2024 Winchester City Council election

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2024 Winchester City Council election
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  2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)2026 

14 out of 45 seats to Winchester City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout41.4% [1]
 First partySecond party
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LeaderMartin TodCaroline Horrill
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since20222017
Last election30 seats, 50.1%12 seats, 32.2%
Seats before3012
Seats won112
Seats after338
Seat changeIncrease2.svg3Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote17,25811,301
Percentage47.7%31.3%
SwingDecrease2.svg2.3%Decrease2.svg0.9%

 Third partyFourth party
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LeaderMalcolm WallaceN/A
Party Green Independent
Leader since2023
Last election2 seats, 12.7%1 seat, 0.0%
Seats before21
Seats won10
Seats after31
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote5,198552
Percentage14.4%1.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg1.7%Increase2.svg1.5%

Winchester UK ward map 2024.svg
Ward map of Winchester, 2024

Leader before election

Martin Tod
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Martin Tod
Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Winchester City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England. [2] This was on the same day as other local elections across England, and Hampshire's and the Isle of Wight's Constabulary Police and Crime Commissioner election.

Contents

As is typical for Winchester's local elections, fourteen seats of the forty-five total were contested. Not all wards had a seat open for election: the two wards Upper Meon Valley and Colden Common & Twyford will next be contested in 2026. The council was already under Liberal Democrat majority control; their majority increased at this election.

Summary

Election Result

2024 Winchester City Council election [3]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 11Increase2.svg478.6%223373.3%17,25847.7%-2.3%
  Conservative 2Decrease2.svg514.3%6817.8%11,30131.3%-0.9%
  Green 1Increase2.svg17.1%236.7%5,19814.4%+1.7%
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0%112.2%5521.5%+1.5%
  Labour 0Steady2.svg0.0%000.0%1,8535.1%+0.2%

Results

The Statements of Persons Nominated was released by Winchester City Council on 8 April 2024 following the close of nominations. [4] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Alresford & Itchen Valley

Alresford & Itchen Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Clare Pinniger 1,768 53.9 -4.9
Conservative Fiona Isaacs*128339.1+4.8
Green Dane Westley1484.5-0.2
Labour Tessa Valentine792.4+0.3
Majority48514.7
Turnout 329747.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Badger Farm and Oliver`s Battery

Badger Farm and Oliver`s Battery
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jan Warwick* 1,618 47.5 +8.8
Liberal Democrats Anne Forder140841.4-9.3
Green Max Priesemann2507.4+1.9
Labour Adrian Field1253.7+0.9
Majority2106.2
Turnout 341354.0
Conservative hold Swing

Bishops Waltham

Bishops Waltham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ritchie Latham 1,617 57.4 +3.2
Conservative Henry Laferla70024.9-9.3
Independent Alex Coles2027.2N/A
Green Richard Cannon1726.1-1.7
Labour Steve Haines1254.4+0.6
Majority91732.5
Turnout 281641.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Central Meon Valley

Central Meon Valley
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Green Suzanne White 1,717 51.5 -11.6
Conservative Linda Gemmell96028.8+2.9
Liberal Democrats Eric Bodger57917.4+8.3
Labour Oliver Hirsch802.4+0.5
Majority75722.7
Turnout 333644.4
Green gain from Conservative Swing

Denmead

Denmead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Bennett 1,006 44.2 +2.8
Conservative Mike Read*98643.3-1.6
Labour Andrew Kirby1476.5±0.0
Green Elizabeth Riley1366.0-1.3
Majority200.9
Turnout 227533.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 25.0

Southwick & Wickham

Southwick and Wickham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Clear* 1,053 61.9 +6.5
Conservative Denise Searle38722.7-8.4
Labour Paul Sony1378.0+3.8
Green Beata Parry1257.3-2.0
Majority66639.2
Turnout 170230.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Barnabas

St. Barnabas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kelsie Learney* 1,632 53.5 -5.2
Conservative Antonia Cox89129.2+2.3
Green Charlotte Harley36512.0+3.4
Labour Lucy Sims1645.4-0.4
Majority74124.3
Turnout 305245.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Bartholomew

St. Bartholomew
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats John Tippett-Cooper* 1,237 50.4 -6.2
Green Lorraine Estelle58924.0+12.1
Conservative Philip Hutchinson42617.3-4.0
Labour Patrick Davies2048.3-2.0
Majority64826.4
Turnout 245638.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Luke

St. Luke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jamie Scott* 618 57.8 +2.5
Conservative Ian Tait21219.8-6.3
Labour Alison Cochrane14213.3-0.2
Green Michael Perrott979.1+4.0
Majority40638.0
Turnout 106928.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

St. Michael

St. Michael
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Rachel Aron 1,416 53.7 -1.8
Conservative Leo Keay69722.6-6.2
Green Richard Needham34713.1+3.7
Labour Peter Marsh1796.8+0.5
Majority71931.1
Turnout 263941.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St. Paul

St. Paul
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Westwood* 1,315 49.5 -9.0
Green Giles Gooding69926.3+12.6
Conservative Steve Russell45317.0-2.4
Labour Stephen Turner1917.2-1.2
Majority61623.2
Turnout 265840.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

The Worthys

The Worthys
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Cramoysan* 1,275 55.3 -3.3
Conservative Signe Biddle78534.0+3.1
Green Andrew Pogson1275.5+1.1
Labour Cameron Hodgkinson1205.2-0.9
Majority49021.2
Turnout 230743.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whiteley & Shedfield

Whiteley and Shedfield
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Vivian Achwal* 1,112 48.2 -15.9
Conservative Marcus Garth48020.8-5.9
Independent Sean Whelan35015.2N/A
Green Kate Needham26911.7+6.9
Labour Rosalind O`Shaughnessy944.1-0.3
Majority63227.4
Turnout 230534.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Godfrey* 1,423 49.6 -2.8
Liberal Democrats Richard Murphy122242.6+4.3
Green Dee Wright1575.5-1.0
Labour Antony de Peyer662.3-0.6
Majority2017.0
Turnout 286849.2
Conservative hold Swing

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