2023 Winchester City Council election

2023 Winchester City Council election
← 2022 4 May 2023 (2023-05-04) 2024 →
16 out of 45 seats to Winchester City Council
23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout43.6%[1]
  First party Second party
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Leader Martin Tod[2] Caroline Horrill
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative
Last election 27 seats, 45.8% 15 seats, 38.1%
Seats before 28 13
Seats won 13 2
Seats after 30 12
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1
Popular vote 20,672 13,290
Percentage 50.1% 32.2%
Swing Increase 4.3% Decrease 5.9%
  Third party Fourth party
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Party Green Independent
Last election 1 seat, 10.4% 2 seats, 0.7%
Seats before 1 3
Seats won 1 0
Seats after 2 1
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 2
Popular vote 5,224 0
Percentage 12.7% 0.0%
Swing Increase 2.3% Decrease 0.7%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 Winchester City Council election
Leader before election

Martin Tod
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Martin Tod
Liberal Democrats

The 2023 Winchester City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Winchester City Council in Hampshire, England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections in England.

The council was under Liberal Democrat majority control prior to the election. They increased their majority on the council at the election.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Winchester City Council - Local Election Thursday 2 May 2024: Political Split" (PDF). Winchester City Council. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Your councillors". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. ^ "Winchester City Council District & Parish Election (Thursday 4 May 2023)". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Local Elections 2023: Results in Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire". ITV News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ^ Atkinson, Christopher (5 May 2023). "Winchester City Council elections 2023 - full results". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 25 September 2023.