Winchester City Council elections

Winchester City Council is responsible for the local government of the City of Winchester in Hampshire, England. Despite its name, the City of Winchester is a local government district that stretches far beyond the urban area of Winchester, covering urban, suburban and rural areas.

Winchester Guildhall, home of the City Council, seen in 2018

One third of Winchester City Council is elected each year in a sequence of three years, followed by one year without election, thus giving a tenure for individual councillors of four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 55 councillors have been elected from 16 wards, there having previously been 57 councillors have been elected from 26 wards from 2002.[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 controlYears
Independent1973–1976
No overall control1976–1979
Conservative1979–1987
No overall control1987–1995
Liberal Democrats1995–2004
No overall control2004–2006
Conservative2006–2010
Liberal Democrats2010–2011
No overall control2011–2012
Conservative2012–2014
No overall control2014–2015
Conservative2015–2019
Liberal Democrats2019–present

Leadership

The role of mayor of Winchester is now largely ceremonial, with political leadership instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1994 have been:[4]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Allan Mitchell Liberal Democrats19941998
John Steel Liberal DemocratsMay 1998May 2001
Rodney Sabine Liberal DemocratsMay 20015 May 2002
Sheila Campbell Liberal DemocratsMay 20027 May 2006
George Beckett Conservative17 May 200619 May 2010
Kelsey Learney Liberal Democrats19 May 201018 May 2011
George Beckett Conservative18 May 20116 May 2012
Keith Wood Conservative16 May 201225 May 2014
Rob Humby Conservative4 Jun 201417 Feb 2015
Frank Pearson Conservative19 Feb 201520 May 2015
Stephen Godfrey Conservative20 May 201511 Jan 2017
Caroline Horrill Conservative11 Jan 2017May 2019
Lucille Thompson Liberal Democrats15 May 2019May 2022
Martin Tod Liberal Democrats18 May 2022

Council elections

District result maps
  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
    2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2012 results map
    2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
    2014 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2016 results map (New Boundaries)
    2016 results map (New Boundaries)
  • 2018 results map
    2018 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map
  • 2022 results map
    2022 results map

N.b. White denotes no election held in ward that year; 2011 results are missing

By-election results

1997-2001
Shedfield By-Election 17 September 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Paul Hoare 314 51.3 -20.3
Conservative Roger Huxstep 145 23.7 +23.7
Liberal Democrats Margaret Scriven 140 22.9 +22.9
Labour 13 2.1 -13.5
Majority 169 27.6
Turnout 612 50.0
Independent hold Swing

2001-2005
Durley and Upham By-Election 7 June 2001[10]
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
Olivers Battery & Badger Farm By-Election 29 September 2005[11]
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
Wickham By-Election 22 November 2007[12]
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
Colden Common and Twyford By-Election 25 September 2008[13][14]
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
St Pauls By-Election 14 October 2010[15]
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
Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm By-Election 27 January 2011[3]
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

2017-2021
Upper Meon Valley By-Election, 20th September 2018
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hugh Michael Rawson Lumby 1039 51.6 -18.0
Liberal Democrats Lewis John North 905 44.9 +24.0
Labour June Elizabeth Kershaw 39 1.9 -7.6
Green Andrew Karl Wainwright 31 1.5 N/A
Majority 134
Conservative hold Swing

References
  1. "Elections - Voting". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  2. "Winchester". BBC News Online. 19 April 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  3. "Winchester Lib Dems win by-election in Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm". Hampshire Chronicle. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
  4. "Council minutes". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
  5. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  6. The Hampshire (Areas) Order 1985
  7. "Winchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  8. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  9. legislation.gov.uk - The Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
  10. "District Council By-Election Results - 7 June 2001". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  11. "By-election result". Winchester City Council. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  12. "Wickham By-Election results". Winchester City Council. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  13. "Lib Dems triumph". ThisIsHampshire.net. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  14. "Results of the Colden Common and Twyford by-election". Winchester City Council. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
  15. "Lib Dems defend crucial by-election seat". Southern Daily Echo. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
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