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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England
South West
75,292 electors
Active Seat

Cheltenham

Current MP
Max Wilkinson
Max Wilkinson

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
69.4%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Liberal Democrat Max Wilkinson Gain from Conservative
Majority 7,210
Turnout 65.1% ↓8.2pp
Total Votes 49,542
Winner Swing ↑2.6pp
✓ Max Wilkinson
Liberal Democrats
25,076 50.6%
↑4.7pp
Alex Chalk
Conservative
17,866 36.1%
↓12.4pp
Daniel Wilson
Green Party
3,160 6.4%
—
Lara Chaplin
Labour
2,665 5.4%
↑0.6pp
Daud McDonald
—
775 1.6%
—
Conservative Alex Chalk Hold
Majority 981
Turnout 73.2% ↑1.0pp
Total Votes 59,357
Winner Swing ↑1.3pp
✓ Alex Chalk
Conservative
28,486 48.0%
↑1.3pp
Max Wilkinson
Liberal Democrats
27,505 46.3%
↑4.2pp
George Penny
Labour
2,921 4.9%
↓4.6pp
George Ridgeon
—
445 0.8%
—
Conservative Alex Chalk Hold
Majority 2,569
Turnout 72.3% ↑2.8pp
Total Votes 57,012
Winner Swing ↑0.5pp
✓ Alex Chalk
Conservative
26,615 46.7%
↑0.6pp
Martin Horwood
Liberal Democrats
24,046 42.2%
↑8.2pp
Keith White
Labour
5,408 9.5%
↑2.2pp
Adam Van Coevorden
Green Party
943 1.7%
↓3.4pp
Conservative Alex Chalk Gain from Liberal Democrat
Majority 6,516
Turnout 69.5% ↑2.7pp
Total Votes 53,735
Winner Swing ↓4.4pp
✓ Alex Chalk
Conservative
24,790 46.1%
↑5.0pp
Martin Horwood
Liberal Democrats
18,274 34.0%
↓16.5pp
Paul Gilbert
Labour
3,902 7.3%
↑2.1pp
Christina Simmonds
—
3,808 7.1%
↑4.8pp
Adam Van Coevorden
Green Party
2,689 5.0%
—
Richard Lupson-Darnell
—
272 0.5%
—
Liberal Democrat Martin Horwood Hold
Majority 4,920
Turnout 66.8%
Total Votes 52,786
✓ Martin Horwood
Liberal Democrats
26,659 50.5%
↑11.1pp
Mark Coote
Conservative
21,739 41.2%
↑2.4pp
James Green
Labour
2,703 5.1%
↓6.7pp
Peter Bowman
—
1,192 2.3%
↑1.0pp
Dancing Ken Hanks
—
493 0.9%
—

Turnout Trend

66.8%
'10
69.5%
'15
72.3%
'17
73.2%
'19
65.1%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
19.7%
35 to 49
19.5%
65 and over
19.3% ▲3.0pp
50 to 64
18.9%
25 to 34
13.8%
18 to 24
8.7%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
91.3%
Asian or Asian British
4.1%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
2.5%
Other
1.1%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.0%
📊 Age
18 to 29
22.5%
Under 18
19.7%
30 to 44
19.5%
65 and over
19.3%
45 to 64
18.9%
⛪ Religion
Christian
45.0%
No religion
44.9%
Not answered
6.4%
Muslim
1.4%
Hindu
1.0%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.5%
Jewish
0.2%
Sikh
0.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
94.2%
Asian or Asian British
3.2%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.7%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.6%
Other ethnic group
0.3%
📊 Age
45 to 64
23.6%
30 to 44
21.0%
Under 18
19.7%
18 to 29
19.4%
65 and over
16.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
58.1%
No religion
31.5%
Religion not stated
7.6%
Muslim
0.9%
Hindu
0.7%
Buddhist
0.5%
Other religion
0.5%
Jewish
0.1%
Sikh
0.1%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Alex Chalk Conservative 2015-05-07 2024-05-30
Martin Horwood Liberal Democrat 2005-05-05 2015-03-30
Sir Charles Irving Conservative 1974-10-10 1992-04-09