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Cheltenham — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

Cheltenham was won by Liberal Democrat at the 2024 general election, with a majority of 7,210 votes over Conservative. This page covers every general election in Cheltenham from 1832 to 2024.

Full Election History, 1832–2024

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1832 Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1835 Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley (Whig) 411 94.3% William Penn Gaskell (Radical) 386 (88.5 pts) 45.4%
1837 Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley (Whig) 632 68.0% Jonathan Peel (Conservative) 334 (35.9 pts) 70.2%
1841 Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley (Whig) 764 53.7% James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Conservative) 109 (7.7 pts) 71.0%
1847 Willoughby Jones (Conservative) 1,015 52.7% Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley (Whig) 108 (5.6 pts) 82.1%
1852 Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley (Whig) 999 53.5% Willoughby Jones (Conservative) 130 (7.0 pts) 77.8%
1857 Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley (Whig) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1859 Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley (Liberal) 922 50.3% Charles Schreiber (Conservative) 12 (0.7 pts) 84.4%
1865 Charles Schreiber (Conservative) 1,157 50.6% Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley (Liberal) 28 (1.2 pts) 81.8%
1868 Henry Bernhard Samuelson (Liberal) 1,646 53.0% James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Conservative) 188 (6.1 pts) 87.8%
1874 James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Conservative) 2,121 53.5% Henry Bernhard Samuelson (Liberal) 279 (7.0 pts) 89.3%
1880 Charles Conrad Adolphus du Bois de Ferrieres (Liberal) 2,318 50.2% James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Conservative) 21 (0.5 pts) 92.0%
1885 James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Conservative) 3,504 56.5% Rudolph Chambers Lehmann (Liberal) 804 (13.0 pts) 96.0%
1886 James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Conservative) 3,323 59.5% Russell Hugh Worthington Biggs (Liberal) 1,063 (19.0 pts) 86.4%
1892 James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Conservative) 3,241 55.4% Frank Debenham (Liberal) 631 (10.8 pts) 88.1%
1895 Francis Shirley Russell (Conservative) 3,409 53.5% Wilfrid Blaydes (Liberal) 469 (7.4 pts) 88.9%
1900 James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Conservative) Elected unopposed — no other candidate stood, no vote count on record 0.0%
1906 John Edward Sears (Liberal) 3,910 52.7% James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Conservative) 401 (5.4 pts) 91.4%
Dec 1910 Richard Mathias (Liberal) 3,846 50.6% Vere Brabazon Ponsonby (Conservative) 93 (1.2 pts) 91.0%
Jan 1910 Vere Brabazon Ponsonby (Conservative) 3,988 50.9% Richard Mathias (Liberal) 138 (1.8 pts) 93.8%
1918 James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Unionist) 9,602 60.3% Richard Davies (Independent Liberal) 3,285 (20.6 pts) 68.6%
1922 James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Unionist) 11,383 58.0% Cuthbert Plaistowe (Liberal) 3,146 (16.0 pts) 81.8%
1923 James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Unionist) 10,514 53.4% Cuthbert Plaistowe (Liberal) 1,344 (6.8 pts) 79.5%
1924 James Tynte Agg-Gardner (Unionist) 11,909 56.6% Joseph Stanley Holmes (Liberal) 2,763 (13.1 pts) 82.7%
1929 Walter Reuben Preston (Unionist) 15,279 53.2% Frank Walter Raffety (Liberal) 6,746 (23.5 pts) 79.8%
1931 Walter Reuben Preston (Conservative) 22,524 81.1% John Ramage (Labour) 17,261 (62.1 pts) 75.2%
1935 Walter Reuben Preston (Conservative) 18,574 70.5% Elizabeth Pakenham (Labour) 10,790 (40.9 pts) 70.4%
1945 Daniel Leopold Lipson (National Independent) 16,081 43.3% Phyllis Maude Warner (Labour) 4,986 (13.4 pts) 75.4%
1950 William Whitehead Hicks Beach (Conservative) 18,009 43.4% Arthur George James (Labour) 4,982 (12.0 pts) 85.0%
1951 William Whitehead Hicks Beach (Conservative) 23,674 57.1% James Finnigan (Labour) 5,897 (14.2 pts) 83.2%
1955 William Whitehead Hicks Beach (Conservative) 24,259 59.3% James Finnigan (Labour) 7,621 (18.6 pts) 79.4%
1959 William Whitehead Hicks Beach (Conservative) 21,997 51.0% Dr Kamalakant G Pendse (Labour) 9,272 (21.5 pts) 81.5%
1964 Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker (Conservative) 19,797 47.2% Hugh Gray (Labour) 5,240 (12.5 pts) 77.5%
1966 Arthur Dodds-Parker (Conservative) 22,683 53.4% W John Wilson (Labour) 2,915 (6.9 pts) 77.2%
1970 Arthur Dodds-Parker (Conservative) 22,823 50.2% Leslie Godwin (Labour) 8,610 (18.9 pts) 75.6%
Oct 1974 Charles Irving (Conservative) 21,691 46.1% Frederick Rodger (Liberal) 8,454 (18.0 pts) 75.0%
Feb 1974 Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker (Conservative) 21,723 43.0% Frederick Rodger (Liberal) 5,912 (11.7 pts) 81.3%
1979 Charles Irving (Conservative) 25,618 51.0% Nigel Jones (Liberal) 10,538 (21.0 pts) 77.6%
1983 Charles Irving (Conservative) 29,187 50.6% Richard Holme (Liberal) 5,518 (9.6 pts) 75.9%
1987 Charles Irving (Conservative) 31,371 50.2% Richard Holme (Liberal) 4,896 (7.8 pts) 78.9%
1992 Nigel Jones (Liberal Democrat) 30,351 47.3% John Taylor (Conservative) 1,668 (2.6 pts) 80.3%
1997 Nigel Jones (Liberal Democrat) 24,877 49.5% John Todman (Conservative) 6,645 (13.2 pts) 74.0%
2001 Nigel Jones (Liberal Democrat) 19,970 47.7% Rob Garnham (Conservative) 5,255 (12.6 pts) 61.9%
2005 Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat) 18,122 41.5% Vanessa Gearson (Conservative) 2,303 (5.3 pts) 61.0%
2010 Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat) 26,659 50.5% Mark Coote (Conservative) 4,920 (9.3 pts) 66.9%
2015 Alex Chalk (Conservative) 24,790 46.1% Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat) 6,516 (12.1 pts) 69.7%
2017 Alex Chalk (Conservative) 26,615 46.7% Martin Horwood (Liberal Democrat) 2,569 (4.5 pts) 72.4%
2019 Alex Chalk (Conservative) 28,486 48.0% Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) 981 (1.7 pts) 73.4%
2024 Max Wilkinson (Liberal Democrat) 25,076 50.6% Alex Chalk (Conservative) 7,210 (14.5 pts) 66.4%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1832

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley Whig Unopposed Yes

1835

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley Whig 41194.3% Yes
William Penn Gaskell Radical 255.7% No

1837

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley Whig 63268.0% Yes
Jonathan Peel Conservative 29832.0% No

1841

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley Whig 76453.7% Yes
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative 65546.0% No
Thomas Perronet Thompson Radical 40.3% No

1847

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Willoughby Jones Conservative 1,01552.7% Yes
Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley Whig 90747.1% No
Edmund Carrington Smith Conservative 40.2% No

1852

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley Whig 99953.5% Yes
Willoughby Jones Conservative 86946.5% No

1857

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley Whig Unopposed Yes

1859

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley Liberal 92250.3% Yes
Charles Schreiber Conservative 91049.7% No

1865

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Schreiber Conservative 1,15750.6% Yes
Francis William FitzHardinge Berkeley Liberal 1,12949.4% No

1868

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry Bernhard Samuelson Liberal 1,64653.0% Yes
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative 1,45847.0% No

1874

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative 2,12153.5% Yes
Henry Bernhard Samuelson Liberal 1,84246.5% No

1880

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Conrad Adolphus du Bois de Ferrieres Liberal 2,31850.2% Yes
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative 2,29749.8% No

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative 3,50456.5% Yes
Rudolph Chambers Lehmann Liberal 2,70043.5% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative 3,32359.5% Yes
Russell Hugh Worthington Biggs Liberal 2,26040.5% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative 3,24155.4% Yes
Frank Debenham Liberal 2,61044.6% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Francis Shirley Russell Conservative 3,40953.5% Yes
Wilfrid Blaydes Liberal 2,94046.1% No
Alton William Hillen Independent Labour 230.4% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative Unopposed Yes

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Edward Sears Liberal 3,91052.7% Yes
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Conservative 3,50947.3% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Richard Mathias Liberal 3,84650.6% Yes
Vere Brabazon Ponsonby Conservative 3,75349.4% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Vere Brabazon Ponsonby Conservative 3,98850.9% Yes
Richard Mathias Liberal 3,85049.1% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Unionist 9,60260.3% Yes
Richard Davies Independent Liberal 6,31739.7% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Unionist 11,38358.0% Yes
Cuthbert Plaistowe Liberal 8,23742.0% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Unionist 10,51453.4% Yes
Cuthbert Plaistowe Liberal 9,17046.6% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Tynte Agg-Gardner Unionist 11,90956.6% Yes
Joseph Stanley Holmes Liberal 9,14643.4% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Reuben Preston Unionist 15,27953.2% Yes
Frank Walter Raffety Liberal 8,53329.7% No
William Ramsey Piggott Labour 4,92017.1% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Reuben Preston Conservative 22,52481.1% Yes
John Ramage Labour 5,26318.9% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Walter Reuben Preston Conservative 18,57470.5% Yes
Elizabeth Pakenham Labour 7,78429.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Daniel Leopold Lipson National Independent 16,08143.3% Yes
Phyllis Maude Warner Labour 11,09529.9% No
William Whitehead Hicks Beach Conservative 9,97226.8% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Whitehead Hicks Beach Conservative 18,00943.4% Yes
Arthur George James Labour 13,02731.4% No
Daniel Leopold Lipson Independent Conservative 10,44925.2% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Whitehead Hicks Beach Conservative 23,67457.1% Yes
James Finnigan Labour 17,77742.9% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Whitehead Hicks Beach Conservative 24,25959.3% Yes
James Finnigan Labour 16,63840.7% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
William Whitehead Hicks Beach Conservative 21,99751.0% Yes
Dr Kamalakant G Pendse Labour 12,72529.5% No
George Grimes Watson Liberal 8,42819.5% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker Conservative 19,79747.2% Yes
Hugh Gray Labour 14,55734.7% No
James Anthony Lemkin Liberal 7,56818.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Dodds-Parker Conservative 22,68353.4% Yes
W John Wilson Labour 19,76846.6% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Arthur Dodds-Parker Conservative 22,82350.2% Yes
Leslie Godwin Labour 14,21331.3% No
A George Aldridge Liberal 8,43118.5% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Irving Conservative 21,69146.1% Yes
Frederick Rodger Liberal 13,23728.1% No
Frederick Inglis Labour 12,13425.8% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker Conservative 21,72343.0% Yes
Frederick Rodger Liberal 15,81131.3% No
Hugh Gray Labour 12,97125.7% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Irving Conservative 25,61851.0% Yes
Nigel Jones Liberal 15,08030.0% No
Michael Reilley Labour 9,18518.3% No
Raymond Arthur Jacklin National Front 3420.7% No

1983

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Irving Conservative 29,18750.6% Yes
Richard Holme Liberal 23,66941.0% No
Judith James Labour 4,3907.6% No
David Swindley Green 4790.8% No

1987

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Irving Conservative 31,37150.2% Yes
Richard Holme Liberal 26,47542.3% No
Michael Luker Labour 4,7017.5% No

1992

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nigel Jones Liberal Democrat 30,35147.3% Yes
John Taylor Conservative 28,68344.7% No
Pam Tatlow Labour 4,0776.4% No
Mervyn Rendell Independent 6651.0% No
Henry Brighouse Natural Law 1690.3% No
Mark Bruce-Smith Independent 1620.3% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nigel Jones Liberal Democrat 24,87749.5% Yes
John Todman Conservative 18,23236.2% No
Barry Leach Labour 5,10010.1% No
Alison Powell Referendum Party 1,0652.1% No
Ken Hanks Monster Raving Loony 3750.7% No
Gordon Cook UKIP 3020.6% No
Anne Harriss ProLife Alliance 2450.5% No
Sally Bridget Brighouse Natural Law 1070.2% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Nigel Jones Liberal Democrat 19,97047.7% Yes
Rob Garnham Conservative 14,71535.2% No
Andrew Erlam Labour 5,04112.0% No
Keith Bessant Green 7351.8% No
Ken Hanks Monster Raving Loony 5131.2% No
James Carver UKIP 4821.2% No
Anthony Gates ProLife Alliance 2720.7% No
Roger Everest Independent 1070.3% No

2005

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Martin Horwood Liberal Democrat 18,12241.5% Yes
Vanessa Gearson Conservative 15,81936.3% No
Christopher Evans Labour 4,98811.4% No
Dr Robert Hodges Independent 2,6516.1% No
Keith Bessant Green 9082.1% No
Niall Warry UKIP 6081.4% No
Dancing Ken Hanks Monster Raving Loony 5251.2% No

2010

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Martin Horwood Liberal Democrat 26,65950.5% Yes
Mark Coote Conservative 21,73941.2% No
James Green Labour 2,7035.1% No
Peter Bowman UKIP 1,1922.3% No
Dancing Ken Hanks Official Monster Raving Loony Party 4930.9% No

2015

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alex Chalk Conservative 24,79046.1% Yes
Martin Horwood Liberal Democrat 18,27434.0% No
Paul Gilbert Labour 3,9027.3% No
Christina Simmonds UKIP 3,8087.1% No
Adam Van Coevorden Green 2,6895.0% No
Richard Lupson-Darnell Independent 2720.5% No

2017

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alex Chalk Conservative 26,61546.7% Yes
Martin Horwood Liberal Democrat 24,04642.2% No
Keith White Labour 5,4089.5% No
Adam Van Coevorden Green 9431.7% No

2019

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Alex Chalk Conservative 28,48648.0% Yes
Max Wilkinson Liberal Democrat 27,50546.3% No
George Penny Labour 2,9214.9% No
George Ridgeon Official Monster Raving Loony Party 4450.7% No

2024

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Max Wilkinson Liberal Democrat 25,07650.6% Yes
Alex Chalk Conservative 17,86636.1% No
Daniel Wilson Green 3,1606.4% No
Lara Chaplin Labour 2,6655.4% No
Daud McDonald Independent 7751.6% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1835: Whig margin 88.5 pts 1837: Whig margin 35.9 pts 1841: Whig margin 7.7 pts 1847: Conservative margin 5.6 pts 1852: Whig margin 7.0 pts 1859: Liberal margin 0.7 pts 1865: Conservative margin 1.2 pts 1868: Liberal margin 6.1 pts 1874: Conservative margin 7.0 pts 1880: Liberal margin 0.5 pts 1885: Conservative margin 13.0 pts 1886: Conservative margin 19.0 pts 1892: Conservative margin 10.8 pts 1895: Conservative margin 7.4 pts 1906: Liberal margin 5.4 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 1.2 pts Jan 1910: Conservative margin 1.8 pts 1918: Unionist margin 20.6 pts 1922: Unionist margin 16.0 pts 1923: Unionist margin 6.8 pts 1924: Unionist margin 13.1 pts 1929: Unionist margin 23.5 pts 1931: Conservative margin 62.1 pts 1935: Conservative margin 40.9 pts 1945: National Independent margin 13.4 pts 1950: Conservative margin 12.0 pts 1951: Conservative margin 14.2 pts 1955: Conservative margin 18.6 pts 1959: Conservative margin 21.5 pts 1964: Conservative margin 12.5 pts 1966: Conservative margin 6.9 pts 1970: Conservative margin 18.9 pts Oct 1974: Conservative margin 18.0 pts Feb 1974: Conservative margin 11.7 pts 1979: Conservative margin 21.0 pts 1983: Conservative margin 9.6 pts 1987: Conservative margin 7.8 pts 1992: Liberal Democrat margin 2.6 pts 1997: Liberal Democrat margin 13.2 pts 2001: Liberal Democrat margin 12.6 pts 2005: Liberal Democrat margin 5.3 pts 2010: Liberal Democrat margin 9.3 pts 2015: Conservative margin 12.1 pts 2017: Conservative margin 4.5 pts 2019: Conservative margin 1.7 pts 2024: Liberal Democrat margin 14.5 pts 1835 1837 1841 1847 1852 1859 1865 1868 1874 1880 1885 1886 1892 1895 1906 Dec 1910 Jan 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Oct 1974 Feb 1974 1979 1983 1987 1992 1997 2001 2005 2010 2015 2017 2019 2024

Trend

Cheltenham has been contested at 49 general elections on record since 1832. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Whig, Conservative, Liberal, Unionist, National Independent, Liberal Democrat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won Cheltenham in the 2024 general election?

Liberal Democrat won Cheltenham in 2024 with 25,076 votes (50.6%), a majority of 7,210 votes over Conservative in second place.

Which parties have won Cheltenham since 1832?

Since 1832, Cheltenham has been won by: Conservative, Liberal, Liberal Democrat, National Independent, Unionist, Whig.

What was the closest result in Cheltenham?

The closest result on record for Cheltenham was 1880, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 21 votes (0.5 percentage points).

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