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(Redirected from Winchester local elections) Local government elections in Hampshire, England

Winchester Guildhall, home of the City Council, seen in 2018

Winchester City Council is responsible for the local government of the City of Winchester in Hampshire, England. Despite its name, the City of Winchester is a local government district that stretches far beyond the urban area of Winchester, covering urban, suburban and rural areas.

One third of Winchester City Council is elected each year in a sequence of three years, followed by one year without election, thus giving a tenure for individual councillors of four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 45 councillors have been elected from 16 wards, there having previously been 57 councillors have been elected from 26 wards from 2002.

Council elections

District result maps

  • 2002 results map 2002 results map
  • 2003 results map 2003 results map
  • 2004 results map 2004 results map
  • 2006 results map 2006 results map
  • 2007 results map 2007 results map
  • 2008 results map 2008 results map
  • 2010 results map 2010 results map
  • 2011 results map 2011 results map
  • 2012 results map 2012 results map
  • 2014 results map 2014 results map
  • 2015 results map 2015 results map
  • 2016 results map (New Boundaries) 2016 results map (New Boundaries)
  • 2018 results map 2018 results map
  • 2019 results map 2019 results map
  • 2021 results map 2021 results map
  • 2022 results map 2022 results map
  • 2023 results map 2023 results map
  • 2024 results map 2024 results map

N.b. White denotes no election held in ward that year

By-election results

1998-2002

Shedfield By-Election 17 September 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Hoare 314 51.3 −20.3
Conservative Roger Huxstep 145 23.7 +23.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Scriven 140 22.9 +22.9
Labour 13 2.1 −13.5
Majority 169 27.6
Turnout 612 50.0
Independent hold Swing
Durley and Upham By-Election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Malcolm Le May 438 49.0 +13.2
Liberal Democrats Safia Boot 404 45.2 −13.4
Labour Timothy Curran 52 5.8 +0.2
Majority 34 3.8
Turnout 894 77
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2002-2006

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm By-Election 29 September 2005
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Spender 853 57.1 −0.8
Conservative Susan Evershed 584 39.1 +2.0
Labour Clare McKenna 56 3.7 −1.3
Majority 269 18.0
Turnout 1,493 46.3
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2006-2010

Wickham By-Election 22 November 2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Clear 630 60.9 −0.2
Conservative Karen Jeffreys 349 33.8 −2.8
UKIP Douglas Reed 40 3.9 +3.9
Labour Robert Rudge 15 1.5 −0.8
Majority 281 27.1
Turnout 1,034 33.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Colden Common and Twyford By-Election 25 September 2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Daryl Henry 1,180 54.1 +1.1
Conservative Sue Evershed 938 43.0 −1.6
Labour Nicholas Carr 64 2.9 +0.5
Majority 242 11.1
Turnout 2,182 51.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2010-2014

St Pauls By-Election 14 October 2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Hutchison 968 53.2 −4.7
Conservative Helen Osborne 606 33.3 −2.2
Labour Nigel Fox 247 13.6 +7.0
Majority 362 19.9
Turnout 1,821 32.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm By-Election 27 January 2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Laming 894 53.9 −6.3
Conservative Leanne Wheeler 604 36.4 +1.3
Labour Hum Qureshi 162 9.8 +5.1
Majority 290 17.5
Turnout 1,660 51.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2014-2018

Upper Meon Valley By-Election, 20 September 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugh Michael Rawson Lumby 1039 51.6 −18.0
Liberal Democrats Lewis John North 905 44.9 +24.0
Labour June Elizabeth Kershaw 39 1.9 −7.6
Green Andrew Karl Wainwright 31 1.5 N/A
Majority 134
Conservative hold Swing

2024

St Michael Ward By-Election 4 July 2024
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Murphy 2217 48.3 −5.4
Conservative Leo Keay 1193 26.0 −0.4
Green Richard Needham 795 17.3 +4.2
Labour Peter Marsh 385 8.4 +1.6
Majority 1,024 22.3 −4.9
Turnout 4,622 70.1 +29.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing -2.9

References

  1. "Elections - Voting". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  2. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  3. The Hampshire (Areas) Order 1985
  4. "Winchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  5. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  6. legislation.gov.uk - The Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
  7. Edkins, Keith. "Local Authority Byelection Results - September 1998". Local Authority Byelection Results. Keith Edkins. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
  8. "District Council By-Election Results - 7 June 2001". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  9. "By-election result". Winchester City Council. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  10. "Wickham By-Election results". Winchester City Council. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  11. "Lib Dems triumph". ThisIsHampshire.net. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  12. "Results of the Colden Common and Twyford by-election". Winchester City Council. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  13. "Lib Dems defend crucial by-election seat". Southern Daily Echo. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
  14. "Winchester Lib Dems win by-election in Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm". Hampshire Chronicle. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  15. "Declaration of Results of Poll - Winchester City Council St Michael Ward Thursday 4 July" (PDF). Election Results. Winchester City Council. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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Electoral wards and parishes in the City of Winchester District, Hampshire, England (since 2016 boundary changes)
Wards
Parishes		Wonston and Micheldever
The Worthys
Alresford and Itchen
Winchester
  • Winchester unparished city area has five wards: St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, St Luke, St Michael, St Paul
Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery
Colden Common and Twyford
Upper Meon Valley
Bishops Waltham
Central Meon Valley
Whiteley and Shedfield
Denmead
Southwick and Wickham
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