2023 East Hampshire District Council election

2023 East Hampshire District Council election
All 43 seats to East Hampshire District Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
Leader before election; Richard Millard; Conservative	Leader after election ; Richard Millard; Conservative; No overall control

The 2023 East Hampshire District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of East Hampshire District Council in Hampshire, England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Summary

Prior to the election the council was under Conservative majority control. After the election the council was under no overall control, although the Conservatives remained the largest party.^[2] A coalition of the Conservatives and local party the Whitehill and Bordon Community Party formed after the election, with Conservative councillor Richard Millard retaining his position as leader of the council.^[3]

Election result

2023 East Hampshire District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	43	19	0	13	13	44.2	39.5	15049	6.7
	Liberal Democrats	33	14	9	2	7	32.6	33.5	12753	4.7
	Whitehill & Bordon Community	6	6	6	0	6
	Green	11	2	2	0	2	4.7	8.1	3076	1.8
	Labour	24	1	0	1	1	2.3	10.3	3934	0.3
	Independent	2	1
	Reform UK	3	0
	Heritage	1	0

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by East Hampshire District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023.^[4] The election results for the district were released on 5 May 2023.^[5]

Alton Amery

Alton Amery
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hunt*	395	53.31	+0.44
	Conservative	Dami Sogbesan	218	29.42	−6.74
	Labour	Ian Abbott	128	17.27	+6.31
Majority			177	23.89	7.18
Turnout			741	35.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Alton Ashdell

Alton Ashdell
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Suzie Burns*	418	52.98	−1.84
	Conservative	Louis Ward	267	33.84	−4.38
	Labour	Jennifer Abbott	104	13.18	+6.24
Majority			151	19.14	2.54
Turnout			789	43.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Alton Eastbrooke

Alton Eastbrooke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barbara Tansey	202	39.22	+3.28
	Conservative	Tony Davis	143	27.77	−4.71
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Coatsworth	142	27.57	−3.99
	Reform UK	William Blake	28	5.44	N/A
Majority			59	11.46	8.00
Turnout			515	27.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Alton Holybourne

Alton Holybourne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Graham Hill*	343	42.61	−4.39
	Liberal Democrats	Samuel Corlett	330	40.99	+3.58
	Labour	Donald Hammond	132	16.40	+0.83
Majority			13
Turnout			805	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alton Westbrooke

Alton Westbrooke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Young	334	43.72	−3.33
	Labour	Nick O'Brien	205	26.83	+11.37
	Conservative	Philip Bennett	199	26.05	−11.43
	Reform UK	Vic Burbidge	26	3.40	N/A
Majority			129
Turnout			764	39.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Alton Whitedown

Alton Whitedown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ginny Boxall*	547	61.88	−7.03
	Conservative	Aaron Brett	241	27.26	+2.18
	Labour	Janice Treacher	96	10.86	+4.86
Majority			306
Turnout			884	38.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Alton Wooteys

Alton Wooteys
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Warren Moore	234	33.86	*N/A*
	Conservative	Colin Jamieson	213	30.82	−17.57
	Labour	Mark Boyce-Churn	162	23.44	−28.16
	Heritage	Matthew Kellermann	82	11.86	N/A
Majority			21	3.04
Turnout			691	28.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Bentworth & Froyle

Bentworth & Froyle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Costigan	590	61.52	−14.82
	Green	Caroline Footman	369	38.48	N/A
Majority
Turnout			959	43.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Binsted, Bentley & Selborne

Binsted, Bentley & Selborne (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Ashcroft*	917	52.46	−5.64
	Conservative	Phillip Davies	878	50.23	+0.03
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas James	735	42.05	−5.32
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Stammers	645	36.90	N/A
	Labour	Ben Hamlin	286	16.36	+1.34
Majority
Turnout			1,748	37.1
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bramshott & Liphook

Bramshott & Liphook (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Glass*	1,131	47.48	−12.35
	Conservative	Bill Mouland*	1,125	47.23	−14.74
	Conservative	Nick Sear*	1,070	44.92	−13.87
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Evans	734	30.81	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Coghlan	683	28.67	N/A
	Green	Liz Bisset	410	17.21	N/A
	Labour	Andria Holdsworth	404	16.96	−3.76
	Labour	John Tough	393	16.50	−4.39
	Labour	Geraldine Sheedy	378	15.87	−1.31
	Green	David Ilsley	254	10.66	N/A
	Green	Peter Bisset	235	9.87	N/A
Majority
Turnout			2,382	32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Buriton & East Meon

Buriton & East Meon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Mocatta*	475	57.51	+3.39
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Robinson	231	27.97	N/A
	Labour	Emma Clews	120	14.53	+5.22
Majority			244
Turnout			826	39.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clanfield

Clanfield (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Smart	862	54.01	+8.72
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Tonge	813	50.94	*N/A*
	Conservative	Ken Moon*	722	45.24	−7.47
	Conservative	Arthur Agate*	691	43.30	−9.70
Majority
Turnout			1,596	35.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Four Marks & Medstead

Four Marks & Medstead (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Joanna Nelson	1,181	47.66	+12.11
	Conservative	Ilena Allsopp	1,094	44.15	−18.31
	Conservative	Neal Day	1,090	43.99	−11.61
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Richardson	1,065	42.98	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Ehrmann	1,057	42.66	N/A
	Conservative	David Foster	1,046	42.21	−12.61
	Labour	Christopher Oakes-Monger	453	18.28	+8.64
	Labour	Robert Peters	264	10.65	+2.14
Majority
Turnout			2,478	38.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Froxfield, Sheet & Steep

Froxfield, Sheet & Steep
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Drew*	644	55.95	+0.91
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Grey	427	37.10	−1.83
	Labour	Yvonne Heaton	80	6.95	+0.94
Majority			217
Turnout			1,151	51.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Grayshott

Grayshott
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Hanrahan*	387	52.80	−3.85
	Liberal Democrats	Lynsey Conway	346	47.20	+16.43
Majority			41
Turnout			733	34.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Headley

Headley (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Millard*	949	59.16	+4.92
	Conservative	Anthony Williams*	904	56.36	−4.12
	Liberal Democrats	David Jamieson	603	37.59	+5.43
	Labour	Mark Angear	429	26.75	+19.82
Majority
Turnout			1,604	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horndean Catherington

Horndean Catherington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara Schillemore*	469	63.38	+63.38
	Liberal Democrats	Jonquil Tonge	271	36.62	N/A
Majority			198
Turnout			740	35.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horndean Downs

Horndean Downs
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	James Hogan	480	58.11	+42.25
	Conservative	Jon Whitfield	346	41.89	−10.77
Majority			134
Turnout			826	34.6
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Horndean Kings & Blendworth

Horndean Kings & Blendworth (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Evans*	671	55.09	−4.23
	Conservative	Christopher Hatter*	587	48.19	−4.89
	Liberal Democrats	Diane Smart	518	42.53	+2.70
	Green	Phil Humphries	454	37.27	+5.37
Majority
Turnout			1,218	31.7
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Horndean Murray

Horndean Murray
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elaine Woodard*	340	52.80	−0.46
	Conservative	Jack Ross	304	47.20	+0.46
Majority			36
Turnout			644	40.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lindford

Lindford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party	Penny Flux	487	69.67	*N/A*
	Conservative	Richard Hudson	160	22.89	−8.67
	Labour	Gareth Rees	52	7.44	+3.15
Majority			327
Turnout			699	34.1
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Independent

Liss

Liss (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Mullenger	883	45.99	+14.36
	Green	Ian James	844	43.96	+12.65
	Conservative	Keith Budden*	746	38.85	−14.34
	Conservative	Peter Doyle	661	34.43	−11.48
	Labour	Howard Linsley	407	21.20	+8.65
Majority
Turnout			1,920	38.5
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Petersfield Bell Hill

Petersfield Bell Hill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jamie Matthews*	393	52.33	+0.96
	Conservative	Russell Oppenheimer	174	23.17	+3.48
	Labour	Gary Boller	97	12.92	+5.44
	Green	John Hilton	87	11.58	−3.82
Majority			219	29.16	−2.52
Turnout			751	37.2	−6.81
	Independent hold		Swing

Petersfield Causeway

Petersfield Causeway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	John Hutchinson	408	49.04	+6.78
	Conservative	Tom Ross	333	40.02	−3.47
	Labour	Ros Carvell	91	10.94	−3.30
Majority			75	9.01
Turnout			832	37.3	+2.83
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Petersfield Heath

Petersfield Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Louise Bevan	423	45.00	+24.24
	Conservative	Julie Butler*	420	44.68	−4.79
	Labour	Sam Ansell	97	10.32	+2.80
Majority			3
Turnout			940	42.1	−0.88
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Petersfield St Peter's

Petersfield St Peter's (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phil Shaw	1,056	55.17	+27.89
	Liberal Democrats	David Podger	1,026	53.61	+25.68
	Conservative	JC Crissey	747	39.03	+8.45
	Conservative	Beth Svarovska	702	36.68	+6.75
	Labour	Jeremy Abraham	275	14.37	+7.21
Majority
Turnout			1,914	42.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Ropley, Hawkley & Hangers

Ropley, Hawkley & Hangers
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Louisson*	650	65.79	−2.47
	Liberal Democrats	Jenny Stacy	338	34.21	N/A
Majority			312
Turnout			988	43.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rowlands Castle

Rowlands Castle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charlene Maines	529	52.32	−7.07
	Green	Laurent Coffre	383	37.88	−2.72
	Reform UK	Luis Cook	99	9.79	N/A
Majority			146
Turnout			1,011	38.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitehill Chase

Whitehill Chase (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party	Andy Tree	875	71.90	*N/A*
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party	Catherine Clark	776	63.76	*N/A*
	Conservative	Sally Pond*	226	18.57	−25.73
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Wigman*	191	15.69	−27.89
	Conservative	Emmanuel Anyanwu	160	13.15	−27.94
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Croucher	135	11.09	−23.26
Majority
Turnout			1,217	25.3
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Conservative
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Liberal Democrats

Whitehill Hogmoor & Greatham

Whitehill Hogmoor & Greatham (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party	Kirsty Mitchell	801	52.80	*N/A*
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party	Mike Steevens	735	48.45	*N/A*
	Conservative	Adam Carew*	396	26.10	−22.39
	Conservative	SJ Bartlett	310	20.44	−21.01
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Glasspol	216	14.24	−22.35
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Gray	190	12.52	−27.03
	Labour	Jessie Hickman	114	7.51	−1.50
	Labour	Jane Crinnion	108	7.12	−1.32
Majority
Turnout			1,517	31.2
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Conservative
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Conservative

Whitehill Pinewood

Whitehill Pinewood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party	Adeel Shah	370	67.52	*N/A*
	Independent	Trevor Maroney*	84	15.33	−29.82
	Green	Jason Guy	49	8.94	N/A
	Conservative	David Hales	45	8.21	−32.39
Majority			286
Turnout			548	25.6
	Whitehill & Bordon Community Party gain from Liberal Democrats

By-elections

Four Marks and Medstead

Four Marks and Medstead: 15 February 2024
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Richardson	1,212	62.2	+18.9
	Conservative	Kerry Southern-Reason	736	37.8	−2.3
Majority			476	24.4
Turnout			1,948	30.6	−7.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.6

References

^ "Notice of Election". East Hampshire District Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^ "Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose grip on Hampshire stronghold". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^ Coates, Paul (29 May 2023). "East Hampshire District Council is all set for four very lively years". Farnham Herald. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^ "Local elections - May 2023". East Hampshire District Council. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
^ "Election results - 4 May 2023 | East Hampshire District Council".

[1] "Notice of Election". East Hampshire District Council. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[2] "Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose grip on Hampshire stronghold". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[3] Coates, Paul (29 May 2023). "East Hampshire District Council is all set for four very lively years". Farnham Herald. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[4] "Local elections - May 2023". East Hampshire District Council. Retrieved 22 April 2023.

[5] "Election results - 4 May 2023 | East Hampshire District Council".

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