Southampton City Council elections

One third of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 48 councillors have been elected from 16 wards.

Political control

Since 1996 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control	Years
Labour	1996–2000
No overall control	2000–2008
Conservative	2008–2012
Labour	2012 – present

Council elections

• Southampton City Council election, 1973
• Southampton City Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries ???)
• Southampton City Council election, 1979 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
• Southampton City Council election, 1980
• Southampton City Council election, 1982
• Southampton City Council election, 1983
• Southampton City Council election, 1984
• Southampton City Council election, 1986
• Southampton City Council election, 1987
• Southampton City Council election, 1988
• Southampton City Council election, 1990
• Southampton City Council election, 1991
• Southampton City Council election, 1992
• Southampton City Council election, 1994
• Southampton City Council election, 1995
• Southampton City Council election, 1996
• Southampton City Council election, 1998
• Southampton City Council election, 1999
• Southampton City Council election, 2000
• Southampton City Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 3)
• Southampton City Council election, 2003
• Southampton City Council election, 2004
• Southampton City Council election, 2006
• Southampton City Council election, 2007
• Southampton City Council election, 2008
• Southampton City Council election, 2010
• Southampton City Council election, 2011
• Southampton City Council election, 2012
• Southampton City Council election, 2014
• Southampton City Council election, 2015

District result maps

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  2002 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2004 results map
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  2006 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2008 results map
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  2010 results map
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  2011 results map

By-election results

1997–2001

Bargate By-Election 23 October 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		885	52.6	-6.4
	Conservative		259	15.4	-3.0
	Socialist Labour		257	15.3	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats		250	14.9	+4.7
	Independent Labour		31	1.8	-4.7
Majority			626	37.2
Turnout			1,682	13.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolston By-Election 12 March 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		975	47.8	-9.4
	Liberal Democrats		725	35.6	+6.1
	Conservative		339	16.6	+3.3
Majority			250	12.2
Turnout			2,039	17.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Bassett By-Election 8 October 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,025	58.9	+8.9
	Labour		372	21.4	-16.2
	Liberal Democrats		344	19.8	+7.5
Majority			653	37.5
Turnout			1,741	14.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harefield By-Election 8 October 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		858	44.1	-6.7
	Conservative		856	44.0	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats		231	11.9	+3.3
Majority			2	0.1
Turnout			1,945	19.3
	Labour hold		Swing

2005–2009

Bitterne Park By-Election 15 September 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clifford Coombes	984	37.1	+0.4
	Labour	Mike Brainsby	791	29.9	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Work	785	29.6	-4.3
	Green_Party_of_England_and_Wales	Joseph Cox	89	3.4	+3.4
Majority			193	7.2
Turnout			2,649
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

References

• By-election results

External links

• Southampton City Council