2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election

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2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election
  2019 6 May 2021 2022  

12 of 39 seats to Eastleigh Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderKeith HouseLouise Parker-JonesMargaret Atkinson
Party Liberal Democrats Independent Conservative
Leader's seatHedge End SouthBishopstokeHiltingbury (defeated)
Last election3432
Seats before3232
Seats won1011
Seats after3233
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg

Eastleigh UK local election 2021 map.svg
Results by ward in 2021. White denotes no election held in this ward this year

Council control before election


Liberal Democrats

Council control after election


Liberal Democrats

The 2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect 12 councillors to Eastleigh Borough Council. Every ward apart from the two member wards of West End North and West End South elected one councillor each. [1] This took place at the same time as the elections for Hampshire County Council and the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner. [2]

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Results

The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives each gained one seat from each other, meaning that the council composition remained the same.

2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election [3]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 10Steady2.svg83.3223282.115,62544.1-8.0
  Independent 1Steady2.svg8.34512.81,9675.6-0.3
  Conservative 1Steady2.svg8.3125.112,94036.5+17.0
  Labour 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04,03111.4+4.5
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.06021.7-4.3
 Hampshire Independents0Steady2.svg0.0000.01460.4New
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0880.2New
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0380.1New

Results by Ward

Bishopstoke

Bishopstoke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gin Tidrige 1,731 46.3 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Anne Winstanley97226.0-11.8
Conservative Ben Burcombe-Filer72819.5+13.2
Labour Steve Phillips2697.2+3.2
TUSC Robert Lovell381.0N/A
Majority75920.3+9.8
Turnout 3,37344.4+1.1
Independent hold Swing

Botley

Botley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Kinloch 970 48.7 -0.9
Conservative Joy Haythorne85442.9+7.2
Labour Alison Phillips1668.3+0.3
Majority1165.8-8.1
Turnout 2,01239.0-1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

There was no election in Botley in 2019, so changes are shown from 2018.

Bursledon & Hound North

Bursledon & Hound North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Holes 1,442 60.6 -0.6
Conservative Paul Redding72330.4+9.9
Labour Catherine Cronin2169.1+1.8
Majority71930.2-10.1
Turnout 2,39932.5+2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chandler's Ford

Chandler's Ford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Pragnell 1,745 49.8 -5.0
Conservative Shelagh Lee1,45241.5+17.9
Labour Greg Phillips3058.7+3.1
Majority2938.3-22.8
Turnout 3,52142.0+4.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Eastleigh Central

Eastleigh Central
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Wayne Irish 943 37.1 -12.6
Labour Co-op Josh Constable73528.9+11.3
Conservative Chris Yates63124.8+13.0
Hampshire IndependentsSukhdev Raj1465.7N/A
Reform UK Alexander Culley883.5N/A
Majority2088.2-23.0
Turnout 2,56533.0+1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Eastleigh North

Eastleigh North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Tanya Park 1,140 44.3 -4.9
Conservative Lisa Crosher95137.0+25.8
Labour Kathy O'Neill48218.7+8.9
Majority1897.3-29.6
Turnout 2,58935.2+2.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Eastleigh South

Eastleigh South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Bourne 996 42.6 -12.0
Conservative Simon Payne73131.2+18.7
Labour Sam Jordan61326.2+9.6
Majority26511.4-26.4
Turnout 2,35429.6+1.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fair Oak & Horton Heath

Fair Oak & Horton Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Broomfield 1,720 48.0 +20.5
Liberal Democrats Nick Couldrey1,05729.5-10.8
Green Ben Parry38810.8-3.1
Independent Martin Lyon2366.6-6.5
Labour Jacob Phillips1795.0-0.2
Majority66318.5
Turnout 3,59842.8+4.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Hamble & Netley

Hamble & Netley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Cross 1,771 55.9 -3.2
Conservative Mike Preston1,03032.5+16.2
Labour Hayley Homer36811.6+5.4
Majority74123.4-19.1
Turnout 3,19639.7+4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hedge End North

Hedge End North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Pretty 1,215 49.2 -10.4
Conservative Susan Hall85534.6+16.6
Green Glynn Fleming2148.7-0.2
Labour Steve Willoughby1877.6+1.0
Majority36014.6-26.8
Turnout 2,48632.6+4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hedge End South

Hedge End South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith House 1,779 51.9 -9.7
Conservative Jerry Hall1,41241.2+19.4
Labour Betty Layland2376.9+2.7
Majority36710.7-28.8
Turnout 3,45839.7+4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hiltingbury

Hiltingbury
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Buckley 1,962 48.0 -2.6
Conservative Margaret Atkinson1,85345.3+8.9
Labour Gwyneth Hubert2746.7+3.8
Majority1092.7
Turnout 4,10949.9+3.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

By-elections since May 2021

Eastleigh Central

Eastleigh Central by-election, February 10th 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bhavin Dedhia 802 44.5 +7.4
Labour Co-op Josh Constable43324.0-4.9
Conservative Simon Payne36220.1-4.7
Green Jack Stapleton1407.8New
Reform UK Clare Fawcett643.6+0.1
Majority36920.5+12.3
Turnout 1,80123.9-9.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.2

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References

  1. "Notice of Election" (PDF). Eastleigh Borough Council. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. "Elections and voting". www.hants.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. "Borough Election Results" (PDF). Eastleigh Borough Council . Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2021.