2023 Winchester City Council election

2023 Winchester City Council election

4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
16 out of 45 seats to Winchester City Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Martin Tod Caroline Horrill Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Last election 27 seats, 45.8% 15 seats, 38.1% Seats before 28 13   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Green Party of England and Wales (2023) Last election 2 seats, 0.7% 1 seat, 10.4% Seats before 3 1
Leader before election Martin Tod Liberal Democrats Leader after election TBD

The 2023 Winchester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England. This would be on the same day as other local elections in England.

Summary

Election result

2023 Winchester City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats
	Conservative
	Independent
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)
	Labour
	Reform UK

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Winchester City Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.

Alresford & Itchen Valley

Alresford & Itchen Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Russell Gordon-Smith*	2,034	58.80	−2.78
	Conservative	Harry Johnson-Hill	1,187	34.32	+4.03
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Richard Needham	164	4.74	−1.91
	Labour	Tessa Valentine	74	2.14	+0.67
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Brophy	1,769	50.66	−0.05
	Conservative	Michael Killeen	1,350	38.66	−2.67
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Max Priesemann	193	5.53	+0.32
	Labour	Adrian Field	96	2.75	+0.27
	Reform UK	Lincoln Redding	84	2.41	NEW
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bishops Waltham

Bishops Waltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Williams	1,618	54.20	+18.61
	Conservative	Donald Iro	1,022	34.24	−12.66
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Richard Cannon	232	7.77	−3.47
	Labour	Steve Haines	113	3.79	−2.49
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Central Meon Valley

Central Meon Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Danny Lee	2,168	63.10	+7.61
	Conservative	Kris Ford	889	25.87	−8.27
	Liberal Democrats	Tom Gregory	313	9.11	+0.77
	Labour	Antony McNally	66	1.92	−0.08
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Colden Common & Twyford

Colden Common & Twyford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Greenberg	1,247	61.82	+25.34
	Conservative	Paula Johnston	555	27.52	−26.80
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Lucinda Graham	137	6.79	NEW
	Labour	Callum Hunter	78	3.87	−5.33
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Denmead

Denmead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paula Langford-Smith	1,035	44.90	−6.94
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bennett	954	41.39	+9.53
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Beata Parry	167	7.25	−2.05
	Labour	David Picton-Jones	149	6.46	−0.55
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwick & Wickham

Southwick & Wickham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Chamberlain	936	55.35	+8.08
	Conservative	Sandy Phillips-Lee	526	31.11	+2.91
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Nigel Prior	158	9.34	+3.37
	Labour	Paul Sony	71	4.20	−0.25
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St. Barnabas

St. Barnabas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Crudgington
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Lorraine Abraham
	Labour	Lucy Sims
	Liberal Democrats	Jonny Morris

St. Bartholomew

St. Bartholomew

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Samuel Feltham
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Charlotte Harley
	Labour	Patrick Davies
	Liberal Democrats	Nathan Eve

St. Luke

St. Luke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Tait
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Reece Chadwick
	Labour	Alison Cochrane
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Wise

St. Michael

St. Michael

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fiona Mather
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Kate Needham
	Labour	Peter Marsh
	Liberal Democrats	George Prest

St. Paul

St. Paul

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leo Keay
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Giles Gooding
	Labour	Stephen Turner
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Tod*

The Worthys

The Worthys

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Rutter*	1,331	58.61	+1.15
	Conservative	Signe Biddle	702	30.91	−6.36
	Labour	Hannah Dawson	139	6.12	+0.81
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Andrew Pogson	99	4.36	NEW
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Upper Meon Valley

Upper Meon Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jerry Pett	932	41.31	+8.58
	Conservative	Astrea Hurlock	922	40.87	−15.59
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Polly Perry	352	15.60	+7.74
	Labour	Cameron Hodgkinson	50	2.22	−0.78
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Whiteley & Shedfield

Whiteley & Shedfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Garth
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Nicholas John
	Labour	Alison Ridley
	Liberal Democrats	Sudhakar Achwal

Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caroline Horrill*
	Green Party of England and Wales (2023)	Julia Stolle
	Labour	Antony de Peyer
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Adams