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 elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

City result maps

By-election results

1990s

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
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

2000s

Bitterne Park By-Election 15 September 2005[8]
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

2010s

Coxford By-Election 14 March 2019[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op 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 N/A
Integrity Southampton David John Fletcher 178 7.0 N/A
Independent Richard Terrence McQuillan 174 6.8 N/A
UKIP Derek Lascelles Humber 123 4.8 N/A
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

References

  1. ^ The City of Southampton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  2. ^ The New Forest and Southampton (Areas) Order 1978
  3. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Southampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Southampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  5. ^ "Elections explained". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  6. ^ "Plan to make city council bigger – how to have your say".
  7. ^ "Why councillors could only stand for one year in Southampton". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Bitterne Park ward by election result 15/09/2005". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
  9. ^ "Nominees unveiled for Coxford by-election". Southern Daily Echo. Newsquest.

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