Winchester City Council elections

One third of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 57 councillors have been elected from 26 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]^[3]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1976
No overall control	1976 - 1979
Conservative	1979 - 1987
No overall control	1987 - 1995
Liberal Democrats	1995 - 2004
No overall control	2004 - 2006
Conservative	2006 - 2010
Liberal Democrats	2010 - 2011
No overall control	2011 - 2012
Conservative	2012 - present

Council elections

Winchester City Council election, 1973
Winchester City Council election, 1976 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
Winchester City Council election, 1979
Winchester City Council election, 1980
Winchester City Council election, 1982
Winchester City Council election, 1983
Winchester City Council election, 1984
Winchester City Council election, 1986 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Winchester City Council election, 1987
Winchester City Council election, 1988
Winchester City Council election, 1990
Winchester City Council election, 1991
Winchester City Council election, 1992
Winchester City Council election, 1994
Winchester City Council election, 1995
Winchester City Council election, 1996
Winchester City Council election, 1998
Winchester City Council election, 1999
Winchester City Council election, 2000
Winchester City Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[6]^[7]
Winchester City Council election, 2003
Winchester City Council election, 2004
Winchester City Council election, 2006
Winchester City Council election, 2007
Winchester City Council election, 2008
Winchester City Council election, 2010
Winchester City Council election, 2011
Winchester City Council election, 2012
Winchester City Council election, 2014
Winchester City Council election, 2015
Winchester City Council election, 2016 (New ward boundaries)^[8]

District result maps

2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map

By-election results

1997-2001

Shedfield By-Election 17 September 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent		314	51.3	-20.3
	Conservative		145	23.7	+23.7
	Liberal Democrat		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^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Le May	438	49.0	+13.2
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat		Swing

2005-2009

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm By-Election 29 September 2005^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Wickham By-Election 22 November 2007^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Colden Common and Twyford By-Election 25 September 2008^[12]^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

2009-2013

St Pauls By-Election 14 October 2010^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm By-Election 27 January 2011^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Elections - Voting". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
↑ "Winchester". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
1 2 "Winchester Lib Dems win by-election in Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm". Hampshire Chronicle. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ The Hampshire (Areas) Order 1985
↑ "Winchester". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
↑ "District Council By-Election Results - 7 June 2001". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
↑ "By-election result". Winchester City Council. 2005-09-30. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
↑ "Wickham By-Election results". Winchester City Council. 2007-11-23. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
↑ "Lib Dems triumph". ThisIsHampshire.net. 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
↑ "Results of the Colden Common and Twyford by-election". Winchester City Council. 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2010-01-26.
↑ "Lib Dems defend crucial by-election seat". Southern Daily Echo. 2010-10-15. Retrieved 2010-12-10.

By-election results

External links

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Council elections in Hampshire

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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