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.
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14 out of 45 seats to Winchester City Council 23 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 41.4%[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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There were 14 of the 45 seats on the council up for election, being the usual approximate third of the council. 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.[3]
Summary
editElection Result
edit2024 Winchester City Council election[4] | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 4 | 78.6% | 22 | 33 | 73.3% | 17,258 | 47.7% | -2.3% | |
Conservative | 2 | 5 | 14.3% | 6 | 8 | 17.8% | 11,301 | 31.3% | -0.9% | |
Green | 1 | 1 | 7.1% | 2 | 3 | 6.7% | 5,198 | 14.4% | +1.7% | |
Independent | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 2.2% | 552 | 1.5% | +1.5% | ||
Labour | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,853 | 5.1% | +0.2% |
Results
editThe Statements of Persons Nominated was released by Winchester City Council on 8 April 2024 following the close of nominations.[5] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).
Alresford & Itchen Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Clare Pinniger | 1,768 | 53.9 | −4.9 | |
Conservative | Fiona Isaacs* | 1283 | 39.1 | +4.8 | |
Green | Dane Westley | 148 | 4.5 | −0.2 | |
Labour | Tessa Valentine | 79 | 2.4 | +0.3 | |
Majority | 485 | 14.7 | |||
Turnout | 3297 | 47.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Badger Farm and Oliver`s Battery
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jan Warwick* | 1,618 | 47.5 | +8.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anne Forder | 1408 | 41.4 | −9.3 | |
Green | Max Priesemann | 250 | 7.4 | +1.9 | |
Labour | Adrian Field | 125 | 3.7 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 210 | 6.2 | |||
Turnout | 3413 | 54.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bishops Waltham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Ritchie Latham | 1,617 | 57.4 | +3.2 | |
Conservative | Henry Laferla | 700 | 24.9 | −9.3 | |
Independent | Alex Coles | 202 | 7.2 | N/A | |
Green | Richard Cannon | 172 | 6.1 | −1.7 | |
Labour | Steve Haines | 125 | 4.4 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 917 | 32.5 | |||
Turnout | 2816 | 41.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Central Meon Valley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Suzanne White | 1,717 | 51.5 | −11.6 | |
Conservative | Linda Gemmell | 960 | 28.8 | +2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Eric Bodger | 579 | 17.4 | +8.3 | |
Labour | Oliver Hirsch | 80 | 2.4 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 757 | 22.7 | |||
Turnout | 3336 | 44.4 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Denmead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Michael Bennett | 1,006 | 44.2 | +2.8 | |
Conservative | Mike Read* | 986 | 43.3 | −1.6 | |
Labour | Andrew Kirby | 147 | 6.5 | ±0.0 | |
Green | Elizabeth Riley | 136 | 6.0 | −1.3 | |
Majority | 20 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 2275 | 33.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 25.0 |
Southwick & Wickham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Angela Clear* | 1,053 | 61.9 | +6.5 | |
Conservative | Denise Searle | 387 | 22.7 | −8.4 | |
Labour | Paul Sony | 137 | 8.0 | +3.8 | |
Green | Beata Parry | 125 | 7.3 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 666 | 39.2 | |||
Turnout | 1702 | 30.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Barnabas
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Kelsie Learney* | 1,632 | 53.5 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Antonia Cox | 891 | 29.2 | +2.3 | |
Green | Charlotte Harley | 365 | 12.0 | +3.4 | |
Labour | Lucy Sims | 164 | 5.4 | −0.4 | |
Majority | 741 | 24.3 | |||
Turnout | 3052 | 45.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Bartholomew
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | John Tippett-Cooper* | 1,237 | 50.4 | −6.2 | |
Green | Lorraine Estelle | 589 | 24.0 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Philip Hutchinson | 426 | 17.3 | −4.0 | |
Labour | Patrick Davies | 204 | 8.3 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 648 | 26.4 | |||
Turnout | 2456 | 38.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Luke
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jamie Scott* | 618 | 57.8 | +2.5 | |
Conservative | Ian Tait | 212 | 19.8 | −6.3 | |
Labour | Alison Cochrane | 142 | 13.3 | −0.2 | |
Green | Michael Perrott | 97 | 9.1 | +4.0 | |
Majority | 406 | 38.0 | |||
Turnout | 1069 | 28.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
St Michael
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Rachel Aron | 1,416 | 53.7 | −1.8 | |
Conservative | Leo Keay | 697 | 22.6 | −6.2 | |
Green | Richard Needham | 347 | 13.1 | +3.7 | |
Labour | Peter Marsh | 179 | 6.8 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 719 | 31.1 | |||
Turnout | 2639 | 41.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
St Paul
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Westwood* | 1,315 | 49.5 | −9.0 | |
Green | Giles Gooding | 699 | 26.3 | +12.6 | |
Conservative | Steve Russell | 453 | 17.0 | −2.4 | |
Labour | Stephen Turner | 191 | 7.2 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 616 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 2658 | 40.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
The Worthys
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Steve Cramoysan* | 1,275 | 55.3 | −3.3 | |
Conservative | Signe Biddle | 785 | 34.0 | +3.1 | |
Green | Andrew Pogson | 127 | 5.5 | +1.1 | |
Labour | Cameron Hodgkinson | 120 | 5.2 | −0.9 | |
Majority | 490 | 21.2 | |||
Turnout | 2307 | 43.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Whiteley & Shedfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Vivian Achwal* | 1,112 | 48.2 | −15.9 | |
Conservative | Marcus Garth | 480 | 20.8 | −5.9 | |
Independent | Sean Whelan | 350 | 15.2 | N/A | |
Green | Kate Needham | 269 | 11.7 | +6.9 | |
Labour | Rosalind O`Shaughnessy | 94 | 4.1 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 632 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 2305 | 34.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Wonston & Micheldever
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Stephen Godfrey* | 1,423 | 49.6 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Murphy | 1222 | 42.6 | +4.3 | |
Green | Dee Wright | 157 | 5.5 | −1.0 | |
Labour | Antony de Peyer | 66 | 2.3 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 201 | 7.0 | |||
Turnout | 2868 | 49.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Changes 2024–2026
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Richard Murphy | 2,217 | 48.3 | ||
Conservative | Leo Keay | 1,193 | 26.0 | ||
Green | Richard Needham | 795 | 17.3 | ||
Labour | Peter Ronald Marsh | 385 | 8.4 | ||
Majority | 1,024 | 22.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,622 | 70.12 | |||
Registered electors | 6,592 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
By-election triggered by resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor George Prest.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Winchester City Council - Local Election Thursday 2 May 2024: Political Split" (PDF). Winchester City Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Three Winchester city councillors stepping down ahead of next election". Hampshire Chronicle. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ Oliver, Toby (3 May 2024). "Winchester City Council election result: Conservatives lose four seats". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Election Results". Winchester City Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
- ^ "PCC, District, Parish Elections & HCC by Election– Thursday 2 May 2024". Winchester City Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ "Declaration of Results of Poll" (PDF). Winchester City Council. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ Atkinson, Christopher (17 June 2024). "St Michael's Ward city council by-election: meet the candidates". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 6 July 2024.