The 2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 40 members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire were elected following boundary changes.
The Liberal Democrats retained control of the local authority. The Conservatives were wiped out losing all their seats on the council, with the Greens replacing them as the largest opposition party.
Background Since its creation in 1974, control of the council has alternated between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. The Conservatives controlled the council until 1979, when it fell into no overall control until 1991, when the Liberal Democrats took control. The Conservatives briefly controlled the council from 2000 to 2002, with the Liberal Democrats re-taking control from no overall control in 2010. The Liberal Democrats have formed majority administrations since then.
In the most recent election, the Liberal Democrats maintained their seat count with 55.1% of the vote, the Conservatives won 1 seat (down 1) with 27.7%, People Against Bureaucracy kept their 1-seat up for election with 2.8%, and the Green Party gained 1 seat with 11.3%.
Boundary changes Cheltenham usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards. All wards have 2 councillors.
Old wards New wards All Saints All Saints Battledown Battledown Benhall and the Reddings Benhall, the Reddings and Fiddler's Green Charlton Kings Charlton Kings Charlton Park Charlton Park College College Hesters Way Hesters Way Lansdown Lansdown Leckhampton Leckhampton Oakley Oakley Park Park Pittville Pittville Prestbury Prestbury Springbank Springbank St Mark's St Mark's St Paul's St Paul's St Peter's St Peter's Swindon Village Swindon Village Up Hatherley Up Hatherley Warden Hill Warden Hill
Previous council composition After 2022 election Before 2024 election After 2024 election Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats 31 30 36 1 2 3 2 2 1 6 5 0 0 1 0 Changes: June 2022: Wendy Flynn joins Green Party from Liberal Democrats October 2022: Sandra Holliday suspended from Liberal Democrats December 2022: Louis Savage (Conservative) resigns; by-election held February 2023 February 2023: Ed Chidley (Liberal Democrats) wins by-election from the Conservatives August 2023: John Payne (People Against Bureaucracy) resigns; by-election held October 2023 October 2023: Stan Smith (People Against Bureaucracy) wins by-election
Results
Ward results
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
All Saints
Battledown
Benhall, the Reddings & Fiddler's Green
Charlton Kings
Charlton Park
College
Hesters Way
Lansdown
Leckhampton
Oakley
Alisha Lewis was a sitting councillor for St Paul's ward
Emma Nelson was a sitting councillor for Leckhampton ward
Park
Pittville
Prestbury
Stephan Fifield was a sitting councillor for Pittville ward
Springbank
St Mark's
St Paul's
St Peter's
Swindon Village
Up Hatherley
Warden Hill
By-elections Charlton Kings
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