2018 Eastleigh Borough Council election

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2018 Eastleigh election
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All 39 seats to Eastleigh Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independents
Seats before3365
Seats won3243
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote49,66526,5066,048
Percentage51.1%27.2%6.2%
Eastleigh UK local election 2018 map.svg
Council control before election

Liberal Democrats

Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

The 2018 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect all members of Eastleigh Borough Council. [1] The election was on new boundaries, with the overall size of the council being reduced by five seats, from 44 to 39. [2] [3] The outcome was a decisive victory for the incumbent Liberal Democrats. [4]

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Results

Eastleigh Borough 2018 [5]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 3201Decrease2.svg182.151.149,665
  Conservative 402Decrease2.svg210.327.226,506
  Independent 302Decrease2.svg27.76.26,048
  Labour 000Steady2.svg0.012.011,674
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.02.12,014
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.01.41,375

Ward Results

[6]

A * denotes an incumbent councillor seeking reelection.

Bishopstoke

Bishopstoke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Louise Parker-Jones 1,618 44.6
Independent Virginia Tidridge 1,477 40.7
Independent Raymond Dean 1,449 40.0
Liberal Democrats Trevor Mignot*1,25634.6
Liberal Democrats Victoria Parkinson*1,20233.1
Liberal Democrats Anne Winstanley*1,19733.0
Labour Christine McKeone62617.3
Labour Susan Toher44012.1
Labour Ray Bellinger36810.1
Conservative Nicholas Arnold36310.0
Conservative Jamie Mills3108.5
UKIP John Edwards2918.0
Conservative Jordan Howe-Piper2827.8
Total votes3,630
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Botley

Botley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rupert Kyrle* 927 55.2
Liberal Democrats Adrian Trace 833 49.6
Conservative Joyce Haythorne59935.7
Conservative Stephen Wildin53732.0
Labour Andrew Helps1348.0
Labour Callum Williamson1217.2
UKIP Janet Weller674.0
Total votes1,682
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bursledon & Hound North

Bursledon & Hound North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Antonia Craig* 1,158 58.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Holes* 1,128 56.5
Liberal Democrats Lyndsey Rich* 1,124 56.3
Conservative John Milne50325.2
Conservative Michael Holliday41921.0
Conservative Sarah Davies40220.2
Labour Peter Chilton1949.7
Labour Margaret Ashton1608.0
Labour Edward White1356.8
UKIP Christopher Martin1246.2
Total votes1,999
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chandler's Ford

Chandler's Ford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Broadhurst* 1,796 55.0
Liberal Democrats David Pragnell* 1,612 49.4
Liberal Democrats Timothy Groves 1,611 49.4
Conservative Benjamin Dolbear1,02631.4
Conservative Daniel Newcombe1,00730.9
Conservative Ian Bennett95629.3
Labour Gillian Connell35010.7
Labour Sarah Mann3139.6
Labour Jennifer Prior2959.0
UKIP Peter House1665.1
Total votes3,289
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Eastleigh Central

Eastleigh Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tina Campbell* 1,163 46.8
Liberal Democrats Wayne Irish* 1,090 43.8
Liberal Democrats Jephthe Doguie 976 39.2
Labour Joshua Constable64926.1
Labour Jillian Payne64025.7
Conservative Paula Payne46918.9
Labour Sattar Shere-Mohammod46318.6
Conservative Paul Joseph39415.8
Conservative Leah Mills36014.5
UKIP Andrew Moore30612.3
Green Lynn Sheil29511.9
Total votes2,491
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Eastleigh North

Eastleigh North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Daniel Clarke* 1,172 45.5
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Reynolds 1,076 41.8
Liberal Democrats Sara Tyson-Payne 984 38.2
Independent David Betts54121.0
Independent Steven Sollitt*52220.3
Independent Christopher Thomas*44117.1
Conservative Simon Payne41316.0
Conservative Jeanette Fox35913.9
Conservative Iwona Page33212.9
Labour Kathleen O'Neill31612.3
Labour Eileen Marks30812.0
Labour Steven Phillips29411.4
Green Alexander Hughes2298.9
UKIP Paul Webber1746.8
Total votes2,582
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Eastleigh South

Eastleigh South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Bicknell* 1,167 52.0
Liberal Democrats Alex Bourne 1,066 47.5
Liberal Democrats Darshan Mann* 964 42.9
Labour Peter Luffman60226.8
Labour Tanya Judd56925.3
Labour Gwyneth Rees46320.6
Conservative Deborah Brewer41118.3
Conservative Scott Harris35615.9
Conservative Chloe Simpson34115.2
UKIP Glynn Davies-Dear23110.3
Total votes2,249
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fair Oak & Horton Heath

Fair Oak & Horton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Rushton* 1,236 41.7
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Couldrey* 1,234 41.7
Conservative Steven Broomfield 1,188 40.1
Liberal Democrats Desmond Scott*1,12538.0
Conservative Jacqueline Zieba83728.3
Conservative Katharine Bradshaw75625.5
Green Paul Openshaw41213.9
Labour Mary Shephard40813.8
UKIP Martin Lyon37212.5
Labour Emma Kettle32110.8
Labour Philip Baker30710.4
Total votes2,972
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hamble & Netley

Hamble & Netley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Airey* 1,879 62.0
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Cross* 1,853 61.2
Liberal Democrats Adam Manning 1,690 55.8
Conservative Edward Giles84627.9
Conservative Susan Hall67822.4
Conservative Lisa Moody65721.7
Labour Peter Chilton30210.0
Labour Margaret Ashton2819.3
Labour Edward White2618.6
Total votes3,035
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hedge End North

Hedge End North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lucy Jurd 1,114 54.2
Liberal Democrats Derek Pretty* 1,105 53.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Corben* 1,080 52.6
Conservative Stephanie Arnold54926.7
Conservative Douglas Fox47323.0
Conservative Benjamin Burcombe-Filer45522.1
Labour Stephen Ashe24311.8
Labour Geoffrey Budd24311.8
Green Rosanna Campbell1879.1
Labour Kevin Williamson1607.8
UKIP John Tomlin813.9
Total votes2,056
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hedge End South

Hedge End South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Allingham* 1,933 57.3
Liberal Democrats Keith House* 1,894 56.2
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Garton* 1,863 55.3
Conservative Jeremy Hall1,15734.3
Conservative Christopher Yates1,01630.1
Conservative Andrea Lunnon1,00829.9
Labour Keith Day1825.4
Labour Terence Crow1735.1
Labour Betty Layland1554.6
UKIP George McGuinness1333.9
Total votes3,379
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hiltingbury

Hiltingbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Judith Grajewski* 1,888 51.1
Conservative Margaret Atkinson* 1,793 48.5
Conservative Michael Hughes* 1,726 46.7
Liberal Democrats James Duguid1,54041.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Child1,45739.4
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Allen1,41638.3
Labour Kevin Butt2577.0
Labour John Prior2276.1
Labour Michael Tibble2226.0
Total votes3,714
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

West End North

West End North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bruce Tennent* 975 61.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Gomer 934 59.0
Conservative Anna Linsdell36723.2
Conservative Thomas Yates32720.7
Green Glynn Fleming1227.7
Labour Alison Phillips1056.6
Labour Geoffrey Kosted1046.6
UKIP Andrew Whitehouse694.4
Total votes1,583
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

West End South

West End South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Asman* 928 56.3
Liberal Democrats Carol Boulton* 907 55.0
Conservative Benjamin Greenwood50430.6
Conservative William Haythorne44226.8
Labour Stephen Willoughby1529.2
Labour Jacob Phillips1317.9
Green Tracy Weeks1307.9
Total votes1,655
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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