2014 Southampton City Council election

2014 Southampton City Council election
A third of seats to Southampton City Council ; 23 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the election results. Each ward represents 1 seat
Majority party before election; Labour ;	Majority party after election; Labour ;

Last updated April 26, 2024

The 2014 Southampton City Council election took place on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council (16 seats) was up for election, and an additional vacancy in Millbrook ward caused by the resignation of a sitting councillor who had been elected in 2012 was also filled, meaning a total of 17 of the city's 48 seats were elected. The elections took place on the same day as the elections to the European Parliament.

Southampton Council is elected in thirds, which means the all comparisons are to the corresponding 2010 Southampton City Council election. In Millbrook, the candidate with the most votes was elected for a full term lasting until 2018. The candidate who came second was elected for the remainder of the resigned councillor's term, ending in 2016.

Coxford councillors who formed the Putting People First group originally split from Labour in 2013.^[1] Keith Morrell was up for election in the ward in this election.

Election result

Southampton Local Election Result 2014
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	8	2	1	1	47.1	34.3	20,626	1.3
Conservative	8	2	1	1	47.1	31.1	18,703	3.1
Independent	1	1	0	1	5.8	3.5	2,096	3.1
UKIP	0	0	0		0	15.1	9,077	14.0
Liberal Democrats	0	0	2	2	0	8.0	4,799	10.8
Green	0	0	0		0	5.4	3,279	2.6
TUSC	0	0	0		0	2.8	1,675	New
Labour hold		Swing

Changes in council composition

Party		Previous council	New council	+/-
	Labour	27	28	1
	Conservatives	17	18	1
	Councillors Against Cuts	2	2	2
	Liberal Democrat	2	0	2
Total		48	48
Working majority		3	4

Bargate

Bargate^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sarah Bogle	1317	43.8	-4.9
	Conservative	Spencer Bowman	809	26.9	-6.1
	UKIP	David Nightingale	430	14.2	+14.2
	Green	Joe Cox	399	13.3	+7.1
	TUSC	David Rawlinson	53	1.8	-1.8
Majority			508	16.9	+1.2
Turnout			3023	21.21
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.6

Bassett

Bassett^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Beryl Harris	1610	44.4	-5.1
	Labour	Andrew Godsell	988	27.2	-0.2
	UKIP	Alan Keeble	574	15.8	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	David Whalley	410	11.3	+0.2
	TUSC	Neil Kelly	47	1.3	-0.6
Majority			622	17.1	-5.4
Turnout			3629	32.2	+1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bevois

Bevois^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derek Burke	1,834	60.2
	Conservative	Khalid Mahmood	446	14.6
	Green	Ron Meldrum	400	13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Ford	236	8.1
	TUSC	Andrew Howe	96	3.2
Majority			1,388	45.6
Turnout			3,046	45.6
	Labour hold

Bitterne

Bitterne^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Simon Letts	1,153	35.0
	UKIP	Thomas Collier	966	29.4
	Conservative	David Fuller	963	29.3
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Naish	140	4.3
	TUSC	Declan Clune	55	1.7
Majority			187	5.6
Turnout			3,291
	Labour hold

Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Inglis	1,191	31.4
	Labour	Trevor Cooper	980	25.9
	UKIP	Adrian Cook	810	21.4
	Green	Lindsi Bluemel	346	9.1
	Liberal Democrats	James Read	296	7.8
	Independent	Ann MacGillivray	110	2.9
	TUSC	Linda Boulton	42	1.1
Majority			211	5.5
Turnout			3,791
	Conservative hold

Coxford

Coxford^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Keith Morrell	1,633	42.5
	UKIP	Colin Hingston	796	20.7
	Labour	Brian Norgate	724	18.8
	Conservative	Trevor Glasspool	500	13.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Galton	168	4.4
Majority			837	21.8
Turnout			3,843
	Independent gain from Labour

Freemantle

Freemantle^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jeremy Moulton	1,472	38.5
	Labour	Pat Usher	1,166	30.5
	UKIP	Dean Bartram	471	12.3
	Green	Christopher Bluemel	449	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Mitchell	214	5.6
	TUSC	Mike Marx	36	0.9
Majority			306	8.0
Turnout			3,820
	Conservative hold

Harefield

Harefield^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Royston Smith	1,915	49.0
	UKIP	Vincent Avellino	852	21.8
	Labour	Mohamed Mohamud	850	21.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Dennis	204	3.6
	TUSC	Graham O’Reilly	70	1.5
Majority			1,063	27.2
Turnout			3,912
	Conservative hold

Millbrook

Millbrook (2)^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Labour	'*Mike Denness'*	'*1,404'*
	Conservative	Steven Galton	1,305
	Labour	David Furnell	1,291
	Conservative	Val Laurent	1,044
	UKIP	Pearline Hingston	916
	Green	Daniel Payne	416
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Clarke	258
	Independent	Stephen Plumridge	216
	Independent	Richard McQuillan	137
	TUSC	Tara Bosworth	61
	TUSC	Josh Asker	47
Turnout			3,890
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

Peartree

Peartree^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Paul Lewzey	1,474	40.9
	Conservative	Matthew Turpin	1,267	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen Bowers	493	13.7
	TUSC	Phil Snider	305	8.5
Majority			207	5.7
Turnout			3,603	207
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats

Portswood

Portswood^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Paul O'Neill	1,147	30.3
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Vinson	1,096	29.0
	Labour	Lucas Szlek	910	24.1
	Green	Cara Sandys	508	13.4
	TUSC	Nick Chaffey	98	2.6
Majority			51	1.3
Turnout			3,780
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Redbridge

Redbridge^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Cathie McEwing	1,614	51.0
	Conservative	Charles Daniel-Hobbs	804	25.4
	TUSC	Kieran Wilson	435	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Stokes	250	7.9
Majority			810	25.6
Turnout			3,163
	Labour hold

Shirley

Shirley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Hannah Coombs	1,776	40.9
	Conservative	Chris Grace	1,245	28.7
	UKIP	Nick Ray	742	17.1
	Green	John Spottiswoode	328	7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Hulbert	197	4.5
	TUSC	Gary Laxton	32	0.7
Majority			531	12.2
Turnout			4,342
	Labour gain from Conservative

Sholing

Sholing^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nigel Hecks	1,188	31.5
	Labour	Phil Wood	1,179	31.3
	UKIP	John Sharp	1,147	30.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Cappleman	178	4.7
	TUSC	Darren Galpin	51	1.4
Majority			9	0.2
Turnout			3,772
	Conservative hold

Swaythling

Swaythling^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bob Painton	903	32.4
	Labour	Frances Murphy	825	29.6
	Liberal Democrats	Maureen Turner	437	15.7
	Green	Angela Cotton	433	15.6
	TUSC	Kevin Hayes	129	4.6
Majority			78	2.8
Turnout			2,783
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats

Woolston

Woolston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Caran Chamberlain	1,141	34.3
	UKIP	Derek Humber	936	28.1
	Conservative	Alex Houghton	894	26.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Bleach	212	6.4
	TUSC	Sue Atkins	118	3.5
Majority			205	6.2
Turnout			3,328
	Labour hold

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References

↑ "Southampton City Council agrees £16m budget cut". BBC News . 13 February 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

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[1] "Southampton City Council agrees £16m budget cut". BBC News . 13 February 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2018.

[SOPN-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 22 May 2014.

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