2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election

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12 of 39 seats to Eastleigh Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Keith House	Louise Parker-Jones	Margaret Atkinson
Party	Liberal Democrats	Independent	Conservative
Leader's seat	Hedge End South	Bishopstoke	Hiltingbury (defeated)
Last election	34	3	2
Seats before	32	3	2
Seats won	10	1	1
Seats after	32	3	3
Seat change

Results by ward in 2021. White denotes no election held in this ward this year

Council control before election

Liberal Democrats

Council control after election

Liberal Democrats

Council election

The 2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect 12 councillors to Eastleigh Borough Council. Every ward apart from the two member wards of West End North and West End South elected one councillor each. This took place at the same time as the elections for Hampshire County Council and the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner.

Results

The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives each gained one seat from each other, meaning that the council composition remained the same.

2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	10		83.3	22	32	82.1	15,625	44.1	-8.0
	Independent	1		8.3	4	5	12.8	1,967	5.6	-0.3
	Conservative	1		8.3	1	2	5.1	12,940	36.5	+17.0
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,031	11.4	+4.5
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	602	1.7	-4.3
	Hampshire Independents	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	146	0.4	New
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	88	0.2	New
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	38	0.1	New

Results by Ward

Bishopstoke

Bishopstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Gin Tidrige	1,731	46.3	±0.0
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Winstanley	972	26.0	−11.8
	Conservative	Ben Burcombe-Filer	728	19.5	+13.2
	Labour	Steve Phillips	269	7.2	+3.2
	TUSC	Robert Lovell	38	1.0	N/A
Majority			759	20.3	+9.8
Turnout			3,373	44.4	+1.1
	Independent hold		Swing

Botley

Botley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Kinloch	970	48.7	−0.9
	Conservative	Joy Haythorne	854	42.9	+7.2
	Labour	Alison Phillips	166	8.3	+0.3
Majority			116	5.8	−8.1
Turnout			2,012	39.0	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

There was no election in Botley in 2019, so changes are shown from 2018.

Bursledon & Hound North

Bursledon & Hound North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Holes	1,442	60.6	−0.6
	Conservative	Paul Redding	723	30.4	+9.9
	Labour	Catherine Cronin	216	9.1	+1.8
Majority			719	30.2	−10.1
Turnout			2,399	32.5	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Chandler's Ford

Chandler's Ford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Pragnell	1,745	49.8	−5.0
	Conservative	Shelagh Lee	1,452	41.5	+17.9
	Labour	Greg Phillips	305	8.7	+3.1
Majority			293	8.3	−22.8
Turnout			3,521	42.0	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eastleigh Central

Eastleigh Central
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Irish	943	37.1	−12.6
	Labour Co-op	Josh Constable	735	28.9	+11.3
	Conservative	Chris Yates	631	24.8	+13.0
	Hampshire Independents	Sukhdev Raj	146	5.7	N/A
	Reform UK	Alexander Culley	88	3.5	N/A
Majority			208	8.2	−23.0
Turnout			2,565	33.0	+1.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eastleigh North

Eastleigh North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tanya Park	1,140	44.3	−4.9
	Conservative	Lisa Crosher	951	37.0	+25.8
	Labour	Kathy O'Neill	482	18.7	+8.9
Majority			189	7.3	−29.6
Turnout			2,589	35.2	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Eastleigh South

Eastleigh South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Bourne	996	42.6	−12.0
	Conservative	Simon Payne	731	31.2	+18.7
	Labour	Sam Jordan	613	26.2	+9.6
Majority			265	11.4	−26.4
Turnout			2,354	29.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fair Oak & Horton Heath

Fair Oak & Horton Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Broomfield	1,720	48.0	+20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Nick Couldrey	1,057	29.5	−10.8
	Green	Ben Parry	388	10.8	−3.1
	Independent	Martin Lyon	236	6.6	−6.5
	Labour	Jacob Phillips	179	5.0	−0.2
Majority			663	18.5
Turnout			3,598	42.8	+4.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Hamble & Netley

Hamble & Netley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Cross	1,771	55.9	−3.2
	Conservative	Mike Preston	1,030	32.5	+16.2
	Labour	Hayley Homer	368	11.6	+5.4
Majority			741	23.4	−19.1
Turnout			3,196	39.7	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hedge End North

Hedge End North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Pretty	1,215	49.2	−10.4
	Conservative	Susan Hall	855	34.6	+16.6
	Green	Glynn Fleming	214	8.7	−0.2
	Labour	Steve Willoughby	187	7.6	+1.0
Majority			360	14.6	−26.8
Turnout			2,486	32.6	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hedge End South

Hedge End South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith House	1,779	51.9	−9.7
	Conservative	Jerry Hall	1,412	41.2	+19.4
	Labour	Betty Layland	237	6.9	+2.7
Majority			367	10.7	−28.8
Turnout			3,458	39.7	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hiltingbury

Hiltingbury
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Buckley	1,962	48.0	−2.6
	Conservative	Margaret Atkinson	1,853	45.3	+8.9
	Labour	Gwyneth Hubert	274	6.7	+3.8
Majority			109	2.7
Turnout			4,109	49.9	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

By-elections since May 2021

Eastleigh Central

Eastleigh Central by-election, February 10th 2022
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bhavin Dedhia	802	44.5	+7.4
	Labour Co-op	Josh Constable	433	24.0	−4.9
	Conservative	Simon Payne	362	20.1	−4.7
	Green	Jack Stapleton	140	7.8	New
	Reform UK	Clare Fawcett	64	3.6	+0.1
Majority			369	20.5	+12.3
Turnout			1,801	23.9	−9.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+6.2

References

"Notice of Election" (PDF). Eastleigh Borough Council. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
"Elections and voting". www.hants.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
"Borough Election Results" (PDF). Eastleigh Borough Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2021.

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