2026 Hampshire County Council election

2026 Hampshire County Council election
← 2021 7 May 2026 2027 (TBD) →
All 78 seats to Hampshire County Council; 40 seats needed for a majority
Incumbent Leader; Nick Adams-King; Conservative	; ;

The 2026 Hampshire County Council election is due to take place on 7 May 2026 to Hampshire County Council in Hampshire, England.^[1] This will be on the same day as other local elections.

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After 2021 election			Before 2026 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	56		Conservative	49
	Liberal Democrats	17		Liberal Democrats	19
	Labour	3		Labour	3
	WBCP	1		WBCP	1
	Green	0		Green	1
	Reform	0		Reform	1
	Independent	1		Independent	4

2026 Hampshire County Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	78
	Liberal Democrats	76
	Labour	77
	Reform	78
	Green	78
	WBCP	1
	Independent	7
	CCH	1
	All in Party	1
	Monster Raving Loony	1
	SDP	1
	Your Party	1
	Wessex Regionalists	1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Paul Briley
	Conservative	Sean Dillow
	Labour	Abdel Ibrahim
	Liberal Democrats	John Shaw
	Reform	Alan Stone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Berwick-Gooding
	Conservative	Ricardo Ferriera
	Green	Dee Marsland-Round
	Reform	Duncan Stone
	Labour	Sajish Tom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	James Barker
	Green	Christopher Duggan
	Labour	Angela Freeman
	Conservative	Arun Mummalaneni*
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Scott

2026 Hampshire County Council election

Background

Council composition

Election result

Candidates

Basingstoke and Deane

East Hampshire

Eastleigh

Fareham

Gosport

Hart

Havant

New Forest

Rushmoor

Test Valley

Winchester

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Zander Fitzgerald
	Liberal Democrats	Gavin James*
	Reform	Christina Jordan
	Labour Co-op	Andrew McCormick
	Conservative	Kishor Patel

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lilly Beeson
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Bowes
	Reform	Spencer Cleary
	Green	Jenny Gumbrell
	All in Party	Stacy Hart
	Conservative	Stephen Reid*

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Lorraine Harper
	Labour	Bradley Phillips
	Green	Gary Scott
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Slimin
	Conservative	Rhydian Vaughan*

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Christopher Aldous
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Cooper
	Conservative	Juliet Henderson*
	Green	Barney Scott
	Labour	Michael Stockwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Jonathan Jenkin
	Labour	Ruth Kellaway
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Lilleker
	Reform	Paul Miller
	Conservative	Stephen Parker

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maria Higson
	Green	Ralph Kent
	Reform	Victoria Rhodes
	Labour	Wayne Terry
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wilson-Thomas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Claudia Camden-Smith
	Liberal Democrats	David Conquest
	Reform	Phil Jeffery
	Labour	Michael Mumford
	Conservative	Tom Thacker*

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	David Burton
	Labour	Barrington Clarke
	Conservative	Antonia Cox
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Ehrmann
	Green	Ben Wills

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alexandra Faulkner-Hardy
	Conservative	Brighton Gono
	Reform	Andrew Oates
	Green	Lorna Woodcroft
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Young

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Raja Ali
	SDP	Ian Cousins
	Reform	William Kellermann
	Labour	Darren Meredith
	Green	Jim Rodgers
	Conservative	Ian Young

Whitehill, Borden & Lindford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Botten
	Green	Jason Guy
	Labour	Dave Hedley
	WBCP	Andy Tree
	Reform	Tasha Vodden
	Conservative	Mike Willis

Botley & Hedge End North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Hill
	Independent	Russ Kitching
	Liberal Democrats	Rupert Kyrle
	Conservative	Finn Lennon
	Green	Luke Ottley
	Reform	Lee Tindal

Chandler's Ford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Gibbs
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Groves
	Reform	Micheal Hibberd
	Conservative	Shelagh Lee
	Green	Oliver Smith

Hamble
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Joshua Buckle
	Conservative	Carys Chestnut
	Reform	Neil Fleming
	Liberal Democrats	Keith House
	Labour	Dennis Robinson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Chris Bullick
	Conservative	Debbie Curnow-Ford
	Green	James Hogan
	Labour	Diana Lovelock
	Liberal Democrats	Bobby Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Ian Brodrick
	Green	Oliver Hailstone
	Labour	Yvonne Heaton
	Conservative	Robert Mocatta
	Liberal Democrats	David Podger

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Marley Bury
	Labour	Richard Carthew
	Conservative	Nicholas Drew
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Figgins
	Reform	Robert Waddell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Burcombe-Filer
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Couldrey
	Green	Dani Hosford
	Independent	Louise Parker-Jones
	Labour	Xander Peace
	Reform	Graeme Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Alex Culley
	Conservative	Gavin Ellys
	Green	Alan Mcdonald
	Liberal Democrats	Tanya Park
	Labour	Zak Southward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Prad Bains
	Reform	Clare Fawcett
	Labour	Steven Phillips
	Conservative	Yogesh Saxena
	Green	Jim Smith

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ebi Aninmadu
	Liberal Democrats	Tonia Craig
	Conservative	Jerry Hall
	Reform	Craig Palmer
	Green	Dave Waghorn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hannah Bowyer
	Conservative	Steve Broomfield
	Reform	Steve Humby
	Green	Ben Parry
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Tennent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Forrest
	Conservative	Pal Hayre
	Green	Nick Lyle
	Labour	Lynne Murray
	Reform	Peter Watson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chrissie Bainbridge
	Reform	Dave Eggleton
	Conservative	Peter Maunder
	Green	David Palk
	Labour	Richard Ryan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanne Burton
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Everdell
	Labour	Damilola Ogunleye
	Reform	Josh Read
	Green	Polly Sanderson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Julie Bird
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Blythin
	Green	Kat Bull
	Labour	Lorraine Drinkwater
	Reform	Gary Fisk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gemma Furnivall
	Liberal Democrats	David Hamilton
	Reform	Richard Harris
	Green	Baz Marie
	Labour	Dominic Martin
	Green	John Vivian
	Conservative	Lisa Whittle
	Conservative	Paul Whittle
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsten Wiltshire
	Reform	Paul Woolley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Ford
	Labour	David Rodgers
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Sacker
	Reform	Steve Wallace
	Green	Jake Waterfall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Paul Carter
	Labour	Ivan Gray
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hammond
	Green	Lucy Maclennan
	Conservative	Supriya Namdeo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Ballard
	Labour	Stephen Osborne
	Green	Anthony Sudworth
	Conservative	Robert Thompson
	Reform	Colin Towell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Ian Brown
	Labour Co-op	Jonathan Brown
	Conservative	Graham Burgess
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Foster-Reed
	Green	Matt Reeve-Fowkes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tyanan Bryant
	Green	Lucy Cooper
	Conservative	Zoe Huggins
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Hylands
	Reform	Paul Jacobs
	Conservative	Lesley Meenaghan
	Labour	Hilary Percival
	Green	Aid Smalley
	Reform	Emily Strudwick
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Westerby

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Adam Coulthard
	Conservative	Jon Farmer
	CCH	Alan Oliver
	Green	Sven Saar
	Reform	Cancice Walmsley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Forster
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope
	Green	Jacky Moore
	Reform	George Parnell
	Labour	Andrew Perkins
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wildsmith