# 2024 Winchester City Council election

The 2024 Winchester City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England, and Hampshire's and the Isle of Wight's Constabulary Police and Crime Commissioner election.
There were 14 of the 45 seats on the council up for election, being the usual approximate third of the council. Not all wards had a seat open for election: the two wards Upper Meon Valley and Colden Common & Twyford will next be contested in 2026. The council was already under Liberal Democrat majority control; their majority increased at this election.

## Summary
### Election Result

2024 Winchester 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 % | +/− |
| | Liberal Democrats | 11 | 4 | 78.6% | 22 | 33 | 73.3% | 17,258 | 47.7% | -2.3% |
| | Conservative | 2 | 5 | 14.3% | 6 | 8 | 17.8% | 11,301 | 31.3% | -0.9% |
| | Green | 1 | 1 | 7.1% | 2 | 3 | 6.7% | 5,198 | 14.4% | +1.7% |
| | Independent | 0 | | 0.0% | 1 | 1 | 2.2% | 552 | 1.5% | +1.5% |
| | Labour | 0 | | 0.0% | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 1,853 | 5.1% | +0.2% |

## Results

The Statements of Persons Nominated was released by Winchester City Council on 8 April 2024 following the close of nominations. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*).

### Alresford & Itchen Valley

Alresford & Itchen Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clare Pinniger | 1,768 | 53.9 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Fiona Isaacs* | 1283 | 39.1 | +4.8 |
| | Green | Dane Westley | 148 | 4.5 | −0.2 |
| | Labour | Tessa Valentine | 79 | 2.4 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 485 | 14.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3297 | 47.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Badger Farm and Oliver`s Battery

Badger Farm and Oliver`s Battery :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jan Warwick* | 1,618 | 47.5 | +8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Forder | 1408 | 41.4 | −9.3 |
| | Green | Max Priesemann | 250 | 7.4 | +1.9 |
| | Labour | Adrian Field | 125 | 3.7 | +0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 | 6.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3413 | 54.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bishops Waltham

Bishops Waltham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ritchie Latham | 1,617 | 57.4 | +3.2 |
| | Conservative | Henry Laferla | 700 | 24.9 | −9.3 |
| | Independent | Alex Coles | 202 | 7.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Richard Cannon | 172 | 6.1 | −1.7 |
| | Labour | Steve Haines | 125 | 4.4 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 917 | 32.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2816 | 41.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Central Meon Valley

Central Meon Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Green | Suzanne White | 1,717 | 51.5 | −11.6 |
| | Conservative | Linda Gemmell | 960 | 28.8 | +2.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eric Bodger | 579 | 17.4 | +8.3 |
| | Labour | Oliver Hirsch | 80 | 2.4 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 757 | 22.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3336 | 44.4 | |
| | Green gain from Conservative | Green gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Denmead

Denmead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Bennett | 1,006 | 44.2 | +2.8 |
| | Conservative | Mike Read* | 986 | 43.3 | −1.6 |
| | Labour | Andrew Kirby | 147 | 6.5 | ±0.0 |
| | Green | Elizabeth Riley | 136 | 6.0 | −1.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 20 | 0.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2275 | 33.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 25.0 | |

### Southwick & Wickham

Southwick and Wickham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Angela Clear* | 1,053 | 61.9 | +6.5 |
| | Conservative | Denise Searle | 387 | 22.7 | −8.4 |
| | Labour | Paul Sony | 137 | 8.0 | +3.8 |
| | Green | Beata Parry | 125 | 7.3 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 666 | 39.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1702 | 30.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Barnabas

St Barnabas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kelsie Learney* | 1,632 | 53.5 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | Antonia Cox | 891 | 29.2 | +2.3 |
| | Green | Charlotte Harley | 365 | 12.0 | +3.4 |
| | Labour | Lucy Sims | 164 | 5.4 | −0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 741 | 24.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3052 | 45.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Tippett-Cooper* | 1,237 | 50.4 | −6.2 |
| | Green | Lorraine Estelle | 589 | 24.0 | +12.1 |
| | Conservative | Philip Hutchinson | 426 | 17.3 | −4.0 |
| | Labour | Patrick Davies | 204 | 8.3 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 648 | 26.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2456 | 38.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Luke

St Luke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jamie Scott* | 618 | 57.8 | +2.5 |
| | Conservative | Ian Tait | 212 | 19.8 | −6.3 |
| | Labour | Alison Cochrane | 142 | 13.3 | −0.2 |
| | Green | Michael Perrott | 97 | 9.1 | +4.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 406 | 38.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1069 | 28.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St Michael

St Michael :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rachel Aron | 1,416 | 53.7 | −1.8 |
| | Conservative | Leo Keay | 697 | 22.6 | −6.2 |
| | Green | Richard Needham | 347 | 13.1 | +3.7 |
| | Labour | Peter Marsh | 179 | 6.8 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 719 | 31.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2639 | 41.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Paul

St Paul :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Westwood* | 1,315 | 49.5 | −9.0 |
| | Green | Giles Gooding | 699 | 26.3 | +12.6 |
| | Conservative | Steve Russell | 453 | 17.0 | −2.4 |
| | Labour | Stephen Turner | 191 | 7.2 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 616 | 23.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2658 | 40.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### The Worthys

The Worthys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Cramoysan* | 1,275 | 55.3 | −3.3 |
| | Conservative | Signe Biddle | 785 | 34.0 | +3.1 |
| | Green | Andrew Pogson | 127 | 5.5 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Cameron Hodgkinson | 120 | 5.2 | −0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 490 | 21.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2307 | 43.2 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Whiteley & Shedfield

Whiteley and Shedfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Vivian Achwal* | 1,112 | 48.2 | −15.9 |
| | Conservative | Marcus Garth | 480 | 20.8 | −5.9 |
| | Independent | Sean Whelan | 350 | 15.2 | N/A |
| | Green | Kate Needham | 269 | 11.7 | +6.9 |
| | Labour | Rosalind O`Shaughnessy | 94 | 4.1 | −0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 632 | 27.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2305 | 34.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Godfrey* | 1,423 | 49.6 | −2.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Murphy | 1222 | 42.6 | +4.3 |
| | Green | Dee Wright | 157 | 5.5 | −1.0 |
| | Labour | Antony de Peyer | 66 | 2.3 | −0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 201 | 7.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2868 | 49.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## Changes 2024–2026

St Michael by-election, 4 July 2024 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Murphy | 2,217 | 48.3 |
| | Conservative | Leo Keay | 1,193 | 26.0 |
| | Green | Richard Needham | 795 | 17.3 |
| | Labour | Peter Ronald Marsh | 385 | 8.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,024 | 22.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,622 | 70.12 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 6,592 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
By-election triggered by resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor George Prest.