2019 East Hampshire District Council election

2019 East Hampshire District Council election
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All 43 council seats; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results of the 2019 election, by ward.
Previous Largest Party before election; ; Conservative	Subsequent Largest Party ; ; Conservative

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 were returned to independent councillors.^[2]

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2019 East Hampshire District Council election^[3]
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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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)

Party		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

Party		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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Stephen Dolan	369	51.60
	Conservative	David Orme	346	48.39
Majority			23	3.21
Turnout			715
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tony Costigan	652	76.34
	Labour	Jenniann Davies	202	23.65
Majority			450	52.69
Turnout			854
	Conservative win (new seat)

Party		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)

Party		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

Party		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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Lindford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Sara Schillemore	Unopposed	N/A
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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)

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Malcom Johnson	534	59.39
	Green	Peter Bisset	365	40.60
Majority			169	18.79
Turnout			899
	Conservative hold		Swing

Election result

Alton Amery

Alton Ashdell

Alton Eastbrooke

Alton Holybourne

Alton Westbrooke

Alton Whitedown

Alton Wooteys

Bentworth & Froyle

Binsted, Bentley & Selborne

Bramshott & Liphook

Buriton & East Meon

Clanfield

Four Marks & Medstead

Froxfield, Sheet & Steep

Grayshott

Headley

Horndean Catherington

Horndean Downs

Horndean Kings & Blendworth

Horndean Murray

Lindford

Liss

Petersfield Bell Hill

Petersfield Causeway

Petersfield Heath

Petersfield St Peter's

Ropley, Hawkley & Hangers

Rowlands Castle

Whitehill Chase

Whitehill Hogmoor & Greatham

Whitehill Pinewood

Bramshott & Liphook

Grayshott

Horndean Downs

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Party		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)

Party		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)

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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

Party		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