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Southampton City Council elections are held three out of every four years to elect members of Southampton City Council, the local authority for the city of Southampton in Hampshire, England. Since 1 April 1997 Southampton has been a unitary authority responsible for all local government functions; prior to this it was a non-metropolitan district beneath Hampshire County Council.

Council composition

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Composition of the council[1]
Year Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats[a] Green Independents
& Others 		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (51 seats)
1973 31 20 0 – 0 Labour
1976 46 5 0 0 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries (51 seats)
1979 16 29 0 0 0 Conservative
1980 18 27 0 0 0 Conservative
1982 19 25 1 0 0 Conservative
1983 21 23 1 0 0 Conservative
1984 23 20 2 0 0 Labour
1986 26 15 4 0 0 Labour
1987 21 19 4 0 1 No overall control
1988 24 17 4 0 0 Labour
1990 25 15 4 0 1 Labour
1991 31 9 5 0 0 Labour
1992 30 9 6 0 0 Labour
1994 23 8 14 0 0 Labour
1995 26 6 13 0 0 Labour
1996 29 3 13 0 0 Labour
1998 28 3 13 0 0 Labour
1999 27 4 14 0 0 Labour
2000 22 7 16 0 0 No overall control
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2002 19 11 18 0 0 No overall control
2003 16 12 18 0 2 No overall control
2004 15 14 19 0 0 No overall control
2006 16 16 16 0 0 No overall control
2007 18 18 12 0 0 No overall control
2008 14 26 8 0 0 Conservative
2010 15 28 5 0 0 Conservative
2011 19 26 3 0 0 Conservative
2012 30 16 2 0 0 Labour
2014 28 18 0 0 2 Labour
2015 26 20 0 0 2 Labour
2016 25 19 0 0 4[b] Labour
2018 25 19 0 0 4[b] Labour
2019 29 18 0 0 0 Labour
2021 23 25 0 0 0 Conservative
2022 26 21 1 0 0 Labour
New ward boundaries (57 seats)
2023 38 9 3 1 0 Labour
2024 36 10 4 1 0 Labour

City result maps

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  • 2002 results map
    2002 results map
  • 2003 results map
    2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
    2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
    2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
    2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
    2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
    2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
    2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
    2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
    2014 results map
  • 2015 results map
    2015 results map
  • 2016 results map
    2016 results map
  • 2018 results map
    2018 results map
  • 2019 results map
    2019 results map
  • 2021 results map
    2021 results map
  • 2022 results map
    2022 results map
  • 2023 results map
    2023 results map
  • 2024 results map
    2024 results map

By-election results

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1994–1998

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Bargate By-Election 23 October 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 885 52.6 −6.4
Conservative 259 15.4 −3.0
Socialist Labour 257 15.3 +9.3
Liberal Democrats 250 14.9 +4.7
Independent Labour 31 1.8 −4.7
Majority 626 37.2
Turnout 1,682 13.0
Labour hold Swing
Woolston By-Election 12 March 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 975 47.8 −9.4
Liberal Democrats 725 35.6 +6.1
Conservative 339 16.6 +3.3
Majority 250 12.2
Turnout 2,039 17.9
Labour hold Swing

1998–2002

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Bassett By-Election 8 October 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 1,025 58.9 +8.9
Labour 372 21.4 −16.2
Liberal Democrats 344 19.8 +7.5
Majority 653 37.5
Turnout 1,741 14.5
Conservative hold Swing
Harefield By-Election 8 October 1998
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 858 44.1 −6.7
Conservative 856 44.0 +9.3
Liberal Democrats 231 11.9 +3.3
Majority 2 0.1
Turnout 1,945 19.3
Labour hold Swing

2002–2006

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Bitterne Park By-Election 15 September 2005[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clifford Coombes 984 37.1 +0.4
Labour Mike Brainsby 791 29.9 +13.1
Liberal Democrats Anne Work 785 29.6 −4.3
Green Joseph Cox 89 3.4 +3.4
Majority 193 7.2
Turnout 2,649
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010–2014

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Woolston By-Election 13 June 2013[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christopher Hammond 864 32.3 −22.8
UKIP John Sharp 741 27.7 +27.7
Conservative Alex Houghton 704 26.3 −5.6
TUSC Sue Atkins 136 5.1 +0.4
Liberal Democrats Adrian Ford 120 4.5 −3.8
Green Christopher Bluemel 107 4.0 +4.0
Majority 123 4.6
Turnout 2,672
Labour hold Swing

2014–2018

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Coxford By-Election 14 March 2019[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Raynard 668 26.2 −2.0
Conservative Charles Perez-Storey 529 20.7 +4.3
Liberal Democrats Josh Smith 450 17.6 +14.7
Socialist Alternative Susan Anne Atkins 368 14.4 +14.4
Integrity Southampton David John Fletcher 178 7.0 +7.0
Independent Richard Terrence McQuillan 174 6.8 +4.4
UKIP Derek Lascelles Humber 123 4.8 +4.8
Green Cara Anne Sandys 53 2.1 −0.9
Majority 139 5.4
Turnout 2,551 25.0 −7.7
Labour gain from Independent Swing

2022–2026

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Bitterne By-Election 1 December 2022[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Yvonne Frampton 806 46.0 +4.6
Conservative Callum Ford 793 45.3 −1.8
Green Ronald Meldrum 66 3.8 −1.5
Liberal Democrats Nick McGeorge 61 3.5 −0.9
TUSC Mabel Wellman 26 1.5 −0.3
Majority 13 0.7
Turnout 1,752
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Shirley By-Election 10 October 2024[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats George Percival 1,249 39.2 +19.3
Conservative Andrew Hetherton 770 24.2 −1.1
Labour Victoria Ugwoeme 764 24.0 −15.5
Green Barrie Margetts 241 7.6 +0.5
Independent Andrew Pope 117 3.7 +3.7
TUSC Maggie Fricker 44 1.4 −0.1
Majority 479 15.0
Turnout 3,185
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

See also

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Non-metropolitan district elections
Unitary authority elections

Notes

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  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ^ a b 3 Putting People First, 1 Southampton Independents

References

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  1. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ^ "Bitterne Park ward by election result 15/09/2005". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Woolston Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Coxford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bitterne Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shirley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  7. ^ The City of Southampton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  8. ^ The New Forest and Southampton (Areas) Order 1978
  9. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Southampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  10. ^ "Southampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  11. ^ "Elections explained". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  12. ^ "Plan to make city council bigger – how to have your say".
  13. ^ "Why councillors could only stand for one year in Southampton". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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