2014 Fareham Borough Council election

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2014 Fareham Borough Council election
  2012 22 May 2014 2016  

Half of seats (16 of 31) to Fareham Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderSeán WoodwardPaul Whittle
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won11 (25 total)3 (5 total)
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Decrease2.svg3
Popular vote16,9129,180
Percentage44.9%24.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg7.8%Decrease2.svg1.1%

Fareham UK local election 2014 map.svg
Map showing the results of the election in each ward. Colours denote the winning party as shown in the main table of results.

Council control before election

Conservatives

Council control after election

Conservatives

The 2014 Fareham Borough Council elections took place on 22 May 2014 to elect half the members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire, England. The Conservative Party are currently the largest party on the council. The last time these seats were contested was in 2010.

Contents

The Conservative Party held every seat they defended and gained one from the Liberal Democrats, in the Fareham North West ward. The Liberal Democrats lost a further two seats: in Stubbington to UKIP, who gained their first councillor, and in Titchfield Common, where the incumbent councillor became an Independent.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election results

The election saw the Conservatives retain control of the council after winning 11 seats compared to 3 for the Liberal Democrats alongside 1 UKIP and 1 Independent, former Liberal Democrat councillor.

Fareham local election result 2014 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1110068.844.916,912-7.8
  Liberal Democrats 303018.824.49,180-1.1
  UKIP 11006.213.85,178+8.4
  Independent 11006.25.52,064+5.5
  Labour 00000.010.64,007-3.9
  Green 00000.00.8313-1.1

Ward results

Fareham East

Fareham East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Whittle1,07548.0−11.9
Conservative Keith Barton83537.38.2
Labour Connor Moris33014.7−0.3
Majority 24010.7
Turnout 2,24037.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fareham North

Fareham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Bryant97342.0
UKIP Steve Richards40317.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Trott37916.4
Independent Jak Gunter25310.9
Labour Simon Brown1677.2
Green David Harrison1436.2
Majority 57024.6
Turnout 2,31840.6
Conservative hold Swing

Fareham North West

Fareham North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Davies74939.5
Liberal Democrats Jim Palmer42622.5
UKIP Bob Ingram42322.3
Labour Richard Ryan19710.4
Independent Steve Roberts1025.4
Majority 32317.0
Turnout 1,89733.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Fareham South

Fareham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dennis Steadman70038.4
UKIP Paul Sturgess51928.5
Labour James Carr33718.5
Independent Vincent Taylor1488.1
Liberal Democrats Sean Evans1206.6
Majority 1819.9
Turnout 182433.6
Conservative hold Swing

Fareham West

Fareham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Leslie Keeble1,40557.7
UKIP George Neill46719.2
Liberal Democrats Rowena Palmer2168.9
Labour James Webb1787.3
Independent Sarah Taylor1686.9
Majority 93838.5
Turnout 2,43444.0
Conservative hold Swing

Hill Head

Hill Head
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Arthur Mandry1,49852.8
UKIP Kenneth Cast91632.3
Liberal Democrats Daniel Hawkes2308.1
Labour Nicholas Knight1926.8
Majority 58220.5
Turnout 2,83646.7
Conservative hold Swing

Locks Heath

Locks Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Bayford1,62075.3
Labour Angela Carr27112.6
Liberal Democrats Sue Hardie26112.1
Majority 1,34962.7
Turnout 2,15238.4
Conservative hold Swing

Park Gate

Park Gate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Bayford1,19665.6
Labour Helen Price39121.4
Liberal Democrats Martin Francis23713.0
Majority 80544.2
Turnout 1,82430.2
Conservative hold Swing

Portchester East

Portchester East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Roger Price2,13465.0
Liberal Democrats Geoffrey Fazackarley1,962
Conservative Tina Ellis71221.4
Conservative Peter Furby634
Labour Stuart Rose43313.6
Labour Cameron Crouch426
Majority 1,25019.8
Turnout 6,30139.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Portchester West

Portchester West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Bell83935.1
Liberal Democrats Shaun Cunningham79733.3
UKIP Tom Davies54822.9
Labour Leslie Ricketts2098.7
Majority 421.8
Turnout 239341.7
Conservative hold Swing

Sarisbury

Sarisbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Séan Woodward1,57975.8
Liberal Democrats Mary Holliday-Bishop28713.8
Labour Karen Postle21710.4
Majority 1,29262.0
Turnout 2,08336.2
Conservative hold Swing

Stubbington

Stubbington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Christopher Wood1,22743.4
Conservative Pal Hayre84129.7
Liberal Democrats James Forrest64622.8
Labour David Light1144.0
Majority 38613.7
Turnout 2,82850.2
UKIP gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Titchfield

Titchfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Connie Hockley1,31360.0
Independent Susan Boyce40418.5
Labour Michael Prior26612.2
Liberal Democrats Jill Underwood2059.4
Majority 90941.5
Turnout 2,18838.1
Conservative hold Swing

Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jack Englefield98945.6
Conservative Tom Fyfe59027.2
UKIP Geoffrey Townley35116.2
Labour Andrew Mooney1225.6
Liberal Democrats Hugh Pritchard1165.4
Majority 39918.4
Turnout 2,16835.3
Independent gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Warsash

Warsash
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Trevor Cartwright1,42865.9
UKIP David Nightingale32414.9
Green Miles Grindey1707.8
Labour Nicola Moore1577.2
Liberal Democrats Craig Lewis894.1
Majority 1,10451.0
Turnout 2,16838.9
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. "English Elections - Fareham 2014 - Election Results". Fareham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 2014-07-13. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
Preceded by
2012 Fareham Council election
Fareham local elections Succeeded by
2016 Fareham Council election