# 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. This was on the same day as other local elections.
Labour retained their majority on the council.
The Conservative leader of the opposition, Dan Fitzhenry, did not stand for re-election. The Conservatives chose Peter Baillie to be their new group leader after the election.

## Summary
### Election result

2024 Southampton City Council election :
| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| Party | Party | 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:

### Banister & Polygon

Banister & Polygon :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 515 | 23.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,197 | 26.5 | –1.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,288 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Bargate

Bargate :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 439 | 23.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,884 | 22.2 | –0.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,486 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bassett

Bassett :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 517 | 15.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,392 | 36.2 | –4.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,361 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bevois

Bevois :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 433 | 16.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,681 | 30.4 | +3.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,795 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 89 | 2.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,899 | 37.3 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,459 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Coxford

Coxford :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 46 | 1.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,873 | 30.3 | +7.1 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,982 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Freemantle

Freemantle :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 761 | 28.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,701 | 28.2 | –0.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,574 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Harefield

Harefield :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 201 | 7.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,831 | 28.2 | –2.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,738 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Millbrook

Millbrook :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 28 | 1.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,520 | 26.8 | –2.0 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,396 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Peartree

Peartree :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 163 | 5.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,202 | 30.0 | –2.6 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,687 | | |
| | Labour Co-op hold | Labour Co-op hold | Swing | | |

### Portswood

Portswood :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 521 | 17.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,034 | 36.5 | –3.8 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,308 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Redbridge

Redbridge :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 637 | 28.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,254 | 23.6 | –1.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,542 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Shirley

Shirley :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 525 | 14.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,703 | 36.1 | –1.3 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,262 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Sholing

Sholing :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 365 | 12.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,995 | 29.0 | –0.9 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,339 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Swaythling

Swaythling :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 308 | 11.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,681 | 31.0 | +1.2 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,634 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Thornhill

Thornhill :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 242 | 9.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,451 | 25.1 | –0.7 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,763 | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Woolston

Woolston :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 37 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,658 | 25.4 | –1.5 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,451 | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

## By-elections
### Shirley

Shirley: 10 October 2024 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 479 | 15.0 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,185 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 10.2 | |