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Winchester 2024

Local elections held 2 May 2024.

14 ward races
14 seats
5 elected below the proportional quota
35.7% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 14 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 14 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

PartyVotesVote %Seats won% of seatsProportional seatsProportional %Δ
Liberal Democrats17,25847.7%1178.6%750.0%+4
Conservative and Unionist Party11,30131.3%214.3%535.7%-3
Green Party5,19814.4%17.1%214.3%-1
Labour Party1,8535.1%00.0%00.0%0
Independent5521.5%00.0%00.0%0
Total36,162100.0%14100.0%14100.0%0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share
Actual seats
Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Race results

Denmead · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,275

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Bennett, M.Liberal Democrats1,00644.2%Elected
2Read, M.Conservative and Unionist Party98643.3%
3Kirby, A.Labour Party1476.5%
4Riley, E.Green Party1366.0%

Electorate 6,922 · Ballots cast 2,275 · EC ward code E05011000 · Back to ward index

Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 3,401

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Warwick, J.Conservative and Unionist Party1,61847.6%Elected
2Forder, A.Liberal Democrats1,40841.4%
3Priesemann, M.Green Party2507.4%
4Field, A.Labour Party1253.7%

Electorate 6,326 · Ballots cast 3,401 · EC ward code E05010996 · Back to ward index

Whiteley and Shedfield · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.8 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,305

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Archwal, V.Liberal Democrats1,11248.2%Elected
2Garth, M.Conservative and Unionist Party48020.8%
3Whelan, S.Independent35015.2%
4Needham, K.Green Party26911.7%
5O'Shaugnessy, R.Labour Party944.1%

Electorate 6,806 · Ballots cast 2,305 · EC ward code E05011009 · Back to ward index

St Paul · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,658

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Westwood, C.Liberal Democrats1,31549.5%Elected
2Gooding, G.Green Party69926.3%
3Russell, S.Conservative and Unionist Party45317.0%
4Turner, S.Labour Party1917.2%

Electorate 6,633 · Ballots cast 2,658 · EC ward code E05011005 · Back to ward index

Wonston and Micheldever · single-seat

Marginal winner 49.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +0.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,868

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Godfrey, S.Conservative and Unionist Party1,42349.6%Elected
2Murphy, R.Liberal Democrats1,22242.6%
3Wright, D.Green Party1575.5%
4De Peyer, A.Labour Party662.3%

Electorate 5,881 · Ballots cast 2,868 · EC ward code E05011010 · Back to ward index

St Bartholomew · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.4 pts Valid ballots 2,456

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Tippett-Cooper, J.Liberal Democrats1,23750.4%Elected
2Estelle, L.Green Party58924.0%
3Hutchinson, P.Conservative and Unionist Party42617.3%
4Davies, P.Labour Party2048.3%

Electorate 6,346 · Ballots cast 2,456 · EC ward code E05011002 · Back to ward index

Central Meon Valley · single-seat

Marginal winner 51.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −1.5 pts Valid ballots 3,336

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1White, S.Green Party1,71751.5%Elected
2Gemmell, L.Conservative and Unionist Party96028.8%
3Bodger, E.Liberal Democrats57917.4%
4Hirsch, O.Labour Party802.4%

Electorate 7,561 · Ballots cast 3,336 · EC ward code E05010998 · Back to ward index

St Barnabas · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.5 pts Valid ballots 3,052

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Learney, K.Liberal Democrats1,63253.5%Elected
2Cox, A.Conservative and Unionist Party89129.2%
3Harley, C.Green Party36512.0%
4Sims, L.Labour Party1645.4%

Electorate 6,717 · Ballots cast 3,052 · EC ward code E05011001 · Back to ward index

St Michael · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.7 pts Valid ballots 2,639

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Aron, R.Liberal Democrats1,41653.7%Elected
2Keay, L.Conservative and Unionist Party69726.4%
3Needham, R.Green Party34713.1%
4Marsh, P.Labour Party1796.8%

Electorate 6,341 · Ballots cast 2,639 · EC ward code E05011004 · Back to ward index

Alresford and Itchen Valley · single-seat

Marginal winner 53.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −3.9 pts Valid ballots 3,278

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Pinniger, C.Liberal Democrats1,76853.9%Elected
2Isaacs, F.Conservative and Unionist Party1,28339.1%
3Westley, D.Green Party1484.5%
4Valentine, T.Labour Party792.4%

Electorate 6,944 · Ballots cast 3,278 · EC ward code E05010995 · Back to ward index

The Worthys · single-seat

Marginal winner 55.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −5.3 pts Valid ballots 2,307

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Cramoysan, S.Liberal Democrats1,27555.3%Elected
2Biddle, S.Conservative and Unionist Party78534.0%
3Pogson, A.Green Party1275.5%
4Hodgkinson, C.Labour Party1205.2%

Electorate 5,360 · Ballots cast 2,307 · EC ward code E05011007 · Back to ward index

Bishop's Waltham · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.4 pts Valid ballots 2,816

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Latham, R.Liberal Democrats1,61757.4%Elected
2Laferla, H.Conservative and Unionist Party70024.9%
3Coles, A.Independent2027.2%
4Cannon, R.Green Party1726.1%
5Haines, S.Labour Party1254.4%

Electorate 6,745 · Ballots cast 2,816 · EC ward code E05010997 · Back to ward index

St Luke · single-seat

Marginal winner 57.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −7.8 pts Valid ballots 1,069

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Scott, J.Liberal Democrats61857.8%Elected
2Tait, I.Conservative and Unionist Party21219.8%
3Cochrane, A.Labour Party14213.3%
4Perrott, M.Green Party979.1%

Electorate 3,765 · Ballots cast 1,069 · EC ward code E05011003 · Back to ward index

Southwick and Wickham · single-seat

Marginal winner 61.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −11.9 pts Valid ballots 1,702

RankCandidatePartyVotesShareElected
1Clear, A.Liberal Democrats1,05361.9%Elected
2Searle, D.Conservative and Unionist Party38722.7%
3Sony, P.Labour Party1378.0%
4Parry, B.Green Party1257.3%

Electorate 5,550 · Ballots cast 1,702 · EC ward code E05011006 · Back to ward index