2024 Winchester City Council election

Local election in Hampshire, England

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2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)

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14 out of 45 seats to Winchester City Council
23 seats needed for a majority

Turnout

41.4%

	First party	Second party

Leader	Martin Tod	Caroline Horrill
Party	Liberal Democrats	Conservative
Leader since	2022	2017
Last election	30 seats, 50.1%	12 seats, 32.2%
Seats before	30	12
Seats won	11	2
Seats after	33	8
Seat change	3	4
Popular vote	17,258	11,301
Percentage	47.7%	31.3%
Swing	2.3%	0.9%

	Third party	Fourth party

Leader	Malcolm Wallace	N/A
Party	Green	Independent
Leader since	2023
Last election	2 seats, 12.7%	1 seat, 0.0%
Seats before	2	1
Seats won	1	0
Seats after	3	1
Seat change	1
Popular vote	5,198	552
Percentage	14.4%	1.5%
Swing	1.7%	1.5%

Ward map of Winchester, 2024

Leader before election

Martin Tod
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Martin Tod
Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Winchester City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England, and Hampshire's and the Isle of Wight's Constabulary Police and Crime Commissioner election.

There were 14 of the 45 seats on the council up for election, being the usual approximate third of the council. Not all wards had a seat open for election: the two wards Upper Meon Valley and Colden Common & Twyford will next be contested in 2026. The council was already under Liberal Democrat majority control; their majority increased at this election.

Summary

Election Result

2024 Winchester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	11	4	78.6%	22	33	73.3%	17,258	47.7%	-2.3%
	Conservative	2	5	14.3%	6	8	17.8%	11,301	31.3%	-0.9%
	Green	1	1	7.1%	2	3	6.7%	5,198	14.4%	+1.7%
	Independent	0		0.0%	1	1	2.2%	552	1.5%	+1.5%
	Labour	0		0.0%	0	0	0.0%	1,853	5.1%	+0.2%

Results

The Statements of Persons Nominated was released by Winchester City Council on 8 April 2024 following the close of nominations. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

Alresford & Itchen Valley

Alresford & Itchen Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clare Pinniger	1,768	53.9	−4.9
	Conservative	Fiona Isaacs*	1283	39.1	+4.8
	Green	Dane Westley	148	4.5	−0.2
	Labour	Tessa Valentine	79	2.4	+0.3
Majority			485	14.7
Turnout			3297	47.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Badger Farm and Oliver`s Battery

Badger Farm and Oliver`s Battery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Warwick*	1,618	47.5	+8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Forder	1408	41.4	−9.3
	Green	Max Priesemann	250	7.4	+1.9
	Labour	Adrian Field	125	3.7	+0.9
Majority			210	6.2
Turnout			3413	54.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bishops Waltham

Bishops Waltham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ritchie Latham	1,617	57.4	+3.2
	Conservative	Henry Laferla	700	24.9	−9.3
	Independent	Alex Coles	202	7.2	N/A
	Green	Richard Cannon	172	6.1	−1.7
	Labour	Steve Haines	125	4.4	+0.6
Majority			917	32.5
Turnout			2816	41.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Central Meon Valley

Central Meon Valley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Suzanne White	1,717	51.5	−11.6
	Conservative	Linda Gemmell	960	28.8	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Bodger	579	17.4	+8.3
	Labour	Oliver Hirsch	80	2.4	+0.5
Majority			757	22.7
Turnout			3336	44.4
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Denmead

Denmead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bennett	1,006	44.2	+2.8
	Conservative	Mike Read*	986	43.3	−1.6
	Labour	Andrew Kirby	147	6.5	±0.0
	Green	Elizabeth Riley	136	6.0	−1.3
Majority			20	0.9
Turnout			2275	33.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	25.0

Southwick & Wickham

Southwick and Wickham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Clear*	1,053	61.9	+6.5
	Conservative	Denise Searle	387	22.7	−8.4
	Labour	Paul Sony	137	8.0	+3.8
	Green	Beata Parry	125	7.3	−2.0
Majority			666	39.2
Turnout			1702	30.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Barnabas

St Barnabas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kelsie Learney*	1,632	53.5	−5.2
	Conservative	Antonia Cox	891	29.2	+2.3
	Green	Charlotte Harley	365	12.0	+3.4
	Labour	Lucy Sims	164	5.4	−0.4
Majority			741	24.3
Turnout			3052	45.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Tippett-Cooper*	1,237	50.4	−6.2
	Green	Lorraine Estelle	589	24.0	+12.1
	Conservative	Philip Hutchinson	426	17.3	−4.0
	Labour	Patrick Davies	204	8.3	−2.0
Majority			648	26.4
Turnout			2456	38.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Luke

St Luke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Scott*	618	57.8	+2.5
	Conservative	Ian Tait	212	19.8	−6.3
	Labour	Alison Cochrane	142	13.3	−0.2
	Green	Michael Perrott	97	9.1	+4.0
Majority			406	38.0
Turnout			1069	28.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Michael

St Michael
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rachel Aron	1,416	53.7	−1.8
	Conservative	Leo Keay	697	22.6	−6.2
	Green	Richard Needham	347	13.1	+3.7
	Labour	Peter Marsh	179	6.8	+0.5
Majority			719	31.1
Turnout			2639	41.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Paul

St Paul
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Westwood*	1,315	49.5	−9.0
	Green	Giles Gooding	699	26.3	+12.6
	Conservative	Steve Russell	453	17.0	−2.4
	Labour	Stephen Turner	191	7.2	−1.2
Majority			616	23.2
Turnout			2658	40.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The Worthys

The Worthys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Cramoysan*	1,275	55.3	−3.3
	Conservative	Signe Biddle	785	34.0	+3.1
	Green	Andrew Pogson	127	5.5	+1.1
	Labour	Cameron Hodgkinson	120	5.2	−0.9
Majority			490	21.2
Turnout			2307	43.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whiteley & Shedfield

Whiteley and Shedfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivian Achwal*	1,112	48.2	−15.9
	Conservative	Marcus Garth	480	20.8	−5.9
	Independent	Sean Whelan	350	15.2	N/A
	Green	Kate Needham	269	11.7	+6.9
	Labour	Rosalind O`Shaughnessy	94	4.1	−0.3
Majority			632	27.4
Turnout			2305	34.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Godfrey*	1,423	49.6	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Murphy	1222	42.6	+4.3
	Green	Dee Wright	157	5.5	−1.0
	Labour	Antony de Peyer	66	2.3	−0.6
Majority			201	7.0
Turnout			2868	49.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Changes 2024–2026

St Michael by-election, 4 July 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Murphy	2,217	48.3
	Conservative	Leo Keay	1,193	26.0
	Green	Richard Needham	795	17.3
	Labour	Peter Ronald Marsh	385	8.4
Majority			1,024	22.3
Turnout			4,622	70.12
Registered electors			6,592
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

By-election triggered by resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor George Prest.

References

"Winchester City Council - Local Election Thursday 2 May 2024: Political Split" (PDF). Winchester City Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
"Three Winchester city councillors stepping down ahead of next election". Hampshire Chronicle. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
Oliver, Toby (3 May 2024). "Winchester City Council election result: Conservatives lose four seats". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
"Election Results". Winchester City Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
"PCC, District, Parish Elections & HCC by Election– Thursday 2 May 2024". Winchester City Council. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
"Declaration of Results of Poll" (PDF). Winchester City Council. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
Atkinson, Christopher (17 June 2024). "St Michael's Ward city council by-election: meet the candidates". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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