# Winchester City Council elections

Winchester City Council is responsible for the local government of the City of Winchester in Hampshire, England. Despite its name, the City of Winchester is a local government district that stretches far beyond the urban area of Winchester, covering urban, suburban and rural areas.
One third of Winchester City Council is elected each year in a sequence of three years, followed by one year without election, thus giving a tenure for individual councillors of four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 45 councillors have been elected from 16 wards, there having previously been 57 councillors have been elected from 26 wards from 2002.

## Council elections

* 1973 Winchester City Council election
* 1976 Winchester City Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 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 Winchester City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 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 Winchester City Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)
* 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 Winchester City Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 2018 Winchester City Council election
* 2019 Winchester City Council election
* 2021 Winchester City Council election
* 2022 Winchester City Council election
* 2023 Winchester City Council election
* 2024 Winchester City Council election

## District result maps

* 2002 results map
* 2003 results map
* 2004 results map
* 2006 results map
* 2007 results map
* 2008 results map
* 2010 results map
* 2011 results map
* 2012 results map
* 2014 results map
* 2015 results map
* 2016 results map (New Boundaries)
* 2018 results map
* 2019 results map
* 2021 results map
* 2022 results map
* 2023 results map
* 2024 results map
N.b. White denotes no election held in ward that year

## By-election results
### 1998-2002

Shedfield By-Election 17 September 1998 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Paul Hoare | 314 | 51.3 | −20.3 |
| | Conservative | Roger Huxstep | 145 | 23.7 | +23.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Scriven | 140 | 22.9 | +22.9 |
| | Labour | | 13 | 2.1 | −13.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 169 | 27.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 612 | 50.0 | |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Durley and Upham By-Election 7 June 2001 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Le May | 438 | 49.0 | +13.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Safia Boot | 404 | 45.2 | −13.4 |
| | Labour | Timothy Curran | 52 | 5.8 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 3.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 894 | 77 | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### 2002-2006

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm By-Election 29 September 2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Spender | 853 | 57.1 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Susan Evershed | 584 | 39.1 | +2.0 |
| | Labour | Clare McKenna | 56 | 3.7 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 269 | 18.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,493 | 46.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### 2006-2010

Wickham By-Election 22 November 2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 281 | 27.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,034 | 33.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Colden Common and Twyford By-Election 25 September 2008 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 242 | 11.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,182 | 51.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### 2010-2014

St Pauls By-Election 14 October 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Hutchison | 968 | 53.2 | −4.7 |
| | Conservative | Helen Osborne | 606 | 33.3 | −2.2 |
| | Labour | Nigel Fox | 247 | 13.6 | +7.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 362 | 19.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,821 | 32.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm By-Election 27 January 2011 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Laming | 894 | 53.9 | −6.3 |
| | Conservative | Leanne Wheeler | 604 | 36.4 | +1.3 |
| | Labour | Hum Qureshi | 162 | 9.8 | +5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 290 | 17.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,660 | 51.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### 2014-2018

Upper Meon Valley By-Election, 20 September 2018 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hugh Michael Rawson Lumby | 1039 | 51.6 | −18.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lewis John North | 905 | 44.9 | +24.0 |
| | Labour | June Elizabeth Kershaw | 39 | 1.9 | −7.6 |
| | Green | Andrew Karl Wainwright | 31 | 1.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2024

St Michael Ward By-Election 4 July 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Murphy | 2217 | 48.3 | −5.4 |
| | Conservative | Leo Keay | 1193 | 26.0 | −0.4 |
| | Green | Richard Needham | 795 | 17.3 | +4.2 |
| | Labour | Peter Marsh | 385 | 8.4 | +1.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,024 | 22.3 | −4.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,622 | 70.1 | +29.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | -2.9 | |