The 2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect 12 councillors to Eastleigh Borough Council. Every ward apart from the two member wards of West End North and West End South elected one councillor each.[1] This took place at the same time as the elections for Hampshire County Council and the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner.[2]

Results

The Liberal Democrats and Conservatives each gained one seat from each other, meaning that the council composition remained the same.

2021 Eastleigh Borough Council election[3]
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 10 Steady 83.3 22 32 82.1 15,625 44.1 -8.0
  Independent 1 Steady 8.3 4 5 12.8 1,967 5.6 -0.3
  Conservative 1 Steady 8.3 1 2 5.1 12,940 36.5 +17.0
  Labour 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,031 11.4 +4.5
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 602 1.7 -4.3
  Hampshire Independents 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 146 0.4 New
  Reform UK 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 88 0.2 New
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 38 0.1 New

Results by Ward

Bishopstoke

Bishopstoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Gin Tidrige 1,731 46.3 ±0.0
Liberal Democrats Anne Winstanley 972 26.0 −11.8
Conservative Ben Burcombe-Filer 728 19.5 +13.2
Labour Steve Phillips 269 7.2 +3.2
TUSC Robert Lovell 38 1.0 N/A
Majority 759 20.3 +9.8
Turnout 3,373 44.4 +1.1
Independent hold Swing

Botley

Botley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Kinloch 970 48.7 −0.9
Conservative Joy Haythorne 854 42.9 +7.2
Labour Alison Phillips 166 8.3 +0.3
Majority 116 5.8 −8.1
Turnout 2,012 39.0 −1.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

There was no election in Botley in 2019, so changes are shown from 2018.

Bursledon & Hound North

Bursledon & Hound North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Steve Holes 1,442 60.6 −0.6
Conservative Paul Redding 723 30.4 +9.9
Labour Catherine Cronin 216 9.1 +1.8
Majority 719 30.2 −10.1
Turnout 2,399 32.5 +2.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Chandler's Ford

Chandler's Ford
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Pragnell 1,745 49.8 −5.0
Conservative Shelagh Lee 1,452 41.5 +17.9
Labour Greg Phillips 305 8.7 +3.1
Majority 293 8.3 −22.8
Turnout 3,521 42.0 +4.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Eastleigh Central

Eastleigh Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Wayne Irish 943 37.1 −12.6
Labour Co-op Josh Constable 735 28.9 +11.3
Conservative Chris Yates 631 24.8 +13.0
Hampshire Independents Sukhdev Raj 146 5.7 N/A
Reform UK Alexander Culley 88 3.5 N/A
Majority 208 8.2 −23.0
Turnout 2,565 33.0 +1.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Eastleigh North

Eastleigh North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tanya Park 1,140 44.3 −4.9
Conservative Lisa Crosher 951 37.0 +25.8
Labour Kathy O'Neill 482 18.7 +8.9
Majority 189 7.3 −29.6
Turnout 2,589 35.2 +2.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Eastleigh South

Eastleigh South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Bourne 996 42.6 −12.0
Conservative Simon Payne 731 31.2 +18.7
Labour Sam Jordan 613 26.2 +9.6
Majority 265 11.4 −26.4
Turnout 2,354 29.6 +1.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Fair Oak & Horton Heath

Fair Oak & Horton Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Broomfield 1,720 48.0 +20.5
Liberal Democrats Nick Couldrey 1,057 29.5 −10.8
Green Ben Parry 388 10.8 −3.1
Independent Martin Lyon 236 6.6 −6.5
Labour Jacob Phillips 179 5.0 −0.2
Majority 663 18.5
Turnout 3,598 42.8 +4.3
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Hamble & Netley

Hamble & Netley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Cross 1,771 55.9 −3.2
Conservative Mike Preston 1,030 32.5 +16.2
Labour Hayley Homer 368 11.6 +5.4
Majority 741 23.4 −19.1
Turnout 3,196 39.7 +4.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hedge End North

Hedge End North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Derek Pretty 1,215 49.2 −10.4
Conservative Susan Hall 855 34.6 +16.6
Green Glynn Fleming 214 8.7 −0.2
Labour Steve Willoughby 187 7.6 +1.0
Majority 360 14.6 −26.8
Turnout 2,486 32.6 +4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hedge End South

Hedge End South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith House 1,779 51.9 −9.7
Conservative Jerry Hall 1,412 41.2 +19.4
Labour Betty Layland 237 6.9 +2.7
Majority 367 10.7 −28.8
Turnout 3,458 39.7 +4.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hiltingbury

Hiltingbury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Buckley 1,962 48.0 −2.6
Conservative Margaret Atkinson 1,853 45.3 +8.9
Labour Gwyneth Hubert 274 6.7 +3.8
Majority 109 2.7
Turnout 4,109 49.9 +3.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

By-elections since May 2021

Eastleigh Central

Eastleigh Central by-election, February 10th 2022
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bhavin Dedhia 802 44.5 +7.4
Labour Co-op Josh Constable 433 24.0 −4.9
Conservative Simon Payne 362 20.1 −4.7
Green Jack Stapleton 140 7.8 New
Reform UK Clare Fawcett 64 3.6 +0.1
Majority 369 20.5 +12.3
Turnout 1,801 23.9 −9.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing +6.2

References

  1. ^ "Notice of Election" (PDF). Eastleigh Borough Council. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Elections and voting". www.hants.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Borough Election Results" (PDF). Eastleigh Borough Council. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2021.
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