2016 Winchester City Council election

2016 Winchester City Council election
45 of the 45 seats to Winchester City Council; 23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.41%
	Map of the City of Winchester after the election
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

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.

Quick facts 45 of the 45 seats to Winchester City Council 23 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

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]

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	Seats	Gains	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	25	25	25	55.56	40.6	16,917
Liberal Democrats	20	20	20	44.44	34.2	14,252
Labour	0	0			11.7	4,888
Green	0	0			3.4	1,430
UKIP	0	0			4.4	1,830

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Lisa Griffiths	1,720	51.45
	Conservative	Kim Gottlieb	1,686	50.43
	Conservative	Ernie Jeffs	1,658	49.60
	Liberal Democrats	Margot Power	1,425	42.63
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Divall	1,180	35.30
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Gordon-Smith	1,162	34.76
	Labour	Ian Wight	245	7.33
	Labour	Lee Hayes	197	5.89
	Labour	James Leppard	150	4.49
Majority			233	6.97
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Bell	1,485	46.51
	Conservative	Jan Warwick	1,386	43.41
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Laming	1,350	42.28
	Conservative	Rob Ducker	1,305	40.71
	Conservative	Gavin Dick	1,231	38.55
	Liberal Democrats	John Romero	1,198	37.52
	UKIP	Chris Bardon-Briddon	318	9.96
	Labour	Peter Rees	207	6.48
	Labour	Alun Glyn Rees	203	6.36
	Labour	Jonathan Tettmar	161	5.04
Majority			45	157
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rob Humby	1,169	52.47
	Conservative	David McLean	1,165	52.29
	Conservative	Stephen Miller	1,146	51.44
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Houghton	393	17.64
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Stoneham	378	16.97
	Labour	Steve Haines	353	15.84
	UKIP	Vivienne Young	347	15.57
	Labour	Laurie Clough	313	14.05
	Labour	Steven Jakubowski	274	12.30
	Liberal Democrats	Sudhakar Achwal	230	10.32
Majority			753	33.80
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Frank Pearson	1,576	54.99
	Conservative	Vicki Weston	1,529	53.35
	Conservative	Linda Gemmell	1,473	51.40
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Campbell	678	23.66
	Liberal Democrats	Margret Scriven	533	18.60
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Stoneham	454	15.84
	UKIP	Leslie Mitchell	453	15.81
	Labour	Stan Evans	273	9.53
	Labour	Alexander Graft	253	8.83
	Labour	Nicola Wardrop	252	8.79
Majority			795	27.74
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

2016 Winchester City Council election

Results summary

Ward results

Alresford & Itchen Valley

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

Bishop's Waltham

Central Meon Valley

Colden Common and Twyford

Denmead

Southwick and Wickham

St Barnabas

St Bartholomew

St Luke

St Michael

St Paul

The Worthys

Upper Meon Valley

Whiteley & Shedfield

Wonston & Micheldever

References

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Colden Common and Twyford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Izard	1,094	58.01
	Conservative	Sue Cook	782	41.46
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Johnston	573	30.38
	Conservative	Maureen Rees	554	29.37
	Green	Julia Hallman	146	7.74
	Labour	Paul Brown	128	6.79
	Labour	Sonia Critcher	122	6.47
Majority			209	11.08
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Denmead
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mike Read	1,429	69.84
	Conservative	Patricia Stallard	1,400	68.43
	Conservative	Caroline Brook	1,188	58.06
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Negus	433	21.16
	Labour	Claire Sorensen	387	18.91
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Wernick	278	13.59
	Labour	Jacqueline Carroll	219	10.70
	Labour	Steve Della Mora	184	8.99
Majority			755	36.90
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Barnabas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kelsie Learney	1,406	42.11
	Conservative	Eileen Berry	1,395	41.88
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Weir	1,378	41.37
	Conservative	Paul Twelftree	1,317	39.54
	Conservative	Angie Wilkinson	1,112	33.38
	Liberal Democrats	Cameron Johnson	1,089	32.69
	Winchester Independent	Kezia Hoffman	661	19.84
	Labour	Hannah Field	307	9.22
	Labour	Adrian Field	293	8.80
	Labour	Tessa Valentine	274	8.23
Majority			61	1.83
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

St Bartholomew
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Hiscock	926	34.57
	Conservative	Rose Burns	832	31.06
	Liberal Democrats	Nicki Elks	737	27.51
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Williams	667	24.90
	Conservative	Sue Falconer	563	21.02
	Green	Lucy Clement	517	19.30
	Labour	Clive Gosling	474	17.69
	Conservative	David Crudgington	466	17.39
	Winchester Independent	Michael Coker-Davies	461	17.21
	Labour	Kathleen East	441	16.46
	Green	Michael Wilks	426	15.90
	Labour	Lawrence Mason	340	12.69
	Green	Rhian Harrison	327	12.21
	UKIP	Bob Barnes	271	10.12
Majority			70	2.61
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)