2019 New Forest District Council election

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2019 New Forest District Council election

 2015 2 May 2019 2023 

All 60 seats to New Forest District Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats before 58 2 0
Seats won 46 13 1
Seat change Decrease12 Increase11 Increase1
Popular vote 43,302 17,509 1,884

Results by Ward

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2019 New Forest District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of New Forest District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Conservatives were the only party to stand enough candidates to gain an outright majority, as they were the only party to stand a candidate in more than half the seats, with Liberal Democrats, who defended 2 seats, standing 28 candidates, and Labour, which had no incumbents, standing 30 candidates.[2]

Election result

2019 New Forest District Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 60 46 0 12 Decrease 12 76.7 58.9 43,302 +8.3
  Liberal Democrats 28 13 11 0 Increase 11 21.7 23.8 17,509 +12.6
  Independent 5 1 1 0 Increase 1 1.7 2.6 1,884 +0.9
  Labour 30 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 10.8 7,975 –3.4
  Green 5 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 3.2 2,333 –3.3
  UKIP 2 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.8 572 –14.7

Ward results

By-elections since 2019

References

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