Winchester City Council elections
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Winchester Guildhall, home of the City Council, seen in 2018
One third of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 55 councillors have been elected from 16 wards, there having previously been 57 councillors have been elected from 26 wards from 2002.[1]
Political control[]
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Independent | 1973 - 1976 |
No overall control | 1976 - 1979 |
Conservative | 1979 - 1987 |
No overall control | 1987 - 1995 |
Liberal Democrats | 1995 - 2004 |
No overall control | 2004 - 2006 |
Conservative | 2006 - 2010 |
Liberal Democrats | 2010 - 2011 |
No overall control | 2011 - 2012 |
Conservative | 2012 - 2014 |
No overall control | 2014 - 2015 |
Conservative | 2015 - 2019 |
Liberal Democrats | 2019–present |
Council elections[]
- (New ward boundaries)[4]
- (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
- 1998 Winchester City Council election
- 1999 Winchester City Council election
- 2000 Winchester City Council election
- 2002 Winchester City Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)[6][7]
- 2003 Winchester City Council election
- 2004 Winchester City Council election
- 2006 Winchester City Council election
- 2007 Winchester City Council election
- 2008 Winchester City Council election
- 2010 Winchester City Council election
- 2011 Winchester City Council election
- 2012 Winchester City Council election
- 2014 Winchester City Council election
- 2015 Winchester City Council election
- 2016 Winchester City Council election (New ward boundaries)[8]
- 2018 Winchester City Council election
- 2019 Winchester City Council election
- 2021 Winchester City Council election
District result maps[]
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2012 results map
2014 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map (New Boundaries)
2018 results map
2019 results map
2021 results map
N.b. White denotes no election held in ward that year; 2011 results are missing
By-election results[]
1997-2001[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Paul Hoare | 314 | 51.3 | -20.3 | |
Conservative | Roger Huxstep | 145 | 23.7 | +23.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Scriven | 140 | 22.9 | +22.9 | |
Labour | 13 | 2.1 | -13.5 | ||
Majority | 169 | 27.6 | |||
Turnout | 612 | 50.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
2001-2005[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm Le May | 438 | 49.0 | +13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Safia Boot | 404 | 45.2 | -13.4 | |
Labour | Timothy Curran | 52 | 5.8 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 34 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 894 | 77 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
2005-2009[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Spender | 853 | 57.1 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Susan Evershed | 584 | 39.1 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Clare McKenna | 56 | 3.7 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 269 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,493 | 46.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Angela Clear | 630 | 60.9 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Karen Jeffreys | 349 | 33.8 | -2.8 | |
UKIP | Douglas Reed | 40 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Labour | Robert Rudge | 15 | 1.5 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 281 | 27.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,034 | 33.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Daryl Henry | 1,180 | 54.1 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Sue Evershed | 938 | 43.0 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Nicholas Carr | 64 | 2.9 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 242 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,182 | 51.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2009-2013[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Hutchison | 968 | 53.2 | -4.7 | |
Conservative | Helen Osborne | 606 | 33.3 | -2.2 | |
Labour | Nigel Fox | 247 | 13.6 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 362 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,821 | 32.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Laming | 894 | 53.9 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Leanne Wheeler | 604 | 36.4 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Hum Qureshi | 162 | 9.8 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 290 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,660 | 51.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2017-2021[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Michael Rawson Lumby | 1039 | 51.6 | -18.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lewis John North | 905 | 44.9 | +24.0 | |
Labour | June Elizabeth Kershaw | 39 | 1.9 | -7.6 | |
Green | Andrew Karl Wainwright | 31 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 134 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
References[]
- ^ "Elections - Voting". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ "Winchester". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
- ^ a b "Winchester Lib Dems win by-election in Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm". Hampshire Chronicle. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- ^ The Hampshire (Areas) Order 1985
- ^ "Winchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
- ^ "District Council By-Election Results - 7 June 2001". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ "By-election result". Winchester City Council. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ "Wickham By-Election results". Winchester City Council. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ "Lib Dems triumph". ThisIsHampshire.net. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ "Results of the Colden Common and Twyford by-election". Winchester City Council. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
- ^ "Lib Dems defend crucial by-election seat". Southern Daily Echo. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
External links[]
Categories:
- Winchester City Council elections
- Politics of Winchester
- Council elections in Hampshire
- District council elections in England