2024 Fareham Borough Council election

2024 Fareham Borough Council election
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All 32 seats to Fareham Borough Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Blank Blank
Leader Seán Woodward Chrissie Bainbridge
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats
Last election 25 5
Seats before 24 4
Seats after 22 8
  Third party Fourth party
  Blank Blank
Party Labour Independent
Last election 0 1
Seats before 0 3
Seats after 1 1
Results by ward
Leader before election

Seán Woodward
Conservative

Leader after election

Simon Martin
Conservative

The 2024 Fareham Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 32 members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire were elected following boundary changes.

The council remained under Conservative majority control.

Background

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Since its creation in 1974, only the Conservatives have ever formed majorities on the council. The party has held majorities on the council for its entire history, except between 1986 and 1987, and between 1994 and 1999.[1] The Liberal Democrats briefly overtook the Conservatives as the largest party in this second period of no overall control, but never formed a majority.

In the previous election in 2022, the Conservatives gained 2 seats with 45.7% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats maintained their 5 seats with 25.7%, and independents won 1 with 3.9%. The leader of the council prior to the election was Conservative councillor Seán Woodward, who had held the post since 1999. He did not stand for re-election in 2024. After the election, the Conservatives chose Simon Martin to be their new group leader; he was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2024.[2]

Boundary changes

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Fareham usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[3] The change increases the number of councillors by 1.

Old wards[4] No. of seats New wards No. of seats
Fareham East 2 Avenue 2
Fareham North 2 Fareham Park 2
Fareham North-West 2 Fareham Town 2
Fareham South 2 Fort Fareham 2
Fareham West 2 Hill Head 2
Hill Head 2 Hook-with-Warsash 2
Locks Heath 2 Locks Heath 2
Park Gate 3 Park Gate 2
Portchester East 3 Portchester Castle 2
Portchester West 2 Portchester Wicor 2
Sarisbury 2 Sarisbury and Whiteley 2
Stubbington 2 Stubbington 2
Titchfield 2 Titchfield 2
Titchfield Common 2 Titchfield Common 2
Warsash 2 Uplands and Funtley 2
Wallington and Downend 2

Previous council composition

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After 2022 election Before 2024 election[5] After 2024 election[6]
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 25 Conservative 24 Conservative 22
Liberal Democrats 5 Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats 8
Independent 1 Independent 3 Independent 1
Labour 1

Changes 2022–2024:

  • September 2022: Jean Kelly (Liberal Democrats) resigns; by-election held October 2022[7]
  • October 2022: Harry Davis (Conservative) gains by-election from Liberal Democrats[8]
  • February 2023: Nick Gregory leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent[9]
  • May 2023: Sarah Pankhurst leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent[10]

Results by ward

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Fareham Borough Council after the 2024 UK local elections

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Avenue

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Avenue (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tina Ellis* 1,310 58.0
Conservative Roger Bird* 1,114 49.3
Labour James Webb 451 20.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Davies 418 18.5
Liberal Democrats Sue Flewitt 395 17.5
Green Baz Marie 292 12.9
Majority 663 29.3
Turnout 2,283 37
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham Park

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Fareham Park (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fred Birkett* 689 41.3
Conservative Lisa Birkett 669 40.1
Labour Carina Smith 474 28.4
Labour Andrew Mooney 461 27.6
Liberal Democrats Kerry Stubbs 440 26.4
Liberal Democrats Ben Foster 398 23.8
Majority 195 11.7
Turnout 1,694 29
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham Town

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Fareham Town (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Lisa Whittle 810 50.1
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Wiltshire 763 47.2
Conservative Melojane Herbert 384 23.7
Conservative Julie Bird 367 22.7
Labour Abbie Eales 278 17.2
Labour Lee Woods 229 14.2
Green John Vivian 166 10.3
Majority 379 23.5
Turnout 1,630 32
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fort Fareham

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Fort Fareham (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gemma Furnivall 751 40.4
Conservative Stephen Ingram* 637 34.3
Labour James Fellows 632 34.0
Conservative Freya North 601 32.4
Green Nick Lyle 230 12.4
Independent Nick Gregory 214 11.5
Liberal Democrats John Tilley 213 11.5
Independent Sharon Hughes 205 11.0
Majority 5 0.3
Turnout 1,869 32
Labour win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hill Head

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Hill Head (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kay Mandry* 1,167 49.2
Conservative Steve Dugan* 1,124 47.4
Labour Lynne Murray 743 31.3
Labour David Rodgers 569 24.0
Liberal Democrats Max Zambo 353 14.9
Reform UK Gerry Drabble 227 9.6
Reform UK Owen Drabble 202 8.5
Majority 381 16.1
Turnout 2,387 41
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Hook-with-Warsash

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Hook-with-Warsash (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Ford* 1,146 60.3
Conservative Frair Burgess* 1,077 56.7
Liberal Democrats Jon Sacker 400 21.1
Labour Antony Ferraro 322 17.0
Green Lewis Hall 277 14.6
Liberal Democrats Dominic Wong 171 9.0
Green Tom Newman 82 4.3
Majority 677 35.6
Turnout 1,917 38
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Locks Heath

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Locks Heath (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Susan Bayford* 1,150 52.5
Conservative Malcolm Daniells* 981 44.8
Liberal Democrats Sue Hardie 587 26.8
Labour Alexander Reed 442 20.2
Liberal Democrats Dave Leonard 419 19.1
Green Anne-Marie Burdfield 301 13.7
Majority 394 18.0
Turnout 2,211 36
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Park Gate

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Park Gate (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Bastable* 957 46.2
Conservative Simon Martin* 948 45.8
Liberal Democrats Graham Everdell 921 44.5
Liberal Democrats Gayathri Sathyanath 635 30.7
Labour Verden Meldrum 343 16.6
Majority 27 1.3
Turnout 2,085 34
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Portchester Castle

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Portchester Castle (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chrissie Bainbridge* 1,117 51.0
Liberal Democrats David Wiltshire 1,007 46.0
Conservative Susan Walker* 694 31.7
Conservative Nicholas Walker* 684 31.2
Labour Tania Almond 320 14.6
Labour Richard Ryan 308 14.1
Majority 313 14.3
Turnout 2,213 54
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Portchester Wicor

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Portchester Wicor (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Nother* 926 51.6
Liberal Democrats Paul Whittle 835 46.5
Conservative Tom Davies 553 30.8
Conservative Claire Turner 548 30.5
Labour Dominic Martin 251 14.0
Labour Adriano Maluf 187 10.4
Majority 282 15.7
Turnout 1,812 35
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sarisbury & Whiteley

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Sarisbury & Whiteley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanne Burton 1,178 53.5
Conservative David Foot* 1,036 47.0
Liberal Democrats John Hughes 1,002 45.5
Liberal Democrats Michael Targ 843 38.3
Majority 34 1.5
Turnout 2,226 37
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Stubbington

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Stubbington (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pal Hayre* 1,140 52.4
Conservative Jacquie Needham* 860 39.5
Liberal Democrats Alex Brims 462 21.2
Labour Joseph Adamson 424 19.5
Labour Ivan Gray 379 17.4
Reform UK Jimmy Roberts 270 12.4
Reform UK Keith Barton 226 10.4
Majority 398 18.3
Turnout 2,195 40
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Titchfield

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Titchfield (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Connie Hockley* 878 47.6
Conservative Tiffany Harper* 828 44.9
Labour Michael Prior 442 24.0
Independent Chris Milburn 425 23.0
Green Rebecca Longley 336 18.2
Independent Kevin Fraser 302 16.4
Majority 386 20.9
Turnout 1,857 33
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Titchfield Common

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Titchfield Common (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Jack Englefield* 1,255 58.2
Conservative Andrew Murphy 904 41.9
Independent Sarah Pankhurst* 677 31.4
Labour James Carr 376 17.4
Majority 227 10.5
Turnout 2,167 36
Independent win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Uplands & Funtley

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Uplands & Funtley (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pamela Bryant* 657 42.9
Conservative Louise Clubley* 619 40.4
Liberal Democrats Jeannie Wigmore 584 38.1
Liberal Democrats Hazel Croft-Phillips 540 35.2
Labour Trevor Kettle 192 12.5
Green David Harrison 159 10.4
Green Dilys Harrison 154 10.1
Majority 35 2.3
Turnout 1,545 42
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Wallington & Downend

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Wallington & Downend (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Hamilton* 1,024 50.9
Liberal Democrats Alison West 939 46.7
Conservative Harry Davis* 815 40.5
Conservative Manny Martins 772 38.4
Labour Leslie Ricketts 208 10.3
Green Dawn Rowlatt 136 6.8
Green Lydia Brown 128 6.4
Majority 124 6.2
Turnout 2,011 41
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "Fareham Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ^ Needs, Noni (20 May 2024). "New Fareham Borough Council leader confirmed". Daily Echo. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ "The Fareham (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/796, retrieved 11 March 2024
  4. ^ "The Borough of Fareham (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/1020, retrieved 11 March 2024
  5. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Fareham Borough Council. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Fareham result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
  7. ^ Paine, Toby (2 September 2022). "Fareham councillor Jean Kelly quits after moving to Liverpool - sparking political row between Liberal Democrats and Conservatives". The News. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Portchester East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  9. ^ Paine, Toby (28 February 2023). "'Laziest councillor' criticised after quitting Tory group over minimum wage hike". Daily Echo. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  10. ^ Paine, Toby. "New political balance at Fareham Borough Council following the resignation of Sarah Pankhurst". The News. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
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