2016 Winchester City Council election

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2016 Winchester City Council election
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45 of the 45 seats to Winchester City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.41%
 First partySecond party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won2520
Popular vote16,91714,252
Percentage40.634.2
Winchester UK ward map 2016.svg
Map of the City of Winchester after the election
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2016 Winchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Contents

Every seat was contested following boundary changes which saw the number of seats reduce from 57 to 45. The count for this election was conducted on 7 May 2016. [2]

Before the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:

The result of the election was:

Results summary

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

Winchester City Council election, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 25250Increase2.svg2555.5640.616,917
  Liberal Democrats 20200Increase2.svg2044.4434.214,252
  Labour 000Steady2.svg11.74,888
  Green 000Steady2.svg3.41,430
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg4.41,830

Ward results

Alresford & Itchen Valley

Alresford & Itchen Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lisa Griffiths 1,720 51.45
Conservative Kim Gottlieb 1,686 50.43
Conservative Ernie Jeffs 1,658 49.60
Liberal Democrats Margot Power1,42542.63
Liberal Democrats Keith Divall1,18035.30
Liberal Democrats Russell Gordon-Smith1,16234.76
Labour Ian Wight2457.33
Labour Lee Hayes1975.89
Labour James Leppard1504.49
Majority2336.97
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Bell 1,485 46.51
Conservative Jan Warwick 1,386 43.41
Liberal Democrats Brian Laming 1,350 42.28
Conservative Rob Ducker1,30540.71
Conservative Gavin Dick1,23138.55
Liberal Democrats John Romero1,19837.52
UKIP Chris Bardon-Briddon3189.96
Labour Peter Rees2076.48
Labour Alun Glyn Rees2036.36
Labour Jonathan Tettmar1615.04
Majority45157
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bishop's Waltham

Bishop's Waltham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rob Humby 1,169 52.47
Conservative David McLean 1,165 52.29
Conservative Stephen Miller 1,146 51.44
Liberal Democrats Thomas Houghton39317.64
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Stoneham 37816.97
Labour Steve Haines35315.84
UKIP Vivienne Young34715.57
Labour Laurie Clough31314.05
Labour Steven Jakubowski27412.30
Liberal Democrats Sudhakar Achwal23010.32
Majority75333.80
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Central Meon Valley

Central Meon Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Frank Pearson 1,576 54.99
Conservative Vicki Weston 1,529 53.35
Conservative Linda Gemmell 1,473 51.40
Liberal Democrats Sheila Campbell67823.66
Liberal Democrats Margret Scriven53318.60
Liberal Democrats Anne Stoneham45415.84
UKIP Leslie Mitchell45315.81
Labour Stan Evans2739.53
Labour Alexander Graft2538.83
Labour Nicola Wardrop2528.79
Majority79527.74
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Colden Common and Twyford

Colden Common and Twyford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Izard 1,094 58.01
Conservative Sue Cook 782 41.46
Liberal Democrats Robert Johnston57330.38
Conservative Maureen Rees55429.37
Green Julia Hallman1467.74
Labour Paul Brown1286.79
Labour Sonia Critcher1226.47
Majority20911.08
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Denmead

Denmead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Read 1,429 69.84
Conservative Patricia Stallard 1,400 68.43
Conservative Caroline Brook 1,188 58.06
Liberal Democrats Andrew Negus43321.16
Labour Claire Sorensen38718.91
Liberal Democrats Simon Wernick27813.59
Labour Jacqueline Carroll21910.70
Labour Steve Della Mora1848.99
Majority75536.90
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Southwick and Wickham

Southwick and Wickham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Clear 1,002 63.10
Liberal Democrats Therese Evans 890 56.05
Liberal Democrats Neil Cutler 826 52.02
Conservative Mags Brown38424.18
Conservative Leon Dabbs35222.17
Conservative Neil Lander-Brinkley27917.57
UKIP Ian Norgate22914.42
Labour Gary Gray996.23
Labour Paul Sony835.23
Labour Paul Harris805.04
Majority44227.84
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Barnabas

St Barnabas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kelsie Learney 1,406 42.11
Conservative Eileen Berry 1,395 41.88
Liberal Democrats Anne Weir 1,378 41.37
Conservative Paul Twelftree1,31739.54
Conservative Angie Wilkinson1,11233.38
Liberal Democrats Cameron Johnson1,08932.69
Winchester IndependentKezia Hoffman66119.84
Labour Hannah Field3079.22
Labour Adrian Field2938.80
Labour Tessa Valentine2748.23
Majority611.83
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dominic Hiscock 926 34.57
Conservative Rose Burns 832 31.06
Liberal Democrats Nicki Elks 737 27.51
Liberal Democrats Paul Williams66724.90
Conservative Sue Falconer56321.02
Green Lucy Clement51719.30
Labour Clive Gosling47417.69
Conservative David Crudgington46617.39
Winchester IndependentMichael Coker-Davies46117.21
Labour Kathleen East44116.46
Green Michael Wilks42615.90
Labour Lawrence Mason34012.69
Green Rhian Harrison32712.21
UKIP Bob Barnes27110.12
Majority702.61
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Luke

St Luke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jamie Scott 732 61.31
Liberal Democrats Derek Green 590 49.41
Labour Patrick Davies24720.69
Labour Andrew Adams15713.15
Conservative Harry Sampson14512.14
Conservative George Marshall-James1179.80
Winchester IndependentsTomos James1028.54
Green Kia Pope766.37
Majority34328.72
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Michael

St Michael
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fiona Mather 1,129 41.37
Conservative Guy Ashton 1,054 38.62
Conservative Ian Tait 1,041 38.15
Labour Janet Berry68024.92
Winchester IndependentsJudith Martin62422.87
Labour Sharon Montgomery51418.83
Liberal Democrats John Higgins47417.37
Labour Nicola Tettmar45716.75
Liberal Democrats Michael Elks43916.09
Liberal Democrats David Banks35713.08
Green Dinah Barton35212.90
Green Robert Parker29310.74
Green Tasha Harrison2489.09
Majority36113.23
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul

St Paul
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Hutchinson 1,174 46.64
Liberal Democrats Martin Tod 1,055 41.91
Liberal Democrats Lucille Thompson 1,008 40.05
Conservative George Beard72428.76
Conservative Kerry Halfpenny70227.89
Conservative Steve Russell61624.47
Labour Karen Barratt49619.71
Labour Nigel Fox41916.65
Winchester IndependentsTC Dunlop38515.30
Labour Jonathan Morris32012.71
Green Lee Ingram26510.53
Majority28411.29
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

The Worthys

The Worthys
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Porter 1,257 60.26
Liberal Democrats Jane Rutter 1,150 55.13
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Prince 1,049 50.29
Conservative Matt Palmer64230.78
Conservative Stan Howell60729.10
Conservative Tom Crofts55726.70
Labour Kimberley Torkington21810.45
Labour Catherine Hutchinson1708.15
Labour Richard Carthew1597.62
Majority40719.51
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Upper Meon Valley

Upper Meon Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Amber Thacker 1,134 63.57
Conservative Laurence Ruffell 1,010 56.61
Liberal Democrats Chris Day31917.88
Liberal Democrats Lewis North28616.03
Labour Peter O'Sullivan26815.02
Labour Joe Tugwell19811.10
Majority69138.73
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Whiteley & Shedfield

Whiteley & Shedfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vivian Achwal 801 43.65
Conservative Roger Huxstep 751 40.93
Liberal Democrats Roger Bentote 747 40.71
Conservative Andy Baker71038.69
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Fern67736.89
Conservative Cynthia Town62834.22
UKIP David Walbridge21211.55
Green Anne Coleman1508.17
Labour David Picton-Jones1136.16
Independent Malcolm Butler1105.99
Labour Anne West1095.94
Labour John Staples834.52
Majority372.02
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Godfrey 1,719 64.62
Conservative Caroline Horrill 1,612 60.60
Conservative James Byrnes 1,552 58.35
Liberal Democrats Katy Toms65324.50
Liberal Democrats Ian Gordon59222.26
Labour Melanie Middleton39314.77
Labour Richard James31411.80
Labour Antony De Peyer27810.45
Majority89933.85
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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