2010 Winchester City Council election

2010 Winchester City Council election

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19 of 57 seats to Winchester City Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 29 24 Seats won 10 9 Seats after 26 29 Popular vote 25,743 24,676 Percentage 46.5% 44.6%
Results by Ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Liberal Democrats

The 2010 Winchester Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party. ^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Liberal Democrat 29
• Conservative 26
• Independent 2 ^{[2] [3]}

Campaign

The Conservatives had gained control of Winchester council in the 2006 election after a sex scandal involving the local Liberal Democrat MP Mark Oaten. ^[4] Going into the 2010 election the Conservatives had a majority of just 1 seat ^[3] and were defending 13 seats compared to 4 for the Liberal Democrats, due to the seats they won in 2006 being due for election in 2010. ^[4] Several councillors stood down at the election, including George Hollingbery from The Alresfords ward to contest the Meon Valley constituency in the general election, Fred Allgood from Denmead ward, Georgina Busher from Bishop's Waltham and James Stephens from St Luke ward. ^[5] Brian Collin also did not defend his Olivers Battery and Badger Farm ward, which he had held for 24 years, to contest St John and All Saints instead. ^[5]

The Conservatives defended their record on the council pointing to a repaving of the high street, park and ride projects and keeping council tax increases below inflation. ^[6] However the Liberal Democrats accused the Conservatives of running down reserves that the Liberal Democrats had built up when they were in power and were confident of taking control in particular with the election taking place at the same time as the general election. ^[6] The Labour Party were defending their last seat on the council in St John and All Saints ward with predictions that Labour could be without representation on the council for the first time. ^[6] Meanwhile, the Green Party only contested one seat in St Bartholomew in order to concentrate their efforts and campaigned on development issues. ^[6]

Election result

The results saw the Liberal Democrats take control over the council after gaining 5 seats to hold 29 of the 57 seats. ^[7] This gave them an overall majority of 1 seat, despite the Conservatives winning 10 seats at the election compared to 9 for the Liberal Democrats. ^{[3] [7]} The Conservatives did make one gain, taking a former independent seat where the councillor Georgina Busher stood down at the election. ^[8] Meanwhile, the last remaining Labour seat was lost after Labour was defeated in St John and All Saints ward. ^[7]

Winchester Local Election Result 2010 ^[9]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	4	-3	52.6	46.4	25,681	+3.1%
	Liberal Democrats	9	5	0	+5	47.4	44.6	24,676	-1.4%
	Labour	0	0	1	-1	0	6.7	3,721	+2.3%
	Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	1.4	779	-2.2%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	443	-0.6%

Ward results

Bishops Waltham

Bishops Waltham ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Mclean	1,552	38.5	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Stoneham	1,479	36.7	+10.8
	Independent	Gideon Lake	779	19.3	−19.6
	Labour	Steve Haines	224	5.6	+3.4
Majority			73	1.8
Turnout			4,034	75.4	+34.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Cheriton & Bishops Sutton

Cheriton & Bishops Sutton ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Verney	866	60.9	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Day	503	35.4	−2.0
	Labour	Timothy Curran	52	3.7	+3.7
Majority			363	25.5	+0.3
Turnout			1,421	80.1	+27.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colden Common & Twyford

Colden Common & Twyford ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Izard	1,904	57.0	+4.0
	Conservative	Nigel Burwood	1,285	38.5	−6.1
	Labour	Nicholas Carr	153	4.6	+2.2
Majority			619	18.5	+10.1
Turnout			3,342	77.7	+27.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Denmead

Denmead ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kirk Phillips	2,535	65.1	−13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Scriven	1,142	29.3	+10.9
	Labour	David Picton-Jones	219	5.6	+2.1
Majority			1,393	35.8	−23.9
Turnout			3,896	74.4	+34.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Droxford, Soberton & Hambledon

Droxford, Soberton & Hambledon ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Coates	910	66.4	−12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hibbert	419	30.6	+9.1
	Labour	Alyn Edwards	41	3.0	+3.0
Majority			491	35.8	−11.2
Turnout			1,370	80.8	+21.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kings Worthy

Kings Worthy ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Rutter	1,393	52.6	−1.2
	Conservative	Stanley Howell	1,098	41.4	−1.5
	Labour	Elaine Fullaway	158	6.0	+2.7
Majority			295	11.1	+0.2
Turnout			2,649	77.8	+26.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynda Banister	1,615	60.2	−7.8
	Conservative	Kim Gottlieb	943	35.1	+8.1
	Labour	Margaret Rees	126	4.7	+2.9
Majority			672	25.0	−16.0
Turnout			2,684	82.4	+25.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Owslebury & Curdridge

Owslebury & Curdridge ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laurence Ruffell	1,330	55.2	−6.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jo White	983	40.8	+5.6
	Labour	Clive Coldwell	96	4.0	+1.0
Majority			347	14.4	−12.3
Turnout			2,409	78.7	+31.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Barnabas

St Barnabas ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Witt	1,798	49.3	−4.0
	Conservative	Richard Worrall	1,618	44.3	+0.3
	Labour	Tania Ziegler	234	6.4	+3.7
Majority			180	4.9	−4.4
Turnout			3,650	76.5	+21.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hiscock	1,802	50.6	−1.1
	Conservative	Paul Wing	1,114	31.3	−2.6
	Green	Alison Craig	443	12.4	+4.6
	Labour	Denis Archdeacon	205	5.8	+1.1
Majority			688	19.3	+1.5
Turnout			3,564
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St John & All Saints

St John & All Saints ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Collin	1,217	41.2	+1.4
	Labour	Chris Pines	993	33.6	+3.8
	Conservative	James Byrnes	743	25.2	−0.2
Majority			224	7.6	−2.4
Turnout			2,953	63.2	+30.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

St Luke

St Luke ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rose Prowse	1,397	52.1	−0.3
	Conservative	Jamie Scott	1,038	38.7	+2.9
	Labour	Peter Rees	247	9.2	−2.6
Majority			359	13.4	−3.2
Turnout			2,682	63.7	+27.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Michael

St Michael ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Tait	1,799	50.4	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Ayres	1,582	44.4	+4.6
	Labour	Antony De Peyer	185	5.2	+2.4
Majority			217	6.1	−5.7
Turnout			3,566	75.2	+27.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Paul

St Paul ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Pearce	2,021	57.9	+0.2
	Conservative	Helen Osborne	1,240	35.5	+5.9
	Labour	Adrian Field	230	6.6	+2.1
Majority			781	22.4	−5.7
Turnout			3,491	74.1	+37.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shedfield

Shedfield ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Huxstep	1,497	63.4	+13.3
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Toole	743	31.5	+19.3
	Labour	Pat Hayward	122	5.2	+0.4
Majority			754	31.9	+10.1
Turnout			2,362	67.0	+22.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sparsholt

Sparsholt ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Wood	668	60.9	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Kilroy	397	36.2	−1.8
	Labour	Tessa Valentine	32	2.9	+2.9
Majority			271	24.7	+0.7
Turnout			1,097	71.6	+19.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swanmore & Newton

Swanmore & Newtown ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Vicki Weston	1,549	57.6	−19.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Campbell	1,024	38.1	+14.7
	Labour	Robert Rudge	115	4.3	+4.3
Majority			525	19.5	−33.7
Turnout			2,688	80.5	+31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

The Alresfords

The Alresfords ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margot Power	1,972	48.9	−8.9
	Conservative	Ken Yeldham	1,906	47.2	+11.7
	Labour	Robin Atkins	156	3.9	+2.2
Majority			66	1.6	−20.7
Turnout			4,034	79.7	+26.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever ^{[9] [10]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Godfrey	1,990	58.4	−15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Coleman	1,285	37.7	+16.0
	Labour	Andrew Adams	133	3.9	−0.1
Majority			705	20.7	−31.9
Turnout			3,408	78.8	+36.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Preceded by 2008 Winchester Council election

Winchester local elections

Succeeded by 2011 Winchester Council election