Winchester City Council election, 2016

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The 2016 Winchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

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Every seat was contested following boundary changes which saw the number of seats reduce from 57 to 45. The count for this election was conducted on 7 May 2016. [2]

Before the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:

The result of the election was:

Results Summary

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

Winchester City Council election, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 25250Increase2.svg2555.5640.616,917
  Liberal Democrat 20200Increase2.svg2044.4434.214,252
  Labour 000Steady2.svg11.74,888
  Green 000Steady2.svg3.41,430
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg4.41,830

Ward results

Alresford & Itchen Valley

Alresford & Itchen Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Lisa Griffiths 1720
Conservative Kim Gottlieb 1686
Conservative Ernie Jeffs 1658
Liberal Democrat Margot Power1425
Liberal Democrat Keith Divall1180
Liberal Democrat Russell Gordon-Smith1162
Labour Ian Wight245
Labour Lee Hayes197
Labour James Leppard150
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Eleanor Bell 1485
Conservative Jan Warwick 1386
Liberal Democrat Brian Laming 1350
Conservative Rob Ducker1305
Conservative Gavin Dick1231
Liberal Democrat John Romero1198
UKIP Chris Bardon-Briddon318
Labour Peter Rees207
Labour Alun Glyn Rees203
Labour Jonathan Tettmar161
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Bishop's Waltham

Bishop's Waltham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Rob Humby 1169
Conservative David McLean 1165
Conservative Stephen Miller 1146
Liberal Democrat Thomas Houghton393
Liberal Democrat Benjamin Stoneham378
Labour Steve Haines353
UKIP Vivienne Young347
Labour Laurie Clough313
Labour Steven Jakubowski274
Liberal Democrat Sudhakar Achwal230
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Central Meon Valley

Central Meon Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Frank Pearson 1576
Conservative Vicki Weston 1529
Conservative Linda Gemmell 1473
Liberal Democrat Sheila Campbell678
Liberal Democrat Margret Scriven533
Liberal Democrat Anne Stoneham454
UKIP Leslie Mitchell453
Labour Stan Evans273
Labour Alexander Graft253
Labour Nicola Wardrop252
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Colden Common and Twyford

Colden Common and Twyford
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Richard Izard 1094
Conservative Sue Cook 782
Liberal Democrat Robert Johnston573
Conservative Maureen Rees554
Green Julia Hallman146
Labour Paul Brown128
Labour Sonia Critcher122
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Denmead

Denmead
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Mike Read 1429
Conservative Patricia Stallard 1400
Conservative Caroline Brook 1188
Liberal Democrat Andrew Negus433
Labour Claire Sorensen387
Liberal Democrat Simon Wernick278
Labour Jacqueline Carroll219
Labour Steve Della Mora184
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Southwick and Wickham

Southwick and Wickham
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Angela Clear 1002
Liberal Democrat Therese Evans 890
Liberal Democrat Neil Cutler 826
Conservative Mags Brown384
Conservative Leon Dabbs352
Conservative Neil Lander-Brinkley279
UKIP Ian Norgate229
Labour Gary Gray99
Labour Paul Sony83
Labour Paul Harris80
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

St Barnabas

St Barnabas
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Kelsie Learney 1406
Conservative Eileen Berry 1395
Liberal Democrat Anne Weir 1378
Conservative Paul Twelftree1317
Conservative Angie Wilkinson1112
Liberal Democrat Cameron Johnson1089
Winchester IndependentKezia Hoffman661
Labour Hannah Field307
Labour Adrian Field293
Labour Tessa Valentine274
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Dominic Hiscock 926
Conservative Rose Burns 832
Liberal Democrat Nicki Elks 737
Liberal Democrat Paul Williams667
Conservative Sue Falconer563
Green Lucy Clement517
Labour Clive Gosling474
Conservative David Crudgington466
Independent Michael Coker-Davies461
Labour Kathleen East441
Green Michael Wilks426
Labour Lawrence Mason340
Green Rhian Harrison327
UKIP Bob Barnes271
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

St Luke

St Luke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jamie Scott 732
Liberal Democrat Derek Green 590
Labour Patrick Davies247
Labour Andrew Adams157
Conservative Harry Sampson145
Conservative George Marshall-James117
Winchester IndependentsTomos James102
Green Kia Pope76
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

St Michael

St Michael
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Fiona Mather 1129
Conservative Guy Ashton 1054
Conservative Ian Tait 1041
Labour Janet Berry680
Winchester IndependentsJudith Martin624
Labour Sharon Montgomery514
Liberal Democrat John Higgins474
Labour Nicola Tettmar457
Liberal Democrat Michael Elks439
Liberal Democrat David Banks357
Green Dinah Barton352
Green Robert Parker293
Green Tasha Harrison248
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul

St Paul
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Liz Hutchinson 1174
Liberal Democrat Martin Tod 1055
Liberal Democrat Lucille Thompson 1008
Conservative George Beard724
Conservative Kerry Halfpenny702
Conservative Steve Russell616
Labour Karen Barratt496
Labour Nigel Fox419
Winchester IndependentsTC Dunlop385
Labour Jonathan Morris320
Green Lee Ingram265
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

The Worthys

The Worthys
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Jackie Porter 1257
Liberal Democrat Jane Rutter 1150
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Prince 1049
Conservative Matt Palmer642
Conservative Stan Howell607
Conservative Tom Crofts557
Labour Kimberley Torkington218
Labour Catherine Hutchinson170
Labour Richard Carthew159
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Upper Meon Valley

Upper Meon Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Amber Thacker 1134
Conservative Laurence Ruffell 1010
Liberal Democrat Chris Day319
Liberal Democrat Lewis North286
Labour Peter O'Sullivan268
Labour Joe Tugwell198
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Whiteley & Shedfield

Whiteley & Shedfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrat Vivian Achwal 801
Conservative Roger Huxstep 751
Liberal Democrat Roger Bentote 747
Conservative Andy Baker710
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Fern677
Conservative Cynthia Town628
UKIP David Walbridge212
Green Anne Coleman150
Labour David Picton-Jones113
Independent Malcolm Butler110
Labour Anne West109
Labour John Staples83
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Godfrey 1719
Conservative Caroline Horrill 1612
Conservative James Byrnes 1552
Liberal Democrat Katy Toms653
Liberal Democrat Ian Gordon592
Labour Melanie Middleton393
Labour Richard James314
Labour Antony De Peyer278
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

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