# 2002 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 2002 Cheltenham Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 reducing the number of seats by 1. The Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party.

## Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats gain control after winning an extra 10 councillors.
Cheltenham Local Election Result 2002 :
| Party | Seats | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 21 | +10 | 52.5 | 44.3 | 25,006 | +7.6 |
| Conservative | 13 | -10 | 32.5 | 40.9 | 23,086 | -7.0 |
| PAB | 4 | -1 | 10.0 | 8.9 | 4,999 | +2.6 |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2,804 | -3.6 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 556 | +0.6 |

## Ward results

All Saints (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christine Franklin | 813 | 58.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Jordan | 800 | 57.9 |
| | Conservative | John Newman | 463 | 33.5 |
| | Conservative | Paul Simons* | 456 | 33.0 |
| | Labour | Brenda Moody | 116 | 8.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,381 | 33.7 |
Battledown (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Paul McLain* | 711 | 46.5 |
| | Conservative | Hedley Thompson* | 711 | 46.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Needs | 701 | 45.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan White | 699 | 45.7 |
| | Labour | David Evans | 97 | 6.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,528 | 42.6 |
Benhall & The Reddings (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Britter | 1,082 | 58.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Rickell | 948 | 51.3 |
| | Conservative | Jacqueline Fletcher* | 836 | 45.3 |
| | Conservative | Timothy Harman | 720 | 39.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,847 | 45.7 |
Charlton Kings (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Jennifer Moreton* | 981 | 55.2 |
| | Conservative | Duncan Smith* | 903 | 50.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Harvey | 715 | 40.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Turner | 500 | 28.1 |
| | Green | Celia Bear | 133 | 7.5 |
| | Labour | Lorna Steers | 123 | 6.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,777 | 41.6 |
Charlton Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Brian Chaplin* | 1,179 | 64.1 |
| | Conservative | John Melville-Smith* | 1,109 | 60.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Finnemore | 567 | 30.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Oliver | 542 | 29.5 |
| | Labour | David Addison | 93 | 5.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,839 | 46.4 |
College (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garth Barnes | 772 | 50.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Surgenor | 736 | 48.1 |
| | Conservative | Penelope Hall | 628 | 41.0 |
| | Conservative | Robert Evans | 621 | 40.6 |
| | Green | Christopher Chatfield | 120 | 7.8 |
| | Labour | Gillian Howells | 85 | 5.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,531 | 37.6 |
Hesters Way (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lydia Bishop | 614 | 67.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Wendy Young | 584 | 64.2 |
| | Conservative | Daphne Allen | 186 | 20.5 |
| | Conservative | Lesley Silvester | 170 | 18.7 |
| | Labour | Robert Wells | 131 | 14.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 909 | 23.0 |
Lansdown (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Barbara Driver* | 746 | 63.1 |
| | Conservative | Diggory Seacome* | 725 | 61.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Storm | 288 | 24.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Horwood | 274 | 23.2 |
| | Green | Keith Bessant | 140 | 11.8 |
| | Labour | Katya Vines | 88 | 7.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,182 | 30.0 |
Leckhampton (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Kenneth Buckland* | 1,186 | 54.1 |
| | Conservative | Robin MacDonald* | 1,181 | 53.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dermot Clarke | 977 | 44.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Coleman | 949 | 43.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,193 | 55.0 |
Oakley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Martin Hale* | 610 | 56.6 |
| | Labour | Diana Hale* | 583 | 54.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barrie Anderson | 254 | 23.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Wheeler | 202 | 18.8 |
| | Conservative | Clare Huckett | 187 | 17.4 |
| | Conservative | Sophie Preston-Hall | 182 | 16.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,077 | 26.4 |
Park (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Robert Garnham* | 996 | 56.3 |
| | Conservative | Gerald Gearing* | 951 | 53.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Pictor | 744 | 42.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | William Whelan | 650 | 36.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,770 | 40.0 |
Pittville (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PAB | Diane Hibbert* | 752 | 44.6 |
| | PAB | David Prince* | 723 | 42.9 |
| | Conservative | Gary Bowden* | 574 | 34.0 |
| | Conservative | John Hopwood | 502 | 29.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Hay | 268 | 15.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kirstie Clish-Green | 257 | 15.2 |
| | Labour | Edward Hemmings | 156 | 9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,687 | 40.5 |
Prestbury (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | PAB | Leslie Godwin* | 1,187 | 63.5 |
| | PAB | Malcolm Stennett* | 1,171 | 62.7 |
| | Conservative | Martin Locke | 488 | 26.1 |
| | Conservative | Paul Ryder | 383 | 20.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jennifer Jones | 202 | 10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Whalley | 99 | 5.3 |
| | Green | Caroline Griffiths | 93 | 5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,868 | 40.7 |
Springbank (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Morris | 603 | 64.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Wheeler | 547 | 58.5 |
| | Conservative | James Stevenson | 196 | 21.0 |
| | Conservative | Antony Sygerycz | 157 | 16.8 |
| | Labour | Clive Harriss | 151 | 16.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 935 | 21.9 |
St. Mark's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Holliday* | 709 | 62.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Lloyd* | 698 | 61.1 |
| | Conservative | Michael Horton | 301 | 26.4 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Wall | 274 | 24.0 |
| | Labour | Andre Curtis | 157 | 13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,142 | 26.0 |
St. Paul's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew McKinlay* | 523 | 70.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Coleman | 441 | 59.5 |
| | Conservative | Christopher Anstey | 104 | 14.0 |
| | Labour | William Fawcett | 94 | 12.7 |
| | Conservative | Patrick Corbyn | 86 | 11.6 |
| | Green | Jennifer Stone | 70 | 9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 741 | 16.9 |
St. Peter's (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pat Thornton* | 535 | 51.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Stuart-Smith* | 462 | 44.9 |
| | Conservative | Roger Marchant | 426 | 41.4 |
| | Conservative | Robert Bird | 333 | 32.3 |
| | Labour | Robert Irons | 152 | 14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,030 | 23.8 |
Swindon Village (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Ledeux | 725 | 49.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Jones | 699 | 47.6 |
| | PAB | Joanna McVeagh* | 598 | 40.7 |
| | PAB | Peter Allen | 568 | 38.6 |
| | Conservative | Anthony Fletcher | 178 | 12.1 |
| | Conservative | Terence Gould | 170 | 11.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,470 | 33.1 |
Up Hatherley (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Zoe Forbes | 1,015 | 57.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Fidgeon | 1,002 | 56.3 |
| | Conservative | Eric Baylis* | 708 | 39.8 |
| | Conservative | Alan Nicholson | 589 | 33.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,781 | 42.6 |
Warden Hill (2) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rowena Hay | 945 | 48.2 |
| | Conservative | Anne Regan | 911 | 46.5 |
| | Conservative | Christine Ryder* | 878 | 44.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Oates | 865 | 44.1 |
| | Labour | Christopher Bailey | 168 | 8.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,961 | 45.3 |