2023 Winchester City Council election

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2023 Winchester City Council election
County Flag of Hampshire.svg
  2022 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2024  

16 out of 45 seats to Winchester City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.6% [1]
 First partySecond party
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LeaderMartin Tod [2] Caroline Horrill
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election27 seats, 45.8%15 seats, 38.1%
Seats before2813
Seats won132
Seats after3012
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 1
Popular vote20,67213,290
Percentage50.1%32.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg 4.3%Decrease2.svg 5.9%

 Third partyFourth party
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Party Green Independent
Last election1 seat, 10.4%2 seats, 0.7%
Seats before13
Seats won10
Seats after21
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote5,2240
Percentage12.7%0.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg 2.3%Decrease2.svg 0.7%

Winchester UK ward map 2023.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Winchester City Council election

Leader before election

Martin Tod
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Martin Tod
Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Winchester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England. [3] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

Contents

The council was under Liberal Democrat majority control prior to the election. They increased their majority on the council at the election. [4] [5]

Summary

Election result

2023 Winchester City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 13Increase2.svg 281.3173066.720,67250.1+4.3
  Conservative 2Decrease2.svg 112.5101226.713,29032.2–5.9
  Green 1Increase2.svg 16.3124.45,22412.7+2.3
  Independent 0Decrease2.svg 20.0112.2N/AN/A–0.7
  Labour 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,0184.9–0.2
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0840.2N/A

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Winchester City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. The results for each ward were as follows: [6]

Alresford & Itchen Valley

Alresford & Itchen Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Russell Gordon-Smith* 2,034 58.80 -2.78
Conservative Harry Johnson-Hill1,18734.32+4.03
Green Richard Needham1644.74-1.91
Labour Tessa Valentine742.14+0.67
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Adrian Brophy 1,769 50.66 -0.05
Conservative Michael Killeen1,35038.66-2.67
Green Max Priesemann1935.53+0.32
Labour Adrian Field962.75+0.27
Reform UK Lincoln Redding842.41NEW
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bishops Waltham

Bishops Waltham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Williams 1,618 54.20 +18.61
Conservative Donald Iro1,02234.24-12.66
Green Richard Cannon2327.77-3.47
Labour Steve Haines1133.79-2.49
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Central Meon Valley

Central Meon Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Danny Lee 2,168 63.10 +7.61
Conservative Kris Ford88925.87-8.27
Liberal Democrats Tom Gregory3139.11+0.77
Labour Antony McNally661.92-0.08
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Green gain from Independent Swing

Colden Common & Twyford

Colden Common & Twyford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hannah Greenberg 1,247 61.82 +25.34
Conservative Paula Johnston55527.52-26.80
Green Lucinda Graham1376.79NEW
Labour Callum Hunter783.87-5.33
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Denmead

Denmead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paula Langford-Smith 1,035 44.90 -6.94
Liberal Democrats Michael Bennett95441.39+9.53
Green Beata Parry1677.25-2.05
Labour David Picton-Jones1496.46-0.55
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative gain from Independent Swing

Southwick & Wickham

Southwick & Wickham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Chamberlain 936 55.35 +8.08
Conservative Sandy Phillips-Lee52631.11+2.91
Green Nigel Prior1589.34+3.37
Labour Paul Sony714.20-0.25
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Barnabas

St. Barnabas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jonny Morris 1,933 58.74 +4.08
Conservative David Crudgington88526.89-8.70
Green Lorraine Abraham2828.57+3.69
Labour Lucy Sims1915.80+0.92
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Bartholomew

St. Bartholomew
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nathan Eve 1,352 56.55 +0.30
Conservative Samuel Feltham50921.29-3.20
Green Charlotte Harley28411.88+2.21
Labour Patrick Davies24610.29+0.69
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Luke

St. Luke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charlie Wise 669 55.33 +22.79
Conservative Ian Tait31626.14-25.05
Labour Alison Cochrane16313.48+3.33
Green Reece Chadwick615.05-1.07
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Michael

St. Michael
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Prest 1,601 55.49 +4.13
Conservative Fiona Mather83228.84-3.94
Green Kate Needham2719.39+0.41
Labour Peter Marsh1816.27-0.62
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Paul

St. Paul
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Tod* 1,608 58.49 -3.89
Conservative Leo Keay53319.39-1.28
Green Giles Gooding37613.68+343
Labour Stephen Turner2328.44+1.74
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The Worthys

The Worthys
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jane Rutter* 1,331 58.61 +1.15
Conservative Signe Biddle70230.91-6.36
Labour Hannah Dawson1396.12+0.81
Green Andrew Pogson994.36NEW
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Upper Meon Valley

Upper Meon Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jerry Pett 932 41.31 +8.58
Conservative Astrea Hurlock92240.87-15.59
Green Polly Perry35215.60+7.74
Labour Cameron Hodgkinson502.22-0.78
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Whiteley & Shedfield

Whiteley & Shedfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sudhakar Achwal 1,286 64.11 +6.09
Conservative Tom Garth53626.72-9.13
Green Nicholas John964.79NEW
Labour Alison Ridley884.39-1.73
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Caroline Horrill* 1,491 52.41 -0.05
Liberal Democrats Andrew Adams1,08938.28+2.87
Green Julia Stolle1846.47-0.17
Labour Antony de Peyer812.85-2.62
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
Conservative hold Swing

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