Southampton council election, 2026
Most seats
8
Reform UK
Seats contested
17
across 17 wards
Turnout
36.7%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | 8 | +8 | 15,351 | 25.5% | +22.1 |
| Green Party | 4 | +4 | 11,750 | 19.5% | +10.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | +1 | 8,447 | 14.0% | +1.5 |
| Labour Party | 2 | -10 | 12,709 | 21.1% | -19.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 0 | -3 | 10,369 | 17.2% | -12.8 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 0 | +0 | 1,070 | 1.8% | -2.5 |
| Independent Network | 0 | +0 | 365 | 0.6% | — |
| Independent | 0 | +0 | 84 | 0.1% | — |
Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.
Candidates
| Party | Candidates | Of a possible 17 |
|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 18 | |
| Green Party | 17 | |
| Labour Party | 17 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 17 | |
| Reform UK | 17 | |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 14 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Independent Network | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 17 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.
Banister & Polygon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Misty Calanthia Delamothe Burgess Elected | 1,183 | 38.7% | +23.2 |
| Labour Party | Steve Leggett | 839 | 27.4% | -18.7 |
| Reform UK | Toriola Isaiah Coker | 415 | 13.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sarah Baillie | 356 | 11.6% | -10.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Sarah Rebecca Baillie | 356 | 11.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Reuben Hinchliffe | 182 | 5.9% | -6.0 |
| Independent | John Dominic Cooney | 84 | 2.7% | — |
| Majority | 344 | |||
| Turnout | 36.4% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,432 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,060 | |||
Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party
Bargate
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Luke Reynolds Elected | 702 | 27.9% | +16.8 |
| Labour Party | John Noon | 665 | 26.5% | -23.7 |
| Reform UK | Kevin Alan Masters | 501 | 19.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Adrian Ford | 354 | 14.1% | +13.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ivan William White | 262 | 10.4% | -16.2 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Donna Dee | 29 | 1.2% | -3.5 |
| Majority | 37 | |||
| Turnout | 29.7% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,485 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,513 | |||
Green Party gain from Labour Party
Bassett
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Philip Chapman Elected | 1,596 | 39.1% | -4.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Amanda Jane Guest | 919 | 22.5% | -6.1 |
| Reform UK | Kurosh James Shadmand | 755 | 18.5% | +12.7 |
| Green Party | Bobby Grigore | 467 | 11.4% | +5.6 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Robert Quillan Wolfe | 321 | 7.9% | -6.5 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Nick Davies | 27 | 0.7% | -0.8 |
| Majority | 677 | |||
| Turnout | 43.4% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,434 | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,085 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Bevois
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Paul Kenny Elected | 972 | 31.5% | -17.1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Nadia Noreen Ditta | 739 | 23.9% | -8.2 |
| Green Party | Amy Sefton-Thake | 690 | 22.3% | +14.2 |
| Reform UK | Dennis Steas | 274 | 8.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Abdiwali Mahmud Elmi | 233 | 7.5% | +3.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Arthur Palmer | 194 | 6.3% | -1.0 |
| Majority | 233 | |||
| Turnout | 34.5% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,003 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,088 | |||
Labour Party hold
Bitterne Park
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | Phil Webb Elected | 1,290 | 27.1% | -15.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David John Fuller | 1,132 | 23.7% | -16.1 |
| Reform UK | Trecious Chitsika | 962 | 20.2% | +16.1 |
| Green Party | Lindsi Bluemel | 709 | 14.9% | +6.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Bunday | 646 | 13.6% | +9.9 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Nick Chaffey | 26 | 0.5% | -1.1 |
| Majority | 158 | |||
| Turnout | 45.9% | |||
| Registered electors | 10,418 | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,767 | |||
Labour Party hold
Coxford
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Philip Edward Crook Elected | 1,416 | 39.8% | +30.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul James Patrick Nolan | 673 | 18.9% | -16.7 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Gwen Gordon | 653 | 18.3% | -18.8 |
| Green Party | Ronald Nicholas Meldrum | 464 | 13.0% | +6.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Graham Galton | 327 | 9.2% | +1.7 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Maggie Fricker | 26 | 0.7% | -0.8 |
| Majority | 743 | |||
| Turnout | 35.4% | |||
| Registered electors | 10,102 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,559 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party
Freemantle
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Sam Pryce Elected | 1,136 | 31.1% | +20.8 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Pam Kenny | 1,060 | 29.0% | -20.9 |
| Reform UK | Philip Small | 711 | 19.5% | +16.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Diana June Galton | 447 | 12.2% | -9.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Max Dylan Hayman | 269 | 7.4% | -1.0 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Catherine Clarke | 32 | 0.9% | -5.6 |
| Majority | 76 | |||
| Turnout | 38.5% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,527 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,655 | |||
Green Party gain from Labour and Co-operative Party
Harefield
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Richard Piatkewicz Elected | 1,185 | 33.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Callum Daniel John Ford | 949 | 26.7% | -16.8 |
| Labour Party | Daniel John Jeffery | 613 | 17.3% | -19.1 |
| Green Party | Christopher Francis Bluemel | 489 | 13.8% | +7.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Martyn Cooper | 302 | 8.5% | -2.3 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Graham Michael Henry | 15 | 0.4% | -3.1 |
| Majority | 236 | |||
| Turnout | 36.4% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,782 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,553 | |||
Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Millbrook
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Ross Ronald Mould Elected | 869 | 28.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jeremy Moulton | 845 | 27.8% | -12.7 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Anwar Jawula | 607 | 20.0% | -21.6 |
| Green Party | Richard William Fricker | 479 | 15.8% | +6.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ellen McGeorge | 217 | 7.1% | +1.1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Andrew David Howe | 22 | 0.7% | -2.3 |
| Majority | 24 | |||
| Turnout | 32.1% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,490 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,039 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Peartree
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Soham Bandyopadhyay Elected | 1,354 | 31.4% | +21.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Alex Houghton | 1,265 | 29.4% | -6.5 |
| Labour Party | Sue Blatchford | 765 | 17.8% | -23.2 |
| Green Party | Lee Ingram | 654 | 15.2% | +8.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert William Naish | 252 | 5.8% | +0.1 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Mike Marx | 19 | 0.4% | -0.6 |
| Majority | 89 | |||
| Turnout | 40.3% | |||
| Registered electors | 10,720 | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,309 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour and Co-operative Party
Portswood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Lori Foster Elected | 1,432 | 38.6% | +9.5 |
| Labour and Co-operative Party | Marie Finn | 864 | 23.3% | -23.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew William Bunday | 718 | 19.4% | +12.9 |
| Reform UK | David Howarth Chapman | 427 | 11.5% | +7.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Nick Moulton | 244 | 6.6% | -5.5 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Tony Twine | 22 | 0.6% | -1.6 |
| Majority | 568 | |||
| Turnout | 45.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,252 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,707 | |||
Green Party gain from Labour Party
Redbridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | John Peter Edwards Elected | 1,144 | 40.1% | +27.8 |
| Labour Party | Adrian Pimley | 557 | 19.5% | -32.0 |
| Independent Network | Andrew Pope | 365 | 12.8% | — |
| Green Party | Lisa Marie Fricker | 344 | 12.1% | +5.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dave Smith | 290 | 10.2% | -13.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon David Stokes | 145 | 5.1% | -0.5 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Pete Wyatt | 5 | 0.2% | -0.7 |
| Majority | 587 | |||
| Turnout | 29.2% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,790 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,850 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Shirley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Rebecca May McCreanor Elected | 1,229 | 28.6% | +1.3 |
| Labour Party | Alex Winning | 1,088 | 25.3% | -1.4 |
| Green Party | Joanne Clements | 811 | 18.9% | +3.8 |
| Reform UK | Paul Chance | 789 | 18.4% | -0.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Hilary Moulton | 380 | 8.8% | +0.8 |
| Majority | 141 | |||
| Turnout | 42.2% | |||
| Registered electors | 10,217 | |||
| Ballots cast | 4,298 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Sholing
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Sarah Marie Powell-Vaughan Elected | 1,434 | 37.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Andy Palmer | 878 | 22.7% | -23.5 |
| Labour Party | Charlotte Louise Parkin | 563 | 14.6% | -19.3 |
| Green Party | Neil Kelly | 498 | 12.9% | +6.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sharon Pamela Hopkins | 489 | 12.7% | +0.9 |
| Majority | 556 | |||
| Turnout | 37.5% | |||
| Registered electors | 10,323 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,862 | |||
Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Swaythling
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jon Walsh Elected | 1,029 | 33.4% | -8.7 |
| Green Party | Angela Mary Cotton | 691 | 22.4% | +13.2 |
| Reform UK | Bruce Adam Robinson | 680 | 22.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Amelia Tamblyn | 426 | 13.8% | -16.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pritheepal Roath | 231 | 7.5% | -7.9 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Fintan Liam Broderick | 21 | 0.7% | -2.0 |
| Majority | 338 | |||
| Turnout | 35.3% | |||
| Registered electors | 8,738 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,078 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Thornhill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Tim Kiff-Munds Elected | 1,215 | 41.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Andy Frampton | 627 | 21.5% | -26.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Matt Jones | 456 | 15.6% | -22.3 |
| Green Party | Jodie Luke Copeland | 403 | 13.8% | +8.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Edward Bolton | 187 | 6.4% | +0.6 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Tim Cutter | 34 | 1.2% | -2.0 |
| Majority | 588 | |||
| Turnout | 29.8% | |||
| Registered electors | 9,845 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,922 | |||
Reform UK gain from Labour Party
Woolston
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform UK | Ryan James Collett Elected | 1,220 | 35.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Victoria Ugwoeme | 799 | 23.3% | -16.6 |
| Green Party | Carmel Dominique Herrigan | 598 | 17.4% | +10.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Scott William Davis | 492 | 14.3% | -26.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Francis Eric George Hedley | 272 | 7.9% | +0.2 |
| Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | Sue Atkins | 53 | 1.5% | -2.3 |
| Majority | 421 | |||
| Turnout | 32.9% | |||
| Registered electors | 10,474 | |||
| Ballots cast | 3,434 | |||
Reform UK gain from Conservative and Unionist Party