New Forest District Council elections

New Forest District Council elections are held every four years to elect members of New Forest District Council in Hampshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 48 councillors representing 26 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.^[1]

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Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Green^[b]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (60 seats)
1973	13	1	7		39		Independent
New ward boundaries (58 seats)
1976	32	0	5	0	21		Conservative
1979	33	0	4	0	21		Conservative
1983	40	1	4	0	13		Conservative
1987	33	0	18	0	7		Conservative
1991	23	0	29	0	6		No overall control
1995	23	0	32	0	3		Liberal Democrats
1999	30	0	25	0	3		Conservative
New ward boundaries (60 seats)
2003	32	0	27	0	1		Conservative
2007	45	0	14	0	1		Conservative
2011	54	0	6	0	0		Conservative
2015	58	0	2	0	0		Conservative
2019	46	0	13	0	1		Conservative
New ward boundaries (48 seats)
2023	26	1	14	3	4		Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Waddington	503	61.6	+21.4
	Liberal Democrats	Veronica Sullivan	313	38.4	+1.4
Majority			190	23.2
Turnout			816	21.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jill Cleary	2,186	57.1	−7.5
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Newlands	1,638	42.8	+21.3
Majority			548	14.3
Turnout			3,824	59.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Godfrey Beck	692	61.0	−7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Newlands	442	39.0	+7.6
Majority			250	22.0
Turnout			1,134	21.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Pemberton	781	74.0	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jasqueline Szwaczka	275	26.0	+8.7
Majority			506	48.0
Turnout			1,056	25.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

New Forest District Council elections

Results

Council elections

District results map

By-election results

1995-1999

1999-2003

2003-2007

2007-2011

2011-2015

2015-2019

2019-2023

2023-2027

Notes

References

External links

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Hickman	1,079	70.6	+25.4
	Conservative	Penelope Beasley	449	29.4	−11.2
Majority			630	41.2
Turnout			1,528	34.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lorna Ford	337	47.5	−13.2
	Independent	Stephen Wright	203	28.6	+28.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chambers	169	23.8	−2.0
Majority			134	18.9
Turnout			709	18.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Dunsdon	772	75.2	+3.5
	Conservative	Robert Wappet	210	20.4	−7.9
	Labour	Philip Annette	45	4.4	+4.4
Majority			562	54.8
Turnout			1,027	21.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Treleaven	953	64.4	−11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chambers	527	35.6	+11.6
Majority			426	28.8
Turnout			1,480	68.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Harris	535	48.1	+0.3
	Conservative	Diana Brooks	498	44.8	−7.4
	Labour	Alan Goodfellow	79	7.1	+7.1
Majority			37	3.3
Turnout			1,112	28.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frances Carpenter	990	56.9	−16.7
	Liberal Democrats	Wynford Davies	426	24.5	−1.9
	Independent	Jeremy May	277	15.9	+15.9
	Labour	Peter Dance	48	2.8	+2.8
Majority			564	32.4
Turnout			1,741	36.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Forse	436	78.0	+4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Gray	123	22.0	−4.9
Majority			313	56.0
Turnout			559	26.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Heron	610	58.6	+25.1
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chambers	354	32.9	+12.3
	Labour	Peter Harper	113	10.5	+1.6
Majority			256	25.7
Turnout			1,077	23.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sophie Beeton	963	80.0	+1.4
	Labour	Caroline Hexter	240	20.0	−1.4
Majority			723	60.0
Turnout			1,203
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Frampton	834	77.3	+11.3
	UKIP	Roz Mills	171	15.8	+15.8
	Labour	Brian Curwain	74	6.9	−7.3
Majority			663	61.4
Turnout			1,079
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pennington By-Election 13 September 2018^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Gossage	497	42.0	−10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Davies	445	37.6	+8.8
	Independent	Ted Jearrad	144	12.2	+12.2
	Labour	Trina Hart	97	8.2	−10.9
Majority			52	4.4
Turnout			1,183
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bransgore and Burley By-Election 23 December 2021^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Frampton	617	44.3	+44.3
	Green	Lucy Bramley	459	33.0	+33.0
	Conservative	Sarah Howard	258	18.5	−53.7
	Labour	James Swyer	59	4.2	−23.6
Majority			158	11.3
Turnout			1,393
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Hythe West and Langdown By-Election 3 March 2022^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Cullen	559	44.6	−23.3
	Conservative	Terri Marwood	497	39.7	+7.6
	Labour	James Gallagher	153	12.2	+12.2
	Independent	Matthew Kitcher	44	3.5	+3.5
Majority			62	4.9
Turnout			1,253
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bransgore, Burley, Sopley and Ringwood East By-Election 13 February 2025^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard Frampton	997	60.0
	Green	Barbara Czoch	314	18.9
	Reform	Adam Elcock	257	15.5
	Liberal Democrats	Iestyn Lewis	52	3.1
	Labour	Sally Johnston	42	2.5
Majority			683	41.1
Turnout			1,662
	Conservative gain from Green		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Hopkins	1,057	76.4	−3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Wynford Davies	200	14.5	+14.5
	Labour	Sally Spicer	126	9.1	−11.2
Majority			857	62.0
Turnout			1,383
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Merv Langdale	736	58.4	+15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Fletcher	525	41.6	+27.3
Majority			211	16.8
Turnout			1,261
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	John Adams	671	57.1
	Liberal Democrats	Wynford Davies	505	42.9
Majority			166	14.1
Turnout			1,176
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Sutherland	696	39.3	−20.7
	Green	Barbara Czoch	459	25.9	+7.0
	Reform	Jannette Westgate	452	25.5	+10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Hannah Phillips	126	7.1	+4.0
	Labour	Bronwen Bridges	38	2.1	−0.4
Majority			237	13.4
Turnout			1,771
	Conservative hold		Swing