1987 Cheltenham Borough Council election

The 1987 Cheltenham Council election took place on 7 May 1987 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in Gloucestershire, England. One third of the council was up for election. The Conservatives made gains and became the largest party, but the council stayed in no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Cheltenham Local Election Result 1987^[1]^[2]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	9	4	0	+4	81.8	44.2	14,968	+8.8
Alliance	2	1	3	-2	18.2	38.6	13,074	-1.8
Labour	0	0	0	-	0.0	11.5	3,903	-4.8
Residents	0	0	2	-2	0.0	5.7	1,913	+1.1

Ward results

All Saints^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Daphne Pennell	1,533	47.8	+7.1
	Alliance	Andrew McKinlay	1,310	40.8	−6.7
	Labour	Diana Hale	364	11.4	−4.1
Majority			223	7.0
Turnout			3,207	46.99
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlton Kings^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Moreton	1,402	37.0	+11.9
	Alliance	Rosemary Daffurn	1,314	34.7	−0.8
	Residents	Walter Robinson	913	24.1	−15.3
	Labour	Paul Booth	159	4.2	N/A
Majority			88	2.3
Turnout			3,788	59.07
	Conservative gain from Residents		Swing

College^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Chaplin	2,341	56.0	+5.0
	Alliance	Garth Barnes	1,649	39.4	−3.0
	Labour	Philip Jump	192	4.6	−1.9
Majority			692	16.6
Turnout			4,182	59.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatherley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Thorp	1,637	49.3	+8.7
	Alliance	Richard Pride	1,414	42.6	−11.8
	Labour	Andrew Palmer	268	8.1	−3.9
Majority			223	6.7
Turnout			3,319	50.33
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing

Hesters Way^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	David Banyard	1,389	49.2	+13.2
	Residents	Richard Sturdy*	1,000	35.4	N/A
	Labour	Clive Harriss	434	15.4	−17.7
Majority			389	13.8
Turnout			2,823	39.49
	Alliance gain from Residents		Swing

Lansdown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Wickham	1,575	59.0	+3.1
	Alliance	Roger Jones	834	31.2	−1.0
	Labour	Linda Stapleton	260	9.7	−2.2
Majority			741	27.8
Turnout			2,669	44.15
	Conservative hold		Swing

Park^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Irving	1,972	59.7	+2.3
	Alliance	Joyce Norman	1,179	35.7	+0.9
	Labour	Maria Bottomley	150	4.5	−3.3
Majority			793	24.0
Turnout			3,301	58.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pittville^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Raymond	1,210	39.5	+5.7
	Labour	Jonquil Naish	1,000	32.6	−8.3
	Alliance	Alan Wadley	856	27.9	+2.6
Majority			210	6.9
Turnout			3,066	49.44
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mark's^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Alliance	Brian Cassin*	1,270	54.8	+1.8
	Conservative	Graham Daniel	682	29.4	+10.6
	Labour	Sandra Thomas	367	15.8	−12.4
Majority			588	25.4
Turnout			2,319	40.11
	Alliance hold		Swing

St Paul's^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dudley Aldridge	1,282	48.4	+6.4
	Alliance	Andrew Fayter	1,103	41.7	−3.9
	Labour	Graham Mace	263	9.9	−2.5
Majority			179	6.7
Turnout			2,648	46.06
	Conservative gain from Alliance		Swing

St Peter's^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Marchant*	1,330	52.5	+19.2
	Alliance	Philip Hart	756	29.9	−12.3
	Labour	Phillip Chappell	446	17.6	−6.9
Majority			574	22.6
Turnout			2,532	43.20
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Borough council election 7th May, 1987". Cheltenham Borough Council. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1987.

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