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.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Election Result

Cheltenham Borough Council Election Result 2014
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	14	2	2	70.0	42.5	14,153	-0.5
Conservative	4	2	2	20.0	29.6	9,857	-6.8
UKIP	0	0	0	0	10.0	3,327	+6.5
PAB	2	0	0	10.0	6.7	2,249	-0.4
Labour	0	0	0	0	4.9	1,639	+0.3
Green	0	0	0	0	3.5	1,172	-1.9
Independent	0	0	0	0	1.9	646	N/A
TUSC	0	0	0	0	0.4	143	N/A
NHA	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

^ "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[[Category:2010s in Gloucestershire]

[BBC-1] "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

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