2024 Fareham Borough Council election

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2024 Fareham Borough Council election

 2022
2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
2026 

All 32 seats to Fareham Borough Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Blank Blank
Leader Seán Woodward Chrissie Bainbridge
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 25 5
Seats before 24 4
Seats after 22 8

  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Party Labour Independent
Last election 0 1
Seats before 0 3
Seats after 1 1

Results by ward

Leader before election

Seán Woodward
Conservative

Leader after election

Simon Martin
Conservative

The 2024 Fareham Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 32 members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire were elected following boundary changes.

The council remained under Conservative majority control.

Since its creation in 1974, only the Conservatives have ever formed majorities on the council. The party has held majorities on the council for its entire history, except between 1986 and 1987, and between 1994 and 1999.[1] The Liberal Democrats briefly overtook the Conservatives as the largest party in this second period of no overall control, but never formed a majority.

In the previous election in 2022, the Conservatives gained 2 seats with 45.7% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats maintained their 5 seats with 25.7%, and independents won 1 with 3.9%. The leader of the council prior to the election was Conservative councillor Seán Woodward, who had held the post since 1999. He did not stand for re-election in 2024. After the election, the Conservatives chose Simon Martin to be their new group leader; he was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2024.[2]

Boundary changes

Fareham usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[3] The change increases the number of councillors by 1.

Old wards[4]No. of seatsNew wardsNo. of seats
Fareham East2Avenue2
Fareham North2Fareham Park2
Fareham North-West2Fareham Town2
Fareham South2Fort Fareham2
Fareham West2Hill Head2
Hill Head2Hook-with-Warsash2
Locks Heath2Locks Heath2
Park Gate3Park Gate2
Portchester East3Portchester Castle2
Portchester West2Portchester Wicor2
Sarisbury2Sarisbury and Whiteley2
Stubbington2Stubbington2
Titchfield2Titchfield2
Titchfield Common2Titchfield Common2
Warsash2Uplands and Funtley2
Wallington and Downend2

Previous council composition

Results by ward

References

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