2023 Southampton City Council election

2023 Southampton City Council election
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All 51 seats to Southampton City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
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Leader Satvir Kaur Daniel Fitzhenry
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 26 seats, 46.7% 21 seats, 35.7%
Seats before 26 20
Seats won 38 9
Seat change Increase 12 Decrease 12
Popular vote 62,447 45,785
Percentage 45.5% 33.4%
Swing Decrease 1.2% Decrease 2.3%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Liberal Democrats Green
Last election 1 seat, 9.0% 0 seats, 7.1%
Seats before 1 0
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 17,499 9,024
Percentage 12.7% 6.6%
Swing Increase 3.7% Decrease 0.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Southampton City Council election
Leader before election

Satvir Kaur
Labour

Leader after election

Satvir Kaur
Labour

The 2023 Southampton City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. Due to ward boundary changes all seats on the council were to be contested in this election, but due to the death of one of the candidates, the election for Coxford ward was postponed.[1]

Labour substantially increased its majority on the council, whilst the Conservatives lost over half their seats. The Liberal Democrats and Green Party also made gains.[2][3]

Summary

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Election result

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2023 Southampton City Council election[4]
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 51 38 7 1 Increase 12 72.9 45.5 62,447 –1.2
  Conservative 51 9 0 9 Decrease 12 18.8 33.4 45,785 –2.3
  Liberal Democrats 51 3 2 0 Increase 2 6.3 12.7 17,499 +3.7
  Green 24 1 1 0 Increase 1 2.1 6.6 9,258 –0.4
  TUSC 17 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 1.2 1,598 –0.2
  Reform UK 5 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.5 682 N/A
  Independent 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 224 N/A

Ward results

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The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Southampton City Council following the close of nominations on 4 April 2023.[5]

Banister & Polygon

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Banister & Polygon (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Pat Evemy 1,307 56.4
Labour Steve Leggett* 1,276 55.0
Labour Vivienne Windle* 1,145 49.4
Conservative Scott Davis 519 22.4
Conservative Josh Payne* 496 21.4
Conservative Marley Guthrie* 486 21.0
Green Sharon Keenan 453 19.5
Liberal Democrats Andy Beal 320 13.8
Liberal Democrats Aimee Stokes 288 12.4
Liberal Democrats Josh Smith 219 9.4
TUSC James Rucci 125 5.4
Turnout 2,331 28.1
Registered electors 8,288
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bargate

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Bargate (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Bogle* 1,173 58.3
Labour John Noon* 999 49.6
Labour Darren Paffey* 915 45.5
Conservative Robert Saunders 521 25.9
Conservative Tom Brito 510 25.3
Conservative Ben Davies 500 24.8
Green Joe Cox 257 12.8
Green Emma Davis 226 11.2
Liberal Democrats Olubunmi Adebayo 219 10.9
Green James Dear 128 6.4
Liberal Democrats Reuben Hinchliffe 123 6.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Dickinson 118 5.9
TUSC Donna Dee 73 3.6
TUSC Graham Henry 66 3.3
Turnout 2,024 22.9
Registered electors 8,827
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bassett

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Bassett (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Blackman* 2,099 55.5
Liberal Democrats Sam Chapman 1,958 51.7
Liberal Democrats Sarah Wood 1,825 48.2
Conservative John Hannides* 1,266 33.4
Conservative Neil Sahota 1,107 29.2
Conservative Spiros Vassiliou 972 25.7
Labour Lawrence Coomber 482 12.7
Labour Sachin Thorogood 456 12.0
Labour Robert Wiltshire 409 10.8
Reform UK Philip Crook 204 5.4
Turnout 3,803 40.3
Registered electors 9,439
Liberal Democrats hold
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Bevois

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Bevois (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Toqeer Kataria* 1,770 72.8
Labour Mike Denness* 1,445 59.5
Labour Jacqui Rayment* 1,442 59.3
Green Rosanna Newey 430 17.7
Conservative Hilary Moulton 224 9.2
Conservative Richard Palmer 219 9.0
Liberal Democrats Vijay Chopra 214 8.8
Conservative Pritheepal Singh Roath 208 8.6
Liberal Democrats Andrew Landells 172 7.1
Liberal Democrats Jonathon Waters 146 6.0
TUSC Lennie Scorey-Auckland 108 4.4
Turnout 2,442 27.2
Registered electors 8,975
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Bitterne Park

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Bitterne Park (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Amanda Barnes-Andrews 1,790 45.4
Labour Phil Webb 1,677 42.6
Labour Tony Bunday* 1,670 42.4
Conservative David Fuller* 1,598 40.6
Conservative Rob Harwood 1,289 32.7
Conservative Ivan White* 1,259 32.0
Green Lindsi Bluemel 593 15.1
Liberal Democrats Ben Curd 361 9.2
Liberal Democrats Kathryn Chapman 283 7.2
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Myers 267 6.8
Independent David Kelly 177 4.5
TUSC Dawn Strutt 102 2.6
Turnout 3,950 37.3
Registered electors 10,581
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Coxford

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The election in the Coxford ward was suspended on election day due to the death of Conservative candidate Graham Galton on polling day. Southampton City Council announced that a new poll will happen within 35 working days and that no votes already cast on 4 May would be counted.[6]

Coxford (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matt Reynard* 1,022 44.4
Labour Rebecca McCreanor 930 40.4
Labour Beccy Ruddick 880 38.2
Conservative Diana Galton* 806 35.0
Conservative Paul Nolan 774 33.6
Conservative Vikkie Cheng 712 30.9
Liberal Democrats David Chapman 234 10.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Galton 228 9.9
Liberal Democrats Ken Darke 157 6.8
Green Joanna Clements 130 5.6
Green Ash Phillips 111 4.8
Green Ron Meldrum 104 4.1
Independent Ed Surridge 47 2.0
TUSC Maggie Fricker 35 1.5
Turnout 2,301 23.2
Registered electors
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Freemantle

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Freemantle (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour David Shields* 1,535 56.0
Labour Pam Kenny 1,521 55.5
Labour Christie Lambert 1,484 54.2
Conservative Andrew Palmer 636 23.2
Conservative Helen Hetherton 629 23.0
Conservative Leonard Mockett 582 21.2
Green John Spottiswoode 495 18.1
Liberal Democrats Tom Orchard 240 8.8
Liberal Democrats Christopher Shank 158 5.8
Liberal Democrats Tom Wintrell 157 5.7
TUSC Catherine Clarke 149 5.4
Reform UK Katrina de Chazel 112 4.1
Turnout 2,739 28.4
Registered electors 9,693
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Harefield

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Harefield (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Baillie* 1,361 45.9
Conservative Daniel Fitzhenry* 1,269 42.8
Conservative Val Laurent* 1,269 42.8
Labour Ken Prior 1,093 36.9
Labour Jackie Landman 1,043 35.2
Labour Habib Ahmadi 957 32.3
Green Chris Bluemel 327 11.0
Liberal Democrats Martyn Cooper 286 9.7
Liberal Democrats Edward Bolton 271 9.1
Liberal Democrats John Slade 212 7.2
TUSC Declan Clune 85 2.9
Turnout 2,977 30.4
Registered electors 9,804
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Millbrook

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Millbrook (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steven Galton 1,199 44.0
Conservative Jeremy Moulton* 1,165 42.8
Labour Christian Cox 1,140 41.9
Conservative Vikkie Cheng 1,117 41.0
Labour Ashley Minto 1,062 39.0
Labour Adrian Pimley 982 36.1
Green Joanne Clements 317 11.6
Liberal Democrats Martin Ryan 280 10.3
Liberal Democrats Andrew Day 181 6.6
Liberal Democrats Jeff Robinson 153 5.6
TUSC Andrew Howe 98 3.6
Turnout 2,733 28.8
Registered electors 9,485
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Labour hold

Peartree

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Peartree (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Eamonn Keogh* 1,654 47.2
Conservative Alex Houghton* 1,594 45.5
Labour Simon Letts 1,259 35.9
Conservative Susan Spencer 1,225 35.0
Conservative Colin Lingwood 1,195 34.1
Labour Sarah Walsh 1,180 33.7
Green James Bluemel 374 10.7
Liberal Democrats Sharon Hopkins 325 9.3
Liberal Democrats Robert Naish 286 8.2
Green Ebony Thorne 249 7.1
Liberal Democrats Francis Hedley 243 6.9
TUSC Ali Haydor 86 2.5
Turnout 3,514 32.6
Registered electors 10,776
Labour hold
Conservative hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Portswood

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Portswood (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Katherine Barbour 1,391 41.7
Labour Anne Marie Finn 1,274 38.2
Labour John Savage* 1,246 37.3
Labour Gordon Cooper* 1,237 37.1
Green Jonathan Bean 866 26.0
Green Helen Makrakis 846 25.4
Conservative Karen Edwards 717 21.5
Conservative Nicholas Moulton 655 19.6
Conservative Patricia O'Dell 623 18.7
Liberal Democrats James Read 218 6.5
Liberal Democrats Paul Clarke 203 6.1
Liberal Democrats John Langran 193 5.8
Reform UK Tony Adhikary 84 2.5
TUSC Derek Twine 76 2.3
Turnout 3,347 40.3
Registered electors 8,312
Green gain from Labour
Labour hold
Labour hold

Redbridge

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Redbridge (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sally Goodfellow* 1,166 48.6
Labour Lee Whitbread 1,160 48.4
Labour Cathie McEwing* 1,125 46.9
Conservative Amanda Guest* 828 34.5
Conservative Tom Bell 808 33.7
Conservative David Smith 770 32.1
Green Christopher James 207 8.6
Reform UK John Edwards 155 6.5
Liberal Democrats Max Hayman 144 6.0
Liberal Democrats Simon Stokes 142 5.9
Liberal Democrats Andrea Matteucci 128 5.3
TUSC Peter Wyatt 76 3.2
Turnout 2,403 24.9
Registered electors 9,643
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative
Labour hold

Shirley

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Shirley (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Satvir Kaur* 1,956 50.8
Labour Alex Winning* 1,688 43.9
Labour Razwana Quadir 1,599 41.5
Conservative Andrew Hetherton 1,286 33.4
Conservative Michaela Dowse 1,173 30.5
Conservative Simon Howell 1,119 29.1
Liberal Democrats Ellen McGeorge 612 15.9
Green Lucy Mundell 551 14.3
Liberal Democrats George Percival 477 12.4
Liberal Democrats Roland Dauncey 406 10.5
TUSC Michael Marx 92 2.4
Turnout 3,849 37.4
Registered electors 10,345
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour hold

Sholing

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Sholing (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Baillie* 1,438 46.4
Conservative Sarah Vaughan* 1,349 43.6
Conservative Jaden Beaurain 1,297 41.9
Labour Paul Lewzey 1,111 35.9
Labour Gillian Green 1,101 35.6
Labour Paul Kenny 1,040 33.6
Liberal Democrats Eileen Bowers 348 11.2
Green David Gower 332 10.7
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Hughes 330 10.7
Liberal Democrats Alex Clifton 169 5.5
TUSC Jonathan Stubbs 105 3.4
Turnout 3,110 29.9
Registered electors 10,408
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Swaythling

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Swaythling (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lorna Fielker* 1,293 50.6
Labour Matthew Bunday* 1,221 47.8
Labour Sharon Mintoff 1,173 45.9
Conservative Bob Painton 545 21.3
Conservative Nicole Harris 516 20.2
Liberal Democrats Roger Baker 515 20.1
Conservative Fergus Muir 468 18.3
Green Angela Cotton 460 18.0
Liberal Democrats Thomas Gravatt 445 17.4
Liberal Democrats Amy Greenwood 442 17.3
TUSC Nick Chaffey 118 4.6
Turnout 2,571 29.8
Registered electors 8,632
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

Thornhill

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Thornhill (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yvonne Frampton 1,169 45.8
Labour Andy Frampton 1,162 45.6
Labour Josh Allen 1,141 44.7
Conservative Callum Ford 998 39.1
Conservative Matt Jones 960 37.6
Conservative Matt Magee 933 36.6
Green Michael Mawle 191 7.5
Liberal Democrats Carrie Hingston 172 6.7
Green Ronald Meldrum 137 5.4
Liberal Democrats Nick McGeorge 111 4.4
Liberal Democrats Haylee Solomons 77 3.0
TUSC Clara Asher 63 2.5
Turnout 2,556 25.8
Registered electors 9,902
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Woolston

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Woolston (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Warwick Payne* 1,410 50.2
Labour Sue Blatchford 1,332 47.4
Labour Victoria Ugwoeme 1,145 40.8
Conservative Rob Stead* 990 35.2
Conservative Sarah Baillie 890 31.7
Conservative George Wills-McCaffery 715 25.5
Green Alexander Bluemel 410 14.6
Liberal Democrats John Dennis 224 8.0
TUSC Sue Atkins 141 5.0
Reform UK Paul Hooper 127 4.5
Liberal Democrats Christopher Smith 111 4.0
Liberal Democrats Charles Duthie 99 3.5
Turnout 2,809 26.9
Registered electors 10,482
Labour hold
Labour hold
Labour gain from Conservative

References

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  1. ^ https://www.southampton.gov.uk/news/article/abandonment-of-coxford-poll/
  2. ^ Edgley, Timothy (5 May 2023). "Southampton City Council election 2023 - Full list of reulsts". Daily Echo. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose grip on Hampshire stronghold". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Results of the Southampton City Council elections 2023". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  6. ^ "Voting suspended following death of Conservative candidate". BBC News. 4 May 2023. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
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