1988 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 1988 Cheltenham Council election took place on 5 May 1988 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservatives made a net gain of one seat, which left them one seat short of a majority, meaning the council stayed in no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Cheltenham Local Election Result 1988^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
SLD	6	1	1	-	54.5	43.4	12,666	+4.8
Conservative	4	2	1	+1	36.4	42.6	12,414	-1.6
Labour	1	0	0	-	9.1	13.4	3,901	+1.9
Green	0	0	0	-	0.0	0.6	187	N/A
Residents	0	0	1	-1	0.0	0.0	0	-5.7

Ward results

All Saints^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Stephen Jordan*	1,324	49.2	+8.4
	Conservative	Nigel Ferriman Lowe	1,038	38.6	−9.2
	Labour	Diana Hale	330	12.3	+0.9
Majority			286	10.6
Turnout			2,692	39.83
	SLD hold		Swing

Charlton Kings^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Todman	1,733	51.3	+13.3
	SLD	Barrie Anderson	1,449	42.9	+8.2
	Labour	Malcolm Perry	194	5.7	+1.5
Majority			284	8.4
Turnout			3,376	52.73
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing

College^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leslie Freeman	2,034	57.2	+1.2
	SLD	Philip Gray*	1,520	42.8	+3.4
Majority			514	14.4
Turnout			3,554	50.76
	Conservative gain from SLD		Swing

Hatherley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Jeremy Whales*	1,454	50.2	+7.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Dubow	1,160	40.0	−9.3
	Labour	Andrew Palmer	284	9.8	+1.7
Majority			294	10.2
Turnout			2,898	43.44
	SLD hold		Swing

Hesters Way^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	David Brereton	1,251	47.5	−1.7
	Conservative	Harry Turbyfield*	897	34.1	N/A
	Labour	Ian White	486	18.5	+3.1
Majority			354	13.4
Turnout			2,634	36.51
	SLD gain from Conservative		Swing

Lansdown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Wilson	1,299	57.9	−1.1
	SLD	Mary Clarkson	681	30.4	−0.8
	Labour	Linda Stapleton	262	11.7	+2.0
Majority			618	27.5
Turnout			2,242	36.65
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Bullingham*	1,589	56.8	−2.9
	SLD	Christopher Morris	1,079	38.6	+2.9
	Labour	Jeremy Windust	130	4.6	+0.1
Majority			510	18.2
Turnout			2,798	49.09
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pittville^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Pennington*	1,032	38.3	+5.7
	Conservative	Timothy Paterson	853	31.7	−7.8
	SLD	Andrew McKinlay	622	23.1	−4.8
	Green	Alan Wadley	187	6.9	−21.0
Majority			179	6.6
Turnout			2,694	44.00
	Labour hold		Swing

St Mark's^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Alexis Cassin*	1,222	61.2	+6.4
	Conservative	Roger Wookey	428	21.4	−8.0
	Labour	Michael Luker	346	17.3	+1.5
Majority			794	39.8
Turnout			1,996	34.90
	SLD hold		Swing

St Paul's^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Paul Baker*	1,267	57.9	+16.2
	Conservative	Kenneth Burke	626	28.6	−19.8
	Labour	William Evans	295	13.5	+3.6
Majority			641	29.2
Turnout			2,188	38.20
	SLD hold		Swing

St Peter's^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SLD	Gilbert Wakeley*	797	38.0	+8.1
	Conservative	Nigel Ball	757	36.1	−16.4
	Labour	Julian Dunkerton	542	25.9	+8.3
Majority			40	1.9
Turnout			2,096	36.13
	SLD hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Borough council election 5th May, 1988". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1988.

[results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Borough council election 5th May, 1988". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 24 December 2021.

[2] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1988.

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1988 Cheltenham Borough Council election

Election result

Ward results

References

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