The 2019 East Hampshire District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the East Hampshire District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. New ward boundaries were used, with some new wards created, with others having their boundaries amended. Wards with the same name but amended boundaries are noted. The number of councillors was reduced from 44 to 43.[1]
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The election saw the Conservatives lose 10 seats, with the Liberal Democrats (previously the only other party to hold seats in the council), Labour, and Independents gaining seats. The Liberal Democrats, forming the largest opposition, with seven seats in total, an increase of five, with four seats in Alton, two in Whitehill, and one in Murray. Labour won a further two seats, and two seats returned independent councillors.[2]
Summary
editElection result
edit2019 East Hampshire District Council election[3] | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 43 | 32 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 74.4 | 46.2 | 16,462 | –14.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | 27 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 16.3 | 27.4 | 9,772 | +8.5 | |
Labour | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.7 | 10.0 | 3,554 | +1.3 | |
Independent | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1,333 | +1.3 | |
Green | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9.9 | 3,544 | +5.3 | ||
UKIP | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 732 | –3.0 | ||
JAC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 265 | +0.3 |
Results by ward
editAlton Amery
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Steve Hunt | 405 | 52.87 | ||
Conservative | Danny Green | 277 | 36.16 | ||
Labour | Robert Peters | 84 | 10.96 | ||
Majority | 128 | 16.71 | |||
Turnout | 766 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Alton Ashdell
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Suzie Burns | 426 | 54.82 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Joy | 297 | 38.22 | ||
Labour | Jenny Abbott | 54 | 6.94 | ||
Majority | 129 | 16.60 | |||
Turnout | 777 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Alton Eastbrooke
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Paula Langley | 197 | 35.94 | ||
Conservative | Dean Phillips | 178 | 32.48 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Steve Coatsworth | 173 | 31.56 | ||
Majority | 19 | 3.46 | |||
Turnout | 548 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Alton Holybourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Graham Hill | 353 | 47.00 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas James | 281 | 37.41 | ||
Labour | Barbara Tansey | 117 | 15.57 | ||
Majority | 72 | 9.58 | |||
Turnout | 751 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Alton Westbrooke
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Richard Platt | 359 | 47.05 | ||
Conservative | Peter Hicks | 286 | 37.48 | ||
Labour | Ian Abbott | 118 | 15.46 | ||
Majority | 73 | 9.56 | |||
Turnout | 763 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Alton Whitedown
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Ginny Boxall | 643 | 68.91 | ||
Conservative | Jane Costigan | 234 | 25.08 | ||
Labour | Janice Treacher | 56 | 6.00 | ||
Majority | 409 | 43.83 | |||
Turnout | 933 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Alton Wooteys
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Stephen Dolan | 369 | 51.60 | ||
Conservative | David Orme | 346 | 48.39 | ||
Majority | 23 | 3.21 | |||
Turnout | 715 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
Bentworth & Froyle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Costigan | 652 | 76.34 | ||
Labour | Jenniann Davies | 202 | 23.65 | ||
Majority | 450 | 52.69 | |||
Turnout | 854 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Binsted, Bentley & Selborne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Ashcroft | 1,029 | 58.10 | ||
Conservative | Ken Carter | 889 | 50.20 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lynne Ravenscroft | 839 | 47.37 | ||
Labour | Jane-Frances Price | 266 | 15.02 | ||
Labour | Barbara Burfoot | 192 | 10.84 | ||
Majority | 190 | 8.90 | |||
Turnout | 2134 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bramshott & Liphook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Bill Mouland | 1,421 | 61.97 | ||
Conservative | Angela Glass | 1,372 | 59.83 | ||
Conservative | Rebecca Standish | 1,348 | 58.79 | ||
Labour | John Tough | 479 | 20.89 | ||
Labour | Matt Twist | 475 | 20.72 | ||
Labour | Neil Niblock | 394 | 17.18 | ||
UKIP | Susan Bentley | 327 | 14.26 | ||
JAC | Don Jerrard | 265 | 11.56 | ||
JAC | Eddie Trotter | 236 | 10.29 | ||
Majority | 942 | 37.80 | |||
Turnout | 2492 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Buriton & East Meon
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Robert Mocatta | 459 | 54.12 | ||
Green | Pippa Lee | 310 | 36.55 | ||
Labour | Greg Ford | 79 | 9.31 | ||
Majority | 149 | 37.80 | |||
Turnout | 848 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Clanfield
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Arthur Agate | 715 | 53.00 | ||
Conservative | Ken Moon | 711 | 52.71 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Richard Robinson | 611 | 45.29 | ||
Majority | 104 | 7.84 | |||
Turnout | 1326 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Four Marks & Medstead
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ingrid Catherine | 1,439 | 62.46 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan May | 1,281 | 55.60 | ||
Conservative | Diana Tennyson | 1,263 | 54.82 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ralph Gwilt | 819 | 35.55 | ||
Green | Benjamin Malam | 671 | 29.12 | ||
Labour | Julie Nicholson | 222 | 9.64 | ||
Labour | Don Hammond | 196 | 8.51 | ||
Labour | Ivan Mowse | 145 | 6.29 | ||
Majority | 620 | 7.84 | |||
Turnout | 3151 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Froxfield, Sheet & Steep
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Drew | 567 | 55.04 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Louise Bevan | 401 | 38.93 | ||
Labour | Phil Cottrell | 62 | 6.01 | ||
Majority | 166 | 16.11 | |||
Turnout | 1030 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Grayshott
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Ferris Cowper | 451 | 56.65 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Jamieson | 245 | 30.77 | ||
UKIP | Ted Wildey | 70 | 8.79 | ||
Labour | Larisa Mendresse-Elder | 30 | 3.76 | ||
Majority | 206 | 25.87 | |||
Turnout | 796 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Headley
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Anthony Williams | 978 | 60.48 | ||
Conservative | Richard Millard | 877 | 54.24 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Lesley Shepherd | 520 | 32.16 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Anna Lubelska | 513 | 31.73 | ||
Labour | Julia Deacon | 112 | 6.93 | ||
Labour | Francis Macnamara | 86 | 5.32 | ||
Majority | 458 | 28.44 | |||
Turnout | 1610 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Horndean Catherington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sara Schillemore | Unopposed | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Horndean Downs
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Tony Denton | 425 | 52.66 | ||
Green | Laurent Coffre | 128 | 15.86 | ||
Independent | David Alexadner | 151 | 18.71 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Ian Maiden | 103 | 12.76 | ||
Majority | 297 | 36.80 | |||
Turnout | 807 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Horndean Kings & Blendworth
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Evans | 703 | 59.32 | ||
Conservative | Christopher Hatter | 629 | 53.08 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Smart | 472 | 39.83 | ||
Green | Mike Sievwright | 378 | 31.90 | ||
Majority | 231 | 14.87 | |||
Turnout | 1,553 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Horndean Murray
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Elaine Woodard | 326 | 53.26 | ||
Conservative | Lynn Evans | 286 | 46.73 | ||
Majority | 40 | 6.53 | |||
Turnout | 612 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Lindford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Neville Taylor | 371 | 46.84 | ||
Conservative | Derek Barr | 250 | 31.56 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Frank Levene | 79 | 9.97 | ||
UKIP | Geoffrey Bentley | 58 | 7.32 | ||
Labour | Simon Banks van Zyl | 34 | 4.29 | ||
Majority | 121 | 15.27 | |||
Turnout | 792 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Liss
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Keith Budden | 1,009 | 53.19 | ||
Conservative | Russell Oppenheimer | 871 | 45.91 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Roger Mullenger | 600 | 31.63 | ||
Green | Ian James | 594 | 31.31 | ||
Labour | Sheila Baldwin | 274 | 14.44 | ||
Labour | Howard Linsley | 238 | 12.55 | ||
Majority | 409 | 16.51 | |||
Turnout | 2477 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Petersfield Bell Hill
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Jamie Matthews | 467 | 51.37 | ||
Conservative | Peter Doyle | 179 | 19.69 | ||
Green | John Hilton | 140 | 15.40 | ||
Labour | Steve Elder | 68 | 7.48 | ||
UKIP | Jim Makin | 55 | 6.05 | ||
Majority | 288 | 31.68 | |||
Turnout | 909 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Petersfield Causeway
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ben Bentley | 281 | 43.49 | ||
Liberal Democrats | John Hutchinson | 273 | 42.26 | ||
Labour | Colin Brazier | 92 | 14.24 | ||
Majority | 8 | 1.23 | |||
Turnout | 646 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Petersfield Heath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Julie Butler | 467 | 49.47 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Angus Robinson | 196 | 20.76 | ||
Green | Zoe Parker | 147 | 15.57 | ||
Labour | Bill Organ | 71 | 7.52 | ||
UKIP | Malcom Bint | 63 | 6.67 | ||
Majority | 271 | 28.70 | |||
Turnout | 944 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Petersfield St Peter's
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Matthew Gass | 611 | 30.58 | ||
Conservative | David McKinney | 598 | 29.93 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Podger | 558 | 27.93 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Phil Shaw | 545 | 27.28 | ||
Green | John Palmer | 525 | 26.28 | ||
Independent | Jonathan Walker | 438 | 21.92 | ||
Labour | Sarah Morris | 173 | 8.66 | ||
UKIP | Ben James | 159 | 7.96 | ||
Labour | Jeremy Abraham | 143 | 7.16 | ||
Majority | 53 | 2.17 | |||
Turnout | 2,434 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Ropley, Hawkley & Hangers
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Louisson | 710 | 68.26 | ||
Green | Marie-Marthe Gervais | 286 | 27.50 | ||
Labour | Stephen Whitehead | 44 | 4.23 | ||
Majority | 424 | 40.76 | |||
Turnout | 1040 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Rowlands Castle
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Malcom Johnson | 534 | 59.39 | ||
Green | Peter Bisset | 365 | 40.60 | ||
Majority | 169 | 18.79 | |||
Turnout | 899 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Whitehill Chase
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Sally Pond | 552 | 44.30 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Paul Wigman | 543 | 43.58 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Muldoon | 512 | 41.09 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Coleman | 428 | 34.35 | ||
Labour | Alina Vraible | 176 | 14.13 | ||
Labour | David Ilsley | 162 | 13.00 | ||
Turnout | 1,271 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Whitehill Hogmoor & Greatham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Adam Carew | 689 | 48.49 | ||
Conservative | Philip Davies | 589 | 41.45 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Antony Gray | 562 | 39.55 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Croucher | 520 | 36.59 | ||
Labour | Mercy Bolus | 128 | 9.01 | ||
Labour | Moira Johnson | 120 | 8.44 | ||
Majority | 127 | 9.20 | |||
Turnout | 1379 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Whitehill Pinewood
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Maroney | 149 | 45.15 | ||
Conservative | Neil Ward | 134 | 40.60 | ||
Labour | Tom Barnett | 47 | 14.24 | ||
Majority | 15 | 4.54 | |||
Turnout | 330 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
2019–2023 by-elections
editBramshott & Liphook
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicholas Sear | 1,470 | 56.5 | −3.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lynsey Conway | 754 | 29.0 | New | |
Labour | John Tough | 378 | 14.5 | −5.1 | |
Majority | 716 | 27.5 | −10.3 | ||
Turnout | 2602 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -5.2 |
Grayshott
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Thomas Hanrahan | 453 | 54.6 | −2.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Jamieson | 239 | 28.9 | −1.9 | |
Green | Alexandra Leaton | 64 | 7.7 | New | |
Labour | Larisa Mendresse-Elder | 55 | 6.6 | +2.8 | |
UKIP | Ted Wildey | 19 | 2.3 | −6.5 | |
Majority | 214 | 25.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 830 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Horndean Downs
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Blossom Gottlieb | 320 | 49.2 | +33.3 | |
Conservative | Jonathan Whitfield | 291 | 44.7 | −8.0 | |
Independent | David Alexander | 40 | 6.1 | −12.6 | |
Majority | 29 | 4.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 651 | 26.8 | |||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing | 20.7 |
References
edit- ^ "New electoral arrangements for East Hampshire District Council: Final recommendations" (PDF). The Local Government Boundary Commission for England. April 2018.
- ^ "Local Elections: Bruising night for Tories in East Hampshire". Farnham Herald. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Election Results" (PDF). East Hampshire District Council. Retrieved 24 April 2020.