2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election

2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election
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All 40 seats to Cheltenham Borough Council
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
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Leader Rowena Hay Ashleigh Davies
Party Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 31 1
Seats before 30 2
Seats after 36 3
Seat change Increase 6 Increase 1
Popular vote 31,202 9,431
Percentage 51.9% 15.7%
Swing Decrease 3.2% Increase 4.4%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Tim Harman[1]
Party PAB Conservative
Last election 1 6
Seats before 2 5
Seats after 1 0
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 5
Popular vote 928 15,280
Percentage 1.5% 25.4%
Swing Decrease 1.3% Decrease 2.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Cheltenham Borough Council election
Leader before election

Rowena Hay
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Rowena Hay
Liberal Democrats

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.[2] The Conservatives were wiped out losing all their seats on the council, with the Greens replacing them as the largest opposition party.[3][4]

  1. ^ Lockyer, Chris (3 May 2024). "Lib Dems retain control of Cheltenham Borough Council". BBC News. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Cheltenham Council held by Lib Dems as Tories lose seats". BBC News. 2024-05-03. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  3. ^ Norris, Phil; Garcia, Carmelo (2024-05-03). "Cheltenham Borough Council local election results and reaction - updates". Gloucestershire Live. Retrieved 2024-05-09.
  4. ^ Hacker, Simon (4 May 2024). "ELECTION RESULTS: No singing for the blues in Cheltenham". Punchline-Gloucester.com. Retrieved 20 May 2024.