The Liberal Democrats hold a majority on Cheltenham Borough Council

Seats are counted from election results: each ward’s most recent winners until its seats are filled. Councillors who have since changed party or resigned aren’t reflected, and which parties lead the council, and who is leader, comes from the council itself.

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), elections since May 2021; seats per ward from its EveryElection.

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From GOV.UK’s “Understand how your council works”: in two-tier areas the district or borough runs local services and the county the big ones.

70% of Cheltenham’s residents live outside any parish, with no parish council.

Councils from ONS lookups (wards and councils May 2026, parishes 2025), names and websites from GOV.UK’s local council finder; parish councils from MHCLG’s 2026–27 list of precepting parishes.

1. 1

   Town or parish4 parish councils
   Charlton Kings parish councilLeckhampton with Warden Hill parish councilUp Hatherley parish councilPrestbury parish council
2. 2

   Council wards19 wards · 38 councillors
   Liberal Democrat 41 · Green 2 · Reform UK 1 · all 44
3. 3

   Gloucestershire County Council10 divisions · 10 councillors
   Suzanne Theresa WilliamsVictoria Mae AtherstoneJulian Charles George TookeRoger Lee WhybornAngela Boyd BoyesGlenn AndrewsColin Peter HayMartin Charles HorwoodIain Andrew Paterson DobieIan Cameron
4. 4

   Police and crime commissionerGloucestershire Constabulary · elected May 2024
   Chris Nelson
5. 5

   House of CommonsSplit between 3 constituencies
   Max WilkinsonCameron ThomasSir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

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Councillors can resign, change party or sit as independents between elections; a by-election winner replaces someone not named here. Cheltenham Borough Council’s website lists who sits now.

Results from Democracy Club’s candidates database (CC BY 4.0; elections since May 2021) and ward seats from its EveryElection, matched to ONS wards (May 2026) and county divisions (May 2025).

In 2026, the Liberal Democrats won 17, the Greens won 1 and Reform UK won 1 of the 19 seats up in Cheltenham’s wards.

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0). Where a ward elects several councillors at once, each voter has that many votes; all of them count here.

Candidates and results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), from councils’ declared results; polling dates from Democracy Club’s EveryElection.

MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.

Council budgets per resident, 2026–27

Net budgeted service spending, MHCLG Revenue Account budget 2026–27, per resident (ONS mid-2025 estimates). Both tiers added: Cheltenham per its residents plus Gloucestershire per the county’s. Schools are left out: academies are paid for directly by government, so council school budgets depend on how many schools have converted. Gloucestershire and England: all their councils together. Police, fire and transport authorities aren’t included.

Band D: MHCLG Band D council tax 2026–27 (each authority’s own figure, excluding parish precepts) and Council Tax statistics for town and parish councils 2026–27; since 1993–94, MHCLG’s area averages including parishes.