Winchester City Council elections
Appearance
One third of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 57 councillors have been elected from 26 wards.[1]
Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]
Party in control | Years |
---|---|
Independent | 1973 - 1976 |
No overall control | 1976 - 1979 |
Conservative | 1979 - 1987 |
No overall control | 1987 - 1995 |
Liberal Democrats | 1995 - 2004 |
No overall control | 2004 - 2006 |
Conservative | 2006 - 2010 |
Liberal Democrats | 2010 - 2011 |
No overall control | 2011 - 2012 |
Conservative | 2012 - 2014 |
No overall control |
2014 - 2015 |
Conservative | 2015 - present |
Council elections
- Winchester City Council election, 1973
- Winchester City Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)[4]
- Winchester City Council election, 1979
- Winchester City Council election, 1980
- Winchester City Council election, 1982
- Winchester City Council election, 1983
- Winchester City Council election, 1984
- Winchester City Council election, 1986 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[5]
- Winchester City Council election, 1987
- Winchester City Council election, 1988
- Winchester City Council election, 1990
- Winchester City Council election, 1991
- Winchester City Council election, 1992
- Winchester City Council election, 1994
- Winchester City Council election, 1995
- Winchester City Council election, 1996
- Winchester City Council election, 1998
- Winchester City Council election, 1999
- Winchester City Council election, 2000
- Winchester City Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)[6][7]
- Winchester City Council election, 2003
- Winchester City Council election, 2004
- Winchester City Council election, 2006
- Winchester City Council election, 2007
- Winchester City Council election, 2008
- Winchester City Council election, 2010
- Winchester City Council election, 2011
- Winchester City Council election, 2012
- Winchester City Council election, 2014
- Winchester City Council election, 2015
- Winchester City Council election, 2016 (New ward boundaries)[8]
District result maps
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2006 results map
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2007 results map
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2008 results map
By-election results
1997-2001
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | 314 | 51.3 | -20.3 | ||
Conservative | 145 | 23.7 | +23.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 140 | 22.9 | +22.9 | ||
Labour | 13 | 2.1 | -13.5 | ||
Majority | 169 | 27.6 | |||
Turnout | 612 | 50.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
2001-2005
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcolm Le May | 438 | 49.0 | +13.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Safia Boot | 404 | 45.2 | -13.4 | |
Labour | Timothy Curran | 52 | 5.8 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 34 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 894 | 77 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
2005-2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Spender | 853 | 57.1 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Susan Evershed | 584 | 39.1 | +2.0 | |
Labour | Clare McKenna | 56 | 3.7 | -1.3 | |
Majority | 269 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,493 | 46.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Angela Clear | 630 | 60.9 | -0.2 | |
Conservative | Karen Jeffreys | 349 | 33.8 | -2.8 | |
UKIP | Douglas Reed | 40 | 3.9 | +3.9 | |
Labour | Robert Rudge | 15 | 1.5 | -0.8 | |
Majority | 281 | 27.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,034 | 33.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Daryl Henry | 1,180 | 54.1 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Sue Evershed | 938 | 43.0 | -1.6 | |
Labour | Nicholas Carr | 64 | 2.9 | +0.5 | |
Majority | 242 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,182 | 51.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2009-2013
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Robert Hutchison | 968 | 53.2 | -4.7 | |
Conservative | Helen Osborne | 606 | 33.3 | -2.2 | |
Labour | Nigel Fox | 247 | 13.6 | +7.0 | |
Majority | 362 | 19.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,821 | 32.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Brian Laming | 894 | 53.9 | -6.3 | |
Conservative | Leanne Wheeler | 604 | 36.4 | +1.3 | |
Labour | Hum Qureshi | 162 | 9.8 | +5.1 | |
Majority | 290 | 17.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,660 | 51.1 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "Elections - Voting". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
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(help) - ^ "Winchester". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
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(help) - ^ a b "Winchester Lib Dems win by-election in Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm". Hampshire Chronicle. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- ^ The Hampshire (Areas) Order 1985
- ^ "Winchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
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(help) - ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
- ^ "District Council By-Election Results - 7 June 2001". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
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(help) - ^ "By-election result". Winchester City Council. 2005-09-30. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
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(help) - ^ "Wickham By-Election results". Winchester City Council. 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
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(help) - ^ "Lib Dems triumph". ThisIsHampshire.net. 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
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(help) - ^ "Results of the Colden Common and Twyford by-election". Winchester City Council. 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
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(help) - ^ "Lib Dems defend crucial by-election seat". Southern Daily Echo. 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2010-12-10.
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