2019 Test Valley Borough Council election

2019 Test Valley Borough Council election
All 43 seats to Test Valley Borough Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservatives;	Council control after election ; Conservatives;

The 2019 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Test Valley Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries, with the number of seats reduced from 48 across 24 wards to 43 across 20.^[2]^[3]^[4]

The Conservatives remained the largest party, with 24 seats out of the 22 required for a majority, and with the Liberal Democrats winning twelve seats across Romsey; a new localist party, the Andover Alliance, stood in the Andover Wards, winning a total of seven seats.^[5]

Summary

Election result

2019 Test Valley District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	43	24	N/A	N/A	14	55.8	42.4	14,209	–1.9
	Liberal Democrats	25	12	N/A	N/A	2	27.9	29.4	9,873	–7.6
	Andover Alliance	20	7	N/A	N/A	7	16.3	15.2	5,092	N/A
	Labour	13	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	8.6	2,898	–0.3
	Independent	3	0	N/A	N/A	1	0.0	3.5	1,185	–1.1
	Green	1	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	0.5	157	–3.9
	UKIP	1	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	0.4	123	–15.1

Ward results

Ampfield and Braishfield

Ampfield and Braishfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Martin Hatley	528	54.43
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Yalden	402	41.44
	Labour	Viv MacKay	40	4.12
Majority			126	12.98
Turnout				45.83
	Conservative win (new seat)

Andover Downlands

Andover Downlands (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Chris Donnelly	424	49.59
	Conservative	Nick Lodge	408	47.72
	Andover Alliance	Lee Fort	251	29.36
	Andover Alliance	Edwin Treadwell	228	26.67
	Labour	Adam Buckenham	119	13.92
Majority			157	21.78
Turnout				26.02
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Andover Harroway

Andover Harroway (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Carl Borg-Neal	669	31.41
	Conservative	Karen Hamilton	669	31.41
	Conservative	Tony Burley	626	29.39
	Andover Alliance	Lauren Banville	561	26.34
	Andover Alliance	Peter Scott	544	25.54
	Andover Alliance	Dorothy Day	534	25.07
	Liberal Democrats	Luigi Gregori	519	24.37
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Hughes	509	23.90
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Msonthi	412	19.34
	Labour	Andrew Fitchet	378	17.75
	Labour	Peter Cooper	372	17.46
Majority			108	5.07
Turnout				29.31
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Andover Millway

Andover Millway (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Zilliah Brooks	1,080	49.20
	Andover Alliance	Christopher Ecclestone	1,076	49.02
	Andover Alliance	Alison Watts	1,054	48.02
	Andover Alliance	Scott Blackmore	980	44.65
	Conservative	Sandra Hawke	947	43.14
	Conservative	Jim Neal	916	41.73
Majority			4	0.18
Turnout				32.70
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Andover Alliance win (new seat)
	Andover Alliance win (new seat)

Andover Romans

Andover Romans (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kirsty North	623	41.04
	Conservative	Nick Matthews	604	39.79
	Conservative	Tracey Preston	575	37.88
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Carpenter	398	26.22
	Andover Alliance	David Treadwell	377	24.84
	Andover Alliance	Graeme Davis	374	24.64
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Hughes	348	22.92
	Andover Alliance	Lenka Mead	331	21.81
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Kidd	316	20.82
	Labour	Scott Hall	215	14.16
Majority			177
Turnout				26.66
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Andover St Mary's

Andover St Mary's (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Andover Alliance	Kevin Farrer	601	35.35
	Conservative	Iris Andersen	591	34.76
	Andover Alliance	Victoria Thorp	556	32.71
	Andover Alliance	Michael James	550	32.35
	Conservative	John Cockaday	463	27.24
	Conservative	David Denny	419	24.65
	Independent	Nigel Long	384	22.59
	Liberal Democrats	Katherine Bird	319	18.76
	Labour	Michael Mumford	276	16.24
Majority
Turnout				27.61
	Andover Alliance win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Andover Alliance win (new seat)

Andover Winton

Andover Winton (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Andover Alliance	Rebecca Meyer	743	50.20
	Andover Alliance	Richard Rowles	719	48.58
	Conservative	Pam Mutton	686	46.35
	Conservative	Jan Budzynski	619	41.82
Majority			57	3.98
Turnout				30.91
	Andover Alliance win (new seat)
	Andover Alliance win (new seat)

Anna

Anna (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Maureen Flood	1,214	57.40
	Andover Alliance	David Coole	949	44.87
	Conservative	Ben Few Brown	948	44.82
	Andover Alliance	Maureen Treadwell	782	36.97
Majority
Turnout				42.84
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Andover Alliance win (new seat)

Bellinger

Bellinger
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Lashbrook	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackwater

Blackwater (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick Adams-King	1,214	63.30
	Conservative	Gordon Bailey	1,134	59.12
	Independent	Brexit Cadier	443	23.10
	Labour	Christopher Craig	436	22.73
Majority			771	36.83
Turnout				40.04
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bourne Valley

Bourne Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil North	Unopposed
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charlton and the Pentons

Charlton and the Pentons
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Linda Lashbrook	471	51.02
	Andover Alliance	Rebecca Speculo	172	18.63
	Green	Lance Mitchell	157	17.00
	UKIP	Norman Woods	123	13.32
Majority			299	32.4
Turnout				36.20
	Conservative win (new seat)

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams

Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Phil Bundy	1,187	58.70
	Conservative	Nige Anderdon	1,123	55.54
	Conservative	Alison Finlay	1,114	55.09
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Dunleavy	612	30.27
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Anderson	517	25.57
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Richards	470	23.24
	Labour	Sharron Blackett	236	11.67
Majority			575	28.25
Turnout				34.55
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Harewood

Harewood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David Drew	757	67.64
	Andover Alliance	Georgina Roberts	362	32.35
Majority			395	35.29
Turnout				43.07
	Conservative win (new seat)

Mid Test

Mid Test (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Ward	1,492	59.82
	Conservative	Ian Jeffrey	1,471	58.98
	Conservative	Alison Johnston	1,371	54.97
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Paul	877	35.16
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Burnage	793	31.80
	Labour	Sally Saunders	427	17.12
Majority			427	15.27
Turnout				35.40
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

North Baddesley

North Baddesley (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Celia Dowden	1,311	68.57
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Warnes	1,291	67.52
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cross	1,141	59.68
	Conservative	Andy Milligan	631	33.00
	Conservative	Alan Higginson	498	26.05
	Conservative	Derek Langford	414	21.65
Majority			680	35.01
Turnout				33.53
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Romsey Abbey

Romsey Abbey (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Gidley	1,372	63.02
	Liberal Democrats	Nik Daas	1,148	52.73
	Conservative	Mark Bramley	749	34.41
	Conservative	Simon Hayes	682	31.33
	Labour	Stuart Bannerman	184	8.45
Majority			623	27.02
Turnout				45.68
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Romsey Cupernham

Romsey Cupernham (3)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Baverstock	1,260	55.48
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Burnage	1,094	48.17
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Gwynne	952	41.92
	Conservative	John Ray	819	36.06
	Conservative	Lynne Askey	731	32.19
	Conservative	Janett Whiteley	690	30.38
	Independent	Ian Hibberd	358	15.76
	Labour	Phil Griffiths	214	9.42
Majority			441	16.63
Turnout				37.89
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Romsey Tadburn

Romsey Tadburn (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cooper	1,307	64.86
	Liberal Democrats	John Parker	1,086	53.90
	Conservative	Ian Richards	660	32.75
	Conservative	Dave Maslen	589	29.23
	Labour	Simon Cotton	195	9.68
Majority			647	29.92
Turnout				43.96
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Valley Park

Valley Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dowden	1,496	77.84
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Thom	1,175	61.13
	Conservative	Jillie Curtis	414	21.54
	Conservative	Roger Curtis	382	19.88
	Labour	David Watson	107	5.57
Majority			1,082	53.64
Turnout				41.44
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

By-elections

North Baddesley

North Baddesley: 24 March 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Geoff Cooper	1,095	63.9
	Conservative	Richard Cox	618	36.1
Majority			477	27.8
Turnout			1,713	29.7	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Andover Romans

Andover Romans: 15 December 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Sangster	400	57.6
	Conservative	Katie Brooks	294	42.4
Majority			106	15.2
Turnout			694	9.7	−17.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Notes

^ New Party

References

^ "Election results: Lib Dems gain Winchester from Tories". Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ "Borough Elections 2 May 2019 - Results". Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ "The Test Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Test Valley". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
^ "Election results: Lib Dems gain Winchester from Tories". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[:1-1] New Party

[BBC-2] "Election results: Lib Dems gain Winchester from Tories". Retrieved 7 August 2019.

[Test_Valley_District_Council-3] "Borough Elections 2 May 2019 - Results". Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

[Electoral_Changes_Order-4] "The Test Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2018". legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

[5] "Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Test Valley". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

[6] "Election results: Lib Dems gain Winchester from Tories". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2021.

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