| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 out of 45 seats to Winchester City Council 23 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Turnout | 43.6% [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Winchester City Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
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.
The council was under Liberal Democrat majority control prior to the election. They increased their majority on the council at the election. [4] [5]
2023 Winchester City Council election | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 13 | 2 | 81.3 | 17 | 30 | 66.7 | 20,672 | 50.1 | +4.3 | |
Conservative | 2 | 1 | 12.5 | 10 | 12 | 26.7 | 13,290 | 32.2 | –5.9 | |
Green | 1 | 1 | 6.3 | 1 | 2 | 4.4 | 5,224 | 12.7 | +2.3 | |
Independent | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.2 | N/A | N/A | –0.7 | |
Labour | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,018 | 4.9 | –0.2 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 84 | 0.2 | N/A | ||
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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Russell Gordon-Smith* | 2,034 | 58.80 | -2.78 | |
Conservative | Harry Johnson-Hill | 1,187 | 34.32 | +4.03 | |
Green | Richard Needham | 164 | 4.74 | -1.91 | |
Labour | Tessa Valentine | 74 | 2.14 | +0.67 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Brophy | 1,769 | 50.66 | -0.05 | |
Conservative | Michael Killeen | 1,350 | 38.66 | -2.67 | |
Green | Max Priesemann | 193 | 5.53 | +0.32 | |
Labour | Adrian Field | 96 | 2.75 | +0.27 | |
Reform UK | Lincoln Redding | 84 | 2.41 | NEW | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jonathan Williams | 1,618 | 54.20 | +18.61 | |
Conservative | Donald Iro | 1,022 | 34.24 | -12.66 | |
Green | Richard Cannon | 232 | 7.77 | -3.47 | |
Labour | Steve Haines | 113 | 3.79 | -2.49 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Danny Lee | 2,168 | 63.10 | +7.61 | |
Conservative | Kris Ford | 889 | 25.87 | -8.27 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Gregory | 313 | 9.11 | +0.77 | |
Labour | Antony McNally | 66 | 1.92 | -0.08 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Green gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Hannah Greenberg | 1,247 | 61.82 | +25.34 | |
Conservative | Paula Johnston | 555 | 27.52 | -26.80 | |
Green | Lucinda Graham | 137 | 6.79 | NEW | |
Labour | Callum Hunter | 78 | 3.87 | -5.33 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paula Langford-Smith | 1,035 | 44.90 | -6.94 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Bennett | 954 | 41.39 | +9.53 | |
Green | Beata Parry | 167 | 7.25 | -2.05 | |
Labour | David Picton-Jones | 149 | 6.46 | -0.55 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Chris Chamberlain | 936 | 55.35 | +8.08 | |
Conservative | Sandy Phillips-Lee | 526 | 31.11 | +2.91 | |
Green | Nigel Prior | 158 | 9.34 | +3.37 | |
Labour | Paul Sony | 71 | 4.20 | -0.25 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jonny Morris | 1,933 | 58.74 | +4.08 | |
Conservative | David Crudgington | 885 | 26.89 | -8.70 | |
Green | Lorraine Abraham | 282 | 8.57 | +3.69 | |
Labour | Lucy Sims | 191 | 5.80 | +0.92 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Nathan Eve | 1,352 | 56.55 | +0.30 | |
Conservative | Samuel Feltham | 509 | 21.29 | -3.20 | |
Green | Charlotte Harley | 284 | 11.88 | +2.21 | |
Labour | Patrick Davies | 246 | 10.29 | +0.69 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charlie Wise | 669 | 55.33 | +22.79 | |
Conservative | Ian Tait | 316 | 26.14 | -25.05 | |
Labour | Alison Cochrane | 163 | 13.48 | +3.33 | |
Green | Reece Chadwick | 61 | 5.05 | -1.07 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | George Prest | 1,601 | 55.49 | +4.13 | |
Conservative | Fiona Mather | 832 | 28.84 | -3.94 | |
Green | Kate Needham | 271 | 9.39 | +0.41 | |
Labour | Peter Marsh | 181 | 6.27 | -0.62 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Martin Tod* | 1,608 | 58.49 | -3.89 | |
Conservative | Leo Keay | 533 | 19.39 | -1.28 | |
Green | Giles Gooding | 376 | 13.68 | +343 | |
Labour | Stephen Turner | 232 | 8.44 | +1.74 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jane Rutter* | 1,331 | 58.61 | +1.15 | |
Conservative | Signe Biddle | 702 | 30.91 | -6.36 | |
Labour | Hannah Dawson | 139 | 6.12 | +0.81 | |
Green | Andrew Pogson | 99 | 4.36 | NEW | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jerry Pett | 932 | 41.31 | +8.58 | |
Conservative | Astrea Hurlock | 922 | 40.87 | -15.59 | |
Green | Polly Perry | 352 | 15.60 | +7.74 | |
Labour | Cameron Hodgkinson | 50 | 2.22 | -0.78 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sudhakar Achwal | 1,286 | 64.11 | +6.09 | |
Conservative | Tom Garth | 536 | 26.72 | -9.13 | |
Green | Nicholas John | 96 | 4.79 | NEW | |
Labour | Alison Ridley | 88 | 4.39 | -1.73 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Horrill* | 1,491 | 52.41 | -0.05 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Adams | 1,089 | 38.28 | +2.87 | |
Green | Julia Stolle | 184 | 6.47 | -0.17 | |
Labour | Antony de Peyer | 81 | 2.85 | -2.62 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Hampshire County Council (HCC) is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Hampshire in England. The council was created in 1889. The county council provides county-level services to eleven of the thirteen districts geographically located within the ceremonial county of Hampshire. The county council acts as the upper tier of local government to approximately 1.4 million people. It is one of 21 county councils in England.
Basingstoke and Deane is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. The main town is Basingstoke, where the council is based. The district also includes the towns of Tadley and Whitchurch, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The modern district was created in 1974, initially being called Basingstoke. It changed its name to "Basingstoke and Deane" in 1978 at the same time that it was made a borough; Deane was added to the name to represent the rural parts of the borough, being the area's smallest village.
Chichester is a local government district in West Sussex, England. It is named after the city of Chichester, which is its largest settlement and where the council is based. The district includes the towns of Midhurst, Petworth and Selsey and surrounding rural areas, including many villages. The district includes part of the South Downs National Park, and Chichester Harbour is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. At the 2021 census the district had a population of 124,531.
The Borough of Eastleigh is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. It is named after its main town of Eastleigh, where the council is based. The borough also contains the town of Hedge End along with several villages, many of which form part of the South Hampshire urban area.
The Borough of Fareham is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Fareham. Other places within the borough include Portchester, Hill Head, Sarisbury, Stubbington, Titchfield and Warsash. The borough covers much of the semi-urban area between the cities of Southampton and Portsmouth, and is part of the South Hampshire conurbation. The neighbouring districts are Eastleigh, Winchester, Portsmouth and Gosport. The district's southern boundary is the coast of the Solent.
Winchester, or the City of Winchester, is a local government district with city status in Hampshire, England.
Southampton City Council is the local authority of the city of Southampton. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including council tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority. The council uses a leader and cabinet structure. Labour has been in control of the council since 2022.
Winchester is a constituency in Hampshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Steve Brine, a Conservative.
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council elections are generally held three years out of every four, with a third of the council being elected each time. Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council, generally known as Trafford Council, is the local authority for the metropolitan borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023, 63 councillors have been elected from 21 wards.
Aylesbury Vale District Council was the council for the non-metropolitan district of Aylesbury Vale in Buckinghamshire, England, which existed as a local government area from 1974 to 2020. The council was elected every four years from 1973 until 2020. At the time of its abolition, the council had 59 councillors, elected from 33 wards.
The Borough of Havant is a local government district with borough status in Hampshire, England. Its council is based in Havant. Other towns and villages within the borough include Bedhampton, Cowplain, Emsworth, Hayling Island, Purbrook, Waterlooville and Widley. The borough covers much of the semi-urban area in the south east of Hampshire, between the city of Portsmouth and the West Sussex border.
Winchester City Council is responsible for the local government of the City of Winchester in Hampshire, England. Despite its name, the City of Winchester is a local government district that stretches far beyond the urban area of Winchester, covering urban, suburban and rural areas.
The 2010 Winchester Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats gained overall control of the council from the Conservative Party.
The 2000 Winchester Council election took place on 4 May 2000 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2002 Winchester Council election took place on 2 May 2002 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England.
The 2007 Winchester Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2008 Winchester Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.
The 2012 Southampton Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was scheduled for election, whilst two additional vacancies, caused by the resignation of sitting councillors, were also filled in Bitterne Park and Peartree wards, meaning a total of 18 of the city's 48 seats were elected.
Elections to Winchester City Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. The Conservatives Party held a narrow majority of one at the last election, with the seats contested in this election being last contested in 2016 election. The Conservatives defended 10 seats, whilst the Liberal Democrats defended 4. Town and parish councils in the city boundary were also up for election.
The 2024 Winchester City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England, and Hampshire's and the Isle of Wight's Constabulary Police and Crime Commissioner election.