Winchester City Council elections

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Winchester Guildhall, home of the City Council, seen in 2018

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 composition

Composition of the council [2]
Year Conservative Liberal Democrats [a] Labour Green Independents
& Others		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (51 seats)
1973 1455–27Independent
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
1976 2434023No overall control
1979 3624012Conservative
1980 3525012Conservative
1982 355509Conservative
1983 365508Conservative
1984 377505Conservative
1986 3214504Conservative
1987 2523502No overall control
1988 2622502No overall control
1990 2722600No overall control
1991 2623600No overall control
1992 2322604No overall control
1994 1629604Liberal Democrats
1995 1233604Liberal Democrats
1996 936604Liberal Democrats
1998 1037404Liberal Democrats
1973 1234405Liberal Democrats
2000 1036405Liberal Democrats
New ward boundaries (57 seats)
2002 1435305Liberal Democrats
2003 1929504Liberal Democrats
2004 2226405No overall control
2006 2921304Conservative
2007 2923104Conservative
2008 2924103Conservative
2010 2629002Liberal Democrats
2011 2727102No overall control
2012 2925201Conservative
2014 2825301No overall control
2015 3322200Conservative
New ward boundaries (45 seats)
2016 2520000Conservative
2018 2322000Conservative
2019 1827000Liberal Democrats
2021 1627002Liberal Democrats
2022 1527012Liberal Democrats
2023 1230021Liberal Democrats
2024 833031Liberal Democrats

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 [3]
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
Majority 16927.6
Turnout 61250.0
Independent hold Swing
Durley and Upham By-Election 7 June 2001 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Malcolm Le May43849.0+13.2
Liberal Democrats Safia Boot40445.2−13.4
Labour Timothy Curran525.8+0.2
Majority 343.8
Turnout 89477
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2002–2006

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm By-Election 29 September 2005 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Spender85357.1−0.8
Conservative Susan Evershed58439.1+2.0
Labour Clare McKenna563.7−1.3
Majority 26918.0
Turnout 1,49346.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2006–2010

Wickham By-Election 22 November 2007 [6]
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
Majority 28127.1
Turnout 1,03433.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Colden Common and Twyford By-Election 25 September 2008 [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Daryl Henry1,18054.1+1.1
Conservative Sue Evershed93843.0−1.6
Labour Nicholas Carr642.9+0.5
Majority 24211.1
Turnout 2,18251.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2010–2014

St Pauls By-Election 14 October 2010 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Hutchison96853.2−4.7
Conservative Helen Osborne60633.3−2.2
Labour Nigel Fox24713.6+7.0
Majority 36219.9
Turnout 1,82132.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm By-Election 27 January 2011 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Laming89453.9−6.3
Conservative Leanne Wheeler60436.4+1.3
Labour Hum Qureshi1629.8+5.1
Majority 29017.5
Turnout 1,66051.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2018–2022

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
Majority 134
Conservative hold Swing

2022–2026

St Michael By-Election 4 July 2024 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Murphy2,21748.3−5.4
Conservative Leo Keay1,19326.0−0.4
Green Richard Needham79517.3+4.2
Labour Peter Marsh3858.4+1.6
Majority 1,02422.3−4.9
Turnout 4,62270.1+29.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.9
Colden Common and Twyford By-Election 1 May 2025 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Liam Bailey-Morgan71140.2+33.4
Conservative Harry Johnson-Hill51429.1+1.6
Liberal Democrats Syed Nasser50328.5−33.3
Labour Alison Cochrane392.2−1.7
Majority 19711.1
Turnout 1,767
Green gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

  1. ↑ "Elections – Voting". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  2. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher . The Elections Centre, Plymouth University . Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ↑ Edkins, Keith. "Local Authority Byelection Results – September 1998". Local Authority Byelection Results. Keith Edkins. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "District Council By-Election Results – 7 June 2001". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "By-election result". Winchester City Council. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  6. ↑ "Wickham By-Election results". Winchester City Council. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  7. ↑ "Lib Dems triumph". ThisIsHampshire.net. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  8. ↑ "Results of the Colden Common and Twyford by-election". Winchester City Council. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  9. ↑ "Lib Dems defend crucial by-election seat". Southern Daily Echo . 15 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  10. ↑ "Winchester Lib Dems win by-election in Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm". Hampshire Chronicle. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  11. ↑ "Declaration of Results of Poll – Winchester City Council St Michael Ward Thursday 4 July" (PDF). Election Results. Winchester City Council . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Colden Common and Twyford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  13. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Winchester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  14. ↑ The Hampshire (Areas) Order 1985
  15. ↑ "Winchester". BBC News Online . Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  16. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  17. ↑ legislation.gov.uk – The Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
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