.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Jordan* | 663 | 32.4 | +1.4 |
| | PAB | Sally Stringer | 381 | 18.6 | +0.0 |
| | Labour | Samantha Bailey | 239 | 11.7 | +1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 101 | 4.9 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,047 | 30.7 | +0.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Charlton Kings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barry Curl | 1,992 | 66.7 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Worth* | 703 | 23.5 | −21.0 |
| | Labour | Frank Bench | 293 | 9.8 | +9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,289 | 43.1 | +32.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,988 | 47.9 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Brian Chaplin | 1,488 | 49.5 | +6.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mary Gray* | 894 | 29.7 | −11.8 |
| | PAB | Alan Stone | 422 | 14.0 | +3.1 |
| | Labour | David Addison | 202 | 6.7 | +2.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 594 | 19.8 | +18.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,006 | 44.8 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Hatherley & the Reddings (3) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Fletcher | 1,518 | 54.2 | +12.6 |
| | Conservative | Eric Baylis | 1,366 | 48.8 | +7.2 |
| | Conservative | Hedley Thompson | 1,332 | 47.6 | +6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Read* | 1,072 | 38.3 | −4.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Stuart-Smith | 927 | 33.1 | −10.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Williams | 880 | 31.4 | −11.8 |
| | Labour | Christopher Bailey | 361 | 12.9 | +0.9 |
| | Labour | Eileen Bailey | 330 | 11.8 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,786 | 36.5 | +3.8 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Hesters Way :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Banyard* | 794 | 53.0 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | Penelope Hall | 426 | 28.5 | +7.4 |
| | Labour | Clive Harriss | 277 | 18.5 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 368 | 24.6 | −14.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,497 | 21.2 | +0.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Lansdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Barbara Driver | 1,123 | 67.0 | +15.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Harvey* | 333 | 19.9 | −17.8 |
| | Labour | Stephen Baxter | 220 | 13.1 | +2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 790 | 47.1 | +33.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,676 | 28.2 | +0.2 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Leckhampton with Up Hatherley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christine Ryder | 1,685 | 62.1 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Whalley | 445 | 16.4 | −15.8 |
| | PAB | Stephen Rudge | 302 | 11.1 | +11.1 |
| | Labour | Martin Burford | 283 | 10.4 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,240 | 45.7 | +20.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,715 | 41.6 | +3.5 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Gerald Gearing | 1,327 | 61.2 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Pictor | 615 | 28.3 | −8.8 |
| | Labour | Diana Hale | 228 | 10.5 | +10.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 712 | 32.8 | +7.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,170 | 38.7 | +0.1 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Pittville :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Martin Hale* | 1,002 | 49.3 | +24.0 |
| | Conservative | Gary Bowden | 617 | 30.3 | +15.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Francis King | 415 | 20.4 | −6.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | 18.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,034 | 35.8 | −2.3 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Prestbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAB | Lesley Silvester | 1,310 | 64.7 | +4.8 |
| | Conservative | John Walker | 545 | 26.9 | +0.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Lawrence | 169 | 8.3 | −2.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 765 | 37.8 | +4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,024 | 33.6 | +1.8 |
| | PAB hold | PAB hold | Swing | | |
St Marks :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeremy Whales* | 526 | 48.7 | −13.5 |
| | Conservative | James Stevenson | 304 | 28.2 | +10.0 |
| | Labour | Andre Curtis | 249 | 23.1 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 222 | 20.6 | −22.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,079 | 21.8 | +0.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
St Pauls :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew McKinlay* | 651 | 40.9 | −7.0 |
| | Conservative | Susan Godwin | 641 | 40.3 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | William Fawcett | 179 | 11.2 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Keith Bessant | 121 | 7.6 | +7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 10 | 0.6 | −8.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,592 | 26.6 | +4.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
St Peters :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carol Hawkins* | 607 | 40.4 | −13.2 |
| | Conservative | Roger Marchant | 568 | 37.8 | +13.5 |
| | Labour | Robert Irons | 328 | 21.8 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 39 | 2.6 | −26.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,503 | 25.5 | +5.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Swindon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAB | Joanna McVeagh | 275 | 48.5 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Susan Snape | 233 | 41.1 | +29.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garth Barnes | 59 | 10.4 | −38.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 42 | 7.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 567 | 40.1 | |
| | PAB gain from Liberal Democrats | PAB gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |