2012 Winchester City Council election

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The 2012 Winchester Council election^[1] took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England,^[2] on the same day as other local elections.

2012 Winchester City Council election

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3 May 2012

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19 of the 57 seats to Winchester City Council
29 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Labour

Results by Ward

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

The Conservative Party gained an overall majority on the council, which previously had been under no overall control.^[3]

Ward Result

Bishops Waltham

Bishop's Waltham ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Charles Miller	1,024
	Liberal Democrats	Roy Sydney Stainton	379
	Labour	Stephen Haines	282
Majority			645
Turnout			1,685	31.29
	Conservative hold		Swing

Boarhunt & Southwick

Boarhunt & Southwick ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Richard Cutler	302
	Conservative	John Cooper	217
	Labour	Pamela Margaret Rudge	23
Majority			85
Turnout			270	52.36
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Coldon Common & Twyford

Colden Common & Twyford ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mason	1052
	Conservative	Roly Fisher	573
	Labour	Sarah Jane Critcher	174
Majority			479
Turnout			1,799	41.35%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Compton & Otterbourne

Compton & Otterbourne ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Southgate	872
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Bell	688
	Labour	James Edwin Leppard	64
Majority			204
Turnout			1,604	48.07%
	Conservative hold		Swing

Denmead War

Denmead ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Read	1,242
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Scriven	209
	Labour	David John Henry Picton-Jones	185
Majority			1,033
Turnout			1,636	29.86
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kings Worthy

Kings Worthy ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Johnston	755
	Conservative	Ann Jones	576
	Labour Co-op	Elaine Mary Fullaway	145
Majority			179
Turnout			1,476	41.63%
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Littleton & Harestock

Littleton & Harestock ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Barry Byrnes	711
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Towson	632
	Labour	Will Boisseau	114
Majority			79
Turnout			1,476	50.56
	Conservative hold		Swing

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm

Olivers Battery & Badger Farm ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Laming	902
	Conservative	Leanne Gina Wheeler	446
	Labour	Hum Qureshi	156
Majority			1,504
Turnout			1,504	45.81
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Shedfield

Shedfield ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Eileen Elizabeth	691
	Labour	Pat Hayward	186
	Liberal Democrats	Roger John Bentote	178
Majority			505
Turnout			1,055	33.39
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Barnabas

St Barnabas ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anne Weir	1066
	Conservative	Helen Caroline Obsorne	1018
	Labour	Tania Paula Jeanette Ziegler	251
Majority			48
Turnout			2,335	47.78
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Bartholomew

St Bartholomew ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Maynard	821
	Conservative	Rosemary Burns	646
	Green	Michael Wilks	377
	Labour	Archdeacon Denis John Joseph	216
Majority			175
Turnout			2,060	41.52
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St John & All Saints

St John and All Saints ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Janet Mary Berry	682
	Liberal Democrats	John Higgins	324
	Conservative	Candice Cutler	301
	Independent	Adrian Hicks	158
	TUSC	Adele Guntrip	31
Majority			358
Turnout			1,496	32.6
	Labour hold		Swing

St Luke

St Luke ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Robert Green	547
	Liberal Democrats	Lucille Thompson	503
	Labour	Clive Malcom Gosling	333
Majority			44
Turnout			1,383	32.21
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Michael

St Michael ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert David Sanders	1047
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Ayres	598
	Labour	William Cooper	221
Majority			449
Turnout			1,866	35.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Paul

St Paul ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Tod	899
	Conservative	Alexis Fall	442
	Labour	Nigel Fox	300
Majority			457
Turnout			1,641	34.24
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

The Alresfords

The Alresfords ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Cook	1273
	Conservative	Lisa Suzanne Griffiths	959
	Labour	Ian Duncan Wight	152
Majority			314
Turnout			2,384	46.75
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Whiteley

Whiteley ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vivian Sudhakar Achwal	423
	Conservative	Pat Thew	249
	Labour	Sheena King	68
Majority			174
Turnout			746	31.06
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wickham

Wickham ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Therese Evans	874
	Conservative	Caroline Alison Sarah Dibden	339
	Labour	Robert Rudge	72
Majority			535
Turnout			1,285	38.32
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wonston & Micheldever

Wonston & Micheldever ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barry Lipscomb	1153
	Liberal Democrats	David Keston	288
	Labour	Andrew Timothy	225
Majority			865
Turnout			1666	37.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "District Election Results May 2012 • Winchester City Council". 13 August 2014. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ "Vote 2012". BBC News Online. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

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