Southampton City Council elections

Southampton City Council elections are held three out of every four years to elect members of Southampton City Council, the local authority for the city of Southampton in Hampshire, England. Since 1 April 1997 Southampton has been a unitary authority responsible for all local government functions; prior to this it was a non-metropolitan district beneath Hampshire County Council.

Year	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Reform	Green	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year							Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (51 seats)
1973	31	20	0	0	0	0		Labour
1976	46	5	0	0	0	0		Conservative
New ward boundaries (51 seats)
1979	16	29	0	0	0	0		Conservative
1980	18	27	0	0	0	0		Conservative
1982	19	25	1	0	0	0		Conservative
1983	21	23	1	0	0	0		Conservative
1984	23	20	2	0	0	0		Labour
1986	26	15	4	0	0	0		Labour
1987	21	19	4	0	0	1		No overall control
1988	24	17	4	0	0	0		Labour
1990	25	15	4	0	0	1		Labour
1991	31	9	5	0	0	0		Labour
1992	30	9	6	0	0	0		Labour
1994	23	8	14	0	0	0		Labour
1995	26	6	13	0	0	0		Labour
1996	29	3	13	0	0	0		Labour
1998	28	3	13	0	0	0		Labour
1999	27	4	14	0	0	0		Labour
2000	22	7	16	0	0	0		No overall control
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2002	19	11	18	0	0	0		No overall control
2003	16	12	18	0	0	2		No overall control
2004	15	14	19	0	0	0		No overall control
2006	16	16	16	0	0	0		No overall control
2007	18	18	12	0	0	0		No overall control
2008	14	26	8	0	0	0		Conservative
2010	15	28	5	0	0	0		Conservative
2011	19	26	3	0	0	0		Conservative
2012	30	16	2	0	0	0		Labour
2014	28	18	0	0	0	2		Labour
2015	26	20	0	0	0	2		Labour
2016	25	19	0	0	0	4^[b]		Labour
2018	25	19	0	0	0	4^[b]		Labour
2019	29	18	0	0	0	0		Labour
2021	23	25	0	0	0	0		Conservative
2022	26	21	1	0	0	0		Labour
New ward boundaries (57 seats)
2023	38	9	3	0	1	0		Labour
2024	36	10	4	0	1	0		Labour
2026	24	6	7	8	6	0		No overall control

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	885	52.6	−6.4
	Conservative	259	15.4	−3.0
	Socialist Labour	257	15.3	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	250	14.9	+4.7
	Independent Labour	31	1.8	−4.7
Majority		626	37.2
Turnout		1,682	13.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	975	47.8	−9.4
	Liberal Democrats	725	35.6	+6.1
	Conservative	339	16.6	+3.3
Majority		250	12.2
Turnout		2,039	17.9
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,025	58.9	+8.9
	Labour	372	21.4	−16.2
	Liberal Democrats	344	19.8	+7.5
Majority		653	37.5
Turnout		1,741	14.5
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	858	44.1	−6.7
	Conservative	856	44.0	+9.3
	Liberal Democrats	231	11.9	+3.3
Majority		2	0.1
Turnout		1,945	19.3
	Labour hold	Swing

Council composition

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clifford Coombes	984	37.1	+0.4
	Labour	Mike Brainsby	791	29.9	+13.1
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Work	785	29.6	−4.3
	Green	Joseph Cox	89	3.4	+3.4
Majority			193	7.2
Turnout			2,649
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christopher Hammond	864	32.3	−22.8
	UKIP	John Sharp	741	27.7	+27.7
	Conservative	Alex Houghton	704	26.3	−5.6
	TUSC	Sue Atkins	136	5.1	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Ford	120	4.5	−3.8
	Green	Christopher Bluemel	107	4.0	+4.0
Majority			123	4.6
Turnout			2,672
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Raynard	668	26.2	−2.0
	Conservative	Charles Perez-Storey	529	20.7	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Smith	450	17.6	+14.7
	Socialist	Susan Anne Atkins	368	14.4	+14.4
	Integrity Southampton	David John Fletcher	178	7.0	+7.0
	Independent	Richard Terrence McQuillan	174	6.8	+4.4
	UKIP	Derek Lascelles Humber	123	4.8	+4.8
	Green	Cara Anne Sandys	53	2.1	−0.9
Majority			139	5.4
Turnout			2,551	25.0	−7.7
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yvonne Frampton	806	46.0	+4.6
	Conservative	Callum Ford	793	45.3	−1.8
	Green	Ronald Meldrum	66	3.8	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nick McGeorge	61	3.5	−0.9
	TUSC	Mabel Wellman	26	1.5	−0.3
Majority			13	0.7
Turnout			1,752
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	George Percival	1,249	39.2	+19.3
	Conservative	Andrew Hetherton	770	24.2	−1.1
	Labour	Victoria Ugwoeme	764	24.0	−15.5
	Green	Barrie Margetts	241	7.6	+0.5
	Independent	Andrew Pope	117	3.7	+3.7
	TUSC	Maggie Fricker	44	1.4	−0.1
Majority			479	15.0
Turnout			3,185
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Shank	975	27.2	−12.0
	Labour	James Clark	954	26.6	+2.6
	Reform	Paul Chancer	681	19.0	0.0
	Green	Joanne Clements	539	15.1	+7.5
	Conservative	Andy Palmer	288	8.0	−16.2
	Ind. Network	Andrew Pope	122	3.4	−0.3
	TUSC	David Cowley	16	0.4	−1.0
Majority			21	0.6
Turnout			3,581
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}