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 composition

Composition of the council [1]
Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats [a] Green Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (51 seats)
1973 31200–0Labour
1976 465000Conservative
New ward boundaries (51 seats)
1979 1629000Conservative
1980 1827000Conservative
1982 1925100Conservative
1983 2123100Conservative
1984 2320200Labour
1986 2615400Labour
1987 2119401No overall control
1988 2417400Labour
1990 2515401Labour
1991 319500Labour
1992 309600Labour
1994 2381400Labour
1995 2661300Labour
1996 2931300Labour
1998 2831300Labour
1999 2741400Labour
2000 2271600No overall control
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2002 19111800No overall control
2003 16121802No overall control
2004 15141900No overall control
2006 16161600No overall control
2007 18181200No overall control
2008 1426800Conservative
2010 1528500Conservative
2011 1926300Conservative
2012 3016200Labour
2014 2818002Labour
2015 2620002Labour
2016 2519004 [b] Labour
2018 2519004 [b] Labour
2019 2918000Labour
2021 2325000Conservative
2022 2621100Labour
New ward boundaries (57 seats)
2023 389310Labour
2024 3610410Labour

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
Majority 62637.2
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
Majority 25012.2
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
Majority 65337.5
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
Majority 20.1
Turnout 1,94519.3
Labour hold Swing

2002–2006

Bitterne Park By-Election 15 September 2005 [2]
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
Majority 1937.2
Turnout 2,649
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010–2014

Woolston By-Election 13 June 2013 [3]
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
Majority 1234.6
Turnout 2,672
Labour hold Swing

2014–2018

Coxford By-Election 14 March 2019 [4]
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
Majority 1395.4
Turnout 2,55125.0−7.7
Labour gain from Independent Swing

2022–2026

Bitterne By-Election 1 December 2022 [5]
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
Majority 130.7
Turnout 1,752
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Shirley By-Election 10 October 2024 [6]
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
Majority 47915.0
Turnout 3,185
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

See also

Non-metropolitan district elections
Unitary authority elections

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. 1 2 3 Putting People First, 1 Southampton Independents

References

  1. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Bitterne Park ward by election result 15/09/2005". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Woolston Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Coxford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bitterne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  6. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shirley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  7. ↑ The City of Southampton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  8. ↑ The New Forest and Southampton (Areas) Order 1978
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Southampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  10. ↑ "Southampton". BBC News Online . Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  11. ↑ "Elections explained". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  12. ↑ "Plan to make city council bigger – how to have your say".
  13. ↑ "Why councillors could only stand for one year in Southampton". Southern Daily Echo . Newsquest . Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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