Winchester City Council elections

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Winchester City Council is responsible for the local government of the City of Winchester in Hampshire, England. Despite its name, the City of Winchester is a local government district that stretches far beyond the urban area of Winchester, covering urban, suburban and rural areas.

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One third of Winchester City Council is elected each year in a sequence of three years, followed by one year without election, thus giving a tenure for individual councillors of four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 45 councillors have been elected from 16 wards, there having previously been 57 councillors have been elected from 26 wards from 2002. [1]

Council elections

District result maps

N.b. White denotes no election held in ward that year

By-election results

1998-2002

Shedfield By-Election 17 September 1998 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Paul Hoare31451.3−20.3
Conservative Roger Huxstep14523.7+23.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Scriven14022.9+22.9
Labour 132.1−13.5
Majority16927.6
Turnout 61250.0
Independent hold Swing
Durley and Upham By-Election 7 June 2001 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Le May43849.0+13.2
Liberal Democrats Safia Boot40445.2−13.4
Labour Timothy Curran525.8+0.2
Majority343.8
Turnout 89477
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2002-2006

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm By-Election 29 September 2005 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Spender85357.1−0.8
Conservative Susan Evershed58439.1+2.0
Labour Clare McKenna563.7−1.3
Majority26918.0
Turnout 1,49346.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2006-2010

Wickham By-Election 22 November 2007 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Clear63060.9−0.2
Conservative Karen Jeffreys34933.8−2.8
UKIP Douglas Reed403.9+3.9
Labour Robert Rudge151.5−0.8
Majority28127.1
Turnout 1,03433.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Colden Common and Twyford By-Election 25 September 2008 [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Daryl Henry1,18054.1+1.1
Conservative Sue Evershed93843.0−1.6
Labour Nicholas Carr642.9+0.5
Majority24211.1
Turnout 2,18251.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2010-2014

St Pauls By-Election 14 October 2010 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Hutchison96853.2−4.7
Conservative Helen Osborne60633.3−2.2
Labour Nigel Fox24713.6+7.0
Majority36219.9
Turnout 1,82132.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm By-Election 27 January 2011 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Laming89453.9−6.3
Conservative Leanne Wheeler60436.4+1.3
Labour Hum Qureshi1629.8+5.1
Majority29017.5
Turnout 1,66051.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2014-2018

Upper Meon Valley By-Election, 20 September 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Hugh Michael Rawson Lumby103951.6−18.0
Liberal Democrats Lewis John North90544.9+24.0
Labour June Elizabeth Kershaw391.9−7.6
Green Andrew Karl Wainwright311.5N/A
Majority134
Conservative hold Swing

2024

St Michael Ward By-Election 4 July 2024 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Murphy221748.3−5.4
Conservative Leo Keay119326.0−0.4
Green Richard Needham79517.3+4.2
Labour Peter Marsh3858.4+1.6
Majority1,02422.3−4.9
Turnout 4,62270.1+29.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.9

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References

  1. ↑ "Elections - Voting". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  2. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  3. ↑ The Hampshire (Areas) Order 1985
  4. ↑ "Winchester". BBC News Online . Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Edkins, Keith. "Local Authority Byelection Results - September 1998". Local Authority Byelection Results. Keith Edkins. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. ↑ "District Council By-Election Results - 7 June 2001". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "By-election result". Winchester City Council. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  10. ↑ "Wickham By-Election results". Winchester City Council. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Lib Dems triumph". ThisIsHampshire.net. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  12. ↑ "Results of the Colden Common and Twyford by-election". Winchester City Council. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  13. ↑ "Lib Dems defend crucial by-election seat". Southern Daily Echo . 15 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  14. ↑ "Winchester Lib Dems win by-election in Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm". Hampshire Chronicle. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  15. ↑ "Declaration of Results of Poll - Winchester City Council St Michael Ward Thursday 4 July" (PDF). Election Results. Winchester City Council . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
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