The 2024 Southampton City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
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17 out of 51 seats to Southampton City Council 26 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Winner of each seat at the 2024 Southampton City Council election | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Labour retained their majority on the council.[3][4]
The Conservative leader of the opposition, Dan Fitzhenry, did not stand for re-election.[5] The Conservatives chose Peter Baillie to be their new group leader after the election.[6]
Summary
editElection result
edit2024 Southampton City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Labour | 12 | 1 | 70.6 | 24 | 36 | 70.6 | 19,148 | 39.9 | -5.6 | |
Conservative | 3 | 1 | 17.6 | 7 | 10 | 19.6 | 14,259 | 29.7 | -3.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 11.8 | 2 | 4 | 7.8 | 6,073 | 12.7 | +0.0 | |
Green | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 4,406 | 9.2 | +2.6 | ||
TUSC | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,920 | 4.0 | +2.8 | ||
Reform UK | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,727 | 3.6 | +3.1 | ||
Independent | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Ward results
editSource:[7]
Banister & Polygon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Vivienne Windle* | 1,006 | 46.1 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Scott Davis | 491 | 22.5 | +0.1 | |
Green | Ellis Jackson | 337 | 15.4 | −4.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andy Beal | 261 | 12.0 | −1.8 | |
TUSC | Karen Rogers | 89 | 4.1 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 515 | 23.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,197 | 26.5 | –1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 8,288 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Bargate
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Ginnie Lambert | 936 | 50.2 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | Matt Jones | 497 | 26.6 | +0.7 | |
Green | Joe Cox | 208 | 11.1 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Reuben Hinchliffe | 139 | 7.4 | +1.3 | |
TUSC | Donna Dee | 86 | 4.6 | +1.0 | |
Majority | 439 | 23.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,884 | 22.2 | –0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 8,486 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bassett
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Sarah Wood* | 1,481 | 43.9 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Amanda Guest | 964 | 28.6 | −4.8 | |
Labour | Lawrence Coomber | 485 | 14.4 | +1.7 | |
Green | Helen Makrakis | 198 | 5.9 | N/A | |
Reform UK | Tom Randall | 194 | 5.8 | +0.4 | |
TUSC | Aziz Dieng | 49 | 1.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 517 | 15.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,392 | 36.2 | –4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,361 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Bevois
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jacqui Rayment* | 1,281 | 48.6 | −10.7 | |
TUSC | Nadia Ditta | 848 | 32.2 | +27.8 | |
Green | Rosanna Newey | 214 | 8.1 | −9.6 | |
Conservative | Richard Palmer | 192 | 7.3 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tom Wintrell | 102 | 3.9 | −4.9 | |
Majority | 433 | 16.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,681 | 30.4 | +3.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,795 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Bitterne Park
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gordon Cooper | 1,634 | 42.8 | +0.4 | |
Conservative | David Fuller | 1,545 | 40.4 | −0.2 | |
Green | Lindsi Bluemel | 338 | 8.8 | −6.3 | |
Reform UK | Adrian Royle | 160 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Nick Myers | 142 | 3.7 | −3.1 | |
TUSC | Graham Henry | 63 | 1.6 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 89 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,899 | 37.3 | |||
Registered electors | 10,459 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Coxford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Beccy Greenhalgh* | 1,062 | 37.2 | −1.0 | |
Conservative | Paul Nolan | 1,016 | 35.6 | +2.0 | |
Reform UK | Guy Ireland | 256 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Ellen McGeorge | 213 | 7.5 | −2.7 | |
Green | Joanne Clements | 176 | 6.2 | +0.6 | |
TUSC | Maggie Fricker | 43 | 1.5 | ±0.0 | |
Majority | 46 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,873 | 30.3 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 9,982 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Freemantle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour Co-op | Christie Lambert* | 1,339 | 49.9 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | Diana Galton | 578 | 21.5 | −1.7 | |
Green | John Spottiswoode | 275 | 10.2 | −7.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Chris Shank | 234 | 8.7 | +2.9 | |
Reform UK | Katrina de Chazal | 174 | 6.5 | +2.4 | |
TUSC | Catherine Clarke | 84 | 3.1 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 761 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,701 | 28.2 | –0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,574 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Harefield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rob Harwood | 1,219 | 43.5 | +0.7 | |
Labour | Paul Kenny | 1,018 | 36.3 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martyn Cooper | 303 | 10.8 | +1.1 | |
Green | Chris Bluemel | 177 | 6.3 | −4.7 | |
TUSC | Barbara Webber | 100 | 3.6 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 201 | 7.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,831 | 28.2 | –2.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,738 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Millbrook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Christian Cox* | 1,042 | 41.6 | −0.3 | |
Conservative | Vikkie Cheng | 1,014 | 40.5 | −0.5 | |
Green | Richard Fricker | 222 | 8.9 | −2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Landells | 151 | 6.0 | −4.3 | |
TUSC | Andrew Howe | 76 | 3.0 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 28 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,520 | 26.8 | –2.0 | ||
Registered electors | 9,396 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Peartree
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour Co-op | Simon Letts* | 1,305 | 40.9 | +5.0 | |
Conservative | Susan Spencer | 1,142 | 35.8 | +0.8 | |
Reform UK | Sam Wright | 305 | 9.6 | N/A | |
Green | Lori Foster | 219 | 6.9 | −3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tara Foster | 182 | 5.7 | −3.6 | |
TUSC | Michael Marx | 34 | 1.1 | −1.4 | |
Majority | 163 | 5.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,202 | 30.0 | –2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 10,687 | ||||
Labour Co-op hold | Swing |
Portswood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Savage* | 1,401 | 46.3 | +9.0 | |
Green | Neil Kelly | 880 | 29.1 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Nicholas Moulton | 365 | 12.1 | −7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Langran | 197 | 6.5 | +0.7 | |
Reform UK | Caroline Jobson | 114 | 3.8 | +1.3 | |
TUSC | Tony Twine | 67 | 2.2 | −0.1 | |
Majority | 521 | 17.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,034 | 36.5 | –3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 8,308 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Redbridge
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Eugene McManus | 1,157 | 51.5 | +4.6 | |
Conservative | Dave Smith | 520 | 23.2 | −7.9 | |
Reform UK | John Edwards | 276 | 12.3 | +5.8 | |
Green | Lisa Fricker | 147 | 6.5 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Simon Stokes | 125 | 5.6 | −0.3 | |
TUSC | Pete Wyatt | 20 | 0.9 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 637 | 28.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,254 | 23.6 | –1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 9,542 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Shirley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Kloker | 1,458 | 39.5 | −2.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Hetherton | 933 | 25.3 | −8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Percival | 734 | 19.9 | +7.5 | |
Green | Lucy Allotey | 262 | 7.1 | −7.2 | |
Reform UK | Philip Crook | 248 | 6.7 | N/A | |
TUSC | Parveen Ishfaq | 54 | 1.5 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 525 | 14.2 | |||
Turnout | 3,703 | 36.1 | –1.3 | ||
Registered electors | 10,262 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Sholing
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jaden Beaurain* | 1,367 | 46.2 | +4.3 | |
Labour | Gillian Green | 1,002 | 33.9 | −1.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Hopkins | 348 | 11.8 | +0.6 | |
Green | Emma Davis | 185 | 6.3 | −4.4 | |
TUSC | Declan Clune | 57 | 1.9 | −1.5 | |
Majority | 365 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 2,995 | 29.0 | –0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 10,339 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Swaythling
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Gravatt | 1,116 | 42.1 | +24.7 | |
Labour | Sharon Mintoff* | 808 | 30.5 | −15.4 | |
Conservative | Robert Painton | 407 | 15.4 | −5.9 | |
Green | Angela Cotton | 246 | 9.3 | −8.7 | |
TUSC | Nick Chaffey | 72 | 2.7 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 308 | 11.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,681 | 31.0 | +1.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,634 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Thornhill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Josh Allen* | 1,166 | 47.9 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Callum Ford | 924 | 37.9 | −1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Bolton | 142 | 5.8 | −0.9 | |
Green | Michael Mawle | 126 | 5.2 | −2.3 | |
TUSC | Clara Asher | 78 | 3.2 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 242 | 9.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,451 | 25.1 | –0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 9,763 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Woolston
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rob Stead | 1,085 | 41.2 | +6.0 | |
Labour | Victoria Ugwoeme* | 1,048 | 39.8 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Francis Hedley | 203 | 7.7 | −0.3 | |
Green | Caitlin Steege | 196 | 7.5 | −7.1 | |
TUSC | Sue Atkins | 100 | 3.8 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 37 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,658 | 25.4 | –1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 10,451 | ||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing |
References
edit- ^ Lewis, Jason (26 April 2024). "Southampton parties' group leaders speak out ahead of election". Daily Echo. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ "Southampton election result". BBC News. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ Edgley, Timothy (2 May 2024). "Southampton City Council elections 2024: Full list of results". Daily Echo. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ Ramos, Jose (18 January 2024). "Southampton Conservative leader Dan Fitzhenry to step down". Daily Echo. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ Lewis, Jason (14 May 2024). "New Conservative group leader on Southampton council announced". Daily Echo. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "DECLARATION OF RESULT OF POLL" (PDF).