Local elections 2022: Polls close in Cheltenham

Cheltenham is the only area in Gloucestershire that is holding local elections this year

Polls have closed across Cheltenham in Gloucestershire after people voted on more than half of the borough council's seats.

Voters have decided on 21 of 40 seats in the ballot, which closed at 22:00 BST on Thursday.

The Liberal Democrats have run the borough council for more than a decade, and the group currently enjoys a majority with 29 councillors.

It is the county's only local authority holding elections this year.

The Lib Dems and its biggest opposition group, the Conservatives, are fielding candidates for all 21 seats.

The Greens are making a play for their first representative on the council by putting up 19 candidates.

Labour is fielding eight candidates, with the Reform, People Against Bureaucracy, and Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition groups each standing one person respectively.