2016 Southampton City Council election

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2016 Southampton City Council election
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A third of seats to Southampton City Council
25 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond party
 
Party Labour Conservative
Seats won125
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Popular vote23,45617,605
Percentage41.7%31.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.3%Decrease2.svg4.9%
 Third party
 
Party Independent
Seats won1
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1
Popular vote2,286
Percentage4.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.7%
Southampton UK local election 2016 map.svg
Map showing the election results. Each ward represents 1 seat
Majority party before election

Labour

Majority party after election

Labour

Composition of the whole Southampton City Council after the 2016 elections. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Councillors Against Cuts in dark red, and Independent in grey. Southampton UK city council composition 2016.svg
Composition of the whole Southampton City Council after the 2016 elections. Labour in red, Conservatives in blue, Councillors Against Cuts in dark red, and Independent in grey.

The 2016 Southampton City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Southampton City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Southampton Council is elected in thirds, which means all comparisons are to the corresponding 2012 Southampton Council election.

Southampton local election result 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 1222Steady2.svg66.741.723,456Decrease2.svg2.3
  Conservative 512Decrease2.svg127.831.317,605Decrease2.svg4.9
  Independent 110Increase2.svg15.64.12,286Increase2.svg2.7
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.07.94,444Increase2.svg5.5
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg0.07.03,911Decrease2.svg2.9
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.06.13,451Increase2.svg2.2
  TUSC 000Steady2.svg0.01.91,060Decrease2.svg0.3
Comparison to local election result 2015
PartyVotes %+/-
  Labour 41.7Increase2.svg7.5
  Conservative 31.3Decrease2.svg2.8
  Independent 4.1Increase2.svg1.6
  UKIP 7.9Decrease2.svg4.5
  Liberal Democrats 7.0Decrease2.svg0.3
  Green 6.1Decrease2.svg2.4
  TUSC 1.9Increase2.svg0.9

Ward results

Bargate

Bargate [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Darren Paffey 1,285 46.5
Conservative Spencer Bowman86731.4
Independent John Easton2438.8
Green Joe Cox2218.0
Liberal Democrats Tom Gravatt1375.0
Majority41815.1
Turnout 2,76524.8
Labour hold

Bassett

Bassett [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative John Hannides 1,452 47.4
Labour Matthew Renyard71023.2
Liberal Democrats Steven Hulbert35611.6
UKIP Jean Romsey2919.5
Green James Peploe2046.7
TUSC David Rawlinson280.9
Majority74224.2
Turnout 3,06331.2
Conservative hold

Bevois

Bevois [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Stephen Barnes-Andrews 1,866 69.2
Conservative Felix Davies31911.8
Green Rosie Pearce2067.6
UKIP Richard Lyons1515.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Clarke1104.1
TUSC Andrew Howe301.1
Majority1,54757.4
Turnout 2,69826.4
Labour hold

Bitterne

Bitterne [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Frances Murphy 1,150 41.2
Conservative Edward Osmond78328.1
UKIP Kim Rose54119.4
Liberal Democrats Rob Naish1324.7
Green Jodie Coperland1284.6
TUSC Dawn Strutt421.5
Majority36713.1
Turnout 2,79128.1
Labour hold

Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ivan White 1,398 42.0
Labour Stephen Fenerty1,22336.7
Green Jennifer Barnes34210.3
Liberal Democrats James Read2617.8
TUSC Linda Boulton802.4
Majority1755.3
Turnout 3,33032.1
Conservative hold

Coxford

Coxford [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Independent Tammy Thomas 1,317 38.6
Labour Sally Spicer92427.1
UKIP Joe Lockyer49814.6
Conservative Trevor Glasspool39611.6
Liberal Democrats Victoria Galton1133.3
Independent Richard McQuillan842.5
Green Derek Chandler702.1
Majority39311.5
Turnout 3,41433.2
Independent gain from Labour

Freemantle

Freemantle [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Dave Shields 1,623 47.3
Conservative Chris Grace1,06331.0
UKIP Colin Hingston3068.9
Green Jonathan Martin2567.5
Liberal Democrats Amy Greenwood1785.2
Majority56016.3
Turnout 3,43333.1
Labour hold

Harefield

Harefield (2) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Peter Baillie 1,525 46.5
Conservative Valerie Laurent 1,362
Labour Mary Lloyd1,05432.1
Labour Daniel Lucas883
Green Chris Bluemel2467.5
Liberal Democrats Carol Lloyd2046.2
Liberal Democrats John Dennis189
TUSC Carole Fletcher1715.2
Green Michael Mawle165
TUSC Graham O'Reilly133
Turnout 3,28032.1
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Millbrook

Millbrook [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sarah Taggart 1,517 41.4
Conservative Steven Galton1,33236.4
UKIP Pearline Hingston44212.1
Liberal Democrats Graham Galton1674.6
Green Jonathan Bean1524.2
TUSC Peter Wyatt310.8
Majority1855.0
Turnout 3,66034.0
Labour gain from Conservative

Peartree

Peartree [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Eamonn Keogh 1,655 45.0
Conservative Marley Guthrie1,17832.0
UKIP Vincent Avellino46812.7
Liberal Democrats Eileen Bowers1804.9
Green Gemma Mathieson1604.4
TUSC Mike Marx210.6
Majority47713.0
Turnout 3,67735.8
Labour hold

Portswood

Portswood [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour John Savage 1,106 33.3
Conservative Linda Norris85125.6
Liberal Democrats Adrian Ford82324.8
Green Kieren Brown3139.4
UKIP Molly Chandler1805.4
TUSC Nick Chaffey341.0
Majority2557.7
Turnout 3,31832.5
Labour gain from Conservative

Redbridge

Redbridge [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Lee Whitbread 1,412 46.4
UKIP Stephen McKinnon59019.4
Conservative Preshan Jeevaratnam43714.4
Independent Denise Wyatt41313.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Stokes1013.3
Green Chris James762.5
Majority82227.0
Turnout 3,04429.0
Labour hold

Shirley

Shirley [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mark Chaloner 1,931 46.2
Conservative Matthew Turpin1,14227.3
UKIP Nick Ray42110.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Galton2536.0
Independent David Fletcher2295.5
Green John Spottiswoode1984.7
Majority78918.9
Turnout 4,18241.2
Labour hold

Sholing

Sholing [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative James Baillie 1,445 40.3
Labour Dan Jeffery1,28635.9
UKIP Derek Humber55615.5
Green Nick Ford1203.3
Liberal Democrats Ken Darke1103.1
TUSC Declan Clune501.4
Majority1594.4
Turnout 3,58434.0
Conservative gain from Labour

Swaythling

Swaythling [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sharon Mintoff 1,145 47.6
Conservative Harmeet Singh Brar69328.8
Green Angela Cotton24110.0
Liberal Democrats Jules Poulain2058.5
TUSC Kevin Kayes1024.2
Majority45218.8
Turnout 2,40528.7
Labour hold

Woolston

Woolston (2) [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sue Blatchford 1,407 49.6
Labour Chris Hammond 1,279
Conservative Alex Fiuza69524.5
Conservative Joe Spencer667
Liberal Democrats Colin Bleach2699.5
TUSC Sue Atkins2137.5
Green Katherine Barbour2137.5
Green Ronald Meldrum140
TUSC Graham Henry125
Liberal Democrats Keith Reed123
Turnout 2,83428.3
Labour hold
Labour hold

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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2015 Southampton City Council election 		Southampton City Council elections Succeeded by
2018 Southampton City Council election
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