Cheltenham (/ˈtʃɛltənəm/) is a constituency in Gloucestershire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 1832. As with all constituencies, it elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. Since 2024, its MP has been Max Wilkinson of the Liberal Democrats.

Boundaries and boundary changes

The constituency is based on the town of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire, covering a different, slightly smaller area than the borough of the same name. It is bordered by the Tewkesbury and Cotswolds seats.

1885-1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the parish of Charlton Kings as lay to the north of the railway from Cheltenham to Banbury.

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

1950–1983: As 1918 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 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.

2010–2024: 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 from the Tewkesbury constituency.

2024–present: As above minus Springbank ward.

Reduced to bring the electorate within the permitted range by transferring the Springbank ward to the Tewkesbury constituency.

Constituency profile

Famous for its racecourse which hosts the annual Cheltenham Gold Cup in March, with 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) are well above the national average (44.6%). 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% 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 make racist remarks about their own candidate, John Taylor, who was 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 again in 2010, but lost when the Conservatives retook the seat in 2015.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Notes
	1832	Hon. Craven Berkeley	Whig	Son of the 5th Earl of Berkeley
	1847	Sir Willoughby Jones	Conservative	Unseated on petition
	1848, June by-election	Hon. Craven Berkeley	Whig	Unseated on petition
	1848, September by-election	Grenville Berkeley	Whig
	1852	Hon. Craven Berkeley	Whig	Died 1855
	1855 by-election	Grenville Berkeley	Whig
	1856 by-election	Francis Berkeley	Whig	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
	2024	Max Wilkinson	Liberal Democrats

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Max Wilkinson	25,076	50.6	4.6
	Conservative	Alex Chalk	17,866	36.1	12.4
	Green	Daniel Wilson	3,160	6.4	6.4
	Labour	Lara Chaplin	2,665	5.4	0.6
	Independent	Daud McDonald	775	1.6	New
Majority			7,210	9.5	7.8
Turnout			49,542	65.1	10.4
Registered electors			76,143		6.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+8.5

Elections in the 2010s

In 2019, Cheltenham was one of five English constituencies, the others being Esher and Walton, Westmorland and Lonsdale, Winchester and East Devon, where Labour failed to obtain over 5% of the vote and lost their deposit.

General election 2019: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Chalk	28,486	48.0	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Max Wilkinson	27,505	46.3	+4.1
	Labour	George Penny	2,921	4.9	―4.6
	Monster Raving Loony	George Ridgeon	445	0.7	New
Majority			981	1.7	―2.8
Turnout			59,357	73.2	+0.9
Registered electors			81,043		+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	―1.3

General election 2017: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Chalk	26,615	46.7	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Horwood	24,046	42.2	+8.2
	Labour	Keith White	5,408	9.5	+2.2
	Green	Adam Van Coevorden	943	1.7	―3.3
Majority			2,569	4.5	―7.6
Turnout			57,012	72.3	+2.8
Registered electors			78,878		+2.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	―3.8

General election 2015: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Chalk	24,790	46.1	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Horwood	18,274	34.0	―16.5
	Labour	Paul Gilbert	3,902	7.3	+2.2
	UKIP	Christina Simmonds	3,808	7.1	+4.8
	Green	Adam Van Coevorden	2,689	5.0	New
	Independent	Richard Lupson-Darnell	272	0.5	New
Majority			6,516	12.1	N/A
Turnout			53,735	69.5	+2.5
Registered electors			77,287		―2.2
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+10.7

General election 2010: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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	New
Majority			4,920	9.3	+8.7
Turnout			52,786	67.0	+4.4
Registered electors			78,998		+3.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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	2,651	6.1	New
	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	5.2	−7.3
Turnout			43,621	61.0	―0.9
Registered electors			71,541		+5.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	―3.6

General election 2001: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Jones	19,970	47.7	―1.8
	Conservative	Rob Garnham	14,715	35.2	―1.0
	Labour	Andrew Erlam	5,041	12.0	+1.9
	Green	Keith Bessant	735	1.8	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Kenneth Hanks	513	1.2	+0.4
	UKIP	James Carver	482	1.2	+0.6
	ProLife Alliance	Anthony Gates	272	0.7	+0.2
	Independent	Roger Everest	107	0.3	New
Majority			5,255	12.5	―0.8
Turnout			41,835	61.9	―12.1
Registered electors			67,563		―0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	―0.3

Elections in the 1990s

General election 1997: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	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	New
	Monster Raving Loony	Kenneth Hanks	375	0.8	New
	UKIP	Gordon Cook	302	0.6	New
	ProLife Alliance	Anne Harriss	245	0.5	New
	Natural Law	Sally Brighouse	107	0.2	New
Majority			6,645	13.3	+9.9
Turnout			50,303	74.0	―7.4
Registered electors			67,950		―1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+4.9

General election 1992: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Jones	30,351	47.3	+5.0
	Conservative	John Taylor	28,683	44.7	―5.5
	Labour	Pamela Tatlow	4,077	6.4	―1.1
	Independent	Mervyn Rendell	665	1.0	New
	Natural Law	Henry Brighouse	169	0.3	New
	Independent	Mark Bruce-Smith	162	0.3	New
Majority			1,668	2.6	―5.3
Turnout			64,107	80.3	+1.4
Registered electors			79,808		+0.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.2

Elections in the 1980s

General election 1987: Cheltenham

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	7.9	―1.7
Turnout			62,547	78.9	+3.0
Registered electors			79,234		+4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	―0.9

General election 1983: Cheltenham

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	New
Majority			5,518	9.6	―12.5
Turnout			57,724	75.9	―2.5
Registered electors			76,068		+2.7
	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	New
Majority			10,538	21.0	+3.0
Turnout			50,225	77.6	+2.6
Registered electors			64,726		+3.2
	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	−3.2
	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		+1.0
	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	New
Majority			8,610	18.9	+12.1
Turnout			45,467	75.6	−1.6
Registered electors			60,141		+9.4
	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	+11.9
Majority			2,915	6.8	−5.7
Turnout			42,451	77.2	−0.3
Registered electors			54,964		+1.6
	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	7,568	18.1	−1.4
Majority			5,240	12.5	−9.0
Turnout			41,922	77.5	−4.0
Registered electors			54,120		+2.2
	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 Watson	8,428	19.5	New
Majority			9,272	21.5	+2.9
Turnout			43,150	81.5	+2.1
Registered electors			52,946		+2.8
	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	−3.8
Registered electors			51,491		+3.3
	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	−1.8
Registered electors			49,844		+2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.1

General election 1950: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	W. W. Hicks Beach	18,009	43.4
	Labour	A. G. James	13,027	31.4
	Ind. Conservative	Daniel Lipson	10,449	25.2
Majority			4,982	12.0	N/A
Turnout			41,485	85.0
Registered electors			48,786
	Conservative gain from Ind. Conservative

Election in the 1940s

General election 1945: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	Daniel Lipson	16,081	43.3	N/A
	Labour	Phyllis Maude Warner	11,095	29.9	+0.4
	Conservative	W. W. Hicks Beach	9,972	26.8	-45.7
Majority			4,986	13.4	-27.6
Turnout			37,148	75.4	+5.0
Registered electors			49,282		+29.9
	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
• Labour: John Baird

Elections in the 1930s

1937 Cheltenham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Conservative	Daniel Lipson	10,533	40.1	New
	Conservative	R. T. Harper	10,194	38.8	−31.7
	Labour	Cyril C Poole	5,570	21.2	−8.3
Majority			339	1.3	−39.7
Turnout			26,297	69.3	−1.1
Registered electors			37,947		+1.4
	Ind. Conservative gain from Conservative

General election 1935: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Preston	18,574	70.5	-10.6
	Labour	Elizabeth Pakenham	7,784	29.5	+10.6
Majority			10,790	41.0	−21.2
Turnout			26,358	70.4	−4.8
Registered electors			37,428		+1.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	−10.6

General election 1931: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Walter Preston	22,524	81.1	+27.9
	Labour	John Ramage	5,263	18.9	+1.8
Majority			17,261	62.2	+38.7
Turnout			27,787	75.2	−4.6
Registered electors			36,974		+2.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	+13.0

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter Preston	15,279	53.2	―3.4
	Liberal	Frank Raffety	8,533	29.7	―13.7
	Labour	William Ramsey Piggott	4,920	17.1	N/A
Majority			6,746	23.5	+10.3
Turnout			28,732	79.8	―2.9
Registered electors			35,993		+37.0
	Unionist hold		Swing	+2.8

1928 Cheltenham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	Walter Preston	10,438	49.5	−7.1
	Liberal	John Brunner	6,678	31.7	−11.7
	Labour	Florence Widdowson	3,962	18.8	New
Majority			3,760	17.8	+4.6
Turnout			21,078	80.3	−2.4
Registered electors			26,265		+3.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	+2.3

General election 1924: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Agg-Gardner	11,909	56.6	+3.2
	Liberal	Stanley Holmes	9,146	43.4	−3.2
Majority			2,763	13.2	+6.4
Turnout			21,055	82.7	+3.2
Registered electors			25,454		+2.8
	Unionist hold		Swing	+3.2

General election 1923: Cheltenham

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		+3.2
	Unionist hold		Swing	−4.6

General election 1922: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Agg-Gardner	11,383	58.0	−2.3
	Liberal	Cuthbert Plaistowe	8,237	42.0	New
Majority			3,146	16.0	−4.6
Turnout			19,620	81.8	+13.2
Registered electors			23,997		+3.4
	Unionist hold		Swing	−2.3

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Unionist	James Agg-Gardner	9,602	60.3
	Independent Liberal	Richard Davies	6,317	39.7	New
Majority			3,285	20.6
Turnout			15,919	68.6
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.

1911 Cheltenham by-election

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	N/A
Turnout			8,082	92.8	+1.8
Registered electors			8,712		+4.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+0.6

General election December 1910: Cheltenham

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	N/A
Turnout			7,599	91.0	−2.8
Registered electors			8,353		0.0
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+1.5

General election January 1910: Cheltenham

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	N/A
Turnout			7,838	93.8	+2.4
Registered electors			8,353		+2.9
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+3.6

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1906: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Sears	3,910	52.7	New
	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		N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative

General election 1900: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Agg-Gardner	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1895: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Francis 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	New
Majority			469	7.4	−3.4
Turnout			6,372	88.9	+0.8
Registered electors			7,169		+7.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	−1.7

General election 1892: Cheltenham

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	−8.2
Turnout			5,851	88.1	+1.7
Registered electors			6,642		+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	−4.1

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1886: Cheltenham

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	+6.0
Turnout			5,583	86.4	−9.6
Registered electors			6,464		+3.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.0

General election 1885: Cheltenham

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	N/A
Turnout			6,204	96.0	+4.1
Registered electors			6,464		+28.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.7

General election 1880: Cheltenham

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	N/A
Turnout			4,615	91.9	+2.6
Registered electors			5,018		+13.1
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.7

Election in the 1870s

General election 1874: Cheltenham

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	N/A
Turnout			3,963	89.3	+1.5
Registered electors			4,438		+25.5
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+6.5

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1868: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Henry Samuelson	1,646	53.0	+3.6
	Conservative	James Agg-Gardner	1,458	47.0	−3.6
Majority			188	6.0	N/A
Turnout			3,104	87.8	+6.0
Registered electors			3,536		+26.6
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	+3.6

General election 1865: Cheltenham

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	N/A
Turnout			2,286	81.8	−2.6
Registered electors			2,793		+28.7
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+0.9

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1859: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Francis Berkeley	922	50.3	N/A
	Conservative	Charles Schreiber	910	49.7	New
Majority			12	0.6	N/A
Turnout			1,832	84.4	N/A
Registered electors			2,171
	Liberal hold

General election 1857: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Francis Berkeley	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,170
	Whig hold

By-election, 8 May 1856: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Francis Berkeley	841	56.2	+2.7
	Conservative	Edmund Gilling Hallewell	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: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Grenville Berkeley	760	81.0	+27.5
	Conservative	William Ridler	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Craven Berkeley	999	53.5	+6.4
	Conservative	Willoughby Jones	869	46.5	−6.4
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Grenville Berkeley	986	54.1	+7.0
	Conservative	Bickham Escott	835	45.9	−7.0
Majority			151	8.2	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"

By-election, 29 June 1848: Cheltenham

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

General election 1847: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Willoughby Jones	1,015	52.7	+6.7
	Whig	Craven Berkeley	907	47.1	−6.6
	Conservative	Edmund Carrington Smith	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Craven Berkeley	764	53.7	−14.3
	Conservative	James Agg-Gardner	655	46.0	+14.0
	Radical	Thomas Perronet Thompson	4	0.3	N/A
Majority			109	7.7	−28.3
Turnout			1,423	71.0	+0.8
Registered electors			2,003
	Whig hold		Swing	−14.2

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1837: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Craven Berkeley	632	68.0	−26.3
	Conservative	Jonathan Peel	298	32.0	New
Majority			334	36.0	−52.6
Turnout			930	70.2	+24.8
Registered electors			1,324
	Whig hold

General election 1835: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Craven Berkeley	411	94.3	N/A
	Radical	William Penn Gaskell	25	5.7	N/A
Majority			386	88.6	N/A
Turnout			436	45.4	N/A
Registered electors			960
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1832: Cheltenham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Craven Berkeley	Unopposed
Registered electors			919
	Whig win (new seat)

See also

• List of parliamentary constituencies in Gloucestershire