2016 Fareham Borough Council election

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2016 Fareham Borough Council election
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Half of seats (16 of 31) to Fareham Borough Council
16 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
LeaderSeán WoodwardRoger Price
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won12 (24 total)3 (4 total)
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Steady2.svg0
Popular vote17,1847,739
Percentage52.4%23.6%
SwingIncrease2.svg7.5Decrease2.svg0.8
Fareham UK local election 2016 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 2016 Fareham Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Half of the seats were up for re-election, with each councillor elected for a term of 4 years (except in the Fareham East ward). The last time these seats were contested was in 2012.

As well as wards in the town of Fareham, candidates were being elected in Hill Head, Locks Heath, Park Gate, Portchester, Titchfield, Sarisbury, Stubbington and Warsash.

In the Fareham East ward, voters elected 2 candidates. The candidate in first place was elected for a 4-year term and the candidate in second place was elected for a 2-year term.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election results

The Conservatives remained in overall control, winning 12 seats. The Liberal Democrats won 3 seats, and UKIP won 1 seat. [2]

In Fareham West, incumbent councillor Nick Gregory stood down after six years on the council. He was first elected in a 2010 by-election as a Liberal Democrat, before defecting to the Conservatives and holding the seat in the 2012 elections. He then left the Conservative grouping to sit as an independent, before defecting to UKIP and then reverting to being an independent. [3] The Lib Dem opposition leader, Paul Whittle stated that he had "changed colours more times than a set of traffic lights".

Fareham Borough Council Election, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1221+175.052.417,184
  Liberal Democrats 300018.823.67,739
  Labour 0000013.04,256
  UKIP 110+16.37.72,542
  Green 000002.9963
  Independent 002-200.4143

Ward results

Note that all percentage change are in relation to the 2012 election when these seats were last contested

Fareham East

Fareham East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Katrina Trott1,37633.8-26.1
Liberal Democrats Maryam Brady87921.6-38.3
Conservative Tom Davies75518.5-10.6
Conservative Jackie Hudson57014.0-15.1
Labour Susan Brown2927.2-3.8
Labour James Webb2035.0-6.0
Majority49712.2-19.5
Turnout 4,07541
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fareham North

Fareham North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Louise Clubley1,14051.8-6.4
Liberal Democrats Peter Trott58626.6+8.5
Labour James Sebley27112.3-0.1
Green David Harrison2059.3-2.0
Majority55425.2-14.9
Turnout 2,20240.6+4.7
Conservative hold Swing -7.5

Fareham North West

Fareham North West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fred Birkett78043.6+7.4
UKIP Stefan Charidge41623.3+9.8
Labour Andrew Ovenden28115.70.0
Liberal Democrats Dominic Wong1679.3-25.3
Independent David Whittingham1438.0+8.0
Majority36420.4+18.8
Turnout 1,78732.9+4.7
Conservative gain from Independent Swing -1.2

Fareham South

Fareham South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Barton79043.9-2.9
UKIP Paul Sturgess44824.9+24.9
Labour Richard Ryan38921.6-9.9
Liberal Democrats Teigan Newman1719.5+1.5
Majority34219.0+3.7
Turnout 2,20233.7+6.2
Conservative hold Swing -13.9

Fareham West

Fareham West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tina Ellis1,60869.9+15.6
Labour Paul King35115.3-0.6
Liberal Democrats Rowena Palmer34114.8-4.2
Majority1,25754.6+19.3
Turnout 2,30043.4+4.8
Conservative gain from Independent Swing +8.1

Hill Head

Hill Head
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kay Mandry1,34351.6-15.5
UKIP Kenneth Cast77930.0+30.0
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Powell29211.2-8.2
Labour Cameron Crouchman1877.2-6.3
Majority56421.7-26.0
Turnout 2,60143.6+3.7
Conservative hold Swing -22.8

Locks Heath

Locks Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Evans1,25172.2+8.7
Labour Nicholas Knight25915.0-2.1
Green John Burdfield22212.8+12.8
Majority100857.2+25.6
Turnout 1,73231.2-0.4
Conservative hold Swing +5.4

Park Gate

Park Gate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Simon Martin1,09666.4+1.9
Labour James Carr31018.8-3.4
Green Anthony Stainer24414.8+14.8
Majority78647.6+5.4
Turnout 1,65026.1-1.1
Conservative hold Swing +2.7

Portchester East

Portchester East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Shaun Cunningham1,43345.5-8.7
Conservative Trevor Alford1,22138.8+10.6
Labour Stuart Rose49515.7-1.9
Majority2126.7-19.2
Turnout 3,14936.5+4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -9.7

Portchester West

Portchester West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Nicholas Walker1,10452.1+1.9
Liberal Democrats Gerry Kelly80337.9+16.3
Labour Leslie Ricketts21110.0-1.1
Majority30114.2-14.3
Turnout 2,11838.2+6.7
Conservative hold Swing -7.2

Sarisbury

Sarisbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jon Butts1,14971.7-3.9
Liberal Democrats Jim Weeks24015.0+4.1
Labour Angela Carr21413.3-1.2
Majority90956.7-3.4
Turnout 1,60327.7-2.1
Conservative hold Swing -4.0

Stubbington

Stubbington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Carolyn Heneghan89935.0+0.6
Liberal Democrats Jim Forrest77230.1+3.3
Conservative Pal Hayre77230.1-8.7
Labour Mark Harrison1234.8+4.8
Majority1274.9+0.5
Turnout 2,56646.4+3.6
UKIP gain from Conservative Swing +4.7

Titchfield

Titchfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tiffany Harper1,21267.7+0.3
Labour Michael Prior29216.3-2.8
Liberal Democrats Jill Underwood28616.0+2.5
Majority92051.4+3.0
Turnout 1,79031.3-0.5
Conservative hold Swing +1.6

Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sarah Pankhurst99659.7+7.0
Liberal Democrats Martin Francis29517.7-12.3
Labour Andrew Mooney22313.4-3.9
Green Fiona Harvey1549.2+9.2
Majority70142.0+19.2
Turnout 1,66828.0-1.2
Conservative hold Swing +9.7

Warsash

Warsash
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Ford1,39778.1+0.5
Labour Nicola Moore1558.7-5.7
Green Miles Grindey1387.7+7.7
Liberal Democrats James Palmer985.5-2.5
Majority125970.4+7.2
Turnout 1,78833.4-0.1
Conservative hold Swing +3.1

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References

  1. ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Result of Poll - 05 May 2016". Fareham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  3. ↑ Barber, Kimberley (2 October 2013). "Fareham councillor leaves UKIP to become an independent - The News". portsmouth.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018.
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