2018 Eastleigh Borough Council election

The 2018 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect all members of Eastleigh Borough Council.[1] The election was on new boundaries, with the overall size of the council being reduced by five seats, from 44 to 39.[2] [3] The outcome was a decisive victory for the incumbent Liberal Democrats.[4]

2018 Eastleigh election
3 May 2018
All 39 seats to Eastleigh Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Independents
Seats before 33 6 5
Seats won 32 4 3
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 49,665 26,506 6,048
Percentage 51.1% 27.2% 6.2%
Council control before election

Liberal Democrats

 Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

Results
Eastleigh Borough 2018[5]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 32 0 1 Decrease1 82.1 51.1 49,665
  Conservative 4 0 2 Decrease2 10.3 27.2 26,506
  Independent 3 0 2 Decrease2 7.7 6.2 6,048
  Labour 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 12.0 11,674
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 2.1 2,014
  Green 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.4 1,375

Ward Results

[6]

A * denotes an incumbent councillor seeking reelection.

Bishopstoke
Bishopstoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Louise Parker-Jones 1,618 44.6
Independent Virginia Tidridge 1,477 40.7
Independent Raymond Dean 1,449 40.0
Liberal Democrats Trevor Mignot* 1,256 34.6
Liberal Democrats Victoria Parkinson* 1,202 33.1
Liberal Democrats Anne Winstanley* 1,197 33.0
Labour Christine McKeone 626 17.3
Labour Susan Toher 440 12.1
Labour Ray Bellinger 368 10.1
Conservative Nicholas Arnold 363 10.0
Conservative Jamie Mills 310 8.5
UKIP John Edwards 291 8.0
Conservative Jordan Howe-Piper 282 7.8
Total votes 3,630
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Botley
Botley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rupert Kyrle* 927 55.2
Liberal Democrats Adrian Trace 833 49.6
Conservative Joyce Haythorne 599 35.7
Conservative Stephen Wildin 537 32.0
Labour Andrew Helps 134 8.0
Labour Callum Williamson 121 7.2
UKIP Janet Weller 67 4.0
Total votes 1,682
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bursledon & Hound North
Bursledon & Hound North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Antonia Craig* 1,158 58.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Holes* 1,128 56.5
Liberal Democrats Lyndsey Rich* 1,124 56.3
Conservative John Milne 503 25.2
Conservative Michael Holliday 419 21.0
Conservative Sarah Davies 402 20.2
Labour Peter Chilton 194 9.7
Labour Margaret Ashton 160 8.0
Labour Edward White 135 6.8
UKIP Christopher Martin 124 6.2
Total votes 1,999
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chandler's Ford
Chandler's Ford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alan Broadhurst* 1,796 55.0
Liberal Democrats David Pragnell* 1,612 49.4
Liberal Democrats Timothy Groves 1,611 49.4
Conservative Benjamin Dolbear 1,026 31.4
Conservative Daniel Newcombe 1,007 30.9
Conservative Ian Bennett 956 29.3
Labour Gillian Connell 350 10.7
Labour Sarah Mann 313 9.6
Labour Jennifer Prior 295 9.0
UKIP Peter House 166 5.1
Total votes 3,289
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Eastleigh Central
Eastleigh Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tina Campbell* 1,163 46.8
Liberal Democrats Wayne Irish* 1,090 43.8
Liberal Democrats Jephthe Doguie 976 39.2
Labour Joshua Constable 649 26.1
Labour Jillian Payne 640 25.7
Conservative Paula Payne 469 18.9
Labour Sattar Shere-Mohammod 463 18.6
Conservative Paul Joseph 394 15.8
Conservative Leah Mills 360 14.5
UKIP Andrew Moore 306 12.3
Green Lynn Sheil 295 11.9
Total votes 2,491
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Eastleigh North
Eastleigh North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Daniel Clarke* 1,172 45.5
Liberal Democrats Rosemary Reynolds 1,076 41.8
Liberal Democrats Sara Tyson-Payne 984 38.2
Independent David Betts 541 21.0
Independent Steven Sollitt* 522 20.3
Independent Christopher Thomas* 441 17.1
Conservative Simon Payne 413 16.0
Conservative Jeanette Fox 359 13.9
Conservative Iwona Page 332 12.9
Labour Kathleen O'Neill 316 12.3
Labour Eileen Marks 308 12.0
Labour Steven Phillips 294 11.4
Green Alexander Hughes 229 8.9
UKIP Paul Webber 174 6.8
Total votes 2,582
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Eastleigh South
Eastleigh South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Bicknell* 1,167 52.0
Liberal Democrats Alex Bourne 1,066 47.5
Liberal Democrats Darshan Mann* 964 42.9
Labour Peter Luffman 602 26.8
Labour Tanya Judd 569 25.3
Labour Gwyneth Rees 463 20.6
Conservative Deborah Brewer 411 18.3
Conservative Scott Harris 356 15.9
Conservative Chloe Simpson 341 15.2
UKIP Glynn Davies-Dear 231 10.3
Total votes 2,249
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fair Oak & Horton Heath
Fair Oak & Horton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Rushton* 1,236 41.7
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Couldrey* 1,234 41.7
Conservative Steven Broomfield 1,188 40.1
Liberal Democrats Desmond Scott* 1,125 38.0
Conservative Jacqueline Zieba 837 28.3
Conservative Katharine Bradshaw 756 25.5
Green Paul Openshaw 412 13.9
Labour Mary Shephard 408 13.8
UKIP Martin Lyon 372 12.5
Labour Emma Kettle 321 10.8
Labour Philip Baker 307 10.4
Total votes 2,972
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hamble & Netley
Hamble & Netley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Airey* 1,879 62.0
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Cross* 1,853 61.2
Liberal Democrats Adam Manning 1,690 55.8
Conservative Edward Giles 846 27.9
Conservative Susan Hall 678 22.4
Conservative Lisa Moody 657 21.7
Labour Peter Chilton 302 10.0
Labour Margaret Ashton 281 9.3
Labour Edward White 261 8.6
Total votes 3,035
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hedge End North
Hedge End North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lucy Jurd 1,114 54.2
Liberal Democrats Derek Pretty* 1,105 53.8
Liberal Democrats Ian Corben* 1,080 52.6
Conservative Stephanie Arnold 549 26.7
Conservative Douglas Fox 473 23.0
Conservative Benjamin Burcombe-Filer 455 22.1
Labour Stephen Ashe 243 11.8
Labour Geoffrey Budd 243 11.8
Green Rosanna Campbell 187 9.1
Labour Kevin Williamson 160 7.8
UKIP John Tomlin 81 3.9
Total votes 2,056
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hedge End South
Hedge End South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Allingham* 1,933 57.3
Liberal Democrats Keith House* 1,894 56.2
Liberal Democrats Cynthia Garton* 1,863 55.3
Conservative Jeremy Hall 1,157 34.3
Conservative Christopher Yates 1,016 30.1
Conservative Andrea Lunnon 1,008 29.9
Labour Keith Day 182 5.4
Labour Terence Crow 173 5.1
Labour Betty Layland 155 4.6
UKIP George McGuinness 133 3.9
Total votes 3,379
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hiltingbury
Hiltingbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Judith Grajewski* 1,888 51.1
Conservative Margaret Atkinson* 1,793 48.5
Conservative Michael Hughes* 1,726 46.7
Liberal Democrats James Duguid 1,540 41.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Child 1,457 39.4
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Allen 1,416 38.3
Labour Kevin Butt 257 7.0
Labour John Prior 227 6.1
Labour Michael Tibble 222 6.0
Total votes 3,714
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

West End North
West End North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bruce Tennent* 975 61.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Gomer 934 59.0
Conservative Anna Linsdell 367 23.2
Conservative Thomas Yates 327 20.7
Green Glynn Fleming 122 7.7
Labour Alison Phillips 105 6.6
Labour Geoffrey Kosted 104 6.6
UKIP Andrew Whitehouse 69 4.4
Total votes 1,583
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

West End South
West End South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Janice Asman* 928 56.3
Liberal Democrats Carol Boulton* 907 55.0
Conservative Benjamin Greenwood 504 30.6
Conservative William Haythorne 442 26.8
Labour Stephen Willoughby 152 9.2
Labour Jacob Phillips 131 7.9
Green Tracy Weeks 130 7.9
Total votes 1,655
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References
  1. "England local elections 2018". BBC. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. "All seats up for grabs in Eastleigh Election". Eastleigh News. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. Stephen Slominski, 'All seats up for grabs in Eastleigh Election', Eastleigh News (3 May 2018).
  4. Josh Bourne, 'Lib Dems retain Eastleigh but lose deputy leader', Daily Echo (4 May 2018).
  5. "Local council election results 2018 - in full". BBC. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  6. "Declaration of Result of Poll" (PDF). Eastleigh Borough Council. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
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