New Forest council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 26 wards · 48 seats contested

Most seats
26
Conservative and Unionist Party
Seats contested
48
across 26 wards
Turnout
37.0%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party 26 -19 34,767 42.1% -16.5
Liberal Democrats 14 +1 24,010 29.1% +5.4
Independent 4 +3 6,111 7.4% +4.9
Green Party 3 +3 5,713 6.9% +3.8
Labour Party 1 +1 11,845 14.3% +3.2
Britain First 0 +0 108 0.1% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 48
Conservative and Unionist Party 48
Labour Party 45
Liberal Democrats 40
Green Party 14
Independent 12
Britain First 1

A party standing a full slate could field 48 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Ashley, Bashley & Fernhill 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Geoff Blunden Elected 981 53.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jill Cleary Elected 972 52.5% —
Liberal Democrats Michael Scott-Johns 438 23.7% —
Liberal Democrats Simon Anthony Crawford Morgan 337 18.2% —
Labour Party Chloe Deborah Bellamy 308 16.6% —
Green Party Paul Pitt Moxey 271 14.6% —
Labour Party Kate Roberts 244 13.2% —
Green Party John Leyland Pemberton 149 8.1% —
Majority534
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,850

Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne & Netley Marsh 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Derek Brian Tipp Elected 1,027 52.7% —
Independent Joe Reilly Elected 966 49.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Binns 740 38.0% —
Liberal Democrats Benjamin Rex Thompson 540 27.7% —
Labour Party Muriel Jean Frend 350 18.0% —
Labour Party Tim Mawby 272 14.0% —
Majority226
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,948

Ballard

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Neil Tungate Elected 348 40.7% —
Labour Party Helen Wallis-Dowling 167 19.6% —
Liberal Democrats Charles Fielding Baker 137 16.0% —
Britain First Nick Lambert 108 12.6% —
Green Party Emily Hamilton 94 11.0% —
Majority181
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast854

Barton & Becton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Edward Craze Elected 1,147 59.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Dennis O'Sullivan Elected 1,087 56.2% —
Liberal Democrats Rainer Preis 489 25.3% —
Liberal Democrats Susan Lewis 421 21.8% —
Green Party Kristina Margareta Bourdillon 310 16.0% —
Green Party Day Macaskill 216 11.2% —
Labour Party Pete Terry 200 10.3% —
Majority598
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,935

Bransgore, Burley, Sopley & Ringwood East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Nigel Victor Linford Elected 805 44.9% —
Green Party Neil Millington Elected 725 40.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Huw Adams 649 36.2% —
Green Party Anna Collar 581 32.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dean Edward John Samber 514 28.7% —
Labour Party Pippa Haywood 179 10.0% —
Labour Party Kevin Roger Flack 130 7.3% —
Majority76
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,792

Brockenhurst & Denny Lodge

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Adam William Parker Elected 671 50.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Ross Harris 528 40.1% —
Labour Party Jon Horne 118 9.0% —
Majority143
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,317

Dibden & Dibden Purlieu 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Spencer Wade Elected 1,025 64.7% —
Liberal Democrats Steph Osborne Elected 874 55.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Emily Jane Heron 506 31.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Patrick Twydell 455 28.7% —
Labour Party Leigh Joanne Smith 170 10.7% —
Labour Party Brian Wilkinson 137 8.6% —
Majority368
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,584

Downlands & Forest North

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Janet Richards Elected 562 49.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Annie Bellows 496 43.2% —
Labour Party Martin Phillips 90 7.8% —
Majority66
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,148

Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot & Langley 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Rutherford Alvey Elected 747 53.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew James Hartmann Elected 693 49.3% —
Liberal Democrats Angela Louise Pearson 499 35.5% —
Liberal Democrats Jeni Marie Rose 451 32.1% —
Labour Party Patricia Gillam 214 15.2% —
Labour Party Michael Derek Garside 206 14.7% —
Majority194
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,405

Fordingbridge, Godshill & Hyde 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Jonathan Millar Elected 1,118 54.7% —
Liberal Democrats Phil Woods Elected 1,085 53.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ann Sevier 725 35.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Robert Thomas Heron 673 32.9% —
Labour Party Leila Cameron 270 13.2% —
Labour Party Jasmine Philippa Bessey 215 10.5% —
Majority360
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,043

Forest & Solent

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Dan Poole Elected 554 50.4% —
Green Party James Gallagher 380 34.5% —
Labour Party Vincent Robert Slattery 166 15.1% —
Majority174
Turnout37.0%
Registered electors2,987
Ballots cast1,100

Hardley, Holbury & North Blackfield 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Allan Glass Elected 463 39.3% —
Independent Peter Armstrong Elected 393 33.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Josie Poole 375 31.8% —
Independent Paul Douglas Saunders 253 21.5% —
Labour Party Sherri Johnstone 238 20.2% —
Liberal Democrats Sally-Jane Read 236 20.0% —
Labour Party Ceri John Roberts 221 18.8% —
Liberal Democrats David John Cole 177 15.0% —
Majority18
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,178

Hythe Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Alex Wade Elected 1,112 58.8% —
Liberal Democrats Philip Dowd Elected 970 51.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Harrison 741 39.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Terri Marwood 685 36.2% —
Labour Party Ivan Caric 147 7.8% —
Labour Party Scott Liam Conner Saffin 128 6.8% —
Majority229
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,892

Hythe South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Mark Clark Elected 736 58.7% —
Liberal Democrats Sean Daniel Cullen Elected 704 56.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Eric George Davey 364 29.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brenda Christine Spearing 346 27.6% —
Labour Party Clare Frances Davison 186 14.8% —
Labour Party Katherine Herbert 171 13.6% —
Majority340
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,254

Lymington 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Barry Frank Dunning Elected 962 45.0% —
Independent Jacqui England Elected 880 41.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Simon James Eric Smith 723 33.8% —
Liberal Democrats Hannah Phillips 586 27.4% —
Liberal Democrats Ted Jearrad 528 24.7% —
Labour Party Trina Hart 348 16.3% —
Labour Party Jerry Weber 250 11.7% —
Majority157
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,138

Lyndhurst & Minstead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Hilary Brand Elected 577 48.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brice Stratford 475 40.2% —
Labour Party Chris Willsher 130 11.0% —
Majority102
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,182

Marchwood & Eling 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Mark Young Elected 938 53.8% —
Liberal Democrats Patrick Armand Mballa Elected 776 44.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Bennison 694 39.8% —
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Sheuna Shelley 685 39.3% —
Labour Party Kenneth John Kershaw 197 11.3% —
Labour Party Dave Moran 194 11.1% —
Majority82
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,742

Milford & Hordle 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party David Edmund Hawkins Elected 1,418 50.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Vivenne Ward Elected 1,339 48.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alvin Reid Elected 1,317 47.2% —
Independent Ivor Terence Spreadbury 1,000 35.9% —
Liberal Democrats Emily Jagger 936 33.6% —
Green Party Dominic Boddington 827 29.7% —
Liberal Democrats Sandra Delemare 705 25.3% —
Labour Party Helen Elizabeth Sloan 488 17.5% —
Labour Party Stuart James Nundy 335 12.0% —
Majority317
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,788

Milton 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Davies Elected 822 54.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Clarke Elected 810 53.6% —
Liberal Democrats Wynford Bevan Davies 598 39.6% —
Liberal Democrats Jo Drayton 497 32.9% —
Labour Party Martin Christopher Ashman 295 19.5% —
Majority212
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,511

Pennington 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jack Davies Elected 1,007 57.7% —
Liberal Democrats Colm McCarthy Elected 785 45.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tom Brindley 612 35.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Mark Loveless 541 31.0% —
Labour Party Bronwen Hailey Bridges 283 16.2% —
Labour Party Joanna Caroline Sawkins 261 15.0% —
Majority173
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,744

Ringwood North & Ellingham 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Hamilton Thierry Elected 788 42.1% —
Labour Party John Haywood Elected 754 40.3% —
Labour Party Peter Kelleher 746 39.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Derek Richard Scott 726 38.8% —
Green Party Jeremy David Fenner 253 13.5% —
Liberal Democrats Luke Andrew Thomas Dadford 248 13.3% —
Liberal Democrats Liz Barron 224 12.0% —
Majority8
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,870

Ringwood South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Jeremy David Heron Elected 534 30.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Steve Rippon-Swaine Elected 517 29.7% —
Labour Party James Nigel Swyer 487 28.0% —
Labour Party Glenys Turner 482 27.7% —
Independent Philip James Day 481 27.7% —
Independent Gareth Andrew Deboos 464 26.7% —
Green Party Timothy Albert James Rowe 187 10.8% —
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Richard Allen 180 10.4% —
Liberal Democrats Cameron McDonald 144 8.3% —
Majority30
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,738

Sway

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Barry Rickman Elected 737 55.3% —
Green Party Simon King 487 36.6% —
Labour Party Peter F Dance 108 8.1% —
Majority250
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast1,332

Totton Central 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party John Hugh Sleep Elected 647 38.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Alec Murray Elected 596 35.0% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen Anthony Shepherd 568 33.4% —
Liberal Democrats Matt Kangarani 555 32.6% —
Labour Party Adrian Johnstone 330 19.4% —
Labour Party David Edward Smith 287 16.9% —
Independent Ian Charles Coombes 243 14.3% —
Independent Frances Orchard 180 10.6% —
Majority28
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,703

Totton North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Neville Stuart Penman Elected 1,054 57.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Maurice Penny Elected 814 44.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Kathleen Veronica Crisell Elected 774 41.9% —
Liberal Democrats Lin Francis 505 27.3% —
Liberal Democrats Alex Brunsdon 501 27.1% —
Liberal Democrats Steve Alan Hardingson 457 24.7% —
Labour Party Lynne Elizabeth Garrick 340 18.4% —
Labour Party Roland Timothy Charles Bishop 333 18.0% —
Labour Party Kenneth James Garrick 322 17.4% —
Independent Ron Scrivens 229 12.4% —
Independent Chris Lagdon 217 11.7% —
Majority269
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,849

Totton South 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats David Harrison Elected 904 59.1% —
Liberal Democrats Caroline Louise Rackham Elected 695 45.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lisa Tracy Carter 607 39.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Len Harris 506 33.1% —
Labour Party Alan George William Goodfellow 191 12.5% —
Labour Party Kit Rogers 157 10.3% —
Majority88
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,530

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