2024 Winchester City Council election

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2024 Winchester City Council election
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14 out of 45 seats to Winchester City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
TurnoutTBD
  First party Second party
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Leader Martin Tod Caroline Horrill
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Leader since 2022 2017
Last election 30 seats, 50.1% 12 seats, 32.2%
Seats before 30 12
Seats won 11 2
Seats after 33 8
Seat change Increase3 Decrease4
Popular vote 17,258 11,301
Percentage 47.7% 31.3%
Swing Decrease2.3% Decrease0.9%
  Third party Fourth party
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Leader Malcolm Wallace N/A
Party Green Independent
Leader since 2023
Last election 2 seats, 12.7% 1 seat, 0.0%
Seats before 2 1
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 3 1
Seat change Increase1 Steady
Popular vote 5,198 552
Percentage 14.4% 1.5%
Swing Increase1.7% Increase1.5%
Map showing the wards of the Winchester City Council area coloured according to the winner in the 2024 local elections - with 11 Liberal Democrat wards coloured orange, 2 Conservative wards in blue and 1 Green Party ward in green. Two wards (Colden Common & Twyford and Upper Meon Valley) remain uncoloured since they did not have elections.
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 will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England.[1] This will be 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.

As is typical for Winchester's local elections, fourteen seats of the forty-five total will be contested. Not all wards have a seat open for election; the two wards Upper Meon Valley and Colden Common and Twyford will next be contested next year, The Liberal Democrats have controlled the council since the 2019 elections, currently with a comfortable working majority of seven, having increased their majority the previous year. The Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives, the Green Party, and Labour have put forth candidates for each seat, with the two seats in Bishop's Waltham and Whiteley and Shedfield additionally contested by independent candidates.

Summary[edit]

Election Result[edit]

2024 Winchester City Council election[2]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 11 Increase4 78.6% 22 33 73.3% 17,258 47.7% -2.3%
  Conservative 2 Decrease5 14.3% 6 8 17.8% 11,301 31.3% -0.9%
  Green 1 Increase1 7.1% 2 3 6.7% 5,198 14.4% +1.7%
  Independent 0 Steady 0.0% 1 1 2.2% 552 1.5% +1.5%
  Labour 0 Steady 0.0% 0 0 0.0% 1,853 5.1% +0.2%

Results[edit]

The Statements of Persons Nominated was released by Winchester City Council on 8 April 2024 following the close of nominations.[3] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Alresford & Itchen Valley[edit]

Alresford & Itchen Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

Badger Farm and Oliver`s Battery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

Bishops Waltham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

Central Meon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

Denmead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

Southwick and Wickham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

St. Barnabas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

St. Bartholomew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

St. Luke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

St. Michael
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

St. Paul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

The Worthys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

Whiteley and Shedfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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[edit]

Wonston & Micheldever
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Three Winchester city councillors stepping down ahead of next election". Hampshire Chronicle. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Election Results". Winchester City Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  3. ^ "PCC, District, Parish Elections & HCC by Election– Thursday 2 May 2024". Winchester City Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
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