2023 East Hampshire District Council election
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The 2023 East Hampshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of East Hampshire District Council in Hampshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Summary
[edit]Prior to the election the council was under Conservative majority control. After the election the council was under no overall control, although the Conservatives remained the largest party.[2] A coalition of the Conservatives and local party the Whitehill and Bordon Community Party formed after the election, with Conservative councillor Richard Millard retaining his position as leader of the council.[3]
Election result
[edit]2023 East Hampshire District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 43 | 19 | 0 | 13 | ![]() |
44.2 | 39.5 | 15049 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 33 | 14 | 9 | 2 | ![]() |
32.6 | 33.5 | 12753 | ![]() | |
Whitehill & Bordon Community | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
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Green | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
4.7 | 8.1 | 3076 | ![]() | |
Labour | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ![]() |
2.3 | 10.3 | 3934 | ![]() | |
Independent | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Reform UK | 3 | 0 | ||||||||
Heritage | 1 | 0 |
Candidates
[edit]The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by East Hampshire District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.[4] The election results for the district were released on 5 May 2023.[5]
Alton Amery
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Steve Hunt* | 395 | 53.31 | +0.44 | |
Conservative | Dami Sogbesan | 218 | 29.42 | −6.74 | |
Labour | Ian Abbott | 128 | 17.27 | +6.31 | |
Majority | 177 | 23.89 | 7.18 | ||
Turnout | 741 | 35.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Alton Ashdell
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Suzie Burns* | 418 | 52.98 | −1.84 | |
Conservative | Louis Ward | 267 | 33.84 | −4.38 | |
Labour | Jennifer Abbott | 104 | 13.18 | +6.24 | |
Majority | 151 | 19.14 | 2.54 | ||
Turnout | 789 | 43.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Alton Eastbrooke
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Barbara Tansey | 202 | 39.22 | +3.28 | |
Conservative | Tony Davis | 143 | 27.77 | −4.71 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Coatsworth | 142 | 27.57 | −3.99 | |
Reform UK | William Blake | 28 | 5.44 | N/A | |
Majority | 59 | 11.46 | 8.00 | ||
Turnout | 515 | 27.2 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Alton Holybourne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Graham Hill* | 343 | 42.61 | −4.39 | |
Liberal Democrats | Samuel Corlett | 330 | 40.99 | +3.58 | |
Labour | Donald Hammond | 132 | 16.40 | +0.83 | |
Majority | 13 | ||||
Turnout | 805 | 37.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Alton Westbrooke
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Emily Young | 334 | 43.72 | −3.33 | |
Labour | Nick O'Brien | 205 | 26.83 | +11.37 | |
Conservative | Philip Bennett | 199 | 26.05 | −11.43 | |
Reform UK | Vic Burbidge | 26 | 3.40 | N/A | |
Majority | 129 | ||||
Turnout | 764 | 39.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Alton Whitedown
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ginny Boxall* | 547 | 61.88 | −7.03 | |
Conservative | Aaron Brett | 241 | 27.26 | +2.18 | |
Labour | Janice Treacher | 96 | 10.86 | +4.86 | |
Majority | 306 | ||||
Turnout | 884 | 38.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Alton Wooteys
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Warren Moore | 234 | 33.86 | N/A | |
Conservative | Colin Jamieson | 213 | 30.82 | −17.57 | |
Labour | Mark Boyce-Churn | 162 | 23.44 | −28.16 | |
Heritage | Matthew Kellermann | 82 | 11.86 | N/A | |
Majority | 21 | 3.04 | |||
Turnout | 691 | 28.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing |
Bentworth & Froyle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Costigan | 590 | 61.52 | −14.82 | |
Green | Caroline Footman | 369 | 38.48 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 959 | 43.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Binsted, Bentley & Selborne
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Ashcroft* | 917 | 52.46 | −5.64 | |
Conservative | Phillip Davies | 878 | 50.23 | +0.03 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas James | 735 | 42.05 | −5.32 | |
Liberal Democrats | Bob Stammers | 645 | 36.90 | N/A | |
Labour | Ben Hamlin | 286 | 16.36 | +1.34 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,748 | 37.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Bramshott & Liphook
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Angela Glass* | 1,131 | 47.48 | −12.35 | |
Conservative | Bill Mouland* | 1,125 | 47.23 | −14.74 | |
Conservative | Nick Sear* | 1,070 | 44.92 | −13.87 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rob Evans | 734 | 30.81 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Philip Coghlan | 683 | 28.67 | N/A | |
Green | Liz Bisset | 410 | 17.21 | N/A | |
Labour | Andria Holdsworth | 404 | 16.96 | −3.76 | |
Labour | John Tough | 393 | 16.50 | −4.39 | |
Labour | Geraldine Sheedy | 378 | 15.87 | −1.31 | |
Green | David Ilsley | 254 | 10.66 | N/A | |
Green | Peter Bisset | 235 | 9.87 | N/A | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,382 | 32.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Buriton & East Meon
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Rob Mocatta* | 475 | 57.51 | +3.39 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Robinson | 231 | 27.97 | N/A | |
Labour | Emma Clews | 120 | 14.53 | +5.22 | |
Majority | 244 | ||||
Turnout | 826 | 39.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Clanfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Smart | 862 | 54.01 | +8.72 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Tonge | 813 | 50.94 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ken Moon* | 722 | 45.24 | −7.47 | |
Conservative | Arthur Agate* | 691 | 43.30 | −9.70 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,596 | 35.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Four Marks & Medstead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Joanna Nelson | 1,181 | 47.66 | +12.11 | |
Conservative | Ilena Allsopp | 1,094 | 44.15 | −18.31 | |
Conservative | Neal Day | 1,090 | 43.99 | −11.61 | |
Liberal Democrats | Roland Richardson | 1,065 | 42.98 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Alex Ehrmann | 1,057 | 42.66 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Foster | 1,046 | 42.21 | −12.61 | |
Labour | Christopher Oakes-Monger | 453 | 18.28 | +8.64 | |
Labour | Robert Peters | 264 | 10.65 | +2.14 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,478 | 38.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Froxfield, Sheet & Steep
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Drew* | 644 | 55.95 | +0.91 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Grey | 427 | 37.10 | −1.83 | |
Labour | Yvonne Heaton | 80 | 6.95 | +0.94 | |
Majority | 217 | ||||
Turnout | 1,151 | 51.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Grayshott
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tom Hanrahan* | 387 | 52.80 | −3.85 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynsey Conway | 346 | 47.20 | +16.43 | |
Majority | 41 | ||||
Turnout | 733 | 34.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Headley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Millard* | 949 | 59.16 | +4.92 | |
Conservative | Anthony Williams* | 904 | 56.36 | −4.12 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Jamieson | 603 | 37.59 | +5.43 | |
Labour | Mark Angear | 429 | 26.75 | +19.82 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,604 | 36.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Horndean Catherington
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sara Schillemore* | 469 | 63.38 | +63.38 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jonquil Tonge | 271 | 36.62 | N/A | |
Majority | 198 | ||||
Turnout | 740 | 35.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Horndean Downs
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | James Hogan | 480 | 58.11 | +42.25 | |
Conservative | Jon Whitfield | 346 | 41.89 | −10.77 | |
Majority | 134 | ||||
Turnout | 826 | 34.6 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Horndean Kings & Blendworth
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Evans* | 671 | 55.09 | −4.23 | |
Conservative | Christopher Hatter* | 587 | 48.19 | −4.89 | |
Liberal Democrats | Diane Smart | 518 | 42.53 | +2.70 | |
Green | Phil Humphries | 454 | 37.27 | +5.37 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,218 | 31.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Horndean Murray
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Elaine Woodard* | 340 | 52.80 | −0.46 | |
Conservative | Jack Ross | 304 | 47.20 | +0.46 | |
Majority | 36 | ||||
Turnout | 644 | 40.7 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Lindford
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party | Penny Flux | 487 | 69.67 | N/A | |
Conservative | Richard Hudson | 160 | 22.89 | −8.67 | |
Labour | Gareth Rees | 52 | 7.44 | +3.15 | |
Majority | 327 | ||||
Turnout | 699 | 34.1 | |||
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Independent |
Liss
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Roger Mullenger | 883 | 45.99 | +14.36 | |
Green | Ian James | 844 | 43.96 | +12.65 | |
Conservative | Keith Budden* | 746 | 38.85 | −14.34 | |
Conservative | Peter Doyle | 661 | 34.43 | −11.48 | |
Labour | Howard Linsley | 407 | 21.20 | +8.65 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,920 | 38.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Petersfield Bell Hill
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jamie Matthews* | 393 | 52.33 | +0.96 | |
Conservative | Russell Oppenheimer | 174 | 23.17 | +3.48 | |
Labour | Gary Boller | 97 | 12.92 | +5.44 | |
Green | John Hilton | 87 | 11.58 | −3.82 | |
Majority | 219 | 29.16 | −2.52 | ||
Turnout | 751 | 37.2 | −6.81 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |
Petersfield Causeway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | John Hutchinson | 408 | 49.04 | +6.78 | |
Conservative | Tom Ross | 333 | 40.02 | −3.47 | |
Labour | Ros Carvell | 91 | 10.94 | −3.30 | |
Majority | 75 | 9.01 | |||
Turnout | 832 | 37.3 | +2.83 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Petersfield Heath
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Louise Bevan | 423 | 45.00 | +24.24 | |
Conservative | Julie Butler* | 420 | 44.68 | −4.79 | |
Labour | Sam Ansell | 97 | 10.32 | +2.80 | |
Majority | 3 | ||||
Turnout | 940 | 42.1 | −0.88 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Petersfield St Peter's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Phil Shaw | 1,056 | 55.17 | +27.89 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Podger | 1,026 | 53.61 | +25.68 | |
Conservative | JC Crissey | 747 | 39.03 | +8.45 | |
Conservative | Beth Svarovska | 702 | 36.68 | +6.75 | |
Labour | Jeremy Abraham | 275 | 14.37 | +7.21 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,914 | 42.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Ropley, Hawkley & Hangers
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Louisson* | 650 | 65.79 | −2.47 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jenny Stacy | 338 | 34.21 | N/A | |
Majority | 312 | ||||
Turnout | 988 | 43.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Rowlands Castle
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charlene Maines | 529 | 52.32 | −7.07 | |
Green | Laurent Coffre | 383 | 37.88 | −2.72 | |
Reform UK | Luis Cook | 99 | 9.79 | N/A | |
Majority | 146 | ||||
Turnout | 1,011 | 38.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Whitehill Chase
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whitehill & Bordon Community Party | Andy Tree | 875 | 71.90 | N/A | |
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party | Catherine Clark | 776 | 63.76 | N/A | |
Conservative | Sally Pond* | 226 | 18.57 | −25.73 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Wigman* | 191 | 15.69 | −27.89 | |
Conservative | Emmanuel Anyanwu | 160 | 13.15 | −27.94 | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael Croucher | 135 | 11.09 | −23.26 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,217 | 25.3 | |||
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Conservative | |||||
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Liberal Democrats |
Whitehill Hogmoor & Greatham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whitehill & Bordon Community Party | Kirsty Mitchell | 801 | 52.80 | N/A | |
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party | Mike Steevens | 735 | 48.45 | N/A | |
Conservative | Adam Carew* | 396 | 26.10 | −22.39 | |
Conservative | SJ Bartlett | 310 | 20.44 | −21.01 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alison Glasspol | 216 | 14.24 | −22.35 | |
Liberal Democrats | Antony Gray | 190 | 12.52 | −27.03 | |
Labour | Jessie Hickman | 114 | 7.51 | −1.50 | |
Labour | Jane Crinnion | 108 | 7.12 | −1.32 | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 1,517 | 31.2 | |||
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Conservative | |||||
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Conservative |
Whitehill Pinewood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whitehill & Bordon Community Party | Adeel Shah | 370 | 67.52 | N/A | |
Independent | Trevor Maroney* | 84 | 15.33 | −29.82 | |
Green | Jason Guy | 49 | 8.94 | N/A | |
Conservative | David Hales | 45 | 8.21 | −32.39 | |
Majority | 286 | ||||
Turnout | 548 | 25.6 | |||
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Liberal Democrats |
By-elections
[edit]Four Marks and Medstead
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Roland Richardson | 1,212 | 62.2 | +18.9 | |
Conservative | Kerry Southern-Reason | 736 | 37.8 | −2.3 | |
Majority | 476 | 24.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,948 | 30.6 | −7.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ "Notice of Election". East Hampshire District Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose grip on Hampshire stronghold". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Coates, Paul (29 May 2023). "East Hampshire District Council is all set for four very lively years". Farnham Herald. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ "Local elections - May 2023". East Hampshire District Council. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
- ^ "Election results - 4 May 2023 | East Hampshire District Council".