2018 Cheltenham Borough Council election explained

Election Name:2018 Cheltenham Borough Council election
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2016 Cheltenham Borough Council election
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2021 Cheltenham Borough Council election
Next Year:2021
Seats For Election:21 out of 40 seats to Cheltenham Borough Council
Majority Seats:20
Party1:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats Before1:29
Seats1:17
Seats After1:32
Seat Change1: 3
Popular Vote1:15,504
Percentage1:45.8%
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats Before2:7
Seats2:3
Seats After2:6
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:12,196
Percentage2:36.0%
Party4:People Against Bureaucracy
Seats Before4:3
Seats4:1
Seats After4:2
Seat Change4: 1
Popular Vote4:1,450
Percentage4:5.4%
Map Size:300px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Liberal Democrat
After Election:Liberal Democrat

The 2018 Cheltenham Borough Council election was held on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Cheltenham Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The result was a victory for the incumbent Liberal Democrat administration, which increased its overall majority.

Overall Results

valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 230px"Partyvalign=top style="width: 30px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"New councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"+/-
Liberal Democratsalign=center 29align=center 32align=center 3
Conservativesalign=center 7align=center 6align=center 1
People Against Bureaucracyalign=center 3align=center 2align=center 1
Independentalign=center 1align=center 0align=center 1
Total4040

Ward results

Oakley

Max Wilkinson was a sitting councillor in Park.