East Hampshire District Council elections

East Hampshire District Council elections are held every four years to elect councillors to East Hampshire District Council in Hampshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2019 the council has comprised 43 councillors representing 31 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.^[1]

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Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Labour	Green^[b]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (42 seats)
1973	16	0	6	–	20		No overall control
1976	31	0	0	0	11		No overall control
New ward boundaries (42 seats)^[3]
1979	32	2	0	0	8		Conservative
1983	30	5	0	0	7		Conservative
1987^[4]^[5]	26	11	0	0	5		Conservative
1991	16	20	0	0	6		No overall control
1995^[6]^[7]	12	26	0	0	4		Liberal Democrats
1999	21	17	0	0	3		Conservative
New ward boundaries (44 seats)^[8]^[9]
2003	26	18	0	0	0		Conservative
2007	30	14	0	0	0		Conservative
2011	39	5	0	0	0		Conservative
2015	42	2	0	0	0		Conservative
New ward boundaries (43 seats)^[10]
2019	32	7	2	0	2		Conservative
2023	19	14	1	2	6^[c]		No overall control

Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	277	59.1
	Liberal Democrats	192	40.9
Majority		85	18.2
Turnout		469	44.8
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	452	54.0
	Labour	276	33.0
	Conservative	108	13.0
Majority		176	21.0
Turnout		836	26.5
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	415	60.5	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	271	39.5	−8.6
Majority		144	21.0
Turnout		686	45.8
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	824	51.1	+23.7
	Conservative	644	40.0	+14.5
	Labour	142	8.8	+0.8
Majority		180	11.1
Turnout		1,610	36.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent	Swing

East Hampshire District Council elections

Council elections

District result maps

By-election results

1995-1999

1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011

2011-2015

2015-2019

2019-2023

2023-2027

Notes

References

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Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	415	56.5	+14.9
	Conservative	399	39.2	−16.7
	Labour	31	4.2	+4.2
Majority		138	17.3
Turnout		734	46.6
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	327	57.0	+57.0
	Liberal Democrats	247	43.0	+8.5
Majority		80	14.0
Turnout		574	14.0
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Claxton	535	53.1	+11.3
	Conservative	Paul Molloy	403	40.0	−2.5
	Labour	William Organ	69	6.9	−8.8
Majority			132	13.1
Turnout			1,007	24.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Marjorie Harvey	597	58.3	−5.1
	Conservative	Stephen Braden	427	41.7	+5.1
Majority			170	16.6
Turnout			1,024	49.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Smith	1,002	77.9
	Labour	Barbara Burfoot	285	22.1
Majority			717	55.8
Turnout			1,287
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Drury	292	68.5	−4.4
	Conservative	Barry Hope	134	31.5	+4.4
Majority			158	37.0
Turnout			426	24.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gina Logan	672	53.6	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Mullenger	472	37.6	+6.1
	Labour	Howard Linsley	110	8.8	−5.1
Majority			200	16.0
Turnout			1,254	32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Payne	733	57.1	+3.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Moon	550	42.9	−3.5
Majority			183	14.3
Turnout			1,283	33.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Muldoon	214	64.7	+3.7
	Conservative	Colin Leach	93	28.1	−10.9
	Labour	Catriona Mackenzie	24	7.3	+7.3
Majority			121	36.6	+14.6
Turnout			331	16.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glynis Watts	424	54.6	−13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dean Phillips	352	45.4	+21.6
Majority			72	9.2
Turnout			776	35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horndean Downs By-Election 12 July 2012^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Guy Shepherd	315	43.4	−21.1
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Port	274	37.8	+13.6
	Labour	Katie Green	73	10.1	−1.3
	UKIP	David Alexander	63	8.7	+8.7
Majority			41	5.7
Turnout			725
	Conservative hold		Swing

Liss By-Election 2 May 2013^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Harris	593	43.6	−14.1
	UKIP	Donald Jerrard	350	25.7	+25.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Mullenger	224	16.5	−4.1
	Labour	Keith Budden	193	14.2	−7.5
Majority			243	17.9
Turnout			1,360
	Conservative hold		Swing

Four Marks and Medstead By-Election 19 September 2013^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ingrid Thomas	749	58.1	−14.1
	UKIP	Ruth Duffin	348	27.0	+27.0
	Labour	Janice Treacher	119	9.2	+0.6
	Green	Marjorie Pooley	73	5.7	+5.7
Majority			401	31.1
Turnout			1,289
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petersfield Bell Hill By-Election 12 March 2014^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Marshall	190	42.3	−14.9
	UKIP	Peter Dimond	110	24.5	+24.5
	Labour	Colin Brazier	75	16.7	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Mullenger	74	16.5	−7.0
Majority			80	17.8
Turnout			449
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Charles Mouland	796
	Conservative	Lynn Ashton	743
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Croucher	404
	Liberal Democrats	Evelyn Hope	371
	Labour	John Tough	183
	Green	Neville Taylor	126
	Labour	Frank Jones	117
Turnout			2,740	21.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Wren	765	51.8	−9.3
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Woodard	410	27.7	+5.1
	UKIP	David Alexander	303	20.5	+20.5
Majority			355	21.3
Turnout			1,478
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Budden	236	45.3	−23.7
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Mullenger	227	43.6	+43.6
	JAC	Don Jerrard	41	7.9	+7.9
	Labour	Neil Owsnett	17	3.3	−9.6
Majority			9	1.7
Turnout			521
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jamie Matthews	178	32.6	+32.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Podger	156	28.6	+14.6
	Conservative	Clive Shore	145	26.6	−20.8
	Labour	Steve Elder	56	10.3	−4.9
	UKIP	Jim Makin	11	2.0	−10.2
Majority			22	4.0
Turnout			546
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Sear	1,470	56.5	−0.5
	Liberal Democrats	Lynsey Conway	754	29.0	+29.0
	Labour	John Tough	378	14.5	−4.7
Majority			716	27.5
Turnout			2,602
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Hanrahan	453	54.6	−2.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Jamieson	239	28.8	−2.0
	Green	Alexandra Leaton	64	7.7	+7.7
	Labour	Larisa Mendresse-Elder	55	6.6	+2.8
	UKIP	Ted Wildey	19	2.3	−6.5
Majority			214	25.8
Turnout			830
	Conservative hold		Swing

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
Turnout			651
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Richardson	1,212	62.2
	Conservative	Kerry Southern-Reason	736	37.8
Majority			476	24.4
Turnout			1,948
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lizzie Marshall	407	55.0	+1.7
	Reform	Richard Moore	189	25.5	+25.5
	Conservative	Brighton Gono	145	19.5	−9.9
Majority			218	29.5
Turnout			744
	Liberal Democrats hold