The 2024 Fareham Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 32 members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire were elected following boundary changes.
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The council remained under Conservative majority control.
Background
editSince its creation in 1974, only the Conservatives have ever formed majorities on the council. The party has held majorities on the council for its entire history, except between 1986 and 1987, and between 1994 and 1999.[1] The Liberal Democrats briefly overtook the Conservatives as the largest party in this second period of no overall control, but never formed a majority.
In the previous election in 2022, the Conservatives gained 2 seats with 45.7% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats maintained their 5 seats with 25.7%, and independents won 1 with 3.9%. The leader of the council prior to the election was Conservative councillor Seán Woodward, who had held the post since 1999. He did not stand for re-election in 2024. After the election, the Conservatives chose Simon Martin to be their new group leader; he was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2024.[2]
Boundary changes
editFareham usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.[3] The change increases the number of councillors by 1.
| Old wards[4] | No. of seats | New wards | No. of seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fareham East | 2 | Avenue | 2 |
| Fareham North | 2 | Fareham Park | 2 |
| Fareham North-West | 2 | Fareham Town | 2 |
| Fareham South | 2 | Fort Fareham | 2 |
| Fareham West | 2 | Hill Head | 2 |
| Hill Head | 2 | Hook-with-Warsash | 2 |
| Locks Heath | 2 | Locks Heath | 2 |
| Park Gate | 3 | Park Gate | 2 |
| Portchester East | 3 | Portchester Castle | 2 |
| Portchester West | 2 | Portchester Wicor | 2 |
| Sarisbury | 2 | Sarisbury and Whiteley | 2 |
| Stubbington | 2 | Stubbington | 2 |
| Titchfield | 2 | Titchfield | 2 |
| Titchfield Common | 2 | Titchfield Common | 2 |
| Warsash | 2 | Uplands and Funtley | 2 |
| Wallington and Downend | 2 |
Previous council composition
edit| After 2022 election | Before 2024 election[5] | After 2024 election[6] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Conservative | 25 | Conservative | 24 | Conservative | 22 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | Liberal Democrats | 4 | Liberal Democrats | 8 | |||
| Independent | 1 | Independent | 3 | Independent | 1 | |||
| Labour | 1 | |||||||
Changes 2022–2024:
- September 2022: Jean Kelly (Liberal Democrats) resigns; by-election held October 2022[7]
- October 2022: Harry Davis (Conservative) gains by-election from Liberal Democrats[8]
- February 2023: Nick Gregory leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent[9]
- May 2023: Sarah Pankhurst leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent[10]
Results by ward
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An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.
Avenue
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Tina Ellis* | 1,310 | 58.0 | ||
| Conservative | Roger Bird* | 1,114 | 49.3 | ||
| Labour | James Webb | 451 | 20.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Davies | 418 | 18.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Flewitt | 395 | 17.5 | ||
| Green | Baz Marie | 292 | 12.9 | ||
| Majority | 663 | 29.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,283 | 37 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Fareham Park
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Fred Birkett* | 689 | 41.3 | ||
| Conservative | Lisa Birkett | 669 | 40.1 | ||
| Labour | Carina Smith | 474 | 28.4 | ||
| Labour | Andrew Mooney | 461 | 27.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kerry Stubbs | 440 | 26.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Foster | 398 | 23.8 | ||
| Majority | 195 | 11.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,694 | 29 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Fareham Town
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lisa Whittle | 810 | 50.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Kirsten Wiltshire | 763 | 47.2 | ||
| Conservative | Melojane Herbert | 384 | 23.7 | ||
| Conservative | Julie Bird | 367 | 22.7 | ||
| Labour | Abbie Eales | 278 | 17.2 | ||
| Labour | Lee Woods | 229 | 14.2 | ||
| Green | John Vivian | 166 | 10.3 | ||
| Majority | 379 | 23.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,630 | 32 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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Fort Fareham
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Gemma Furnivall | 751 | 40.4 | ||
| Conservative | Stephen Ingram* | 637 | 34.3 | ||
| Labour | James Fellows | 632 | 34.0 | ||
| Conservative | Freya North | 601 | 32.4 | ||
| Green | Nick Lyle | 230 | 12.4 | ||
| Independent | Nick Gregory | 214 | 11.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Tilley | 213 | 11.5 | ||
| Independent | Sharon Hughes | 205 | 11.0 | ||
| Majority | 5 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,869 | 32 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Hill Head
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Kay Mandry* | 1,167 | 49.2 | ||
| Conservative | Steve Dugan* | 1,124 | 47.4 | ||
| Labour | Lynne Murray | 743 | 31.3 | ||
| Labour | David Rodgers | 569 | 24.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Max Zambo | 353 | 14.9 | ||
| Reform UK | Gerry Drabble | 227 | 9.6 | ||
| Reform UK | Owen Drabble | 202 | 8.5 | ||
| Majority | 381 | 16.1 | |||
| Turnout | 2,387 | 41 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Hook-with-Warsash
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Mike Ford* | 1,146 | 60.3 | ||
| Conservative | Frair Burgess* | 1,077 | 56.7 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Sacker | 400 | 21.1 | ||
| Labour | Antony Ferraro | 322 | 17.0 | ||
| Green | Lewis Hall | 277 | 14.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dominic Wong | 171 | 9.0 | ||
| Green | Tom Newman | 82 | 4.3 | ||
| Majority | 677 | 35.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,917 | 38 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Locks Heath
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Susan Bayford* | 1,150 | 52.5 | ||
| Conservative | Malcolm Daniells* | 981 | 44.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Hardie | 587 | 26.8 | ||
| Labour | Alexander Reed | 442 | 20.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Leonard | 419 | 19.1 | ||
| Green | Anne-Marie Burdfield | 301 | 13.7 | ||
| Majority | 394 | 18.0 | |||
| Turnout | 2,211 | 36 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Park Gate
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ian Bastable* | 957 | 46.2 | ||
| Conservative | Simon Martin* | 948 | 45.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Everdell | 921 | 44.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Gayathri Sathyanath | 635 | 30.7 | ||
| Labour | Verden Meldrum | 343 | 16.6 | ||
| Majority | 27 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,085 | 34 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Portchester Castle
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Chrissie Bainbridge* | 1,117 | 51.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | David Wiltshire | 1,007 | 46.0 | ||
| Conservative | Susan Walker* | 694 | 31.7 | ||
| Conservative | Nicholas Walker* | 684 | 31.2 | ||
| Labour | Tania Almond | 320 | 14.6 | ||
| Labour | Richard Ryan | 308 | 14.1 | ||
| Majority | 313 | 14.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,213 | 54 | |||
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Portchester Wicor
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Nother* | 926 | 51.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Whittle | 835 | 46.5 | ||
| Conservative | Tom Davies | 553 | 30.8 | ||
| Conservative | Claire Turner | 548 | 30.5 | ||
| Labour | Dominic Martin | 251 | 14.0 | ||
| Labour | Adriano Maluf | 187 | 10.4 | ||
| Majority | 282 | 15.7 | |||
| Turnout | 1,812 | 35 | |||
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Sarisbury & Whiteley
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Joanne Burton | 1,178 | 53.5 | ||
| Conservative | David Foot* | 1,036 | 47.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | John Hughes | 1,002 | 45.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Targ | 843 | 38.3 | ||
| Majority | 34 | 1.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,226 | 37 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Stubbington
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Pal Hayre* | 1,140 | 52.4 | ||
| Conservative | Jacquie Needham* | 860 | 39.5 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alex Brims | 462 | 21.2 | ||
| Labour | Joseph Adamson | 424 | 19.5 | ||
| Labour | Ivan Gray | 379 | 17.4 | ||
| Reform UK | Jimmy Roberts | 270 | 12.4 | ||
| Reform UK | Keith Barton | 226 | 10.4 | ||
| Majority | 398 | 18.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,195 | 40 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Titchfield
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Connie Hockley* | 878 | 47.6 | ||
| Conservative | Tiffany Harper* | 828 | 44.9 | ||
| Labour | Michael Prior | 442 | 24.0 | ||
| Independent | Chris Milburn | 425 | 23.0 | ||
| Green | Rebecca Longley | 336 | 18.2 | ||
| Independent | Kevin Fraser | 302 | 16.4 | ||
| Majority | 386 | 20.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,857 | 33 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Titchfield Common
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jack Englefield* | 1,255 | 58.2 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Murphy | 904 | 41.9 | ||
| Independent | Sarah Pankhurst* | 677 | 31.4 | ||
| Labour | James Carr | 376 | 17.4 | ||
| Majority | 227 | 10.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,167 | 36 | |||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Uplands & Funtley
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Pamela Bryant* | 657 | 42.9 | ||
| Conservative | Louise Clubley* | 619 | 40.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Jeannie Wigmore | 584 | 38.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Hazel Croft-Phillips | 540 | 35.2 | ||
| Labour | Trevor Kettle | 192 | 12.5 | ||
| Green | David Harrison | 159 | 10.4 | ||
| Green | Dilys Harrison | 154 | 10.1 | ||
| Majority | 35 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,545 | 42 | |||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Wallington & Downend
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Hamilton* | 1,024 | 50.9 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alison West | 939 | 46.7 | ||
| Conservative | Harry Davis* | 815 | 40.5 | ||
| Conservative | Manny Martins | 772 | 38.4 | ||
| Labour | Leslie Ricketts | 208 | 10.3 | ||
| Green | Dawn Rowlatt | 136 | 6.8 | ||
| Green | Lydia Brown | 128 | 6.4 | ||
| Majority | 124 | 6.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,011 | 41 | |||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
References
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- ^ Needs, Noni (20 May 2024). "New Fareham Borough Council leader confirmed". Daily Echo. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "The Fareham (Electoral Changes) Order 2023", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2023/796, retrieved 11 March 2024
- ^ "The Borough of Fareham (Electoral Changes) Order 2001", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2001/1020, retrieved 11 March 2024
- ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Fareham Borough Council. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "Fareham result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 2024-05-05.
- ^ Paine, Toby (2 September 2022). "Fareham councillor Jean Kelly quits after moving to Liverpool - sparking political row between Liberal Democrats and Conservatives". The News. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Portchester East Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ Paine, Toby (28 February 2023). "'Laziest councillor' criticised after quitting Tory group over minimum wage hike". Daily Echo. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
- ^ Paine, Toby. "New political balance at Fareham Borough Council following the resignation of Sarah Pankhurst". The News. Retrieved 11 March 2024.