2024 Havant Borough Council election

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2024 Havant Borough Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)2026 

All 36 seats to Havant Borough Council
19 seats needed for a majority
Turnout29.79%
 First partySecond partyThird party
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LeaderAlex RenniePhilip MundayPhilippa Gray
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seatNoneHavant St Faiths
Last election30 seats, 39.4%4 seats, 24.5%2 seats, 20.6%
Seats before2842
Seats won13107
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 15Increase2.svg 6Increase2.svg 5
Popular vote26,370 [1] 12,92314,455
Percentage37.8%18.51%20.7%

 Fourth partyFifth party
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Party Green Reform UK
Last election1 seat, 14.3%No seats, <0.01%
Seats before10
Seats won42
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 2
Popular vote13,6461,978
Percentage19.6%2.8%

Havant UK ward map 2024.svg
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Havant Borough Council election

Council control before election

Alex Rennie
Conservative

Council control after election

TBD
No overall control

The 2024 Havant Borough Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 36 members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire were elected following boundary changes.

Contents

Background

Since its creation in 1974, Havant has been a consistently strong council for the Conservatives. They have held majorities on the council since 1980, aside from periods of no overall control between 1990 and 2002, where the Liberal Democrats became the largest group on the council for 4 years. [2]

In the most recent election, the Conservatives lost 5 seats with 39.4% of the vote, Labour gained 1 with 24.5%, the Liberal Democrats gained 2 with 20.6%, and the Green Party won their first seat with 14.3%.

Boundary changes

Havant usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors were elected to the new wards. [3] The change fixes the number of councillors for every ward at 3, which reduces the total number of councillors by 2. Each voter could cast up to three votes. The councillors elected to each ward will serve two, three or four year terms, based on their relative vote share, with the longest term being served by the councillor with the largest number of votes. [3]

Old wards [4] No. of seatsNew wardsNo. of seats
Barncroft2Bedhampton3
Battins2Cowplain3
Bedhampton3Emsworth3
Bondfields2Hart Plain3
Cowplain3Havant St Faith's3
Emsworth3Hayling East3
Hart Plain3Hayling West3
Hayling East3Leigh Park Central and West Leigh3
Hayling West3Leigh Park Hermitage3
Purbrook3Purbrook3
St Faith's3Stakes3
Stakes3Waterloo3
Warren Park2
Waterloo3

Summary

Council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election [5] After 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Conservative 30 Conservative 28 Conservative 13
Labour 4 Labour 4 Labour 10
Liberal Democrats 2 Liberal Democrats 2 Liberal Democrats 7
Green 1 Green 1 Green 4
Independent 1 Independent 0 Independent 0
Vacant0Vacant3 Reform UK 2

Changes:

Election result

Havant Borough Council's composition following the 2024 elections. Hampshire Borough of Havant Council 2024.svg
Havant Borough Council's composition following the 2024 elections.
2024 Havant Borough Council election
PartyCandidatesSeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 3613010Decrease2.svg 1736.137.826,370−1.6
  Labour 151020Increase2.svg 627.818.512,923+3.3
  Liberal Democrats 19750Increase2.svg 519.420.714,455+0.1
  Green 19430Increase2.svg 311.119.613,646+5.3
  Reform UK 6200Increase2.svg 25.62.81,978N/A
  Independent 2000Decrease2.svg 100.6441−2.0

Results

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Havant Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024. [9]

Bedhampton

Bedhampton (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Philippa Gray* 1,159 47.4
Liberal Democrats Michael Lind 887 36.3
Conservative Liz Fairhurst* 767 31.4
Liberal Democrats Annie Martin73930.2
Conservative Mark Inkster65026.6
Conservative Trevor Hughes57623.6
Reform UK Mark Collins49320.2
Labour Philip Pearson45018.4
Green Jim Graham34814.2
Green Richard Lanchester28811.8
Turnout 2,44828.02
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Cowplain

Cowplain (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Keast* 1,021 49.0
Conservative Neil Bowdell* 870 41.8
Conservative Andrew Briggs* 852 40.9
Labour Will McGannan69633.4
Green Bruce Holman65031.2
Liberal Democrats Christian Notley60929.3
Turnout 2,10627.45
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Emsworth

Emsworth (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Grainne Rason* 2,457 64.7
Green Reuben Mychaleckyj 1,976 52.1
Green Charles Robert 1,660 43.7
Conservative Richard Kennett*1,36435.9
Conservative Carole Bowerman*1,17731.0
Conservative Lucy Lawrence95425.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Bolt47712.6
Reform UK John Davis2877.6
Liberal Democrats Adam Bowman2857.5
Turnout 3,80845.18
Green hold
Green gain from Conservative
Green gain from Conservative

Hart Plain

Hart Plain (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ann Briggs 777 40.3
Conservative Elaine Shimbart* 768 39.8
Conservative James Blades* 654 33.9
Liberal Democrats Jules Ashley57029.5
Labour John Colman56329.2
Green Peter May43222.4
Reform UK Jonathan Harvey36518.9
Turnout 1,94224.92
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Havant St. Faith's

Havant St. Faith's (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Phil Munday* 1,845 57.7
Labour Gillian Harris* 1,728 54.1
Labour Daniel Berwick 1,568 49.1
Conservative John Dyer84626.5
Conservative Nigel Chilcott78524.6
Conservative Maurice Knowles63019.7
Green Nick Saunders58218.2
Reform UK Dave Etherington51516.1
Independent Giles Harris2317.2
Turnout 3,21236.48
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hayling East

Hayling East (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Mark Coates* 1,459 54.6
Green Netty Shepherd 992 37.1
Labour Peter Oliver 839 31.4
Conservative Geoffrey Hartridge80630.2
Green Natasha Parker75128.1
Conservative Eric Cundliffe73227.4
Conservative Shola Attryde61022.8
Green Judy Valentine57021.3
Turnout 2,71037.17
Labour hold
Green gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative

Hayling West

Hayling West (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Gray* 1,818 63.9
Liberal Democrats Wilf Forrow 1,678 59.0
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Hulls 1,586 55.8
Conservative Julie Richardson*78427.6
Conservative Brenda Linger*76526.9
Conservative Edward Rees58420.5
Green Aaron Bradbury36712.9
Green Rob Soar2759.7
Turnout 2,86741.80
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Leigh Park Central & West Leigh

Leigh Park Central & West Leigh (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jason Horton 655 40.8
Labour Munazza Faiz 521 32.5
Reform UK Sharon Collings 430 26.8
Conservative Alex Rennie42026.2
Conservative Richard Stone41525.9
Green Cayleigh Arnold36322.6
Conservative Kris Tindall33821.1
Liberal Democrats Jo Lowe27917.4
Liberal Democrats Glenda Dunford23814.8
Independent Malc Carpenter21013.1
Turnout 1,61018.73
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Reform UK win (new seat)

Leigh Park Hermitage

Leigh Park Hermitage (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Richard Brown 499 37.9
Labour Amy Redsull-Aveline* 472 35.9
Reform UK Vicky Rhodes 381 29.0
Conservative Jackie Branson35827.2
Conservative Pam Crellin34626.3
Conservative Yvonne Weeks33725.6
Green Rayner Piper25219.2
Liberal Democrats Maria Mleczko-Miller22717.3
Turnout 1,31915.17
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Reform UK win (new seat)

Purbrook

Purbrook (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Antonia Harrison 979 48.2
Liberal Democrats Paul Tansom 933 45.9
Conservative Caren Diamond* 802 39.5
Conservative Terry Norton72535.7
Conservative Husky Patel*70534.7
Liberal Democrats George Kneller64932.0
Green Susan James44421.9
Turnout 2,05827.91
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Conservative hold

Stakes

Stakes (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Elizabeth Lloyd* 741 45.7
Conservative Sarah Milne* 682 42.1
Labour Simon Hagan 624 38.5
Conservative Diana Patrick*59937.0
Labour David Hill50130.9
Green Paul Briley42025.9
Liberal Democrats Crispin Ward39624.4
Turnout 1,63321.57
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Waterloo

Waterloo (3 seats)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ryan Brent 1,023 48.8
Conservative Peter Wade* 977 46.6
Conservative Gwen Robinson* 930 44.4
Liberal Democrats Jane Briggs52925.3
Labour Darren Corps50324.0
Green Owen Plumkett48423.1
Liberal Democrats John Pratley41719.9
Green Neil Attewell33516.0
Turnout 2,12228.30
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

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