Local election in Hampshire, England
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.
As is typical for Winchester's local elections, fourteen seats of the forty-five total were contested. 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.
Summary
Election Result
2024 Winchester City Council election[3] |
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
The Statements of Persons Nominated was released by Winchester City Council on 8 April 2024 following the close of nominations.[4] Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).
Alresford & Itchen Valley
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.