2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election

2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election
12 of 39 seats to Eastleigh Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	Results by ward in 2021. White denotes no election held in this ward this year
Council control before election; ; Liberal Democrats	Council control after election ; ; Liberal Democrats

The 2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect 12 councillors to Eastleigh Borough Council. Every ward apart from the two member wards of West End North and West End South elected one councillor each.^[1] This took place at the same time as the elections for Hampshire County Council and the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner.^[2]

Results

The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives each gained one seat from each other, meaning that the council composition remained the same.

2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election^[3]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10		83.3	22	32	82.1	15,625	44.1	-8.0
	Independent	1		8.3	4	5	12.8	1,967	5.6	-0.3
	Conservative	1		8.3	1	2	5.1	12,940	36.5	+17.0
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,031	11.4	+4.5
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	602	1.7	-4.3
	Hampshire Independents	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	146	0.4	New
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	88	0.2	New
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	38	0.1	New

Bishopstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gin Tidrige	1,731	46.3	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Winstanley	972	26.0	−11.8
	Conservative	Ben Burcombe-Filer	728	19.5	+13.2
	Labour	Steve Phillips	269	7.2	+3.2
	TUSC	Robert Lovell	38	1.0	N/A
Majority			759	20.3	+9.8
Turnout			3,373	44.4	+1.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Botley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Kinloch	970	48.7	−0.9
	Conservative	Joy Haythorne	854	42.9	+7.2
	Labour	Alison Phillips	166	8.3	+0.3
Majority			116	5.8	−8.1
Turnout			2,012	39.0	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

There was no election in Botley in 2019, so changes are shown from 2018.

Bursledon & Hound North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Holes	1,442	60.6	−0.6
	Conservative	Paul Redding	723	30.4	+9.9
	Labour	Catherine Cronin	216	9.1	+1.8
Majority			719	30.2	−10.1
Turnout			2,399	32.5	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chandler's Ford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Pragnell	1,745	49.8	−5.0
	Conservative	Shelagh Lee	1,452	41.5	+17.9
	Labour	Greg Phillips	305	8.7	+3.1
Majority			293	8.3	−22.8
Turnout			3,521	42.0	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eastleigh Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Irish	943	37.1	−12.6
	Labour Co-op	Josh Constable	735	28.9	+11.3
	Conservative	Chris Yates	631	24.8	+13.0
	Hampshire Independents	Sukhdev Raj	146	5.7	N/A
	Reform UK	Alexander Culley	88	3.5	N/A
Majority			208	8.2	−23.0
Turnout			2,565	33.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eastleigh North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tanya Park	1,140	44.3	−4.9
	Conservative	Lisa Crosher	951	37.0	+25.8
	Labour	Kathy O'Neill	482	18.7	+8.9
Majority			189	7.3	−29.6
Turnout			2,589	35.2	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eastleigh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Bourne	996	42.6	−12.0
	Conservative	Simon Payne	731	31.2	+18.7
	Labour	Sam Jordan	613	26.2	+9.6
Majority			265	11.4	−26.4
Turnout			2,354	29.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fair Oak & Horton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Broomfield	1,720	48.0	+20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Couldrey	1,057	29.5	−10.8
	Green	Ben Parry	388	10.8	−3.1
	Independent	Martin Lyon	236	6.6	−6.5
	Labour	Jacob Phillips	179	5.0	−0.2
Majority			663	18.5
Turnout			3,598	42.8	+4.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hamble & Netley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Cross	1,771	55.9	−3.2
	Conservative	Mike Preston	1,030	32.5	+16.2
	Labour	Hayley Homer	368	11.6	+5.4
Majority			741	23.4	−19.1
Turnout			3,196	39.7	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hedge End North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Pretty	1,215	49.2	−10.4
	Conservative	Susan Hall	855	34.6	+16.6
	Green	Glynn Fleming	214	8.7	−0.2
	Labour	Steve Willoughby	187	7.6	+1.0
Majority			360	14.6	−26.8
Turnout			2,486	32.6	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hedge End South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith House	1,779	51.9	−9.7
	Conservative	Jerry Hall	1,412	41.2	+19.4
	Labour	Betty Layland	237	6.9	+2.7
Majority			367	10.7	−28.8
Turnout			3,458	39.7	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hiltingbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Buckley	1,962	48.0	−2.6
	Conservative	Margaret Atkinson	1,853	45.3	+8.9
	Labour	Gwyneth Hubert	274	6.7	+3.8
Majority			109	2.7
Turnout			4,109	49.9	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Eastleigh Central by-election, February 10th 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bhavin Dedhia	802	44.5	+7.4
	Labour Co-op	Josh Constable	433	24.0	−4.9
	Conservative	Simon Payne	362	20.1	−4.7
	Green	Jack Stapleton	140	7.8	New
	Reform UK	Clare Fawcett	64	3.6	+0.1
Majority			369	20.5	+12.3
Turnout			1,801	23.9	−9.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.2

^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Eastleigh Borough Council. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ "Elections and voting". www.hants.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ "Borough Election Results" (PDF). Eastleigh Borough Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2021.