2024 Southampton City Council election

The 2024 Southampton City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England.^[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

2024 Southampton City Council election

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17 out of 51 seats to Southampton City Council 26 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Lorna Fielker Daniel Fitzhenry Richard Blackman[1] Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 38 seats, 45.5% 9 seats, 33.4% 3 seats, 12.7% Seats before 37 9 3 Seats after 36 10 4 Seat change 1 1 1   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green Independent Last election 1 seat, 6.6% 0 seats, 0.2% Seats before 1 1 Seats after 1 0 Seat change 1
Winner of each seat at the 2024 Southampton City Council election
Leader before election Lorna Fielker Labour Leader after election Lorna Fielker Labour

Labour retained their majority on the council.^[3][4]

The Conservative leader of the opposition, Dan Fitzhenry, did not stand for re-election.^[5] The Conservatives chose Peter Baillie to be their new group leader after the election.^[6]

Summary

Election result

2024 Southampton City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	12	1	70.6	24	36	70.6	19,148	39.9	-5.6
	Conservative	3	1	17.6	7	10	19.6	14,259	29.7	-3.7
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	11.8	2	4	7.8	6,073	12.7	+0.0
	Green	0		0.0	1	1	2.0	4,406	9.2	+2.6
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,920	4.0	+2.8
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,727	3.6	+3.1
	Independent	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A	N/A

Ward results

Source:^[7]

Banister & Polygon

Banister & Polygon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Vivienne Windle*	1,006	46.1	−3.3
	Conservative	Scott Davis	491	22.5	+0.1
	Green	Ellis Jackson	337	15.4	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Beal	261	12.0	−1.8
	TUSC	Karen Rogers	89	4.1	−1.3
Majority			515	23.6
Turnout			2,197	26.5	–1.6
Registered electors			8,288
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Bargate

Bargate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ginnie Lambert	936	50.2	+4.7
	Conservative	Matt Jones	497	26.6	+0.7
	Green	Joe Cox	208	11.1	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Reuben Hinchliffe	139	7.4	+1.3
	TUSC	Donna Dee	86	4.6	+1.0
Majority			439	23.5
Turnout			1,884	22.2	–0.7
Registered electors			8,486
	Labour hold		Swing

Bassett

Bassett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Wood*	1,481	43.9	−4.3
	Conservative	Amanda Guest	964	28.6	−4.8
	Labour	Lawrence Coomber	485	14.4	+1.7
	Green	Helen Makrakis	198	5.9	N/A
	Reform UK	Tom Randall	194	5.8	+0.4
	TUSC	Aziz Dieng	49	1.5	N/A
Majority			517	15.3
Turnout			3,392	36.2	–4.1
Registered electors			9,361
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bevois

Bevois

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jacqui Rayment*	1,281	48.6	−10.7
	TUSC	Nadia Ditta	848	32.2	+27.8
	Green	Rosanna Newey	214	8.1	−9.6
	Conservative	Richard Palmer	192	7.3	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Wintrell	102	3.9	−4.9
Majority			433	16.4
Turnout			2,681	30.4	+3.2
Registered electors			8,795
	Labour hold		Swing

Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon Cooper	1,634	42.8	+0.4
	Conservative	David Fuller	1,545	40.4	−0.2
	Green	Lindsi Bluemel	338	8.8	−6.3
	Reform UK	Adrian Royle	160	4.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Myers	142	3.7	−3.1
	TUSC	Graham Henry	63	1.6	−2.0
Majority			89	2.3
Turnout			3,899	37.3
Registered electors			10,459
	Labour hold		Swing

Coxford

Coxford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Beccy Greenhalgh*	1,062	37.2	−1.0
	Conservative	Paul Nolan	1,016	35.6	+2.0
	Reform UK	Guy Ireland	256	9.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen McGeorge	213	7.5	−2.7
	Green	Joanne Clements	176	6.2	+0.6
	TUSC	Maggie Fricker	43	1.5	±0.0
Majority			46	1.6
Turnout			2,873	30.3	+7.1
Registered electors			9,982
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Freemantle

Freemantle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Christie Lambert*	1,339	49.9	−4.3
	Conservative	Diana Galton	578	21.5	−1.7
	Green	John Spottiswoode	275	10.2	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Shank	234	8.7	+2.9
	Reform UK	Katrina de Chazal	174	6.5	+2.4
	TUSC	Catherine Clarke	84	3.1	−2.3
Majority			761	28.4
Turnout			2,701	28.2	–0.2
Registered electors			9,574
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Harefield

Harefield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Harwood	1,219	43.5	+0.7
	Labour	Paul Kenny	1,018	36.3	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Cooper	303	10.8	+1.1
	Green	Chris Bluemel	177	6.3	−4.7
	TUSC	Barbara Webber	100	3.6	+0.7
Majority			201	7.2
Turnout			2,831	28.2	–2.2
Registered electors			9,738
	Conservative hold		Swing

Millbrook

Millbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christian Cox*	1,042	41.6	−0.3
	Conservative	Vikkie Cheng	1,014	40.5	−0.5
	Green	Richard Fricker	222	8.9	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Landells	151	6.0	−4.3
	TUSC	Andrew Howe	76	3.0	−0.6
Majority			28	1.1
Turnout			2,520	26.8	–2.0
Registered electors			9,396
	Labour hold		Swing

Peartree

Peartree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Simon Letts*	1,305	40.9	+5.0
	Conservative	Susan Spencer	1,142	35.8	+0.8
	Reform UK	Sam Wright	305	9.6	N/A
	Green	Lori Foster	219	6.9	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Tara Foster	182	5.7	−3.6
	TUSC	Michael Marx	34	1.1	−1.4
Majority			163	5.1
Turnout			3,202	30.0	–2.6
Registered electors			10,687
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Portswood

Portswood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Savage*	1,401	46.3	+9.0
	Green	Neil Kelly	880	29.1	+3.1
	Conservative	Nicholas Moulton	365	12.1	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Langran	197	6.5	+0.7
	Reform UK	Caroline Jobson	114	3.8	+1.3
	TUSC	Tony Twine	67	2.2	−0.1
Majority			521	17.2
Turnout			3,034	36.5	–3.8
Registered electors			8,308
	Labour hold		Swing

Redbridge

Redbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eugene McManus	1,157	51.5	+4.6
	Conservative	Dave Smith	520	23.2	−7.9
	Reform UK	John Edwards	276	12.3	+5.8
	Green	Lisa Fricker	147	6.5	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Stokes	125	5.6	−0.3
	TUSC	Pete Wyatt	20	0.9	−2.3
Majority			637	28.4
Turnout			2,254	23.6	–1.3
Registered electors			9,542
	Labour hold		Swing

Shirley

Shirley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alice Kloker	1,458	39.5	−2.0
	Conservative	Andrew Hetherton	933	25.3	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	George Percival	734	19.9	+7.5
	Green	Lucy Allotey	262	7.1	−7.2
	Reform UK	Philip Crook	248	6.7	N/A
	TUSC	Parveen Ishfaq	54	1.5	−0.9
Majority			525	14.2
Turnout			3,703	36.1	–1.3
Registered electors			10,262
	Labour hold		Swing

Sholing

Sholing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jaden Beaurain*	1,367	46.2	+4.3
	Labour	Gillian Green	1,002	33.9	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Hopkins	348	11.8	+0.6
	Green	Emma Davis	185	6.3	−4.4
	TUSC	Declan Clune	57	1.9	−1.5
Majority			365	12.3
Turnout			2,995	29.0	–0.9
Registered electors			10,339
	Conservative hold		Swing

Swaythling

Swaythling

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Gravatt	1,116	42.1	+24.7
	Labour	Sharon Mintoff*	808	30.5	−15.4
	Conservative	Robert Painton	407	15.4	−5.9
	Green	Angela Cotton	246	9.3	−8.7
	TUSC	Nick Chaffey	72	2.7	−1.9
Majority			308	11.6
Turnout			2,681	31.0	+1.2
Registered electors			8,634
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Thornhill

Thornhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josh Allen*	1,166	47.9	+3.2
	Conservative	Callum Ford	924	37.9	−1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Edward Bolton	142	5.8	−0.9
	Green	Michael Mawle	126	5.2	−2.3
	TUSC	Clara Asher	78	3.2	+0.7
Majority			242	9.9
Turnout			2,451	25.1	–0.7
Registered electors			9,763
	Labour hold		Swing

Woolston

Woolston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Stead	1,085	41.2	+6.0
	Labour	Victoria Ugwoeme*	1,048	39.8	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Francis Hedley	203	7.7	−0.3
	Green	Caitlin Steege	196	7.5	−7.1
	TUSC	Sue Atkins	100	3.8	−1.2
Majority			37	1.4
Turnout			2,658	25.4	–1.5
Registered electors			10,451
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

By-elections

Shirley

Shirley: 10 October 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Percival	1,249	39.2	+19.3
	Conservative	Andrew Hetherton	770	24.2	–1.1
	Labour	Victoria Ugwoeme	764	24.0	–15.5
	Green	Barrie Margetts	241	7.6	+0.5
	Independent	Andrew Pope	117	3.7	N/A
	TUSC	Maggie Fricker	44	1.4	–0.1
Majority			479	15.0	N/A
Turnout			3,185
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	10.2