Southampton City Council elections

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Southampton City Council elections are held three out of every four years to elect members of Southampton City Council, the local authority for the city of Southampton in Hampshire, England. Since 1 April 1997 Southampton has been a unitary authority responsible for all local government functions; prior to this it was a non-metropolitan district beneath Hampshire County Council.

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Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

City result maps

By-election results

1994-1998

Bargate By-Election 23 October 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 88552.6−6.4
Conservative 25915.4−3.0
Socialist Labour 25715.3+9.3
Liberal Democrats 25014.9+4.7
Independent Labour311.8−4.7
Majority62637.2
Turnout 1,68213.0
Labour hold Swing
Woolston By-Election 12 March 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 97547.8−9.4
Liberal Democrats 72535.6+6.1
Conservative 33916.6+3.3
Majority25012.2
Turnout 2,03917.9
Labour hold Swing

1998-2002

Bassett By-Election 8 October 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 1,02558.9+8.9
Labour 37221.4−16.2
Liberal Democrats 34419.8+7.5
Majority65337.5
Turnout 1,74114.5
Conservative hold Swing
Harefield By-Election 8 October 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 85844.1−6.7
Conservative 85644.0+9.3
Liberal Democrats 23111.9+3.3
Majority20.1
Turnout 1,94519.3
Labour hold Swing

2002-2006

Bitterne Park By-Election 15 September 2005 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Clifford Coombes98437.1+0.4
Labour Mike Brainsby79129.9+13.1
Liberal Democrats Anne Work78529.6−4.3
Green Joseph Cox893.4+3.4
Majority1937.2
Turnout 2,649
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010-2014

Woolston By-Election 13 June 2013 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Christopher Hammond 864 32.3 −22.8
UKIP John Sharp74127.7+27.7
Conservative Alex Houghton70426.3−5.6
TUSC Sue Atkins1365.1+0.4
Liberal Democrats Adrian Ford1204.5−3.8
Green Christopher Bluemel1074.0+4.0
Majority1234.6
Turnout 2,672
Labour hold Swing

2014-2018

Coxford By-Election 14 March 2019 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Raynard 668 26.2 −2.0
Conservative Charles Perez-Storey52920.7+4.3
Liberal Democrats Josh Smith45017.6+14.7
Socialist Alternative Susan Anne Atkins36814.4+14.4
Integrity Southampton David John Fletcher1787.0+7.0
Independent Richard Terrence McQuillan1746.8+4.4
UKIP Derek Lascelles Humber1234.8+4.8
Green Cara Anne Sandys532.1−0.9
Majority1395.4
Turnout 2,55125.0−7.7
Labour gain from Independent Swing

2022-2026

Bitterne By-Election 1 December 2022 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Yvonne Frampton 806 46.0 +4.6
Conservative Callum Ford79345.3−1.8
Green Ronald Meldrum663.8−1.5
Liberal Democrats Nick McGeorge613.5−0.9
TUSC Mabel Wellman261.5−0.3
Majority130.7
Turnout 1,752
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Shirley By-Election 10 October 2024 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats George Percival 1,249 39.2 +19.3
Conservative Andrew Hetherton77024.2−1.1
Labour Victoria Ugwoeme76424.0−15.5
Green Barrie Margetts2417.6+0.5
Independent Andrew Pope1173.7+3.7
TUSC Maggie Fricker441.4−0.1
Majority47915.0
Turnout 3,185
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

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