# 2018 Winchester City Council election

Elections to Winchester City Council took place on 3 May 2018. This was on the same day as other local elections across the United Kingdom.

## Result Summary

Winchester City Council election, 2018 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 47.2 | 17,660 |
| Liberal Democrats | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 41.2 | 15,417 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 9.0 | 3,360 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 2.5 | 924 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.1 | 52 |
An election was not held this year in St Luke as it is a two-member ward, with both seats previously having been up for election with the 2016 Election, and one of the seats next up for the election in 2019. Colden Common and Twyford is similarly a two-member ward, but did hold an election this time.

## Ward results
### Alresford & Itchen Valley

Alresford & Itchen Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margot Julia Power | 1,710 | 49.08 | +6.45 |
| | Conservative | Irene Spencer | 1,613 | 46.30 | −3.30 |
| | Labour | Lee Arthur Hayes | 161 | 4.62 | −1.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 97 | 2.78 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Leslie Laming | 1,630 | 50.40 | +8.12 |
| | Conservative | John Royston Godbold | 1,329 | 41.09 | +0.38 |
| | Green | Max Priesemann | 151 | 4.67 | N/A |
| | Labour | Neil Adrian Dolby | 124 | 3.83 | −2.65 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 301 | 9.31 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Bishops Waltham

Bishops Waltham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Steve Miller | 1,650 | 74.86 | +23.42 |
| | Labour | Steve Haines | 554 | 25.14 | +9.30 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,096 | 49.72 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Central Meon Valley

Central Meon Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lind Eileen Elizabeth Gemmell | 1,818 | 64.40 | +13.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sheila Mary Campbell | 735 | 26.04 | +2.38 |
| | Labour | Stan Evans | 270 | 9.56 | +0.03 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,083 | 38.36 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Colden Common & Twyford

Colden Common & Twyford :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Sue J Cook | 996 | 48.94 | +7.48 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hannah Elizabeth Williams | 912 | 44.82 | +14.44 |
| | Labour | Paul James Brown | 127 | 6.24 | −0.55 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 84 | 4.12 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Denmead

Denmead :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Caroline Lorraine Brook | 1,211 | 59.28 | +1.22 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Judith Godwin | 523 | 25.60 | +4.44 |
| | Labour | Alexander Jon Graft | 168 | 8.22 | −10.69 |
| | Green | Ben Haysom-Newport | 141 | 6.90 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 688 | 40.88 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Southwick & Wickham

Southwick & Wickham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Richard Cutler | 835 | 52.00 | −0.02 |
| | Conservative | David Newberry | 635 | 39.54 | +15.36 |
| | Labour | Paul Thomas Sony | 136 | 8.47 | +3.24 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 200 | 12.46 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Barnabas

St Barnabas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anne Helen Weir | 1,887 | 51.73 | +10.36 |
| | Conservative | Paul Charles Twelftree | 1,495 | 40.98 | +1.44 |
| | Labour | Adrian John Paul Field | 154 | 4.22 | −4.58 |
| | Green | Robert Parker | 112 | 3.07 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 392 | 10.75 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kathleen Mary Becker | 1,389 | 51.41 | +23.90 |
| | Conservative | Paul Humm | 701 | 25.94 | +4.92 |
| | Labour | Philip Charles Ainsworth | 384 | 14.21 | −3.48 |
| | Green | David John Walker-Nix | 176 | 6.51 | −12.79 |
| | UKIP | Frances Baxter | 52 | 1.92 | −8.20 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 688 | 25.47 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### St Michael

St Michael :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lynda Jane Murphy | 1,262 | 44.67 | +27.30 |
| | Conservative | Ian Donald Tait | 1,083 | 38.34 | +0.19 |
| | Labour | Charles James Richard Elderton | 330 | 11.68 | −13.24 |
| | Green | Jonathan Peter Hoare Lawrence | 150 | 5.31 | −7.59 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | 6.33 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### St Paul

St Paul :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lucille Diane Thompson | 1,402 | 54.81 | +14.76 |
| | Conservative | Chris Hunt | 703 | 27.48 | −1.28 |
| | Labour | Catherine Mary Hutchinson | 331 | 12.94 | −6.77 |
| | Green | Andrew Karl Wainwright | 122 | 4.77 | −5.76 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 699 | 27.33 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### The Worthys

The Worthys :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Prince | 1,098 | 55.20 | +4.91 |
| | Conservative | Tracey Louise Anderson | 746 | 37.51 | +6.73 |
| | Labour | Kimberly Jane Torkington | 145 | 7.29 | −3.16 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 352 | 17.69 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Upper Meon Valley

Upper Meon Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Laurence Ruffell | 1,260 | 69.61 | +13.00 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Hugh Bult Cook | 378 | 20.88 | +3.00 |
| | Labour | June Elizabeth Kershaw | 172 | 9.50 | −5.52 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 882 | 48.73 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Whiteley & Shedfield

Whiteley & Shedfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Bentote | 929 | 51.13 | +10.42 |
| | Conservative | Jess Bond | 725 | 39.90 | +1.21 |
| | Labour | Laurie Clough | 91 | 5.01 | −1.15 |
| | Green | Anne Coleman | 72 | 3.96 | −4.21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 204 | 11.23 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Wonston & Mitcheldever

Wonston & Mitcheldever :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Patrick Brian Cunningham | 1,695 | 64.33 | +5.98 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ian Alan James Gordon | 727 | 27.59 | +5.33 |
| | Labour | Andrew Timothy Adams | 213 | 8.08 | −6.69 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 968 | 36.74 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

## By-Elections
### Upper Meon Valley

A by-election was held in Upper Meon Valley ward on 20 September 2018 after the resignation of Councillor Amber Tresahar.
Upper Meon Valley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hugh Michael Rawson Lumby | 1,039 | 51.59 | −18.02 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lewis John North | 905 | 44.94 | +24.06 |
| | Labour | June Elizabeth Kershaw | 39 | 1.94 | −7.46 |
| | Green | Andrew Karl Wainwright | 31 | 1.54 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 134 | 6.65 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |