2016 Winchester City Council election

The 2016 Winchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2016 Winchester City Council election
May 2016
45 of the 45 seats to Winchester City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.41%
  First party Second party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 25 20
Popular vote 16,917 14,252
Percentage 40.6 34.2
Map of the City of Winchester after the election
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

Every seat was contested following boundary changes which saw the number of seats reduce from 57 to 45. The count for this election was conducted on 7 May 2016.[2]

Before the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:

The result of the election was:

  • Conservatives 25
  • Liberal Democrats 20.[3]

Results Summary

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

Winchester City Council election, 2016
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 25 25 0 25 55.56 40.6 16,917
  Liberal Democrats 20 20 0 20 44.44 34.2 14,252
  Labour 0 0 0 11.7 4,888
  Green 0 0 0 3.4 1,430
  UKIP 0 0 0 4.4 1,830

Ward results

Alresford & Itchen Valley
Alresford & Itchen Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lisa Griffiths 1,720 50.7
Conservative Kim Gottlieb 1,686
Conservative Ernie Jeffs 1,658
Liberal Democrats Margot Power 1425 42.0
Liberal Democrats Keith Divall 1180
Liberal Democrats Russell Gordon-Smith 1162
Labour Ian Wight 245 7.2
Labour Lee Hayes 197
Labour James Leppard 150
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery
Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Bell 1,485 43.7
Conservative Jan Warwick 1,386 40.8
Liberal Democrats Brian Laming 1,350
Conservative Rob Ducker 1305
Conservative Gavin Dick 1231
Liberal Democrats John Romero 1198
UKIP Chris Bardon-Briddon 318 9.4
Labour Peter Rees 207 6.1
Labour Alun Glyn Rees 203
Labour Jonathan Tettmar 161
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bishop's Waltham
Bishop's Waltham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rob Humby 1,169 51.7
Conservative David McLean 1,165
Conservative Stephen Miller 1,146
Liberal Democrats Thomas Houghton 393 17.4
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Stoneham 378
Labour Steve Haines 353 15.6
UKIP Vivienne Young 347 15.3
Labour Laurie Clough 313
Labour Steven Jakubowski 274
Liberal Democrats Sudhakar Achwal 230
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Central Meon Valley
Central Meon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frank Pearson 1,576 52.9
Conservative Vicki Weston 1,529
Conservative Linda Gemmell 1,473
Liberal Democrats Sheila Campbell 678 22.8
Liberal Democrats Margret Scriven 533
Liberal Democrats Anne Stoneham 454
UKIP Leslie Mitchell 453 15.2
Labour Stan Evans 273 9.2
Labour Alexander Graft 253
Labour Nicola Wardrop 252
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Colden Common and Twyford
Colden Common and Twyford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Izard 1,094 50.9
Conservative Sue Cook 782 36.4
Liberal Democrats Robert Johnston 573
Conservative Maureen Rees 554
Green Julia Hallman 146 6.8
Labour Paul Brown 128 6.0
Labour Sonia Critcher 122
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Denmead
Denmead
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Read 1,429 63.5
Conservative Patricia Stallard 1,400
Conservative Caroline Brook 1,188
Liberal Democrats Andrew Negus 433 19.3
Labour Claire Sorensen 387 17.2
Liberal Democrats Simon Wernick 278
Labour Jacqueline Carroll 219
Labour Steve Della Mora 184
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Southwick and Wickham
Southwick and Wickham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Clear 1,002 58.5
Liberal Democrats Therese Evans 890
Liberal Democrats Neil Cutler 826
Conservative Mags Brown 384 22.4
Conservative Leon Dabbs 352
Conservative Neil Lander-Brinkley 279
UKIP Ian Norgate 229 13.4
Labour Gary Gray 99 5.8
Labour Paul Sony 83
Labour Paul Harris 80
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Barnabas
St Barnabas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kelsie Learney 1,406 37.3
Conservative Eileen Berry 1,395 37.0
Liberal Democrats Anne Weir 1,378
Conservative Paul Twelftree 1317
Conservative Angie Wilkinson 1112
Liberal Democrats Cameron Johnson 1089
Winchester Independent Kezia Hoffman 661 17.5
Labour Hannah Field 307 8.1
Labour Adrian Field 293
Labour Tessa Valentine 274
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Bartholomew
St Bartholomew
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dominic Hiscock 926 26.6
Conservative Rose Burns 832 23.9
Liberal Democrats Nicki Elks 737
Liberal Democrats Paul Williams 667
Conservative Sue Falconer 563
Green Lucy Clement 517 14.9
Labour Clive Gosling 474 13.6
Conservative David Crudgington 466
Winchester Independent Michael Coker-Davies 461 13.2
Labour Kathleen East 441
Green Michael Wilks 426
Labour Lawrence Mason 340
Green Rhian Harrison 327
UKIP Bob Barnes 271 7.8
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Luke
St Luke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jamie Scott 732 56.2
Liberal Democrats Derek Green 590
Labour Patrick Davies 247 19.0
Labour Andrew Adams 157
Conservative Harry Sampson 145 11.1
Conservative George Marshall-James 117
Winchester Independents Tomos James 102 7.8
Green Kia Pope 76 5.8
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Michael
St Michael
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fiona Mather 1,129 34.6
Conservative Guy Ashton 1,054
Conservative Ian Tait 1,041
Labour Janet Berry 680 20.9
Winchester Independents Judith Martin 624 19.1
Labour Sharon Montgomery 514
Liberal Democrats John Higgins 474 14.5
Labour Nicola Tettmar 457
Liberal Democrats Michael Elks 439
Liberal Democrats David Banks 357
Green Dinah Barton 352 10.8
Green Robert Parker 293
Green Tasha Harrison 248
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

St Paul
St Paul
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Liz Hutchinson 1,174 38.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Tod 1,055
Liberal Democrats Lucille Thompson 1,008
Conservative George Beard 724 23.8
Conservative Kerry Halfpenny 702
Conservative Steve Russell 616
Labour Karen Barratt 496 16.3
Labour Nigel Fox 419
Winchester Independents TC Dunlop 385 12.6
Labour Jonathan Morris 320
Green Lee Ingram 265 8.7
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

The Worthys
The Worthys
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Porter 1,257 59.4
Liberal Democrats Jane Rutter 1,150
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Prince 1,049
Conservative Matt Palmer 642 30.3
Conservative Stan Howell 607
Conservative Tom Crofts 557
Labour Kimberley Torkington 218 10.3
Labour Catherine Hutchinson 170
Labour Richard Carthew 159
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Upper Meon Valley
Upper Meon Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Amber Thacker 1,134 65.9
Conservative Laurence Ruffell 1,010
Liberal Democrats Chris Day 319 18.5
Liberal Democrats Lewis North 286
Labour Peter O'Sullivan 268 15.6
Labour Joe Tugwell 198
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Whiteley & Shedfield
Whiteley & Shedfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Vivian Achwal 801 37.5
Conservative Roger Huxstep 751 35.1
Liberal Democrats Roger Bentote 747
Conservative Andy Baker 710
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Fern 677
Conservative Cynthia Town 628
UKIP David Walbridge 212 9.9
Green Anne Coleman 150 7.0
Labour David Picton-Jones 113 5.3
Independent Malcolm Butler 110 5.2
Labour Anne West 109
Labour John Staples 83
Majority
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Wonston & Micheldever
Wonston & Micheldever
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Godfrey 1,719 62.2
Conservative Caroline Horrill 1,612
Conservative James Byrnes 1,552
Liberal Democrats Katy Toms 653 23.6
Liberal Democrats Ian Gordon 592
Labour Melanie Middleton 393 14.2
Labour Richard James 314
Labour Antony De Peyer 278
Majority
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

References

[4]

  1. "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. "Winchester begins election count".
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Election Results". www.winchester.gov.uk. Winchester City Council. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
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