Winchester City Council election, 2016

The 2016 Winchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Every seat was contested following boundary changes which saw the number of seats reduce from 57 to 45. The count for this election was conducted on 7 May 2016.[2]

Before the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:

The result of the election was:

  • Conservatives 25
  • Liberal Democrats 20.[3]

Results Summary

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

Winchester City Council election, 2016
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 25 25 0 Increase25 55.56 40.6 16,917
  Liberal Democrat 20 20 0 Increase20 44.44 34.2 14,252
  Labour 0 0 0 Steady 11.7 4,888
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 3.4 1,430
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 4.4 1,830

Ward results

Alresford & Itchen Valley

Alresford & Itchen Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Lisa Griffiths 1720
Conservative Kim Gottlieb 1686
Conservative Ernie Jeffs 1658
Liberal Democrat Margot Power 1425
Liberal Democrat Keith Divall 1180
Liberal Democrat Russell Gordon-Smith 1162
Labour Ian Wight 245
Labour Lee Hayes 197
Labour James Leppard 150
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Eleanor Bell 1485
Conservative Jan Warwick 1386
Liberal Democrat Brian Laming 1350
Conservative Rob Ducker 1305
Conservative Gavin Dick 1231
Liberal Democrat John Romero 1198
UKIP Chris Bardon-Briddon 318
Labour Peter Rees 207
Labour Alun Glyn Rees 203
Labour Jonathan Tettmar 161
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Bishop's Waltham

Bishop's Waltham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Rob Humby 1169
Conservative David McLean 1165
Conservative Stephen Miller 1146
Liberal Democrat Thomas Houghton 393
Liberal Democrat Benjamin Stoneham 378
Labour Steve Haines 353
UKIP Vivienne Young 347
Labour Laurie Clough 313
Labour Steven Jakubowski 274
Liberal Democrat Sudhakar Achwal 230
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Central Meon Valley

Central Meon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Frank Pearson 1576
Conservative Vicki Weston 1529
Conservative Linda Gemmell 1473
Liberal Democrat Sheila Campbell 678
Liberal Democrat Margret Scriven 533
Liberal Democrat Anne Stoneham 454
UKIP Leslie Mitchell 453
Labour Stan Evans 273
Labour Alexander Graft 253
Labour Nicola Wardrop 252
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Colden Common and Twyford

Colden Common and Twyford
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Richard Izard 1094
Conservative Sue Cook 782
Liberal Democrat Robert Johnston 573
Conservative Maureen Rees 554
Green Julia Hallman 146
Labour Paul Brown 128
Labour Sonia Critcher 122
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Denmead

Denmead
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Mike Read 1429
Conservative Patricia Stallard 1400
Conservative Caroline Brook 1188
Liberal Democrat Andrew Negus 433
Labour Claire Sorensen 387
Liberal Democrat Simon Wernick 278
Labour Jacqueline Carroll 219
Labour Steve Della Mora 184
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Southwick and Wickham

Southwick and Wickham
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Angela Clear 1002
Liberal Democrat Therese Evans 890
Liberal Democrat Neil Cutler 826
Conservative Mags Brown 384
Conservative Leon Dabbs 352
Conservative Neil Lander-Brinkley 279
UKIP Ian Norgate 229
Labour Gary Gray 99
Labour Paul Sony 83
Labour Paul Harris 80
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

St Barnabas

St Barnabas
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Kelsie Learney 1406
Conservative Eileen Berry 1395
Liberal Democrat Anne Weir 1378
Conservative Paul Twelftree 1317
Conservative Angie Wilkinson 1112
Liberal Democrat Cameron Johnson 1089
Winchester Independent Kezia Hoffman 661
Labour Hannah Field 307
Labour Adrian Field 293
Labour Tessa Valentine 274
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Dominic Hiscock 926
Conservative Rose Burns 832
Liberal Democrat Nicki Elks 737
Liberal Democrat Paul Williams 667
Conservative Sue Falconer 563
Green Lucy Clement 517
Labour Clive Gosling 474
Conservative David Crudgington 466
Independent Michael Coker-Davies 461
Labour Kathleen East 441
Green Michael Wilks 426
Labour Lawrence Mason 340
Green Rhian Harrison 327
UKIP Bob Barnes 271
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

St Luke

St Luke
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Jamie Scott 732
Liberal Democrat Derek Green 590
Labour Patrick Davies 247
Labour Andrew Adams 157
Conservative Harry Sampson 145
Conservative George Marshall-James 117
Winchester Independents Tomos James 102
Green Kia Pope 76
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

St Michael

St Michael
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Fiona Mather 1129
Conservative Guy Ashton 1054
Conservative Ian Tait 1041
Labour Janet Berry 680
Winchester Independents Judith Martin 624
Labour Sharon Montgomery 514
Liberal Democrat John Higgins 474
Labour Nicola Tettmar 457
Liberal Democrat Michael Elks 439
Liberal Democrat David Banks 357
Green Dinah Barton 352
Green Robert Parker 293
Green Tasha Harrison 248
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul

St Paul
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Liz Hutchinson 1174
Liberal Democrat Martin Tod 1055
Liberal Democrat Lucille Thompson 1008
Conservative George Beard 724
Conservative Kerry Halfpenny 702
Conservative Steve Russell 616
Labour Karen Barratt 496
Labour Nigel Fox 419
Winchester Independents TC Dunlop 385
Labour Jonathan Morris 320
Green Lee Ingram 265
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

The Worthys

The Worthys
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Jackie Porter 1257
Liberal Democrat Jane Rutter 1150
Liberal Democrat Malcolm Prince 1049
Conservative Matt Palmer 642
Conservative Stan Howell 607
Conservative Tom Crofts 557
Labour Kimberley Torkington 218
Labour Catherine Hutchinson 170
Labour Richard Carthew 159
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Upper Meon Valley

Upper Meon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Amber Thacker 1134
Conservative Laurence Ruffell 1010
Liberal Democrat Chris Day 319
Liberal Democrat Lewis North 286
Labour Peter O'Sullivan 268
Labour Joe Tugwell 198
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Whiteley & Shedfield

Whiteley & Shedfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Democrat Vivian Achwal 801
Conservative Roger Huxstep 751
Liberal Democrat Roger Bentote 747
Conservative Andy Baker 710
Liberal Democrat Jonathan Fern 677
Conservative Cynthia Town 628
UKIP David Walbridge 212
Green Anne Coleman 150
Labour David Picton-Jones 113
Independent Malcolm Butler 110
Labour Anne West 109
Labour John Staples 83
Majority
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrat win (new seat)

Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Stephen Godfrey 1719
Conservative Caroline Horrill 1612
Conservative James Byrnes 1552
Liberal Democrat Katy Toms 653
Liberal Democrat Ian Gordon 592
Labour Melanie Middleton 393
Labour Richard James 314
Labour Antony De Peyer 278
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

References

[4]

  1. ↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "Winchester begins election count".
  3. ↑ http://www.winchester.gov.uk/elections/election-results/district/district-election-results-may-2016/
  4. ↑ "Election Results". www.winchester.gov.uk. Winchester City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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