Handside ward
Vote share over time
Each line is a party's lead candidate as a share of ballots cast. Hollow points are by-elections.
07/05/2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gemma May Louise Moore Elected | 1,330 | 47.8% | +4.0 |
| Reform UK | Jane Louise Johnson | 541 | 19.4% | +15.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jane Lowe | 445 | 16.0% | -17.9 |
| Green Party | Caleb George Callum Harrison | 251 | 9.0% | +3.6 |
| Labour Party | Stephen William Plume | 216 | 7.8% | -5.1 |
| Majority | 789 | |||
| Turnout | 52.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 5,368 | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,783 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
02/05/2024
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Britiffe Skottowe Elected | 1,091 | 43.7% | -12.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Fiona Thomson | 845 | 33.9% | +6.1 |
| Labour Party | Vaishali Shah | 321 | 12.9% | +2.8 |
| Green Party | Phil Hopley | 136 | 5.5% | -0.7 |
| Reform UK | Andrew Wolfe Lewis | 101 | 4.0% | — |
| Majority | 246 | |||
| Turnout | 46.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,494 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
04/05/2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michal Siewniak Elected | 1,403 | 56.0% | +0.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Brian Seeger | 695 | 27.7% | +0.0 |
| Labour Party | Mbizo Mpofu | 253 | 10.1% | -1.8 |
| Green Party | Phil Hopley | 154 | 6.1% | -3.8 |
| Majority | 708 | |||
| Turnout | 46.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,505 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
05/05/2022 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gemma May Louise Moore Elected | 1,457 | 55.7% | +20.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Michal Siewniak Elected | 1,431 | 54.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Tony Bailey | 726 | 27.7% | -18.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Walter Guy Gilbey | 695 | 26.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Perry Martyn William Hewitt | 312 | 11.9% | +0.8 |
| Labour Party | Moyna Aicken | 268 | 10.2% | — |
| Green Party | Penny Berrington | 260 | 9.9% | +2.6 |
| Abolish the TV Licence Party | Clare Stevenson | 87 | 3.3% | — |
| Majority | 705 | |||
| Turnout | 50.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,618 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain
06/05/2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Fiona Thomson Elected | 1,317 | 46.3% | +20.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gemma May Louise Moore | 1,003 | 35.3% | -23.4 |
| Labour Party | Helen Jane Beckett | 316 | 11.1% | +3.1 |
| Green Party | Ian Nicholas Challoner Nendick | 208 | 7.3% | +0.3 |
| Majority | 314 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,844 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats
02/05/2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Anthony Dennis Elected | 1,488 | 58.7% | +2.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Chieme Okuzu | 667 | 26.3% | -7.1 |
| Labour Party | Martin Paul Norman | 202 | 8.0% | -2.5 |
| Green Party | Ian Nicholas Challoner Nendick | 178 | 7.0% | — |
| Majority | 821 | |||
| Turnout | 47.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,535 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
03/05/2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Siobhan Anne Elam Elected | 1,495 | 56.1% | +3.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Graham Eric Dowler | 889 | 33.4% | +0.6 |
| Labour Party | Ian Merison | 279 | 10.5% | -1.9 |
| Majority | 606 | |||
| Turnout | 49.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,663 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
14/12/2017 By-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Siobhan Anne Elam Elected | 1,105 | 52.4% | +12.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Drew Robert Richardson | 691 | 32.8% | -14.1 |
| Labour Party | Belinda Claire Yeldon | 260 | 12.3% | -5.2 |
| Green Party | Berenice Constance Mary Dowlen | 51 | 2.4% | -4.6 |
| Majority | 414 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 2,107 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
05/05/2016 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Fiona Thomson Elected | 1,202 | 46.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Helen Elizabeth Bromley Elected | 1,170 | 45.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Lesley Basch Elected | 1,020 | 39.8% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Alan Quinton | 1,016 | 39.6% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Graham Eric Dowler | 1,015 | 39.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Ayesha Rohale | 824 | 32.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Nick Atkinson | 451 | 17.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Tony Grice | 430 | 16.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Darren Lewis | 386 | 15.0% | — |
| Green Party | Cecile May Raw | 180 | 7.0% | — |
| Majority | 4 | |||
| Turnout | — | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 2,565 | |||