# 2021 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 2021 Cheltenham Borough Council elections took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. Half of the council was up for election, and the Liberal Democrats remained in overall control of the council.
These seats were due to be contested in 2020, but were delayed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Results

2021 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 | 14 | 1 | 75.0 | 16 | 31 | 75.0 | 16,241 | 42.6 | -2.9 |
| | Conservative | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 3 | 7 | 20.0 | 14,312 | 37.5 | +8.2 |
| | PAB | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 | 1,307 | 3.4 | -3.4 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,178 | 11.0 | +4.8 |
| | Labour | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,068 | 5.4 | -0.9 |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 26 | 0.1 | ±0.0 |

## Council composition

Before the election, the composition of the council was:
| 32 | 6 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Conservative | PAB |
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| 31 | 7 | 2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Conservative | PAB |
PAB - People Against Bureaucracy

## Ward results

Incumbent councillors are denoted by an asterisk (*)

### All Saints

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Ann Clark | 798 | 46.8 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | Susan Mary Godwin | 508 | 29.8 | −6.7 |
| | Green | Jessica West | 271 | 15.9 | +9.2 |
| | Labour | Isobel Amy Laing | 129 | 7.6 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 290 | 17.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,706 | 40 | +6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Battledown

Battledown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Louis Arthur Ives Savage* | 1,005 | 46.3 | −11.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Helen Clare Pemberton | 850 | 39.1 | +9.0 |
| | Green | Daniel Joseph Willey | 185 | 8.5 | +3.3 |
| | Labour | Caroline Adele Gavin | 132 | 6.1 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 155 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,172 | 46 | +8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Benhall & The Reddings

Benhall & The Reddings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mike Collins* | 1,048 | 51.6 | −3.7 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Edward Beeston | 768 | 37.8 | −2.0 |
| | Green | Sarah Jane Field | 153 | 7.5 | N/A |
| | Labour | Robin Frederick Carey | 62 | 3.1 | −1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 13.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,031 | 51 | +4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Charlton Kings

Charlton Kings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Gerard McCloskey* | 1,016 | 46.4 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Jake Wilson | 852 | 38.9 | −0.1 |
| | Green | Lorraine Elizabeth Mason | 229 | 10.5 | +5.2 |
| | Labour | Elle Harriet Rees | 91 | 4.2 | −3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | 7.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,188 | 50 | +6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Charlton Park

Charlton Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Harvey* | 1,092 | 46.8 | −2.4 |
| | Conservative | Phil Davis | 1,003 | 43.0 | −2.1 |
| | Green | Sharon Lorna Wallington | 162 | 6.9 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Sarah Jane Chacko | 75 | 3.2 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 89 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,332 | 58 | +5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### College

College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Guy Rosewarne Maughfling | 1,027 | 51.0 | −6.7 |
| | Conservative | Rich Newman | 563 | 27.9 | +1.4 |
| | Green | Elizabeth Johnson | 307 | 15.2 | +9.0 |
| | Labour | Robert George Arnott | 118 | 5.9 | −2.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 464 | 23.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,015 | 46 | +8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Hesters Way

Hesters Way :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Louise Flynn* | 619 | 45.4 | −9.7 |
| | Conservative | Laura Elizabeth Haley | 515 | 37.8 | +6.1 |
| | Green | Adrian Becker | 118 | 8.7 | N/A |
| | Labour | John Malcolm Bride | 105 | 7.7 | −5.5 |
| | TUSC | Samuel Jacob Coxson | 7 | 0.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 104 | 7.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,364 | 28 | +4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Lansdown

Lansdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Diggory Charles Seacome* | 795 | 45.1 | −7.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Wheat | 627 | 35.6 | +5.8 |
| | Green | Stephen Paul Bell | 239 | 13.6 | +7.2 |
| | Labour | Duncan James Siret | 100 | 5.7 | −5.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 168 | 9.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,761 | 42 | +9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Leckhampton

Leckhampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Margaret Emma Frances Nelson | 1,132 | 43.9 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glenn Andrews | 853 | 33.1 | −3.3 |
| | Green | Peter Robert Frings | 592 | 23.0 | +9.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 279 | 10.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,577 | 59 | +7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Oakley

Oakley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rowena Mary Hay* | 597 | 48.1 | −6.1 |
| | Conservative | Jake Michael Andrew Hardy | 414 | 33.4 | +10.0 |
| | Labour | Mike Jarvis | 122 | 9.8 | −13.6 |
| | Green | Stephen West | 107 | 8.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 183 | 14.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,240 | 29 | −4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tim Harman* | 1,292 | 49.6 | +4.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Izaac Augustus Tailford | 983 | 37.7 | −9.9 |
| | Green | Catherine Sunita Lyon Leggett | 217 | 8.3 | +5.1 |
| | Labour | Kevin Michael Boyle | 112 | 4.3 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 309 | 11.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,604 | 53 | +3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Pittville

Pittville :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephan Alexander Fifield | 1,038 | 48.3 | +16.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jason Edwin Potter-Peachey | 713 | 33.2 | +1.5 |
| | Green | Billy Wassell | 231 | 10.8 | +7.5 |
| | Labour | Julie Frances Farmer | 166 | 7.7 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 325 | 15.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,148 | 44 | +3 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Prestbury

Prestbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAB | Ian Michael Bassett-Smith | 1,128 | 50.0 | −15.7 |
| | Conservative | Alan James Davis | 683 | 30.3 | +16.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Anthony Beale | 445 | 19.7 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 455 | 19.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,256 | 46 | +2 |
| | PAB hold | PAB hold | Swing | | |

### Springbank

Springbank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Suzanne Theresa Williams* | 746 | 52.9 | −11.4 |
| | Conservative | Paul Robert Simons | 427 | 30.3 | +4.9 |
| | Labour | Thomas Alister Johnson | 132 | 9.4 | −1.0 |
| | Green | Stephen John Bear | 104 | 7.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 319 | 22.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,409 | 28 | +3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St. Mark's

St. Mark's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard James Pineger | 736 | 48.0 | −4.8 |
| | Conservative | Jerome Eugene Forrest | 467 | 30.4 | +2.6 |
| | Green | David John Clarke | 179 | 11.7 | +4.7 |
| | Labour | Mike Farmer | 152 | 9.9 | −2.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 269 | 17.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,534 | 32 | +6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St. Paul's

St. Paul's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alisha Chloe-Marie Lewis | 431 | 33.5 | −5.3 |
| | Green | Tabi Joy | 294 | 22.9 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Roger Graham Fox | 227 | 17.7 | +5.8 |
| | PAB | Daud McDonald | 179 | 13.9 | −9.6 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Syme | 136 | 10.6 | −15.1 |
| | TUSC | Joe Waters | 19 | 1.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 137 | 10.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,286 | 29 | +3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St. Peter's

St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Willingham* | 953 | 52.5 | +12.6 |
| | Conservative | Edward Wahid Hazzan | 493 | 27.2 | −5.6 |
| | Green | Karen Wilson | 215 | 11.9 | −6.1 |
| | Labour | Clive Robert Harriss | 153 | 8.4 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 460 | 26 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,814 | 33 | +4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Swindon Village

Swindon Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bernie Fisher* | 740 | 48.3 | −13.8 |
| | Conservative | Susan Jean McArdle | 452 | 29.5 | −8.4 |
| | Green | Edward Nuan Bycroft Saul | 212 | 13.8 | N/A |
| | Labour | Peter Arthur Robert Clark | 128 | 8.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 288 | 18.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,532 | 35 | +8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Up Hatherley

Up Hatherley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Margaret Sankey | 979 | 47.3 | −9.6 |
| | Conservative | Rhiannon Evans | 810 | 39.2 | +3.0 |
| | Green | Samantha Diane Hodges | 199 | 9.6 | N/A |
| | Labour | Neil Andrew Armitage | 80 | 3.9 | −3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 8.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,068 | 50 | +7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Warden Hill

Warden Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Oliver* | 988 | 47.2 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative | Ro Baillie | 868 | 41.4 | −3.1 |
| | Green | Timothy Cosmo Bonsor | 164 | 7.8 | +3.0 |
| | Labour | Ian Hugh White | 75 | 3.6 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 120 | 5.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,095 | 48 | +3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |