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.

2018 Winchester City Council election

3 May 2018
15 of the 45 seats to Winchester City Council 23 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 25 20 Seats won 6 9 Seats after 23 22 Seat change -2 +2 Popular vote 17,660 15,417 Percentage 47.2 41.2
Map of the City of Winchester after the election. St Luke Ward is shown in white as it did not hold an election this year.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Result Summary

Winchester City Council election, 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	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

Composition of Wards after 2016 Election (left) and 2018 Election (right)

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		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			97	2.78
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

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			301	9.31
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bishops Waltham

Bishops Waltham

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

Central Meon Valley

Central Meon Valley

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			1,083	38.36
	Conservative hold		Swing

Colden Common & Twyford

Colden Common & Twyford

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			84	4.12
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denmead

Denmead

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			688	40.88
	Conservative hold		Swing

Southwick & Wickham

Southwick & Wickham

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			200	12.46
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Barnabas

St Barnabas

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			392	10.75
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew

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			688	25.47
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Michael

St Michael

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			179	6.33
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

St Paul

St Paul

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			699	27.33
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The Worthys

The Worthys

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			352	17.69
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Upper Meon Valley

Upper Meon Valley

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			882	48.73
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whiteley & Shedfield

Whiteley & Shedfield

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			204	11.23
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wonston & Mitcheldever

Wonston & Mitcheldever

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			968	36.74
	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		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			134	6.65
	Conservative hold		Swing