Winchester Council - Wards and Councillors

District council · South East · 45 seats in 16 wards · A third of seats elected in three years out of four · Next election 6 May 2027

Liberal Democrats have a majority on Winchester Council. The council has 45 councillors in 16 wards. Seats by party: Lib Dem 36, Conservative 4, Other 3, Green 2. The next election is on 6 May 2027.

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

Control

Seats by party

Liberal Democrats (Majority)

45 seats - 23 for a majority

Conservative 4Lib Dem 36Green 2Other 3

Vote share at the 7 May 2026 election (15 seats in 15 wards)

ShareSeats won

Lib Dem41.6%13

Conservative22.2%0

Reform17.3%0

Green14.4%1

Other2.8%1

Labour1.8%0

2026 election results for Winchester, ward by ward

Next election

6 May 2027

16 of 45 seats up, elected by thirds

Largest party

Lib Dem 36

majority of 27; 23 needed

Closest result

Upper Meon Valley

Lib Dem won by 16 votes over Conservative, 7 May 2026

Latest by-election

Colden Common and Twyford

Green gain from Lib Dem, 1 May 2025 (2 since 2021)

Constituencies

3 overlap

2024Now

Voted Leave in 2016

41%

GB 52%

Wards

Who holds each ward

ConservativeLib DemGreenIndependent

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.

All 16 wards

Councillors and last results

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

Ward and councillors	Last election
Alresford & Itchen Valley Margot Power, Clare Pinniger, Russell Gordon-Smith	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 52.7% lead 28.6 pts
Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery Jan Warwick, Brian Laming, Adrian Brophy	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 45.3% lead 14.2 pts
Bishop's Waltham Jonathan Williams, Simone Fleuren, Ritchie Latham	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 43.7% lead 18.6 pts
Central Meon Valley Danny Lee, Malcolm Wallace, Suzanne White	7 May 2026 Green 38.7% lead 17.2 pts
Colden Common & Twyford Susan Cook, Liam Bailey-Morgan	7 May 2026 Independent 49.1% lead 26.3 pts
Denmead Michael Bennett, Martin Clay, Paula Langford-Smith	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 36.4% lead 5.7 pts
Southwick & Wickham Neil Cutler, Angela Clear, Chris Chamberlain	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 39.4% lead 8.1 pts
St Barnabas Kelsie Learney, James Batho, Jonny Morris	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 53.2% lead 33.2 pts
St Bartholomew Kathleen Becker, Nathan Eve, John Tippett-Cooper	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 48.1% lead 22.3 pts
St Luke Charlie Wise, Jamie Scott	2 May 2024 Lib Dem 57.8% lead 38.0 pts
St Michael Mark Reach, Rachel Aron, Richard Murphy	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 42.5% lead 19.2 pts
St Paul Chris Westwood, Martin Tod, Lucille Thompson	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 48.3% lead 19.9 pts
The Worthys Steve Cramoysan, Jackie Porter, Jane Rutter	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 53.2% lead 31.7 pts
Upper Meon Valley Jerry Pett, David Ablitt	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 37.0% lead 0.7 pts
Whiteley & Shedfield Vivian Achwal, Anne Small, Sudhakar Achwal	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 39.7% lead 15.9 pts
Wonston & Micheldever Caroline Horrill, Stephen Godfrey, Andrew Adams	7 May 2026 Lib Dem 41.3% lead 6.3 pts

Alresford & Itchen Valley

Clare Pinniger Lib DemMargot Power Lib DemRussell Gordon-Smith Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem52.7%

Conservative24.1%

Reform15.9%

Green6.1%

Labour1.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Margot Julia Power Elected	Lib Dem	1,975	52.7%
Lisa Suzanne Griffiths	Conservative	901	24.1%
Nicholas Brian Fortescue Hubbard	Reform	596	15.9%
Tom Street	Green	228	6.1%
Tessa Susan Valentine	Labour	45	1.2%

Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery

Adrian Brophy Lib DemBrian Laming Lib DemJan Warwick Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem45.3%

Conservative31.1%

Reform11.5%

Green10.1%

Labour2.0%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Brian Leslie Laming Elected	Lib Dem	1,735	45.3%
Ed Kennedy	Conservative	1,192	31.1%
Lincoln Redding	Reform	442	11.5%
Max Priesemann	Green	387	10.1%
Alison Phyllis Cochrane	Labour	75	2.0%

Bishop's Waltham

Jonathan Williams Lib DemRitchie Latham Lib DemSimone Fleuren Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem43.7%

Conservative25.1%

Reform18.8%

Green10.6%

Labour1.7%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Simone Fleuren Elected	Lib Dem	1,493	43.7%
Steve Miller	Conservative	856	25.1%
Peter James Jordan	Reform	643	18.8%
Doug Stinton	Green	363	10.6%
Steve Haines	Labour	59	1.7%

Central Meon Valley

Danny Lee GreenMalcolm Wallace GreenSuzanne White Green

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Green38.7%

Conservative21.5%

Reform21.1%

Lib Dem17.4%

Labour1.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Malcolm Wallace Elected	Green	1,570	38.7%
David Newberry	Conservative	874	21.5%
Frances Baxter	Reform	858	21.1%
Roger John Bentote	Lib Dem	708	17.4%
Martyn Kevin Davis	Labour	51	1.3%

Colden Common & Twyford

Liam Bailey-Morgan GreenSusan Cook Independent

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Independent49.1%

Lib Dem22.8%

Reform16.1%

Conservative10.3%

Labour1.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Sue Cook Elected	Independent	1,164	49.1%
Sophia Grace Williams	Lib Dem	540	22.8%
Kevin Patrick James Mills	Reform	382	16.1%
Hugo Mabbott	Conservative	245	10.3%
Adrian John Paul Field	Labour	42	1.8%

Last by-election, 1 May 2025

Green40.2%

Conservative29.1%

Lib Dem28.5%

Labour2.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Liam Bailey-Morgan Elected	Green	711	40.2%
Harry Johnson-Hill	Conservative	514	29.1%
Syed Nasser	Lib Dem	503	28.5%
Alison Phyllis Cochrane	Labour	39	2.2%

Denmead

Martin Clay Lib DemMichael Bennett Lib DemPaula Langford-Smith Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem36.4%

Reform30.7%

Conservative24.6%

Green5.7%

Labour2.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Martin Clay Elected	Lib Dem	1,186	36.4%
Amanda Aldridge	Reform	998	30.7%
Caroline Lorraine Brook	Conservative	800	24.6%
Laura O'Connor	Green	185	5.7%
Andrew Thomas Kirby	Labour	85	2.6%

Southwick & Wickham

Angela Clear Lib DemChris Chamberlain Lib DemNeil Cutler Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem39.4%

Reform31.3%

Conservative17.6%

Green9.6%

Labour2.2%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Neil Cutler Elected	Lib Dem	1,056	39.4%
Richard Harris	Reform	839	31.3%
Denise Searle	Conservative	471	17.6%
Ben Thomas	Green	257	9.6%
Alexander Hodgkinson	Labour	58	2.2%

St Barnabas

James Batho Lib DemJonny Morris Lib DemKelsie Learney Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem53.2%

Conservative20.0%

Green12.9%

Reform12.2%

Labour1.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
James Edward Batho Elected	Lib Dem	1,981	53.2%
David Killeen	Conservative	746	20.0%
Jessica Redway	Green	479	12.9%
Mark Lawrence Gordon Adams	Reform	453	12.2%
Lucy Sims	Labour	66	1.8%

St Bartholomew

John Tippett-Cooper Lib DemKathleen Becker Lib DemNathan Eve Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem48.1%

Green25.8%

Reform12.0%

Conservative11.5%

Labour2.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Kathleen Mary Becker Elected	Lib Dem	1,455	48.1%
Lorraine Estelle	Green	779	25.8%
Roseanna Leigh Curley	Reform	363	12.0%
Fiona Mather	Conservative	348	11.5%
Patrick Davies	Labour	79	2.6%

St Luke

Charlie Wise Lib DemJamie Scott Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 2 May 2024

Lib Dem57.8%

Conservative19.8%

Labour13.3%

Green9.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jamie Scott Elected	Lib Dem	618	57.8%
Ian Donald Tait	Conservative	212	19.8%
Alison Phyllis Cochrane	Labour	142	13.3%
Michael James Perrott	Green	97	9.1%

St Michael

Mark Reach Lib DemRachel Aron Lib DemRichard Murphy Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem42.5%

Conservative23.3%

Green19.5%

Reform12.6%

Labour2.1%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Mark Paul Reach Elected	Lib Dem	1,390	42.5%
Ian Donald Tait	Conservative	760	23.3%
Kate Needham	Green	636	19.5%
David Ernest Simons Delmonte	Reform	413	12.6%
Archie William Ledger	Labour	68	2.1%

Last by-election, 4 July 2024

Lib Dem48.3%

Conservative26.0%

Green17.3%

Labour8.4%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Richard Murphy Elected	Lib Dem	2,217	48.3%
Leo Keay	Conservative	1,193	26.0%
Richard Needham	Green	795	17.3%
Peter Ronald Marsh	Labour	385	8.4%

St Paul

Chris Westwood Lib DemLucille Thompson Lib DemMartin Tod Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem48.3%

Green28.4%

Conservative13.1%

Reform8.2%

Labour1.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Lucille Thompson Elected	Lib Dem	1,616	48.3%
Simon Warde	Green	951	28.4%
Joe Hill	Conservative	439	13.1%
Paul Jonathan O'Nions	Reform	275	8.2%
Peter Rees	Labour	64	1.9%

The Worthys

Jackie Porter Lib DemJane Rutter Lib DemSteve Cramoysan Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem53.2%

Conservative21.5%

Reform14.9%

Green8.7%

Labour1.8%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Jackie Porter Elected	Lib Dem	1,542	53.2%
Signe Biddle	Conservative	623	21.5%
Liam David Horton	Reform	431	14.9%
Luke Ainscough	Green	253	8.7%
Jamie Trodden	Labour	51	1.8%

Upper Meon Valley

David Ablitt Lib DemJerry Pett Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem37.0%

Conservative36.3%

Reform17.6%

Green8.2%

Labour0.9%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
David Ablitt Elected	Lib Dem	933	37.0%
Neil Bolton	Conservative	917	36.3%
Charlotte Lee Northbrook	Reform	444	17.6%
Amanda Mary Griffith	Green	208	8.2%
Nicholas Bennett-Britton	Labour	23	0.9%

Whiteley & Shedfield

Anne Small Lib DemSudhakar Achwal Lib DemVivian Achwal Lib Dem

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem39.7%

Reform23.8%

Conservative15.1%

Green14.1%

Independent5.6%

Labour1.6%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Anne Small Elected	Lib Dem	1,301	39.7%
Julie Frances Harrison	Reform	781	23.8%
Marcus Garth	Conservative	496	15.1%
Ben Russell	Green	461	14.1%
Sean Gerrard Whelan	Independent	183	5.6%
Richard Carthew	Labour	53	1.6%

Wonston & Micheldever

Andrew Adams Lib DemCaroline Horrill ConservativeStephen Godfrey Conservative

Last scheduled election, 7 May 2026

Lib Dem41.3%

Conservative35.0%

Reform15.2%

Green7.2%

Labour1.3%

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Andrew Timothy Adams Elected	Lib Dem	1,332	41.3%
Patrick Brian Cunningham	Conservative	1,130	35.0%
Nick Constable	Reform	489	15.2%
Cameron Hardie	Green	233	7.2%
Antony Francis De Peyer	Labour	43	1.3%

Next election

Seats up on 6 May 2027

16 of 45 seats are up. Seats held now, by party:

Lib Dem 12 Green 2 Conservative 2

Ward	Councillor whose term ends
Alresford & Itchen Valley	Russell Gordon-Smith Lib Dem
Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery	Adrian Brophy Lib Dem
Bishop's Waltham	Jonathan Williams Lib Dem
Central Meon Valley	Danny Lee Green
Colden Common & Twyford	Liam Bailey-Morgan Green
Denmead	Paula Langford-Smith Conservative
Southwick & Wickham	Chris Chamberlain Lib Dem
St Barnabas	Jonny Morris Lib Dem
St Bartholomew	Nathan Eve Lib Dem
St Luke	Charlie Wise Lib Dem
St Michael	Richard Murphy Lib Dem
St Paul	Martin Tod Lib Dem
The Worthys	Jane Rutter Lib Dem
Upper Meon Valley	Jerry Pett Lib Dem
Whiteley & Shedfield	Sudhakar Achwal Lib Dem
Wonston & Micheldever	Caroline Horrill Conservative

Term end dates from Open Council Data.

By-elections

Every council by-election since 2021

2 by-elections since July 2021, 1 of them gains.

Date	Ward	Result	Winner's share
1 May 2025	Colden Common and Twyford	Green gain from Lib Dem	40.2%
19 July 2024	St Michael	Lib Dem hold

Parliament

Parliamentary constituencies

Constituency	Share of council	2024 winner	Projected now
Winchester	82%	Lib Dem	Lib Dem 46%
Fareham and Waterlooville	12%	Conservative	Conservative 41%
Hamble Valley	6%	Conservative	Conservative 38%

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.

People

Who lives in Winchester

127,449 residents in 51,720 households

Voted Leave in 2016

41% 11 below GB

Degree or higher

45% 11 above GB

No qualifications

11% 7 below GB

Own their home

66% 5 above GB

Rent from a council or housing association

15% 2 below GB

Rent privately

18% 2 below GB

Aged 15 to 34

29% 2 below GB

Aged 65 and over

25% 3 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.

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

Sources

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.