# 2012 Eastleigh Borough Council election

Elections to Eastleigh Council were held on 3 May 2012. 15 out of 44 council seats were up for election and the Liberal Democrat party kept overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Liberal Democrat 40
* Conservative 4

## Election result

Eastleigh Local Election Result 2012 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % |
| Liberal Democrats | 13 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 86.7 |
| Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.3 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Ward results

Bishopstoke East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Mignot | 652 | 44.0 |
| | UKIP | Martin Lyon | 355 | 24.0 |
| | Labour | Mary Shephard | 253 | 17.1 |
| | Conservative | Lorna Atterbury | 221 | 14.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,481 | 33.64 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Bishopstoke West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Margaret Winstanley | 709 | 45.4 |
| | Conservative | Edward Maurice Law | 155 | 9.9 |
| | Labour | Sue Toher | 531 | 34.0 |
| | UKIP | Peter Stewart | 165 | 10.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,560 | 36.42 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Botley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rupert Gregory Miles Kyrle | 897 | 49.9 |
| | Conservative | Graham Hunter | 619 | 34.4 |
| | Labour | Kevin Williamson | 161 | 9.0 |
| | UKIP | Elizabeth McKay | 121 | 6.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,798 | 44.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Bursledon and Old Netley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Holes | 918 | 49.9 |
| | Conservative | Frair Louise Burgess | 510 | 27.7 |
| | Labour | Stewart Hardie | 155 | 8.4 |
| | UKIP | John Tomlin | 147 | 8.0 |
| | Green | Iain Ross MacLennan | 108 | 5.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,838 | 31.60 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Chandler's Ford East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Haulwen Veronica Broadhurst | 644 | 48.9 |
| | Conservative | Paul Adrian Cole | 351 | 36.7 |
| | Labour | Philip Grice | 170 | 12.9 |
| | UKIP | Paul Michael Webber | 151 | 11.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,316 | 35.03 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Chandler's Ford West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Arthur Pragnell | 763 | 47.1 |
| | Conservative | Mark Adrian Streeter | 551 | 34.0 |
| | Labour | Peter Clayton | 174 | 10.7 |
| | UKIP | Viv Young | 133 | 8.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,621 | 33.75 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Eastleigh Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Major Bancroft | 841 | 38.7 |
| | Conservative | Michael Robert Cornwall Read | 297 | 13.7 |
| | Labour | Chris Gilkes | 605 | 27.9 |
| | UKIP | Danny Bradbeer | 252 | 11.6 |
| | Green | Stuart Charles Jebbitt | 177 | 8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,172 | 27.10 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |
Eastleigh North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Thomas | 894 | 46.2 |
| | Conservative | Chris Rhodes | 399 | 20.6 |
| | Labour | Alison Penders | 294 | 15.2 |
| | UKIP | Caroline Janice Bradbeer | 260 | 13.4 |
| | Independent | Kathy Symonds | 88 | 4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,935 | 30.22 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Eastleigh South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darshan Singh Mann | 742 | |
| | Labour | Peter Luffman | 729 | |
| | Conservative | Cindy Harley George | 286 | |
| | UKIP | Christopher Greenwood | 194 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,957 | 29.508 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | |
Fair Oak and Horton Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Lewis Cossey | 1,087 | |
| | Conservative | Colin George Atterbury | 504 | |
| | Labour | Gwendoline Sheila Borrill | 291 | |
| | UKIP | George Hugh Mcguinness | 221 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,105 | 30.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Hamble-Le-Rice and Butlocks Heath :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Suzannah Louise Hamel | 934 | |
| | Conservative | Elizabeth Kathleen Lear | 643 | |
| | UKIP | Frederick William Estall | 100 | |
| | Green | Linda Jane Maclennan | 97 | |
| | Labour | Edward Tiras White | 97 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,880 | 41.84 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Hedge End St.Johns :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jane Lynn Welsh | 1,070 | |
| | Conservative | Paul Andrew Redding | 673 | |
| | UKIP | Michale Steven O`Donoghue | 304 | |
| | Labour | Christine Hilda McKeone | 174 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,223 | 36.44 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |
Hiltingbury East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Godfrey George Olson | 924 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter John Child | 671 | |
| | Labour | Colin Sidney James Davies | 112 | |
| | UKIP | Peter John House | 90 | |
| | English Democrat | John Peter Edwards | 64 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,865 | 45.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Hiltingbury West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Michael Joseph Hughes | 891 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Ian Duguid | 482 | |
| | Labour | Kevin Richard Butt | 165 | |
| | UKIP | Fiona Mapleson | 123 | |
| | English Democrat | Mark Lancaster | 42 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,708 | 40.40 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |
Netley Abbey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal Democrats | David John Aylwin Airey | 906 | |
| | UKIP | Christopher David Martin | 274 | |
| | Conservative | Maureen Beryl Queen | 178 | |
| | Labour | Susan Jean Parkinson | 139 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,502 | 35.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | |