# 2018 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 2018 Cheltenham Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The result was a victory for the incumbent Liberal Democrat administration, which increased its overall majority.

## Overall Results

| Party | Party | Previous council | New council | +/- |
| | Liberal Democrats | 29 | 32 | 3 |
| | Conservatives | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| | People Against Bureaucracy | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| | Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 40 | 40 | |
Cheltenham Borough Council Election Result 2018 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 17 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 81.0 | 45.8 | 15,504 | +0.3 |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 14.3 | 36.0 | 12,196 | +6.7 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 2,600 | +1.4 |
| PAB | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 1,450 | -1.4 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 1,450 | -1.9 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0.8 | 268 | -2.5 |

## Ward results
### All Saints

All Saints :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Hegenbarth* | 674 | 47.1 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Ben Stone | 522 | 36.5 | +5.9 |
| | Labour | Derek Anthony Nigel Lockhart | 139 | 9.7 | −1.9 |
| | Green | Sarah Jane Field | 96 | 6.7 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 152 | 10.6 | −13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,433 | 34 | −1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Battledown

Battledown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Matt Babbage* | 971 | 58.2 | +2.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Jane Allen | 503 | 30.1 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Caroline Adele Gavin | 108 | 6.5 | −2.5 |
| | Green | Spencer Richard Allman | 87 | 5.2 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 468 | 28.1 | +1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,672 | 38 | +1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Benhall & The Reddings

Benhall & The Reddings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Charles Britter* | 1,036 | 55.3 | +5.7 |
| | Conservative | James William Harold Russell | 746 | 39.8 | −2.0 |
| | Labour | Francis Xavier Chacko | 91 | 4.9 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 290 | 15.5 | +7.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,873 | 47 | +1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Charlton Kings

Charlton Kings :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angie Boyes | 915 | 47.8 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Dan Collins | 747 | 39.0 | +1.4 |
| | Labour | Joanna Susan Hughes | 150 | 7.8 | +1.6 |
| | Green | Lorraine Elizabeth Mason | 101 | 5.3 | −1.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 168 | 8.8 | −2.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,921 | 44 | −1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Charlton Park

Charlton Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Richard Baker* | 1,050 | 49.2 | −2.2 |
| | Conservative | David Grahame Lewis | 962 | 45.1 | +5.0 |
| | Green | Karen Wilson | 68 | 3.2 | +0.1 |
| | Labour | David John Beesley | 54 | 2.5 | −2.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 88 | 4.1 | −7.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,136 | 53 | +3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### College

College :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Garth Wallington Barnes* | 976 | 57.7 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative | Peter Frantz Vagn | 448 | 26.5 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Lynda Peggy Johnson | 162 | 9.6 | +4.6 |
| | Green | Drew Alexander Davie | 105 | 6.2 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 528 | 31.2 | −9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,692 | 38 | −2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Hesters Way

Hesters Way :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Albert Wheeler* | 669 | 55.0 | +2.3 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Charles Lovatt | 386 | 31.7 | +0.3 |
| | Labour | Clive Robert Harriss | 161 | 13.2 | +4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 283 | 23.3 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,218 | 24 | −1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Lansdown

Lansdown :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Chris Mason* | 720 | 52.9 | ±0.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Barbara Anne Clark | 406 | 29.8 | +5.0 |
| | Labour | Miranda Jane Latham-Jackson | 148 | 10.9 | −0.6 |
| | Green | Adrian Becker | 87 | 6.4 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | 23.1 | −5.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,362 | 33 | +3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Leckhampton

Leckhampton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Martin Horwood | 1,082 | 47.2 | +27.2 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Cooke | 1,069 | 46.6 | +18.1 |
| | Conservative | Chris Nelson* | 1,067 | 46.5 | +18.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Glenn Andrews | 834 | 36.4 | +16.4 |
| | Green | Peter Frings | 302 | 13.2 | +8.4 |
| | Labour | Steve Harrop | 78 | 3.4 | +0.4 |
| | Labour | Christopher Meehan | 56 | 2.4 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 13 | 0.1 | −11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,293 | 52 | +4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Oakley

Oakley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Max Wilkinson** | 768 | 54.2 | +6.9 |
| | Labour | Liz Ashley | 331 | 23.4 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Ben Carlton | 317 | 22.4 | −3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 437 | 30.8 | +9.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,320 | 33 | +4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Max Wilkinson was a sitting councillor in Park.

### Park

Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dilys Mary Juliet Barrell | 1,154 | 47.6 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Laura Elizabeth Kennedy | 1,101 | 45.4 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Kevin Michael Boyle | 91 | 3.8 | −1.4 |
| | Green | Barbara Anne Knight-Elliott | 77 | 3.2 | −1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 53 | 2.2 | −1.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,430 | 50 | +5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Pittville

Pittville :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jo Stafford | 628 | 31.7 | −14.3 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Alexander Fifield | 624 | 31.5 | +16.5 |
| | PAB | Adam Lewis Kirkham Lillywhite* | 514 | 25.9 | −3.5 |
| | Labour | Andrew James Nicholson | 150 | 7.6 | +2.6 |
| | Green | Stephen John Bear | 65 | 3.3 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4 | 0.2 | −16.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,984 | 41 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from PAB | Liberal Democrats gain from PAB | Swing | | |

### Prestbury

Prestbury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PAB | John Payne* | 1,324 | 65.7 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Catherine Jane Stimpson | 411 | 20.4 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | Jerry Forrest | 279 | 13.9 | −1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 913 | 45.3 | −8.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,022 | 44 | +4 |
| | PAB hold | PAB hold | Swing | | |

### Springbank

Springbank :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Jeremy Jeffries* | 818 | 64.3 | +7.3 |
| | Conservative | Rich Newman | 323 | 25.4 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | John Malcolm Bride | 132 | 10.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 495 | 38.9 | +2.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,277 | 25 | −4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Mark’s

St Mark’s :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Jane Holliday* | 676 | 52.8 | −10.1 |
| | Conservative | Joshua David William | 356 | 27.8 | +15.7 |
| | Labour | Matthew James Bevington | 159 | 12.4 | +3.7 |
| | Green | David John Clarke | 89 | 7.0 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 320 | 25.0 | −25.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,284 | 26 | −5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Paul’s

St Paul’s :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jonny Brownsteen | 442 | 38.8 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | Craig Francis Fraser | 293 | 25.7 | +9.7 |
| | Independent | Daud McDonald | 268 | 23.5 | −2.8 |
| | Conservative | Tamba Abass Manyeh | 136 | 11.9 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 149 | 13.1 | −0.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,142 | 26 | +5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Peter’s

St Peter’s :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Victoria May Atherstone | 617 | 39.9 | −6.6 |
| | Conservative | Hannah Wright | 507 | 32.8 | +6.7 |
| | Green | Jim Blackstock | 278 | 18.0 | −0.3 |
| | Labour | Robert Ramuz Irons | 145 | 9.4 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 110 | 7.1 | −13.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,548 | 29 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Swindon Village

Swindon Village :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Flo Clucas* | 744 | 62.1 | +16.8 |
| | Conservative | Edward Wadih Hazzan | 455 | 37.9 | +24.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 289 | 24.2 | +12.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,217 | 27 | −4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Up Hatherley

Up Hatherley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew McKinlay* | 1,015 | 56.9 | −7.6 |
| | Conservative | Emma Jane Logan | 645 | 36.2 | +15.7 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Syme | 124 | 7.0 | +3.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 370 | 20.7 | −23.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,788 | 43 | ±0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Warden Hill

Warden Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Iain Andrew Paterson Dobie | 920 | 46.4 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative | Margaret Emma Frances Nelson | 882 | 44.5 | +12.4 |
| | Green | Timothy Cosmo Bonsor | 95 | 4.8 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | Ian Hugh White | 84 | 4.2 | −2.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 38 | 1.9 | −13.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,983 | 45 | +4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |