2024 Fareham Borough Council election

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2024 Fareham Borough Council election
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All 32 seats to Fareham Borough Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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LeaderSeán WoodwardChrissie Bainbridge
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election255
Seats before244
Seats after228
 Third partyFourth party
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Party Labour Independent
Last election01
Seats before03
Seats after11
Fareham UK local election 2024 map.svg
Results by ward
Leader before election

Seán Woodward
Conservative

Leader after election

Simon Martin
Conservative

The 2024 Fareham Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 32 members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire were elected following boundary changes.

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The council remained under Conservative majority control.

Background

Since its creation in 1974, only the Conservatives have ever formed majorities on the council. The party has held majorities on the council for its entire history, except between 1986 and 1987, and between 1994 and 1999. [1] The Liberal Democrats briefly overtook the Conservatives as the largest party in this second period of no overall control, but never formed a majority.

In the previous election in 2022, the Conservatives gained 2 seats with 45.7% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats maintained their 5 seats with 25.7%, and independents won 1 with 3.9%. The leader of the council prior to the election was Conservative councillor Seán Woodward, who had held the post since 1999. He did not stand for re-election in 2024. After the election, the Conservatives chose Simon Martin to be their new group leader; he was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2024. [2]

Boundary changes

Fareham usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards. [3] The change increases the number of councillors by 1.

Old wards [4] No. of seatsNew wardsNo. of seats
Fareham East2Avenue2
Fareham North2Fareham Park2
Fareham North-West2Fareham Town2
Fareham South2Fort Fareham2
Fareham West2Hill Head2
Hill Head2Hook-with-Warsash2
Locks Heath2Locks Heath2
Park Gate3Park Gate2
Portchester East3Portchester Castle2
Portchester West2Portchester Wicor2
Sarisbury2Sarisbury and Whiteley2
Stubbington2Stubbington2
Titchfield2Titchfield2
Titchfield Common2Titchfield Common2
Warsash2Uplands and Funtley2
Wallington and Downend2

Previous council composition

After 2022 election Before 2024 election [5] After 2024 election [6]
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Conservative 25 Conservative 24 Conservative 22
Liberal Democrats 5 Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats 8
Independent 1 Independent 3 Independent 1
Labour 1

Changes 2022–2024:

Results by ward

Fareham Borough Council after the 2024 UK local elections Fareham Borough Council 2024.svg
Fareham Borough Council after the 2024 UK local elections

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Avenue

Avenue (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tina Ellis* 1,310 58.0
Conservative Roger Bird* 1,114 49.3
Labour James Webb45120.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Davies41818.5
Liberal Democrats Sue Flewitt39517.5
Green Baz Marie29212.9
Majority66329.3
Turnout 2,28337
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham Park

Fareham Park (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Fred Birkett* 689 41.3
Conservative Lisa Birkett 669 40.1
Labour Carina Smith47428.4
Labour Andrew Mooney46127.6
Liberal Democrats Kerry Stubbs44026.4
Liberal Democrats Ben Foster39823.8
Majority19511.7
Turnout 1,69429
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham Town

Fareham Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lisa Whittle 810 50.1
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Wiltshire 763 47.2
Conservative Melojane Herbert38423.7
Conservative Julie Bird36722.7
Labour Abbie Eales27817.2
Labour Lee Woods22914.2
Green John Vivian16610.3
Majority37923.5
Turnout 1,63032
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fort Fareham

Fort Fareham (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gemma Furnivall 751 40.4
Conservative Stephen Ingram* 637 34.3
Labour James Fellows63234.0
Conservative Freya North60132.4
Green Nick Lyle23012.4
Independent Nick Gregory21411.5
Liberal Democrats John Tilley21311.5
Independent Sharon Hughes20511.0
Majority50.3
Turnout 1,86932
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hill Head

Hill Head (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kay Mandry* 1,167 49.2
Conservative Steve Dugan* 1,124 47.4
Labour Lynne Murray74331.3
Labour David Rodgers56924.0
Liberal Democrats Max Zambo35314.9
Reform UK Gerry Drabble2279.6
Reform UK Owen Drabble2028.5
Majority38116.1
Turnout 2,38741
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hook-with-Warsash

Hook-with-Warsash (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mike Ford* 1,146 60.3
Conservative Frair Burgess* 1,077 56.7
Liberal Democrats Jon Sacker40021.1
Labour Antony Ferraro32217.0
Green Lewis Hall27714.6
Liberal Democrats Dominic Wong1719.0
Green Tom Newman824.3
Majority67735.6
Turnout 1,91738
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Locks Heath

Locks Heath (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Bayford* 1,150 52.5
Conservative Malcolm Daniells* 981 44.8
Liberal Democrats Sue Hardie58726.8
Labour Alexander Reed44220.2
Liberal Democrats Dave Leonard41919.1
Green Anne-Marie Burdfield30113.7
Majority39418.0
Turnout 2,21136
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Park Gate

Park Gate (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ian Bastable* 957 46.2
Conservative Simon Martin* 948 45.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Everdell92144.5
Liberal Democrats Gayathri Sathyanath63530.7
Labour Verden Meldrum34316.6
Majority271.3
Turnout 2,08534
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Portchester Castle

Portchester Castle (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chrissie Bainbridge* 1,117 51.0
Liberal Democrats David Wiltshire 1,007 46.0
Conservative Susan Walker*69431.7
Conservative Nicholas Walker*68431.2
Labour Tania Almond32014.6
Labour Richard Ryan30814.1
Majority31314.3
Turnout 2,21354
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Portchester Wicor

Portchester Wicor (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Nother* 926 51.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Whittle 835 46.5
Conservative Tom Davies55330.8
Conservative Claire Turner54830.5
Labour Dominic Martin25114.0
Labour Adriano Maluf18710.4
Majority28215.7
Turnout 1,81235
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sarisbury & Whiteley

Sarisbury & Whiteley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Joanne Burton 1,178 53.5
Conservative David Foot* 1,036 47.0
Liberal Democrats John Hughes1,00245.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Targ84338.3
Majority341.5
Turnout 2,22637
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stubbington

Stubbington (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pal Hayre* 1,140 52.4
Conservative Jacquie Needham* 860 39.5
Liberal Democrats Alex Brims46221.2
Labour Joseph Adamson42419.5
Labour Ivan Gray37917.4
Reform UK Jimmy Roberts27012.4
Reform UK Keith Barton22610.4
Majority39818.3
Turnout 2,19540
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Titchfield

Titchfield (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Connie Hockley* 878 47.6
Conservative Tiffany Harper* 828 44.9
Labour Michael Prior44224.0
Independent Chris Milburn42523.0
Green Rebecca Longley33618.2
Independent Kevin Fraser30216.4
Majority38620.9
Turnout 1,85733
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Jack Englefield* 1,255 58.2
Conservative Andrew Murphy 904 41.9
Independent Sarah Pankhurst*67731.4
Labour James Carr37617.4
Majority22710.5
Turnout 2,16736
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Uplands & Funtley

Uplands & Funtley (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Pamela Bryant* 657 42.9
Conservative Louise Clubley* 619 40.4
Liberal Democrats Jeannie Wigmore58438.1
Liberal Democrats Hazel Croft-Phillips54035.2
Labour Trevor Kettle19212.5
Green David Harrison15910.4
Green Dilys Harrison15410.1
Majority352.3
Turnout 1,54542
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wallington & Downend

Wallington & Downend (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Hamilton* 1,024 50.9
Liberal Democrats Alison West 939 46.7
Conservative Harry Davis*81540.5
Conservative Manny Martins77238.4
Labour Leslie Ricketts20810.3
Green Dawn Rowlatt1366.8
Green Lydia Brown1286.4
Majority1246.2
Turnout 2,01141
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

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