2016 Fareham Borough Council election
The 2016 Fareham Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Fareham Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Half of the seats were up for re-election, with each councillor elected for a term of 4 years (except in the Fareham East ward). The last time these seats were contested was in 2012.
As well as wards in the town of Fareham, candidates were being elected in Hill Head, Locks Heath, Park Gate, Portchester, Titchfield, Sarisbury, Stubbington and Warsash.
In the Fareham East ward, voters elected 2 candidates. The candidate in first place was elected for a 4-year term and the candidate in second place was elected for a 2-year term.
Election results
The Conservatives remained in overall control, winning 12 seats. The Liberal Democrats won 3 seats, and UKIP won 1 seat.[2]
In Fareham West, incumbent councillor Nick Gregory stood down after six years on the council. He was first elected in a 2010 by-election as a Liberal Democrat, before defecting to the Conservatives and holding the seat in the 2012 elections. He then left the Conservative grouping to sit as an indendent, before defecting to UKIP and then reverting to being an independent.[3] The Lib Dem opposition leader, Paul Whittle stated that he had "changed colours more times than a set of traffic lights".
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 12 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 75.0 | 52.4 | 17,184 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 23.6 | 7,739 | ||
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.0 | 4,256 | ||
UKIP | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 6.3 | 7.7 | 2,542 | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.9 | 963 | ||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 | 0.4 | 143 |
Ward results
Note that all percentage change are in relation to the 2012 election when these seats were last contested
Fareham East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Katrina Trott | 1,376 | 33.8 | −26.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Maryam Brady | 879 | 21.6 | −38.3 | |
Conservative | Tom Davies | 755 | 18.5 | −10.6 | |
Conservative | Jackie Hudson | 570 | 14.0 | −15.1 | |
Labour | Susan Brown | 292 | 7.2 | −3.8 | |
Labour | James Webb | 203 | 5.0 | −6.0 | |
Majority | 497 | 12.2 | −19.5 | ||
Turnout | 4,075 | 41 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Fareham North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Louise Clubley | 1,140 | 51.8 | −6.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Trott | 586 | 26.6 | +8.5 | |
Labour | James Sebley | 271 | 12.3 | −0.1 | |
Green | David Harrison | 205 | 9.3 | −2.0 | |
Majority | 554 | 25.2 | −14.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,202 | 40.6 | +4.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.5 |
Fareham North West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Fred Birkett | 780 | 43.6 | +7.4 | |
UKIP | Stefan Charidge | 416 | 23.3 | +9.8 | |
Labour | Andrew Ovenden | 281 | 15.7 | 0.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dominic Wong | 167 | 9.3 | −25.3 | |
Independent | David Whittingham | 143 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Majority | 364 | 20.4 | +18.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,787 | 32.9 | +4.7 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | -1.2 |
Fareham South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Barton | 790 | 43.9 | −2.9 | |
UKIP | Paul Sturgess | 448 | 24.9 | +24.9 | |
Labour | Richard Ryan | 389 | 21.6 | −9.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Teigan Newman | 171 | 9.5 | +1.5 | |
Majority | 342 | 19.0 | +3.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,202 | 33.7 | +6.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -13.9 |
Fareham West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tina Ellis | 1,608 | 69.9 | +15.6 | |
Labour | Paul King | 351 | 15.3 | −0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rowena Palmer | 341 | 14.8 | −4.2 | |
Majority | 1,257 | 54.6 | +19.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,300 | 43.4 | +4.8 | ||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | +8.1 |
Hill Head
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kay Mandry | 1,343 | 51.6 | −15.5 | |
UKIP | Kenneth Cast | 779 | 30.0 | +30.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Powell | 292 | 11.2 | −8.2 | |
Labour | Cameron Crouchman | 187 | 7.2 | −6.3 | |
Majority | 564 | 21.7 | −26.0 | ||
Turnout | 2,601 | 43.6 | +3.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -22.8 |
Locks Heath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Keith Evans | 1,251 | 72.2 | +8.7 | |
Labour | Nicholas Knight | 259 | 15.0 | −2.1 | |
Green | John Burdfield | 222 | 12.8 | +12.8 | |
Majority | 1008 | 57.2 | +25.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,732 | 31.2 | −0.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Park Gate
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Martin | 1,096 | 66.4 | +1.9 | |
Labour | James Carr | 310 | 18.8 | −3.4 | |
Green | Anthony Stainer | 244 | 14.8 | +14.8 | |
Majority | 786 | 47.6 | +5.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,650 | 26.1 | −1.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +2.7 |
Portchester East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Shaun Cunningham | 1,433 | 45.5 | −8.7 | |
Conservative | Trevor Alford | 1,221 | 38.8 | +10.6 | |
Labour | Stuart Rose | 495 | 15.7 | −1.9 | |
Majority | 212 | 6.7 | −19.2 | ||
Turnout | 3,149 | 36.5 | +4.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -9.7 |
Portchester West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Walker | 1,104 | 52.1 | +1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gerry Kelly | 803 | 37.9 | +16.3 | |
Labour | Leslie Ricketts | 211 | 10.0 | −1.1 | |
Majority | 301 | 14.2 | −14.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,118 | 38.2 | +6.7 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -7.2 |
Sarisbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jon Butts | 1,149 | 71.7 | −3.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Weeks | 240 | 15.0 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Angela Carr | 214 | 13.3 | −1.2 | |
Majority | 909 | 56.7 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,603 | 27.7 | −2.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | -4.0 |
Stubbington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
UKIP | Carolyn Heneghan | 899 | 35.0 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jim Forrest | 772 | 30.1 | +3.3 | |
Conservative | Pal Hayre | 772 | 30.1 | −8.7 | |
Labour | Mark Harrison | 123 | 4.8 | +4.8 | |
Majority | 127 | 4.9 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 2,566 | 46.4 | +3.6 | ||
UKIP gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.7 |
Titchfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tiffany Harper | 1,212 | 67.7 | +0.3 | |
Labour | Michael Prior | 292 | 16.3 | −2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jill Underwood | 286 | 16.0 | +2.5 | |
Majority | 920 | 51.4 | +3.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,790 | 31.3 | −0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +1.6 |
Titchfield Common
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sarah Pankhurst | 996 | 59.7 | +7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Francis | 295 | 17.7 | −12.3 | |
Labour | Andrew Mooney | 223 | 13.4 | −3.9 | |
Green | Fiona Harvey | 154 | 9.2 | +9.2 | |
Majority | 701 | 42.0 | +19.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,668 | 28.0 | −1.2 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +9.7 |
Warsash
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Ford | 1,397 | 78.1 | +0.5 | |
Labour | Nicola Moore | 155 | 8.7 | −5.7 | |
Green | Miles Grindey | 138 | 7.7 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Palmer | 98 | 5.5 | −2.5 | |
Majority | 1259 | 70.4 | +7.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,788 | 33.4 | −0.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | +3.1 |
References
- ^ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ "Result of Poll - 05 May 2016". Fareham Borough Council. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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Preceded by Fareham Council election, 2014 |
Fareham local elections | Succeeded by Fareham Council election, 2018 |