Winchester City Council elections 2023 - full results

They increased the number of councillors by two to 30 whilst the Conservatives slipped from 13 to 12. Such figures have not been seen since the noughties when the late Rodney Sabine was the council leader. The Lib Dems now have two-thirds of the 45 seats on the council.

The Lib Dems made two gains from the Tories, in Upper Meon Valley and Bishop's Waltham.

The extent of the Conservatives losses has been masked by the fact that two of the seats which changed hands were technically 'independent' but held by councillors who had been members of the Tory group.

The Conservatives took back Denmead vacated by the Independent Judith Clementson. The victory was tarnished because Ms Clementson had previously been a Conservative.

The Green Party has managed to double the number of its members on the council, with Cllr Danny Lee being elected in Central Meon Valley in a seat vacated by the Independent former Tory Victoria Weston.

Speaking after the election, Cllr Caroline Horrill, leader of the Conservative Group, said that she was “disappointed that we didn’t gain any more seats on the council.”

She continued: “The fact that, obviously, there has been a national overlay of a lot of disappointment for the Conservatives, generally, and I think that’s had a huge effect here.”

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Cllr Martin Tod told the Chronicle: “It’s always encouraging whenever you’re running a council and you win more seats; you’re holding the ones you have and you gain another two. Obviously, we’re delighted that local people have chosen to entrust us with running the council for at least another year.”

The current make-up of Winchester City Council is: Lib Dem – 30, up 2, Conservatives – 12, down one, Greens – two, up one, Independent – one, down two.

Here is the full list of results:

Bishop's Waltham

Jonathan Williams (Lib Dem) 1,618

Donald Iro (Con) 1,022

Richard Cannon (Green) 232

Steve Haines (Labour) 113

Majority: 596

Turnout: 45%

Lib Dem gain

Denmead

Paula Langford-Smith (Con) 1,035

Michael Bennett (Lib Dem) 954

Beata Parry (Green) 167

David Picton-Jones (Labour) 149

Majority: 81

Turnout: 33%

Con gain

Alresford and Itchen Valley

Russell Gordon-Smith (Lib Dem) 2,034

Harry Johnson-Hill (Con) 1,187

Richard Needham (Green) 164

Tessa Valentine (Labour) 74

Majority: 847

Turnout: 40%

Lib Dem hold

St. Barnabas

Jonny Morris (Lib Dem) 1,933

David Crudgington (Con) 885

Lorraine Abraham (Green) 282

Lucy Sims (Labour) 191

Majority: 1,048

Turnout: 49%

Lib Dem hold

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery

Adrian Brophy (Lib Dem) 1,769

David Killeen (Con) 1,350

Max Priesemann (Green) 193

Adrian Field (Labour) 96

Lincoln Redding (Reform UK) 84

Majority: 419

Turnout: 55%

Lib Dem hold

Colden Common and Twyford

Hannah Greenberg (Lib Dem) 1,247

Paula Johnstone (Con) 555

Lucinda Graham (Green) 137

Callum Hunter (Labour) 78

Majority: 692

Turnout: 44%

Lib Dem hold

Central Meon Valley

Danny Lee (Green) 2,168

Kris Ford (Cons) 889

Tom Gregory (Lib Dem) 313

Antony Mcnally (Labour) 66

Majority:1,279

Turnout: 45.8%

Green gain

Southwick and Wickham

Chris Chamberlain (Lib Dem) 936

Sandy Phillips-Lee (Con) 526

Nigel Prior (Green) 158

Paul Sony (Labour) 71

Majority: 410

Turnout: 32%

Lib Dem hold

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St Michael

George Prest (Lib Dem) 1,601

Fiona Mather (Con) 832

Kate Needham (Green) 271

Peter Marsh (Labour)181

Majority: 769

Turnout: 46%

Lib Dem hold

St Paul

Martin Tod (Lib Dem) 1,608

Leo Keay (Con) 533

Giles Gooding (Green) 376

Stephen Turner (Labour) 232

Majority: 1,075

Turnout: 44%

Lib Dem hold

The Worthys

Jane Rutter (Lib Dem) 1,331

Signe Biddle (Con) 702

Hannah Dawson (Labour) 139

Andrew Pogson (Green) 99

Majority: 629

Turnout: 44%

Lib Dem hold

Whiteley and Shedfield

Sudhakar Achwal (Lib Dem) 1,286

Tom Garth (Con) 536

Nicholas John (Green) 96

Alison Ridley (Labour) 88

Majority: 750

Turnout: 33%

Lib Dem hold

Upper Meon Valley

Jerry Pett (Lib Dem) 932

Astrea Hurlock (Con) 922

Polly Perry (Green) 352

Cameron Hodgkinson (Labour) 50

Majority: 10

Turnout: 49%

Lib Dem gain

Wonston and Micheldever

Caroline Horrill (Con) 1,491

Andrew Adam (Lib Dem) 1,089

Julia Stolle (Green) 184

Antony De Peyer (Labour) 81

Majority: 402

Turnout: 48%

Con hold

St. Bartholomew

Nathan Eve (Lib Dem) 1352

Samuel Feltham (Con) 509

Charlotte Harley (Green) 284

Patrick Davies (Labour) 246

Majority: 843

Turnout: 38.25%

Lib Dem hold

St Luke

Charlie Wise (Lib Dem) 669

Ian Tait (Con) 316

Alison Cochrane (Labour) 163

Reece Chadwick (Green) 61

Majority: 353

Turnout: 32%

Lib Dem hold