Council profile

Hampshire

Data through 26 October 2026

County council · South East · 78 seats in 76 divisions · All seats elected every four years · Next election 3 May 2029

The Conservatives run Hampshire County Council as a minority administration. The council has 78 councillors in 76 divisions. Seats by party: Conservative 27, Lib Dem 26, Reform 20, Other 3, Labour 1, Green 1. The next election is on 3 May 2029.

The government withdrew its plan to reorganise councils in Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton on 7 September 2026. Elections due in May 2027 will go ahead on existing council boundaries. Source

Seats by party

Conservative (Minority)
78 seats - 40 for a majority
20
1
27
26
1
3
Reform 20Labour 1Conservative 27Lib Dem 26Green 1Other 3
Seat changes since the 7 May 2026 election No change since the election.
Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (78 seats, all wards)
ShareSeats won
Conservative27.6%27
Reform26.9%20
Lib Dem25.5%26
Green11.2%1
Labour6.5%1
Other2.4%3

2026 election results for Hampshire, ward by ward

Next election
3 May 2029
all 78 seats up, then every four years
Largest party
Conservative 27
13 short of the 40 needed for a majority
Closest result
Reform won by 1 vote over Labour, 7 May 2026
Latest by-election
Lib Dem hold, 1 May 2025 (6 since 2021)
Constituencies
2024Now
Voted Leave in 2016
54%
GB 52%

Who holds each ward

Aldershot NorthAldershot SouthAlton RuralAlton TownAndover NorthAndover SouthAndover WestBaddesleyBasingstoke CentralBasingstoke NorthBasingstoke North WestBasingstoke South EastBasingstoke South WestBishops WalthamBishopstoke & Fair OakBotley & Hedge End NorthBridgemaryBrockenhurstCallevaCandovers, Oakley & OvertonCatheringtonChandler's FordChurch Crookham & EwshotCowplain & Hart PlainDibden & HytheEastleigh NorthEastleigh SouthEmsworth & St FaithsFareham CroftonFareham PortchesterFareham SarisburyFareham TitchfieldFareham TownFareham WarsashFarnborough NorthFarnborough SouthFarnborough WestFleet TownHambleHardwayHartley Wintney & Yateley WestHayling IslandHedge End & West End SouthItchen ValleyLeeLeesland & TownLiphook, Headley & GrayshottLoddonLymington & BoldreLyndhurst & FordingbridgeMeon ValleyNew MiltonNew Milton North, Milford & HordleNorth East HavantNorth West HavantOdiham & HookPetersfield ButserPetersfield HangersPurbrook & Stakes SouthRingwoodRomsey RuralRomsey TownSouth WatersideTadley & BaughurstTest Valley CentralTotton North & Netley MarshTotton South & MarchwoodWaterloo & Stakes NorthWest End & Horton HeathWhitchurch & The CleresWhitehill, Bordon & LindfordWinchester DownlandsWinchester EastgateWinchester Southern ParishesWinchester WestgateYateley East & Blackwater
LabourConservativeLib DemReformGreenIndependentOther

Coloured by the party holding most of the ward's seats today; where seats are split evenly, by the party with the higher share at the last election.

Councillors and last results

Select a ward for its full results, candidates and last by-election.

Ward and councillorsLast election
Aldershot North
Kevin Betsworth
7 May 2026
Reform 31.8% lead 1 vote
Aldershot South
Kenneth Tranter
7 May 2026
Reform 30.2% lead 1.1 pts
Alton Rural
Antonia Cox
7 May 2026
Conservative 37.2% lead 5.7 pts
Alton Town
Emily Young
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 46.8% lead 24.8 pts
Andover North
Kirsty North
7 May 2026
Conservative 35.6% lead 6.3 pts
Andover South
Zilliah Brooks
7 May 2026
Conservative 31.3% lead 2.8 pts
Andover West
Chris Donnelly
7 May 2026
Conservative 37.2% lead 8.0 pts
Baddesley
Sally Yalden
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 48.9% lead 27.7 pts
Basingstoke Central
Alan Stone
7 May 2026
Reform 27.6% lead 4.5 pts
Basingstoke North
Sajish Tom
7 May 2026
Labour 34.3% lead 5.0 pts
Basingstoke North West
James Barker
7 May 2026
Reform 30.8% lead 5.8 pts
Basingstoke South East
Gavin James
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 35.2% lead 9.0 pts
Basingstoke South West
Stephen Reid
7 May 2026
Conservative 28.7% lead 1.4 pts
Bishops Waltham
Jonathan Williams
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 37.5% lead 13.2 pts
Bishopstoke & Fair Oak
Louise Parker-Jones
7 May 2026
Independent 31.6% lead 6.8 pts
Botley & Hedge End North
Rupert Kyrle
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 42.1% lead 18.2 pts
Bridgemary
Paul Carter
7 May 2026
Reform 44.9% lead 20.8 pts
Brockenhurst
Dan Poole
7 May 2026
Conservative 37.2% lead 10.3 pts
Calleva
Rhydian Vaughan
7 May 2026
Conservative 36.0% lead 8.8 pts
Candovers, Oakley & Overton
Juliet Henderson
7 May 2026
Conservative 36.4% lead 10.4 pts
Catherington
Ian Young
7 May 2026
Conservative 34.3% lead 3.5 pts
Chandler's Ford
Tim Groves
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 47.5% lead 27.0 pts
Church Crookham & Ewshot
Alan Oliver
7 May 2026
Community Campaign (Hart) 37.7% lead 13.2 pts
Cowplain & Hart Plain
Jason Gillen
7 May 2026
Reform 48.6% lead 25.2 pts
Dibden & Hythe
Malcolm Wade
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 50.8% lead 23.8 pts
Eastleigh North
Tanya Park
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 40.4% lead 12.2 pts
Eastleigh South
Prad Bains
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 41.2% lead 13.4 pts
Emsworth & St Faiths
Grainne Rason
7 May 2026
Green 33.7% lead 8.2 pts
Fareham Crofton
Pal Hayre
7 May 2026
Conservative 49.2% lead 27.3 pts
Fareham Portchester
Chrissie Bainbridge
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 35.8% lead 5.7 pts
Fareham Sarisbury
Joanne Burton
7 May 2026
Conservative 49.7% lead 29.9 pts
Fareham Titchfield
Julie Bird
7 May 2026
Conservative 38.1% lead 8.3 pts
Fareham Town
Paul Woolley, Richard Harris
7 May 2026
Reform 28.0% lead 4.1 pts
Fareham Warsash
Michael Ford
7 May 2026
Conservative 50.5% lead 27.7 pts
Farnborough North
Ian Simpson
7 May 2026
Reform 32.3% lead 5.3 pts
Farnborough South
Roz Chadd
7 May 2026
Conservative 27.1% lead 1.5 pts
Farnborough West
Chris Harding
7 May 2026
Reform 31.3% lead 3.3 pts
Fleet Town
Steve Forster
7 May 2026
Conservative 40.6% lead 7.9 pts
Hamble
Keith House
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 42.3% lead 12.7 pts
Hardway
Colin Towell
7 May 2026
Reform 38.7% lead 9.4 pts
Hartley Wintney & Yateley West
Richard Quarterman
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 34.8% lead 4.3 pts
Hayling Island
Michael Rennie
7 May 2026
Reform 40.4% lead 12.9 pts
Hedge End & West End South
Tonia Craig
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 38.8% lead 10.0 pts
Itchen Valley
Jackie Porter
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 52.7% lead 28.8 pts
Lee
Graham Burgess
7 May 2026
Conservative 45.0% lead 14.4 pts
Leesland & Town
Zoe Huggins, Lesley Meenaghan
7 May 2026
Conservative 34.2% lead 5.5 pts
Liphook, Headley & Grayshott
Debbie Curnow-Ford
7 May 2026
Conservative 37.4% lead 12.3 pts
Loddon
Paul Miller
7 May 2026
Reform 28.5% lead 1.3 pts
Lymington & Boldre
Jack Davies
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 45.2% lead 22.3 pts
Lyndhurst & Fordingbridge
David Millar
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 34.7% lead 9.1 pts
Meon Valley
Anne Small
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 29.6% lead 4.6 pts
New Milton
Julie Vigor
7 May 2026
Reform 34.6% lead 0.5 pts
New Milton North, Milford & Hordle
Fran Carpenter
7 May 2026
Conservative 39.5% lead 5.8 pts
North East Havant
George Madgwick
7 May 2026
Reform 48.7% lead 31.9 pts
North West Havant
Paul McCormick
7 May 2026
Reform 42.3% lead 20.7 pts
Odiham & Hook
Chris Dorn
7 May 2026
Conservative 38.8% lead 11.0 pts
Petersfield Butser
David Podger
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 39.9% lead 10.7 pts
Petersfield Hangers
Nicholas Drew
7 May 2026
Conservative 37.8% lead 6.3 pts
Purbrook & Stakes South
Terry Norton
7 May 2026
Reform 42.3% lead 20.2 pts
Ringwood
Martin Eyre
7 May 2026
Reform 30.5% lead 5.3 pts
Romsey Rural
Nick Adams-King
7 May 2026
Conservative 49.6% lead 28.0 pts
Romsey Town
Sandra Gidley
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 47.1% lead 23.3 pts
South Waterside
Paul Barrett
7 May 2026
Reform 36.6% lead 9.3 pts
Tadley & Baughurst
Mark Wilson-Thomas
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 33.4% lead 3.8 pts
Test Valley Central
David Drew
7 May 2026
Conservative 46.4% lead 24.4 pts
Totton North & Netley Marsh
Neville Penman
7 May 2026
Conservative 35.1% lead 4.5 pts
Totton South & Marchwood
David Harrison
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 46.5% lead 17.1 pts
Waterloo & Stakes North
Gwen Robinson
7 May 2026
Reform 43.3% lead 20.1 pts
West End & Horton Heath
Steven Broomfield
7 May 2026
Conservative 31.7% lead 2.4 pts
Whitchurch & The Cleres
Tom Thacker
7 May 2026
Conservative 37.3% lead 14.9 pts
Whitehill, Bordon & Lindford
Andy Tree
7 May 2026
Whitehill & Bordon Community Party 65.5% lead 47.7 pts
Winchester Downlands
James Batho
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 41.7% lead 6.0 pts
Winchester Eastgate
Paula Ferguson
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 46.2% lead 26.4 pts
Winchester Southern Parishes
Angela Clear
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 33.7% lead 2.4 pts
Winchester Westgate
Martin Tod
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 51.2% lead 32.8 pts
Yateley East & Blackwater
Stuart Bailey
7 May 2026
Lib Dem 42.9% lead 11.5 pts

Every council by-election since 2021

6 by-elections since July 2021, 2 of them gains.

DateWardResultWinner's share
1 May 2025Winchester EastgateLib Dem hold44.3%
1 May 2025Yateley East & BlackwaterLib Dem hold49.0%
31 October 2024Bishops WalthamLib Dem gain from Conservative52.2%
2 May 2024Fareham SarisburyConservative hold46.7%
2 May 2024Meon ValleyGreen gain from Conservative35.8%
4 May 2023Purbrook and Stakes SouthConservative hold47.1%

Parliamentary constituencies

ConstituencyShare of council2024 winnerProjected now
Aldershot9%LabourLabour 29%
North West Hampshire9%ConservativeConservative 33%
Basingstoke9%LabourLabour 33%
Gosport8%ConservativeConservative 40%
Fareham and Waterlooville8%ConservativeConservative 41%
Hamble Valley8%ConservativeConservative 38%
Havant8%ConservativeReform 31%
North East Hampshire8%Lib DemConservative 38%
New Forest East8%ConservativeConservative 41%
Winchester8%Lib DemLib Dem 46%
Eastleigh7%Lib DemConservative 28%
New Forest West7%ConservativeConservative 38%
Romsey and Southampton North5%ConservativeConservative 36%

Share of the council: the proportion of its census neighbourhoods (2021 LSOAs) in each seat. The projection is PollCheck's demographic model at current polling, not a forecast.

Who lives in Hampshire

1,275,162 residents in 534,962 households

Voted Leave in 2016
54% 2 above GB
Degree or higher
34% same as GB
No qualifications
15% 3 below GB
Own their home
69% 8 above GB
Rent from a council or housing association
14% 3 below GB
Rent privately
15% 5 below GB
Aged 15 to 34
26% 5 below GB
Aged 65 and over
26% 4 above GB

GB figure. 2021 Census (Scotland: 2022): age as a share of residents aged 15 and over, qualifications of residents aged 16 and over, housing as a share of households. Leave: 2016 EU referendum, Electoral Commission results by counting area.

Councils most like this one

Closest on the measures above: the 2016 Leave vote, age, qualifications and housing. Maps show which party holds each ward.

Sources and method

Seat totals and control: PollCheck council control tracker. Councillors: Open Council Data (CC BY-SA 4.0). Election results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), with some vote counts from DCLEAPIL, Leman (2025) (CC BY-SA 4.0), and corrections checked against councils' official declarations. Ward boundaries: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Census: Office for National Statistics and National Records of Scotland.

Councillor lists and DCLEAPIL-derived vote counts on this page are available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

In wards electing more than one councillor, a party's share counts only its leading candidate (the Rallings and Thrasher method). Independents count individually. The lead is the gap between the top two parties' shares.