1996 Cheltenham Borough Council election
{{Short description|English local elections}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
The 1996 Cheltenham Council election took place on 2 May 1996 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council. After failing to hold a single seat in either 1994 or 1996, the Conservatives avoided wipeout by holding three seats.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Election result
{{Election summary begin|title = Cheltenham Local Election Result 1996{{cite web | url = https://www.cheltenham.gov.uk/downloads/file/5324/1996_results | title = Borough council election 2nd May, 1996 | access-date = 2021-12-21 | publisher = Cheltenham Borough Council}}{{cite book|last1=Rallings|first1=Colin|last2=Thrasher|first2=Michael|title=Local Elections Handbook 1996|publisher=Local Government Chronicle Elections Centre|url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Local-Elections-Handbook-1996-complete.pdf|access-date=21 December 2021}}}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 10
|gain = 6
|loss = 0
|net = +6
|seats % = 71.4
|votes % = 47.6
|votes = 14,658
|plus/minus = -1.4
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 3
|gain = 0
|loss = 5
|net = -5
|seats % = 21.4
|votes % = 32.3
|votes = 9,957
|plus/minus = +4.5
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = People Against Bureaucracy
|seats = 1
|gain = 0
|loss = 0
|net = -
|seats % = 7.1
|votes % = 6.1
|votes = 1,890
|plus/minus = -2.0
}}
{{Election summary party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 0
|gain = 0
|loss = 1
|net = -1
|seats % = 0.0
|votes % = 14.0
|votes = 4,299
|plus/minus = -0.4
}}
{{Election box end}}
Ward results
{{Election box begin | title=All Saints}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Christine Franklin
|votes = 1,166
|percentage = 50.8
|change = -3.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Daphne Pennell*
|votes = 823
|percentage = 35.9
|change = +4.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Pearce
|votes = 306
|percentage = 13.3
|change = -1.1
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 343
|percentage = 14.9
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,295
|percentage = 34.53
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Charlton Kings}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = William Todman*
|votes = 1,554
|percentage = 47.1
|change = +6.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Claire Grainger
|votes = 1,516
|percentage = 46.0
|change = -3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Adam Moliver
|votes = 229
|percentage = 6.9
|change = -2.4
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 38
|percentage = 1.1
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,299
|percentage = 51.59
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=College}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Lloyd Surgenor
|votes = 1,620
|percentage = 49.5
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Leslie Freeman*
|votes = 1,417
|percentage = 43.3
|change = +2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Adrian Ham
|votes = 237
|percentage = 7.2
|change = -1.8
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 343
|percentage = 14.9
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,274
|percentage = 48.84
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Hatherley & The Reddings}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Paul McLain
|votes = 1,378
|percentage = 49.8
|change = -1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Jacqueline Fletcher*
|votes = 1,118
|percentage = 40.4
|change = +12.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Marc Latham
|votes = 272
|percentage = 9.8
|change = -6.5
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 260
|percentage = 9.4
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,768
|percentage = 37.11
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Hesters Way}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Sandra Holliday
|votes = 1,226
|percentage = 69.3
|change = +0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Iddles
|votes = 293
|percentage = 16.6
|change = -1.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Edward Warhurst
|votes = 251
|percentage = 14.2
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 933
|percentage = 52.7
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,770
|percentage = 24.73
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Lansdown}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Robert Jones
|votes = 903
|percentage = 45.8
|change = -0.2
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Whalley
|votes = 892
|percentage = 45.2
|change = -0.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Susan Starling
|votes = 812
|percentage = 41.2
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Melville-Smith
|votes = 811
|percentage = 41.1
|change = -0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Irons
|votes = 280
|percentage = 14.2
|change = +1.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Kristine Mason-O'Connor
|votes = 242
|percentage = 12.3
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 80
|percentage = 4.0
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,972
|percentage = 32.85
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Leckhampton with Up Hatherley}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Kenneth Buckland*
|votes = 958
|percentage = 34.8
|change = +9.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Graham Pollitt
|votes = 835
|percentage = 30.3
|change = -12.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = People Against Bureaucracy
|candidate = David Hall
|votes = 696
|percentage = 25.3
|change = -6.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Roger Whyborn
|votes = 264
|percentage = 9.6
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 123
|percentage = 4.5
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,753
|percentage = 41.34
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Park}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Robert Garnham*
|votes = 1,309
|percentage = 49.1
|change = +4.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Dilys Roberts
|votes = 1,182
|percentage = 44.3
|change = -1.9
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Chetan Bhatt
|votes = 177
|percentage = 6.6
|change = -2.7
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 127
|percentage = 4.8
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,668
|percentage = 45.78
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Pittville}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Colin O'Connell
|votes = 1,305
|percentage = 47.0
|change = +7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Frank Bench
|votes = 1,052
|percentage = 37.9
|change = -4.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Reginald Built-Leonard
|votes = 420
|percentage = 15.1
|change = +1.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 253
|percentage = 9.1
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,777
|percentage = 47.60
|change =
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{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Labour Party (UK)
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=Prestbury}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = People Against Bureaucracy
|candidate = John Newman*
|votes = 1,194
|percentage = 49.8
|change = +2.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Walker
|votes = 548
|percentage = 22.9
|change = -0.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Josephine Grimster
|votes = 453
|percentage = 18.9
|change = -10.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Michael Chapman
|votes = 201
|percentage = 8.4
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 646
|percentage = 26.9
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,396
|percentage = 41.59
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = People Against Bureaucracy
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=St Mark's}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Alexis Cassin*
|votes = 969
|percentage = 71.5
|change = +6.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Andre Curtis
|votes = 221
|percentage = 16.3
|change = -6.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Lorraine Pennell
|votes = 166
|percentage = 12.2
|change = ±0.0
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 748
|percentage = 55.2
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,356
|percentage = 26.82
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=St Paul's}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = Elizabeth Clarke*
|votes = 1,005
|percentage = 61.4
|change = -4.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Puck Wertwyn
|votes = 321
|percentage = 19.6
|change = +3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Simon Robinson
|votes = 311
|percentage = 19.0
|change = +0.6
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 684
|percentage = 41.8
|change =
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,637
|percentage = 29.06
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser =
|swing =
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{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin | title=St Peter's}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|candidate = David Lawrence
|votes = 1,100
|percentage = 60.6
|change = +7.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Clive Harriss
|votes = 456
|percentage = 25.1
|change = -7.0
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Ian Cresswell
|votes = 260
|percentage = 14.3
|change = -0.3
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 748
|percentage = 35.5
|change = N/A
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,816
|percentage = 30.63
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|loser = Conservative Party (UK)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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{{1996 United Kingdom local elections}}
{{Gloucestershire elections}}