2014 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 2014 Cheltenham Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election Result

Cheltenham Borough Council Election Result 2014

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	14	2	2	0	70.0	42.5	14,153	-0.5
	Conservative	4	2	2	0	20.0	29.6	9,857	-6.8
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	10.0	3,327	+6.5
	PAB	2	0	0	0	10.0	6.7	2,249	-0.4
	Labour	0	0	0	0	0	4.9	1,639	+0.3
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.5	1,172	-1.9
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	646	N/A
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	143	N/A
	NHA	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	135	N/A

Ward results

All Saints

All Saints

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dan Murch	587	41.3	−1.4
	Conservative	Steve Thomas	406	28.5	−9.9
	UKIP	Bob Bransby	154	10.8	N/A
	Green	Aina Wylie	152	10.7	+1.4
	Labour	Diana Hale	124	8.7	−0.9
Majority			181	12.8	+8.5
Turnout			1,425	35	+4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Battledown

Battledown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matt Babbage	814	46.0	−9.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McCloskey	741	41.9	+12.1
	UKIP	Lyn Bransby	215	12.1	N/A
Majority			73	4.1	−21.6
Turnout			1,789	42	+9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Benhall and The Reddings

Benhall and The Reddings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Britter*	1,188	66.7	+30.0
	Conservative	Angela de Souza	594	33.3	−13.5
Majority			594	33.4	+23.3
Turnout			1,829	45	+3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Charlton Kings

Charlton Kings

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Helena McCloskey*	926	45.3	−1.1
	Conservative	Tim Cooper	638	31.2	−10.6
	UKIP	Justin Dunne	361	17.7	N/A
	Labour	Neville Mozley	119	5.8	N/A
Majority			288	14.1	+9.5
Turnout			2,053	47	+5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Charlton Park

Charlton Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Baker	861	45.9	−1.0
	Conservative	Penny Hall*	767	40.9	−12.2
	UKIP	Justin Dunne	154	8.2	N/A
	Labour	John Bride	46	2.5	N/A
	Green	Wayne Spiller	46	2.5	N/A
Majority			94	5.0	−1.2
Turnout			1,875	47	+5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Note: the election in Charlton Park was delayed due to the death of a candidate. The election was held on 3 July 2014.

College

College

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Garth Barnes*	886	52.5	−9.5
	Conservative	Emily Croft	417	24.7	−13.3
	Green	Sarah Field	223	13.2	N/A
	UKIP	Sue Jones	162	9.6	N/A
Majority			469	27.8	+3.8
Turnout			1,698	41	+7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hesters Way

Hesters Way

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wheeler*	633	51.6	−7.7
	Conservative	Janet Honeywill	302	24.6	+2.1
	Labour	Clive Harriss	179	14.6	−3.6
	TUSC	Andrew Causon	113	9.2	N/A
Majority			331	27.0	−9.8
Turnout			1,240	25	+4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lansdown

Lansdown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Mason	703	48.7	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mel Gladwin	592	41.0	−6.9
	Labour	Keith White	148	10.3	N/A
Majority			111	7.7	+3.5
Turnout			1,459	33	+7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leckhampton

Leckhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Nelson	813	36.4	−7.0
	Independent	Ian Bickerton*	516	23.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Dobie	505	22.6	−16.1
	UKIP	Ian Statham	217	9.7	−0.1
	Green	Barbara Knight-Elliott	182	8.2	+0.2
Majority			297	13.3	+8.6
Turnout			2,240	53	+11
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Note: Ian Bickerton was the sitting councillor. He was elected as a Liberal Democrat in 2010.

Oakley

Oakley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Hay*	575	45.5	−9.4
	UKIP	John Hopwood	328	25.9	N/A
	Labour	Alec Gamble	189	15.0	−5.8
	Conservative	Lucy Strachan	172	13.6	−3.6
Majority			247	19.6	−14.5
Turnout			1,272	29	+4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Park

Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Max Wilkinson	1,026	44.9	+23.0
	Conservative	Rob Garnham*	970	42.5	−13.3
	Green	Victoria Angelo-Thompson	186	8.1	−5.1
	Labour	Kevin Boyle	102	4.5	N/A
Majority			56	2.4	−31.5
Turnout			2,292	45	+11
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Pittville

Pittville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	Adam Lillywhite	725	41.0	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Parsons	662	37.5	+19.4
	Conservative	Paul Wood	380	21.5	−4.2
Majority			63	3.5	−16.9
Turnout			1,781	42	+5
	PAB hold		Swing

Prestbury

Prestbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PAB	John Payne	1,524	76.4	+4.4
	Conservative	Simon Probert	306	15.3	+−0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Abu Syed	165	8.3	−4.4
Majority			1,218	61.1	+4.4
Turnout			2,010	45	+7
	PAB hold		Swing

Springbank

Springbank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Jeffries*	648	47.6	−17.7
	UKIP	Peter Joiner	338	24.8	N/A
	Conservative	Elizabeth Fox	200	14.7	−1.7
	Labour	Anthony Cheetham	145	10.7	−7.6
	TUSC	Joe Sucksmith	30	2.2	N/A
Majority			310	22.6	−24.4
Turnout			1,367	28	+7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Mark's

St Mark's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Holliday*	673	43.6	−7.9
	UKIP	Peter Bowman	371	24.0	N/A
	Conservative	Jerry Forrest	239	15.5	−6.2
	Labour	Rod Gay	133	8.6	−8.4
	Green	Demelza Jones	128	8.3	−1.5
Majority			302	19.6	−10.2
Turnout			1,552	33	+6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Paul's

St Paul's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Walklett*	299	30.2	−21.0
	Conservative	Andrew Coffey	157	15.9	−2.0
	Labour	Ann Gate	151	15.3	−4.8
	NHA	Neil Beck	135	13.7	N/A
	Independent	Daud McDonald	130	13.1	N/A
	Green	Adrian Becker	117	11.8	+1.0
Majority			142	14.3	−16.8
Turnout			993	21	+6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Peter's

St Peter's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pat Thornton*	695	47.1	−16.7
	UKIP	Barry Lodge	332	22.5	N/A
	Conservative	Jonathan Moffitt	253	17.2	−2.5
	Labour	Robert Irons	195	13.2	−3.3
Majority			363	24.6	−19.5
Turnout			1,480	29	+7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Swindon Village

Swindon Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Flo Clucas	835	66.3	−9.8
	Conservative	Sophie Tartaglia	424	33.7	+9.8
Majority			411	32.6	−19.6
Turnout			1,323	30	+5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Up Hatherley

Up Hatherley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew McKinlay*	990	50.4	−1.7
	Conservative	John Young	562	28.6	−3.3
	UKIP	Jeff Hack	305	15.5	−0.4
	Labour	Catherine Mozley	108	5.5	N/A
Majority			428	21.8	+1.6
Turnout			1,970	47	+5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Warden Hill

Warden Hill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Ryder*	740	39.3	−21.5
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Oliver	666	35.4	+14.0
	UKIP	Roger Tasker	337	17.9	N/A
	Green	Timothy Bonsor	138	7.3	−10.5
Majority			74	3.9	−35.5
Turnout			1,887	43	+7
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Note: the Conservatives had previously gained the Liberal Democrat seat in Warden Hill in a by-election. This election confirmed that by-election gain.

References

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