2024 Southampton City Council election

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2024 Southampton City Council election
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17 out of 51 seats to Southampton City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderLorna FielkerDaniel FitzhenryRichard Blackman [1]
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election38 seats, 45.5%9 seats, 33.4%3 seats, 12.7%
Seats before3793
Seats after36104
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 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party Green Independent
Last election1 seat, 6.6%0 seats, 0.2%
Seats before11
Seats after10
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg1
Southampton UK ward map 2024.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Southampton City Council election
Leader before election

Lorna Fielker
Labour

Leader after election

Lorna Fielker
Labour

The 2024 Southampton City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Labour retained their majority on the council. [3] [4]

The Conservative leader of the opposition, Dan Fitzhenry, did not stand for re-election. [5] The Conservatives chose Peter Baillie to be their new group leader after the election. [6]

Summary

Election result

2024 Southampton City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 12Decrease2.svg170.6243670.619,14839.9-5.6
  Conservative 3Increase2.svg117.671019.614,25929.7-3.7
  Liberal Democrats 2Increase2.svg111.8247.86,07312.7+0.0
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0112.04,4069.2+2.6
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,9204.0+2.8
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01,7273.6+3.1
  Independent 0Decrease2.svg 10.0000.0N/AN/AN/A

Ward results

Source: [7]

Banister & Polygon

Banister & Polygon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Vivienne Windle* 1,006 46.1 −3.3
Conservative Scott Davis49122.5+0.1
Green Ellis Jackson33715.4−4.1
Liberal Democrats Andy Beal26112.0−1.8
TUSC Karen Rogers894.1−1.3
Majority51523.6
Turnout 2,19726.5–1.6
Registered electors 8,288
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Bargate

Bargate
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Ginnie Lambert 936 50.2 +4.7
Conservative Matt Jones49726.6+0.7
Green Joe Cox20811.1−1.7
Liberal Democrats Reuben Hinchliffe1397.4+1.3
TUSC Donna Dee864.6+1.0
Majority43923.5
Turnout 1,88422.2–0.7
Registered electors 8,486
Labour hold Swing

Bassett

Bassett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Sarah Wood* 1,481 43.9 −4.3
Conservative Amanda Guest96428.6−4.8
Labour Lawrence Coomber48514.4+1.7
Green Helen Makrakis1985.9N/A
Reform UK Tom Randall1945.8+0.4
TUSC Aziz Dieng491.5N/A
Majority51715.3
Turnout 3,39236.2–4.1
Registered electors 9,361
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Bevois

Bevois
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jacqui Rayment* 1,281 48.6 −10.7
TUSC Nadia Ditta84832.2+27.8
Green Rosanna Newey2148.1−9.6
Conservative Richard Palmer1927.3−1.7
Liberal Democrats Tom Wintrell1023.9−4.9
Majority43316.4
Turnout 2,68130.4+3.2
Registered electors 8,795
Labour hold Swing

Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Gordon Cooper 1,634 42.8 +0.4
Conservative David Fuller1,54540.4−0.2
Green Lindsi Bluemel3388.8−6.3
Reform UK Adrian Royle1604.2N/A
Liberal Democrats Nick Myers1423.7−3.1
TUSC Graham Henry631.6−2.0
Majority892.3
Turnout 3,89937.3
Registered electors 10,459
Labour hold Swing

Coxford

Coxford
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Beccy Greenhalgh* 1,062 37.2 −1.0
Conservative Paul Nolan1,01635.6+2.0
Reform UK Guy Ireland2569.0N/A
Liberal Democrats Ellen McGeorge2137.5−2.7
Green Joanne Clements1766.2+0.6
TUSC Maggie Fricker431.5±0.0
Majority461.6
Turnout 2,87330.3+7.1
Registered electors 9,982
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Freemantle

Freemantle
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Christie Lambert* 1,339 49.9 −4.3
Conservative Diana Galton57821.5−1.7
Green John Spottiswoode27510.2−7.9
Liberal Democrats Chris Shank2348.7+2.9
Reform UK Katrina de Chazal1746.5+2.4
TUSC Catherine Clarke843.1−2.3
Majority76128.4
Turnout 2,70128.2–0.2
Registered electors 9,574
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Harefield

Harefield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rob Harwood 1,219 43.5 +0.7
Labour Paul Kenny1,01836.3−0.6
Liberal Democrats Martyn Cooper30310.8+1.1
Green Chris Bluemel1776.3−4.7
TUSC Barbara Webber1003.6+0.7
Majority2017.2
Turnout 2,83128.2–2.2
Registered electors 9,738
Conservative hold Swing

Millbrook

Millbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christian Cox* 1,042 41.6 −0.3
Conservative Vikkie Cheng1,01440.5−0.5
Green Richard Fricker2228.9−2.7
Liberal Democrats Andrew Landells1516.0−4.3
TUSC Andrew Howe763.0−0.6
Majority281.1
Turnout 2,52026.8–2.0
Registered electors 9,396
Labour hold Swing

Peartree

Peartree
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Co-op Simon Letts* 1,305 40.9 +5.0
Conservative Susan Spencer1,14235.8+0.8
Reform UK Sam Wright3059.6N/A
Green Lori Foster2196.9−3.8
Liberal Democrats Tara Foster1825.7−3.6
TUSC Michael Marx341.1−1.4
Majority1635.1
Turnout 3,20230.0–2.6
Registered electors 10,687
Labour Co-op hold Swing

Portswood

Portswood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Savage* 1,401 46.3 +9.0
Green Neil Kelly88029.1+3.1
Conservative Nicholas Moulton36512.1−7.5
Liberal Democrats John Langran1976.5+0.7
Reform UK Caroline Jobson1143.8+1.3
TUSC Tony Twine672.2−0.1
Majority52117.2
Turnout 3,03436.5–3.8
Registered electors 8,308
Labour hold Swing

Redbridge

Redbridge
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Eugene McManus 1,157 51.5 +4.6
Conservative Dave Smith52023.2−7.9
Reform UK John Edwards27612.3+5.8
Green Lisa Fricker1476.5−2.1
Liberal Democrats Simon Stokes1255.6−0.3
TUSC Pete Wyatt200.9−2.3
Majority63728.4
Turnout 2,25423.6–1.3
Registered electors 9,542
Labour hold Swing

Shirley

Shirley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alice Kloker 1,458 39.5 −2.0
Conservative Andrew Hetherton93325.3−8.1
Liberal Democrats George Percival73419.9+7.5
Green Lucy Allotey2627.1−7.2
Reform UK Philip Crook2486.7N/A
TUSC Parveen Ishfaq541.5−0.9
Majority52514.2
Turnout 3,70336.1–1.3
Registered electors 10,262
Labour hold Swing

Sholing

Sholing
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jaden Beaurain* 1,367 46.2 +4.3
Labour Gillian Green1,00233.9−1.7
Liberal Democrats Sharon Hopkins34811.8+0.6
Green Emma Davis1856.3−4.4
TUSC Declan Clune571.9−1.5
Majority36512.3
Turnout 2,99529.0–0.9
Registered electors 10,339
Conservative hold Swing

Swaythling

Swaythling
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Gravatt 1,116 42.1 +24.7
Labour Sharon Mintoff*80830.5−15.4
Conservative Robert Painton40715.4−5.9
Green Angela Cotton2469.3−8.7
TUSC Nick Chaffey722.7−1.9
Majority30811.6
Turnout 2,68131.0+1.2
Registered electors 8,634
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Thornhill

Thornhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josh Allen* 1,166 47.9 +3.2
Conservative Callum Ford92437.9−1.2
Liberal Democrats Edward Bolton1425.8−0.9
Green Michael Mawle1265.2−2.3
TUSC Clara Asher783.2+0.7
Majority2429.9
Turnout 2,45125.1–0.7
Registered electors 9,763
Labour hold Swing

Woolston

Woolston
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Rob Stead 1,085 41.2 +6.0
Labour Victoria Ugwoeme*1,04839.8−1.0
Liberal Democrats Francis Hedley2037.7−0.3
Green Caitlin Steege1967.5−7.1
TUSC Sue Atkins1003.8−1.2
Majority371.4
Turnout 2,65825.4–1.5
Registered electors 10,451
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

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