Cheltenham (UK Parliament constituency)






Coordinates: 51°53′24″N 2°04′41″W / 51.890°N 2.078°W / 51.890; -2.078









































Cheltenham

Borough constituency
for the House of Commons

Outline map
Boundary of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire.


Outline map
Location of Gloucestershire within England.

County Gloucestershire
Population 104,867 (2011 census)[1]
Electorate 77,937 (December 2010)[2]
Major settlements Cheltenham
Current constituency
Created 1832
Member of parliament
Alex Chalk (Conservative)
Number of members One
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency South West England

Cheltenham (/ˈɛltənəm/) is a constituency[n 1]
represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 7 May 2015 by Alex Chalk, a Conservative. As with all constituencies, the constituency elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years.




Contents






  • 1 Boundaries


  • 2 Constituency profile


  • 3 History


  • 4 Members of Parliament


  • 5 Elections


    • 5.1 Elections in the 2010s


    • 5.2 Elections in the 2000s


    • 5.3 Elections in the 1990s


    • 5.4 Elections in the 1980s


    • 5.5 Elections in the 1970s


    • 5.6 Elections in the 1960s


    • 5.7 Elections in the 1950s


    • 5.8 Election in the 1940s


    • 5.9 Elections in the 1930s


    • 5.10 Elections in the 1920s


    • 5.11 Elections in the 1910s


    • 5.12 Elections in the 1900s


    • 5.13 Elections in the 1890s


    • 5.14 Elections in the 1880s


    • 5.15 Election in the 1870s


    • 5.16 Elections in the 1860s


    • 5.17 Elections in the 1850s


    • 5.18 Elections in the 1840s




  • 6 Elections in the 1830s


  • 7 See also


  • 8 Notes


  • 9 References


  • 10 External links





Boundaries


1885-1918:


1918-1950: The Municipal Borough of Cheltenham, and the Urban District of Charlton Kings.


1950-1983: As prior but with redrawn boundaries.


1983-1997: The Borough of Cheltenham, and the Borough of Tewkesbury wards of Leckhampton with Up Hatherley, Prestbury St Mary's, and Prestbury St Nicolas. Leckhampton, Up Hatherley, and Prestbury were added to the seat from the Cirencester and Tewkesbury constituency; they had been previously been in the abolished Cheltenham Rural District.


1997-2010: The Borough of Cheltenham wards of All Saints, Charlton Kings, College, Hatherley and The Reddings, Hesters Way, Lansdown, Park, Pittville, St Mark's, St Paul's, and St Peter's. Leckhampton, Up Hatherley, and Prestbury were transferred to the new Tewkesbury constituency; they had been incorporated into the redrawn Borough of Cheltenham in 1991.


2010-present: The Borough of Cheltenham wards of All Saints, Battledown, Benhall and The Reddings, Charlton Kings, Charlton Park, College, Hesters Way, Lansdown, Leckhampton, Oakley, Park, Pittville, St Mark's, St Paul's, St Peter's, Springbank, Up Hatherley, and Warden Hill. Leckhampton and Up Hatherley were transferred back to this seat from the Tewkesbury seat.


The seat covers the town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire with a slightly smaller, different area to the borough of the same name. It is bordered by the Tewkesbury and Cotswolds seats.



Constituency profile


Famous for its racecourse which hosts in March the annual Cheltenham Gold Cup, a long-established girls' school and right at the edge of the Cotswold Hills, Cheltenham has a large tourism sector. GE Aviation is a large employer and GCHQ, the government communications centre, is here, so numbers of highly skilled workers and professionals (47.5% in the year ended September 2014[3]) are well above the national average (44.6%[3]). One of the West of England's most upmarket towns, the few neighbourhoods of medium levels in the Index of Multiple Deprivation are almost wholly in Hester's Way ward which has the most social housing. About 10%[citation needed] of the electorate are students at the University of Gloucestershire just outside the compact town centre. A Liberal Democrat served the seat from 1992 when their candidate Nigel Jones overturned four decades of Conservative MPs to 2015 when the Tories regained the seat.



History


Cheltenham borough constituency was created in the Great Reform Act of 1832 and has returned nine Liberals (or Liberal Democrats) and nine Conservatives to Parliament since that time, along with one independent.


A Conservative served the constituency from 1950 until 1992. The Conservatives' campaign in the 1992 general election following the Poll Tax riots saw a local party member's racist remarks about their own candidate, John Taylor, of Afro-Caribbean descent. Taylor lost the election to Nigel Jones of the Liberal Democrats.


In 2000, Jones was nearly murdered in a horrific incident at one of his MP's surgeries; a man attacked him and an assistant with a samurai sword. His colleague, Andrew Pennington, was killed in the attack. Jones was made a life peer in 2005. The Liberal Democrats held Cheltenham in the 2005 election when Martin Horwood won the election and held it again in 2010 but lost when the Conservatives retook the seat in 2015.



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Election Member[4][5]
Party Notes


1832

Hon. Craven Berkeley

Whig[6][7][8][9][10]
son of the 5th Earl of Berkeley


1847

Sir Willoughby Jones

Conservative
unseated on petition


1848, June by-election

Hon. Craven Berkeley

Whig[6][7][8][9]
unseated on petition


1848, September by-election

Grenville Berkeley

Whig[11]


1852

Hon. Craven Berkeley

Whig[6][7][8][9]
died 1855


1855 by-election

Grenville Berkeley

Whig[11]


1856 by-election

Francis Berkeley

Whig[12]
later 2nd Baron FitzHardinge


1859

Liberal


1865

Charles Schreiber

Conservative


1868

Henry Samuelson

Liberal


1874

James Agg-Gardner

Conservative


1880

Charles de Ferrieres

Liberal


1885

James Agg-Gardner

Conservative


1895

Francis Shirley Russell

Conservative


1900

James Agg-Gardner

Conservative


1906

John Sears

Liberal


1910, January

Vere Ponsonby

Conservative
later 9th Earl of Bessborough


1910, December

Richard Mathias

Liberal
unseated on petition


1911 by-election
Sir James Agg-Gardner

Conservative
Knighted in 1916


1928 by-election
Sir Walter Preston

Conservative


1937 by-election

Daniel Lipson

Independent Conservative


1945

Independent


1950

W. W. Hicks Beach

Conservative


1964
Sir Douglas Dodds-Parker

Conservative


Oct 1974

Charles Irving

Conservative


1992

Nigel Jones

Liberal Democrats
later a life peer as Baron Jones of Cheltenham


2005

Martin Horwood

Liberal Democrats


2015

Alex Chalk
Conservative


Elections



Elections in the 2010s






















Next United Kingdom general election: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat
Max Wilkinson [13]









































































General Election 2017: Cheltenham[14]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Alex Chalk[15]

26,615

46.7

+0.5


Liberal Democrat

Martin Horwood[16][17]
24,046
42.2
+8.2


Labour
Keith White
5,408
9.5
+2.2


Green
Adam Van Coevorden
943
1.7
−3.4
Majority
2,569
4.5
−7.6

Turnout
57,012
72.3
+2.8

Registered electors
78,878




Conservative hold

Swing
−3.8
























































































General Election 2015: Cheltenham[18][19]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Alex Chalk[20]

24,790

46.1

+5.0


Liberal Democrat

Martin Horwood[20]
18,274
34.0
-16.5


Labour
Paul Gilbert[21]
3,902
7.3
+2.1


UKIP
Christina Simmonds[22]
3,808
7.1
+4.8


Green
Adam Van Coevorden
2,689
5.0
-


Independent
Richard Lupson-Darnell[23]
272
0.5

Majority
6,516
12.1
+2.8

Turnout
53,735
69.5
+2.7

Registered electors
77,287




Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat

Swing
+10.7















































































General Election 2010: Cheltenham[24][25][26]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Martin Horwood

26,659

50.5

+11.1


Conservative
Mark Coote
21,739
41.2
+2.4


Labour
James Green
2,703
5.1
−6.7


UKIP
Peter Bowman
1,192
2.3
+1.0


Monster Raving Loony
Kenneth Hanks
493
0.9

Majority
4,920
9.3
+8.7

Turnout
52,786
67.0
+4.4

Registered electors
78,998




Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
+4.3



Elections in the 2000s































































































General Election 2005: Cheltenham[27]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Martin Horwood

18,122

41.5

−6.2


Conservative

Vanessa Gearson
15,819
36.3
+1.1


Labour

Chris Evans
4,988
11.4
−0.6


Independent
Robert Hodges[28]
2,651
6.1

N/A


Green
Keith Bessant
908
2.1
+0.3


UKIP
Niall Warry
608
1.4
+0.2


Monster Raving Loony
Kenneth Hanks
525
1.2
0.0
Majority
2,303
5.3
−7.3

Turnout
43,621
61.0
−0.9

Registered electors
71,541




Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
−3.6







































































































General Election 2001: Cheltenham[29]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Nigel Jones

19,970

47.7

−1.7


Conservative
Rob Garnham
14,715
35.2
−1.1


Labour
Andrew Erlam
5,041
12.0
+1.9


Green
Keith Bessant
735
1.8

N/A


Monster Raving Loony
Kenneth Hanks
513
1.2
+0.5


UKIP

James Carver
482
1.2
+0.6


ProLife Alliance
Anthony Gates
272
0.7
+0.2


Independent

Roger Everest
107
0.3

N/A
Majority
5,255
12.6
−0.6

Turnout
41,835
61.9
−12.1

Registered electors
67,563




Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
−0.3



Elections in the 1990s







































































































General Election 1997: Cheltenham[30][31]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Nigel Jones

24,877

49.5

+1.8


Conservative
William Todman
18,232
36.2
−7.9


Labour
Barry Leach
5,100
10.1
+3.4


Referendum
Alison Powell
1,065
2.1



Monster Raving Loony
Kenneth Hanks
375
0.8



UKIP
Gordon Cook
302
0.6



ProLife Alliance
Anne Harriss
245
0.5



Natural Law
Sally Brighouse
107
0.2

Majority
6,645
13.2
+9.8

Turnout
50,303
74.0
−7.4

Registered electors
67,950




Liberal Democrat hold

Swing
+4.9























































































General Election 1992: Cheltenham[32][33]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal Democrat

Nigel Jones

30,351

47.3

+5.0


Conservative

John Taylor
28,683
44.7
−5.4


Labour
Pamela Tatlow
4,077
6.4
−1.2


Independent
Mervyn Rendell
665
1.0



Natural Law
Henry Brighouse
169
0.3



Independent
Mark Bruce-Smith
162
0.3

Majority
1,668
2.6
−5.2

Turnout
64,107
80.3
+1.4

Registered electors
79,808




Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative

Swing
+5.2



Elections in the 1980s































































General Election 1987: Cheltenham[34]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Irving

31,371

50.2

−0.4


Liberal

Richard Holme
26,475
42.3
+1.3


Labour
Michael Luker
4,701
7.5
−0.1
Majority
4,896
7.8
−1.8

Turnout
62,547
78.9
+3.0

Registered electors
79,234




Conservative hold

Swing
−0.9







































































General Election 1983: Cheltenham[35][36]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Irving

29,187

50.6

−1.1


Liberal

Richard Holme
23,669
41.0
+11.4


Labour
Judith James
4,390
7.6
−10.5


Ecology
David Swindley
479
0.8

Majority
5,518
9.6
−12.5

Turnout
57,724
75.9
−2.5

Registered electors
76,068




Conservative hold

Swing
−6.3



Elections in the 1970s







































































General Election 1979: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Irving

25,618

51.0

+4.9


Liberal

Nigel Jones
15,080
30.0
+1.9


Labour
Michael Reilley
9,185
18.3
−7.5


National Front
Raymond Jacklin
342
0.7

N/A
Majority
10,538
21.0
+3.0

Turnout
50,225
77.6
+2.6

Registered electors
64,726




Conservative hold

Swing
+1.5































































General Election October 1974: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Irving

21,691

46.1

+3.1


Liberal
Frederick Carson Rodger
13,237
28.1
−3.0


Labour

Fred Inglis
12,134
25.8
+0.1
Majority
8,454
18.0
+6.3

Turnout
47,062
75.0
−6.3

Registered electors
62,727




Conservative hold

Swing
+3.1































































General Election February 1974: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Douglas Dodds-Parker

21,723

43.0

−7.2


Liberal
Frederick Carson Rodger
15,811
31.3
+12.8


Labour
Hugh Gray
12,971
25.7
−5.6
Majority
5,912
11.7
−7.2

Turnout
50,505
81.3
+5.7

Registered electors
62,098




Conservative hold

Swing
−10.0































































General Election 1970: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Douglas Dodds-Parker

22,823

50.2

−3.2


Labour
Leslie George Godwin
14,213
31.3
−15.3


Liberal
A George Aldridge
8,431
18.5

N/A
Majority
8,610
18.9
+12.1

Turnout
45,467
75.6
−1.6

Registered electors
60,141




Conservative hold

Swing
+6.0



Elections in the 1960s























































General Election 1966: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Douglas Dodds-Parker

22,683

53.4

+6.2


Labour
W. John Wilson
19,768
46.6
+11.8
Majority
2,915
6.9
−5.6

Turnout
42,451
77.2
−0.2

Registered electors
54,964




Conservative hold

Swing
−2.8































































General Election 1964: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Douglas Dodds-Parker

19,797

47.2

−3.8


Labour
Hugh Gray
14,557
34.7
+5.2


Liberal

James Anthony Lemkin[37]
7,568
18.1
−1.5
Majority
5,240
12.5
−9.0

Turnout
41,922
77.5
−4.0

Registered electors
54,120




Conservative hold

Swing
−4.5



Elections in the 1950s































































General Election 1959: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

W. W. Hicks Beach

21,997

51.0

−8.3


Labour
Kamalakant G. Pendse
12,725
29.5
−11.2


Liberal

George G. Watson
8,428
19.5

N/A
Majority
9,272
21.5
+2.9

Turnout
43,150
81.5
−1.7

Registered electors
52,946




Conservative hold

Swing
+1.4























































General Election 1955: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

W. W. Hicks Beach

24,259

59.3

+2.2


Labour
James Finnigan
16,638
40.7
−2.2
Majority
7,621
18.6
+4.4

Turnout
40,897
79.4
−3.7

Registered electors
51,491




Conservative hold

Swing
+2.2























































General Election 1951: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

W. W. Hicks Beach

23,674

57.1

+13.7


Labour
James Finnigan
17,777
42.9
+11.5
Majority
5,897
14.2
+2.2

Turnout
41,451
83.2
−1.9

Registered electors
49,844




Conservative hold

Swing
+1.1




























































General Election 1950: Cheltenham
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

W. W. Hicks Beach

18,009

43.4

n/a


Labour
A. G. James
13,027
31.4
n/a


Ind. Conservative

Daniel Lipson
10,449
25.2
n/a
Majority
4,982
12.0
n/a

Turnout
41,485
85.0
n/a

Registered electors
48,786




Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative


Election in the 1940s































































General Election 1945: Cheltenham[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Ind. Conservative

Daniel Lipson

16,081

43.3

+3.2


Labour
Phyllis Maude Warner
11,095
29.9
+8.7


Conservative

W. W. Hicks Beach
9,972
26.8
−11.9
Majority
4,986
13.4
+12.1

Turnout
37,148
75.4
+6.1

Registered electors
49,282




Ind. Conservative hold

Swing
+7.6


General Election 1939/40:


Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;




  • Independent Conservative: Daniel Lipson


  • Conservative: C L Hargreaves[39]


  • Labour: John Baird[40]



Elections in the 1930s




























































Cheltenham by-election, 1937[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Ind. Conservative

Daniel Lipson

10,533

40.1

n/a


Conservative
R. T. Harper
10,194
38.8
−31.7


Labour
Cyril C Poole
5,570
21.2
−8.4
Majority
339
1.2
−39.6

Turnout
26,297
69.3
−1.1

Registered electors
37,947




Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative






















































General Election 1935: Cheltenham[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Walter Preston

18,574

70.5

-10.6


Labour

Elizabeth Pakenham
7,784
29.5
+10.6
Majority
10,790
40.9
−21.2

Turnout
26,358
70.4
−4.8

Registered electors
37,428




Conservative hold

Swing
−10.6























































General Election 1931: Cheltenham[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Walter Preston

22,524

81.1

+27.9


Labour
John Ramage
5,263
18.9
+1.8
Majority
17,261
62.1
+38.6

Turnout
27,787
75.2
−4.7

Registered electors
36,974




Conservative hold

Swing
+13.0



Elections in the 1920s































































General Election 1929: Cheltenham[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Walter Preston

15,279

53.2

+3.7


Liberal

Frank Raffety
8,533
29.7
−2.0


Labour
William Ramsey Piggott
4,920
17.1
−1.7
Majority
6,746
23.5
+5.6

Turnout
28,732
79.8
−0.4

Registered electors
35,993




Unionist hold

Swing
+2.8































































Cheltenham by-election, 1928[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

Walter Preston

10,438

49.5

−7.0


Liberal

John Brunner
6,678
31.7
−11.8


Labour

Florence Widdowson
3,962
18.8
n/a
Majority
3,760
17.8
+4.7

Turnout
21,078
80.3
−2.5

Registered electors
26,265




Unionist hold

Swing
+2.3























































General Election 1924: Cheltenham[41]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

James Agg-Gardner

11,909

56.6

+3.1


Liberal

Stanley Holmes
9,146
43.4
−3.1
Majority
2,763
13.2
+6.3

Turnout
21,055
82.7
+3.2

Registered electors
25,454




Unionist hold

Swing
+3.2























































General Election 1923: Cheltenham[41]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

James Agg-Gardner

10,514

53.4

−4.6


Liberal
Cuthbert Plaistowe
9,170
46.6
+4.6
Majority
1,344
6.8
−9.2

Turnout
19,684
79.5
−2.3

Registered electors
24,768




Unionist hold

Swing
−4.6























































General Election 1922 : Cheltenham[41]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

James Agg-Gardner

11,383

58.0

−2.3


Liberal
Cuthbert Plaistowe
8,237
42.0
+2.3
Majority
3,146
16.0
−4.6

Turnout
19,620
81.8
+13.2

Registered electors
23,997




Unionist hold

Swing
−2.3



Elections in the 1910s





















































General Election 14 December 1918: Cheltenham[38]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Unionist

James Agg-Gardner

9,602

60.3

n/a


Independent Liberal
Richard Davies
6,317
39.7
n/a
Majority
3,285
20.6
n/a

Turnout
15,919
68.6
n/a

Registered electors
23,217




Unionist hold

C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

General Election 1914/15:


A general election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election.




  • Unionist Party: James Agg-Gardner


  • Liberal Party: Rhys Williams


Due to the outbreak of war, the election never took place.























































Cheltenham by-election, 1911[42]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Agg-Gardner

4,043

50.0

+0.6


Liberal
Lewis Mathias
4,039
50.0
−0.6
Majority
4
0.0
−1.2

Turnout
8,082
92.8
+1.8

Registered electors
8,712




Conservative hold

Swing
+0.6




Mathias























































General Election December 1910: Cheltenham[42]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Richard Mathias

3,846

50.6

+1.5


Conservative

Vere Ponsonby
3,753
49.4
−1.5
Majority
93
1.2
−0.5

Turnout
7,599
91.0
−2.9

Registered electors
8,353




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+1.5























































General Election January 1910: Cheltenham[42]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Vere Ponsonby

3,988

50.9

+3.6


Liberal

Richard Mathias
3,850
49.1
−3.6
Majority
138
1.8
−3.6

Turnout
7,838
93.8
+2.4

Registered electors
8,353




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+3.6



Elections in the 1900s




Sears




















































General Election 1906[42]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

John Sears

3,910

52.7

N/A


Conservative

James Agg-Gardner
3,509
47.3

N/A
Majority
401
5.4

N/A

Turnout
7,419
91.4

N/A

Registered electors
8,114




Liberal gain from Conservative























General Election 1900: Cheltenham[43][44]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Agg-Gardner

Unopposed


Conservative hold


Elections in the 1890s































































General Election 1895: Cheltenham[43][44]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Francis Shirley Russell

3,409

53.5

−1.9


Liberal
Wilfrid T Blaydes
2,940
46.1
+1.5


Independent Labour
Alton William Hillen
23
0.4
n/a
Majority
469
7.4
−3.4

Turnout
6,372
88.9
+0.8

Registered electors
7,169




Conservative hold

Swing
−1.7























































General Election 1892: Cheltenham[43]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Agg-Gardner

3,241

55.4

−4.1


Liberal
Frank Debenham
2,610
44.6
+4.1
Majority
631
10.8
−8.3

Turnout
5,851
88.1
+1.7

Registered electors
6,642




Conservative hold

Swing
−4.1



Elections in the 1880s























































General Election 1886: Cheltenham[43]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Agg-Gardner

3,323

59.5

+3.0


Liberal
Russell Hugh Worthington Biggs
2,260
40.5
−3.0
Majority
1,063
19.0
+6.1

Turnout
5,583
86.4
−9.6

Registered electors
6,464




Conservative hold

Swing
+3.0




Lehmann























































General Election 1885: Cheltenham[43][45]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Agg-Gardner

3,504

56.5

+6.7


Liberal

R. C. Lehmann
2,700
43.5
−6.7
Majority
804
13.0
+12.5

Turnout
6,204
96.0
+4.0

Registered electors
6,464




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+6.7























































General Election 1880: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Charles de Ferrieres

2,318

50.2

+3.7


Conservative

James Agg-Gardner
2,297
49.8
−3.7
Majority
21
+0.4
−6.6

Turnout
4,615
91.9
+2.7

Registered electors
5,018




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+3.7



Election in the 1870s























































General Election 1874: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

James Agg-Gardner

2,121

53.5

+6.5


Liberal

Henry Samuelson
1,842
46.5
−6.5
Majority
279
7.0
+1.0

Turnout
3,963
89.3
+1.5

Registered electors
4,438




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+6.5



Elections in the 1860s























































General Election 1868: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Henry Samuelson

1646

53.0

+3.6


Conservative

James Agg-Gardner
1,458
47.0
−3.6
Majority
188
6.1
+4.8

Turnout
3,104
87.8
+5.9

Registered electors
3,536




Liberal gain from Conservative

Swing
+3.6























































General Election 1865: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Charles Schreiber

1,157

50.6

+0.9


Liberal

Francis Berkeley
1,129
49.4
−0.9
Majority
28
1.2
+0.6

Turnout
2,286
81.8
−2.5

Registered electors
2,793




Conservative gain from Liberal

Swing
+0.9



Elections in the 1850s




















































General Election 1859: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Liberal

Francis Berkeley

922

50.3

N/A


Conservative

Charles Schreiber
910
49.7

N/A
Majority
12
0.7

N/A

Turnout
1,832
84.4

N/A

Registered electors
2,171




Liberal hold





























General Election 1857: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Francis Berkeley

Unopposed

Registered electors
2,170




Whig hold






















































By-election, 8 May 1856: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Francis Berkeley

841

56.2

+2.7


Conservative

Edmund Gilling Hallewell[47]
655
43.8
−2.7
Majority
186
12.4
+5.4

Turnout
1,496
68.9
−8.9

Registered electors
2,170




Whig hold

Swing
+2.7


  • Caused by Berkeley's appointment as a Commissioner of Customs.






















































By-election, 14 July 1855: Cheltenahm[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Grenville Berkeley

760

81.0

+27.5


Conservative
William Ridler[48]
178
19.0
−27.5
Majority
582
62.0
+55.0

Turnout
938
43.7
−34.1

Registered electors
2,147




Whig hold

Swing
+27.5


  • Caused by Berkeley's death.






















































General Election 1852: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Craven Berkeley

999

53.5

+6.4


Conservative

Willoughby Jones
869
46.5
−6.2
Majority
130
7.0

N/A

Turnout
1,868
77.8
−4.3

Registered electors
2,400




Whig gain from Conservative

Swing
+6.3



Elections in the 1840s























































By-election, 4 September 1848: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Grenville Berkeley

986

54.1

+7.0


Conservative

Bickham Escott[49]
835
45.9
−6.8
Majority
151
8.3

N/A

Turnout
1,821
77.7
−4.4

Registered electors
2,345




Whig gain from Conservative

Swing
+6.9


  • Election declared void on petition due to "acts of corruption"[50]






















































By-election, 29 June 1848: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Craven Berkeley

1,024

54.7

+7.6


Conservative

James Agg-Gardner
848
45.3
−7.4
Majority
176
9.4

N/A

Turnout
1,872
79.8
−2.3

Registered electors
2,345




Whig gain from Conservative

Swing
+7.5


  • Election declared void on petition due to bribery[51]






























































General Election 1847: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Conservative

Willoughby Jones

1,015

52.7

+6.7


Whig

Craven Berkeley
907
47.1
−6.6


Conservative
Edmund Carrington Smith[49]
4
0.2

N/A
Majority
108
5.6

N/A

Turnout
1,926
82.1
+11.1

Registered electors
2,345




Conservative gain from Whig

Swing
+6.7































































General Election 1841: Cheltenham[46][10]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Craven Berkeley

764

53.7




Conservative

James Agg-Gardner
655
46.0



Radical

Thomas Perronet Thompson[52][49]
4
0.3

N/A
Majority
109
7.7


Turnout
1,423
71.0


Registered electors
2,003




Whig hold

Swing




Elections in the 1830s




















































General Election 1837: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Craven Berkeley

632

68.0

−26.3


Conservative
J. Peel
298
32.0
n/a
Majority
334
35.9
−52.6

Turnout
930
70.2
+24.8

Registered electors
1,324




Whig hold



















































General Election 1835: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Craven Berkeley

411

94.3

n/a


Whig
W.P. Gaslell
25
5.7
n/a
Majority
386
88.5
n/a

Turnout
436
45.4
n/a

Registered electors
960




Whig hold





























General Election 1832: Cheltenham[46]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Whig

Craven Berkeley

Unopposed

Registered electors
919




Whig win (new seat)


See also


  • List of Parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire


Notes





  1. ^ A borough constituency (for the purposes of election expenses and type of returning officer)




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External links



  • nomis Constituency Profile for Cheltenham – presenting data from the ONS annual population survey and other official statistics.








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