2021 Southampton City Council election

2021 UK local government election

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6 May 2021

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16 of the 48 seats to Southampton City Council
25 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Dan Fitzhenry	Christopher Hammond	n/a
Party	Conservative	Labour	Independent
Leader's seat	Harefield	Woolston	n/a
Last election	5 (2016)	12 (2016)	1 (2016)
Seats before	18	29	1
Seats won	11	5	0
Seats after	25	23	0
Seat change	7	6	1

Map showing the results of the 2021 Southampton City Council election

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2021 Southampton City Council election took place in on 6 May 2021, on the same day as other local elections, to elect members of Southampton City Council. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, to elect to the seats of councillors last elected in 2016, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Council elections for the Southampton City Council were last held on 2 May 2019 as part of the 2019 United Kingdom local elections. The 2019 Southampton City Council election resulted in an increased number of seats for the Labour Party, from 26 to 29.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who are aged 18 or over on polling day were entitled to vote in the local elections.

The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on Friday 9 April 2021.

The Conservatives gained 6 seats from the Labour Party and one seat from an Independent giving them a total of 25 seats on the new council, as compared with 23 seats for Labour. This gave the Conservative Party control of the council for the first time since 2012.

In the Ward results which appear below, increases/decreases in shares of the vote, and resultant swings, are calculated by reference to the 2016 election, when these seats were last fought.

Results summary

2021 Southampton City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	11	7	68.8	14	25	52.1	24,119	42.8	+11.5
	Labour	5	6	31.3	18	23	47.9	21,281	37.8	-3.9
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	5,118	9.1	+3.0
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,760	8.5	+1.5
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	590	1.0	-0.9
	Independent	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	281	0.5	-3.6
	Hampshire Independents	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	98	0.2	New
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	61	0.1	New

Ward results

Bargate
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Darren Paffey	1,493	46.0	−0.5
	Conservative	Charles Perez-Storey	992	30.6	−0.8
	Green	Joe Cox	338	10.4	+2.4
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Smith	214	6.6	+1.6
	Hampshire Independents	Kim Rose	98	3.0	N/A
	TUSC	Graham Henry	66	2.0	N/A
Majority			501	15.4
Turnout			3,244	24.14	+1.75
	Labour hold		Swing	+0.2

Bassett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hannides	1,795	44.4	−3.0
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Blackman	1,373	34.0	+0.6
	Labour	Ashley Minto	614	15.2	−2.6
	Green	Steve Gore	204	5.0	−1.7
	TUSC	Mike Marx	24	0.6	−0.3
Majority			422	10.4
Turnout			4,041	40.42	+9.22
	Conservative hold		Swing	-6.9

Bevois
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Denness	1,914	58.4	−10.8
	Conservative	Michaela Dowse	517	15.8	+4.0
	Green	Ronald Meldrum	329	10.0	+2.4
	No description	Sam Shahid	281	8.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Vijay Chopra	167	5.1	+1.0
	TUSC	Larry Kazingizi	40	1.2	+0.1
Majority			1,397	42.6
Turnout			3,279	27.53	+1.13
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.4

Bitterne
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Matt Magee	1,642	55.5	+17.3
	Labour	Andy Frampton	999	33.7	−0.1
	Green	Michael Mawle	182	6.1	−1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Clifton-Melhuish	116	3.9	−1.2
Majority			643	21.8
Turnout			2,961	29.44	+1.53
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+8.7

Bitterne Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ivan White	1,927	49.0	+7.0
	Labour	Victoria Ugwoeme	1,213	30.9	−5.8
	Green	Lindsi Bluemel	533	13.6	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Debbie Adebayo	229	5.8	−2.0
Majority			714	18.1
Turnout			3,929	37.68	+5.58
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.4

Coxford
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diana Galton	1,723	52.4	+40.8
	Labour	Amanda Ford	1,090	33.1	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Chapman	229	7.0	+3.7
	Green	Joelle Hawes	162	4.9	+2.8
	TUSC	Maggie Fricker	63	1.9	N/A
Majority			633	19.3
Turnout			3,291	32.08	−1.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	+17.4

Freemantle
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	David Shields	1,728	45.7	−1.6
	Conservative	Vikkie Cheng	1,201	31.8	+0.8
	Green	Laura Crawford	420	11.1	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Beal	292	7.7	+2.5
	Reform UK	Guy Ireland	61	1.6	N/A
	TUSC	Catherine Clarke	58	1.5	N/A
Majority			527	13.9
Turnout			3,781	32.59	−0.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.2

Harefield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Baillie	2,020	56.3	+9.8
	Labour Co-op	Alan Lloyd	1,221	34.0	+1.9
	Green	Chris Bluemel	220	6.1	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Catrine McDougall	117	3.3	−2.9
Majority			799	22.3
Turnout			3,590	34.13	+2.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.0

Millbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Moulton	1,804	49.7	+13.3
	Labour Co-op	Lisa Fricker	1,314	36.2	−5.2
	Green	Jonathan Bean	326	9.0	+4.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicholas McGeorge	159	4.4	−0.2
Majority			490	13.5
Turnout			3,632	32.60	−1.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.3

Peartree
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joshua Payne	1,910	47.5	+15.5
	Labour	Eamonn Keogh	1,696	42.2	−2.8
	Green	Rosanna Newey	193	4.8	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Naish	166	4.1	−0.8
	TUSC	Bevis Fenner	35	0.9	+0.3
Majority			214	5.3
Turnout			4,020	38.45	+2.7
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.2

Portswood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Savage	1,455	36.4	+3.1
	Green	Katherine Barbour	1,082	27.1	+17.7
	Liberal Democrats	James Read	718	18.0	−6.8
	Conservative	Calvin Smith	670	16.8	−8.8
	TUSC	Tony Twine	39	1.0	0
Majority			373	9.3
Turnout			3,996	36.86	+4.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.3

Redbridge
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Amanda Guest	1,577	47.1	+32.7
	Labour	Lee Whitbread	1,480	44.2	−2.2
	Green	Kathryn Cook	116	3.5	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Stokes	102	3.0	−0.3
	TUSC	Peter Wyatt	48	1.4	N/A
Majority			97	2.9
Turnout			3,348	30.18	+1.2
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+17.5

Shirley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Chaloner	1,790	42.9	−3.3
	Conservative	Andrew Hetherton	1,558	37.2	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Colin McDougall	409	9.8	+3.8
	Green	Lucy Mundell	341	8.2	+3.5
	TUSC	Andrew Howe	40	1.0	N/A
Majority			232	5.7
Turnout			4,171	39.30	−1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.6

Sholing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Baillie	2,163	61.4	+21.1
	Labour	Elaine Fullaway	995	28.2	−7.7
	Green	Helen Makrakis	197	5.6	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Dauncey	128	3.6	+0.5
	TUSC	Declan Clune	65	1.8	+0.4
Majority			1,168	33.2
Turnout			3,524	32.86	−1.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+14.4

Swaythling
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Spiros Vassiliou	1,046	40.3	+11.5
	Labour Co-op	Sharon Mintoff	1,026	39.5	−8.1
	Green	Angela Cotton	265	10.2	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Wood	194	7.5	−1.0
	TUSC	Nick Chaffey	38	1.5	−2.7
Majority			20	0.8
Turnout			2,596	30.52	+1.8
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+9.8

Woolston
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rob Stead	1,584	48.1	+23.6
	Labour	Sue Blatchford	1,253	38.1	−11.5
	Green	Clive Hillman	210	6.4	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Bleach	147	4.5	−5.0
	TUSC	Sue Atkins	74	2.2	−5.3
Majority			331	10.0
Turnout			3,293	29.34	+1.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	+17.6

References

"Local government elections". www.local.gov.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
Southampton City Council
"Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
"Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Southampton City Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 April 2021.
^ "Declaration of Results" (PDF). Southampton City Council. 6 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.

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