Southampton City Council elections

Southampton is a unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]^[2]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1973-1976
	Conservative	1976-1984
	Labour	1984-1987
	No overall control	1987-1988
	Labour	1988-1997

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1996-2000
	No overall control	2000-2008
	Conservative	2008-2012
	Labour	2012–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Southampton City Council election, 1973
Southampton City Council election, 1976
Southampton City Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries & city boundary changes also took place)^[3]^[4]
Southampton City Council election, 1980
Southampton City Council election, 1982
Southampton City Council election, 1983
Southampton City Council election, 1984
Southampton City Council election, 1986
Southampton City Council election, 1987
Southampton City Council election, 1988
Southampton City Council election, 1990
Southampton City Council election, 1991
Southampton City Council election, 1992
Southampton City Council election, 1994
Southampton City Council election, 1995

Unitary authority elections

Southampton City Council election, 1996
Southampton City Council election, 1998
Southampton City Council election, 1999
Southampton City Council election, 2000
Southampton City Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 3)^[5]^[6]^[7]
Southampton City Council election, 2003
Southampton City Council election, 2004
Southampton City Council election, 2006
Southampton City Council election, 2007
Southampton City Council election, 2008
Southampton City Council election, 2010
Southampton City Council election, 2011
Southampton City Council election, 2012
Southampton City Council election, 2014
Southampton City Council election, 2015
Southampton City Council election, 2016

City result maps

2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map
2010 results map
2011 results map
2012 results map
2015 results map
2016 results map

By-election results

1997–2001

Bargate By-Election 23 October 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	885	52.6	-6.4
	Conservative	259	15.4	-3.0
	Socialist Labour	257	15.3	+9.3
	Liberal Democrat	250	14.9	+4.7
	Independent Labour	31	1.8	-4.7
Majority		626	37.2
Turnout		1,682	13.0
	Labour hold	Swing

Woolston By-Election 12 March 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	975	47.8	-9.4
	Liberal Democrat	725	35.6	+6.1
	Conservative	339	16.6	+3.3
Majority		250	12.2
Turnout		2,039	17.9
	Labour hold	Swing

Bassett By-Election 8 October 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	1,025	58.9	+8.9
	Labour	372	21.4	-16.2
	Liberal Democrat	344	19.8	+7.5
Majority		653	37.5
Turnout		1,741	14.5
	Conservative hold	Swing

Harefield By-Election 8 October 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Labour	858	44.1	-6.7
	Conservative	856	44.0	+9.3
	Liberal Democrat	231	11.9	+3.3
Majority		2	0.1
Turnout		1,945	19.3
	Labour hold	Swing

2005–2009

Bitterne Park By-Election 15 September 2005^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Clifford Coombes	984	37.1	+0.4
	Labour	Mike Brainsby	791	29.9	+13.1
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Work	785	29.6	-4.3
	Green	Joseph Cox	89	3.4	+3.4
Majority			193	7.2
Turnout			2,649
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Southamoton". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
↑ The City of Southampton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ The New Forest and Southampton (Areas) Order 1978
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Southampton (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Southampton". BBC News Online. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
↑ "Elections explained". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
↑ "Bitterne Park ward by election result 15/09/2005". Southampton City Council. Retrieved 25 April 2010.

External links

Council elections in Hampshire

Hampshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

East Hampshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Eastleigh Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Fareham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Gosport Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Hart District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Havant Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

New Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Portsmouth City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Rushmoor Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Southampton City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Test Valley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Winchester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

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