Havant Borough Council elections

Map showing the composition of Havant Borough Council as of the last election in 2014. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red, UK Independence Party in purple and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

One third of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 38 councillors have been elected from 14 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]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1978
Conservative	1978 - 1990
No overall control	1990 - 2002
Conservative	2002–present

Council elections

Summary of the council composition after recent council elections, click on the year for full details of each election. Boundary changes took place for the 2002 election reducing the number of seats by 4, leading to the whole council being elected in that year.^[3]

• Havant Borough Council election, 1973
• Havant Borough Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
• Havant Borough Council election, 1979
• Havant Borough Council election, 1980
• Havant Borough Council election, 1982
• Havant Borough Council election, 1983
• Havant Borough Council election, 1984 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Havant Borough Council election, 1986
• Havant Borough Council election, 1987
• Havant Borough Council election, 1988
• Havant Borough Council election, 1990

Year	Conservative	Labour	UK Independence Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent	Liberal	Others	Notes
1991[6]	19	12	0	5	6	0	0
1992[7]	20	12	0	5	5	0	0	Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same[8]
1994[9]	16	12	0	11	3	0	0
1995[10]	12	12	0	15	3	0	0
1996[11]	8	11	0	20	3	0	0
1998[12]	14	8	0	14	3	0	3
1999[13]	16	8	0	11	3	1	3
2000[14]	20	11	0	8	3	0	0
2002[3]	23	9	0	6	0	0	0	New ward boundaries[15]
2003[16]	23	8	0	7	0	0	0
2004[17]	27	6	0	5	0	0	0
2006[18]	30	4	0	4	0	0	0
2007[19]	31	4	0	3	0	0	0
2008[20]	32	3	0	3	0	0	0
2010[21]	34	1	0	3	0	0	0
2011[22]	35	1	0	2	0	0	0
2012[23]	34	3	0	1	0	0	0
2014[2]	31	4	2	1	0	0	0
2015

Borough result maps

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  2002 results map

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  2003 results map

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  2004 results map

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  2006 results map

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  2007 results map

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  2008 results map

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  2010 results map

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  2011 results map

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  2012 results map

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  2014 results map

By-election results

By-elections occur when seats become vacant between council elections. Below is a summary of recent by-elections;^[24] full by-election results can be found by clicking on the by-election name.

By-election	Date	Incumbent party		Winning party
Stakes	3 July 1997		Liberal Democrat		Conservative
Warren Park	25 September 1997		Liberal Democrat		Liberal Democrat
Hart Plain by-election	15 February 2001		Liberal Democrat		Liberal Democrat
St Faiths by-election	7 June 2001		Conservative		Conservative
Waterloo by-election	13 November 2003		Conservative		Conservative
Bedhampton by-election	24 February 2005		Liberal Democrat		Liberal Democrat
Battins by-election	2 November 2006		Conservative		Liberal Democrat
Hart Plain by-election	30 November 2006		Liberal Democrat		Conservative
Waterloo by-election	4 September 2008		Conservative		Conservative
Battins by-election	15 November 2012		Liberal Democrat		Liberal Democrat
Bedhampton by-election	2 May 2013		Conservative		Conservative
Emsworth by-election	2 May 2013		Conservative		Conservative
Waterloo by-election	24 October 2013		Conservative		Conservative

References

1. "Councillor numbers could be cut to help save borough cash". The News. 10 February 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
2. "Havant". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
3. "Havant". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Havant (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
5. The East Hampshire and Havant (Areas) Order 1983
6. "Council Elections: Results". Financial Times (NewsBank). 3 May 1991. p. 8.
7. "Local election results 1992". The Times (NewsBank). 9 May 1992.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
9. "Non Metropolitan Districts - Local elections". The Times (NewsBank). 7 May 1994. p. 9.
10. "The complete list of local council election results". The Independent (NewsBank). 6 May 1995.
11. "Complete list of results - Elections". The Times (NewsBank). 4 May 1996. p. 8.
12. "Local Elections results". The Times (NewsBank). 9 May 1998. p. 46.
13. "How the nations voted - Election". The Times (NewsBank). 8 May 1999. p. 48.
14. "Havant". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
15. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Havant (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
16. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
17. "Havant council". BBC News Online. 11 June 2004. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
18. "Local elections: Havant". BBC News Online. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
19. "Havant". BBC News Online. 3 May 2007. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
20. "Havant". BBC News Online. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
21. "Havant". BBC News Online. 7 May 2010. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
22. "England council elections". BBC News Online. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
23. "Vote 2012". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
24. "Local Authority Byelection Results". Retrieved 14 June 2014.

External links

• Havant Borough Council