2026 Hampshire County Council election

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2026 Hampshire County Council election
7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
All 78 seats to Hampshire County Council
40 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Nick Adams-King
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Reform
Last election 56 seats, 50.7% 17 seats, 26.8% 0 seats, 0.3%
Seats before 49 19 1
Seats won 27 26 20
Seat change Decrease 29 Increase 9 Increase 20
Popular vote 136,751 125,876 132,290
Percentage 27.68% 25.48% 26.78%
Swing Decrease 23.02 Decrease 1.32
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
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Party Labour Green WBCP
Last election 3 seats, 12.6% 0 seats, 4.4% 1 seat, 0.5%
Seats before 3 1 1
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Decrease 2 Increase 1 Steady
Popular vote 32,339 55,319 3,569
Percentage 6.55% 11.20% 0.72%
Swing Increase 6.05 Increase 6.8 Increase 0.22%
  Seventh party Eighth party
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Party Independent CCH
Last election 1 seat, 1.6% 0
Seats before 4 0
Seats won 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Results by Ward
Leader before election

Nick Adams-King
Conservative

 Leader after election

Nick Adams-King
Conservative

The 2026 Hampshire County Council election took place on 7 May 2026 to elect all 78 seats at Hampshire County Council in Hampshire, England.[1] The incumbent Conservatives lost control of the council, resulting in no overall control.

Background

At the 2021 election, the Conservatives won a majority of seats.[2] In May 2024, Nick Adams-King became the new council leader.[3] This was amid a public consultation on cuts worth £132m from the council budget by April 2025.[4]

County Council elections usually occur every four years. In early 2025 it was announced that, owing to upcoming structural changes to local government in England, the elections in some areas – including Hampshire – would be postponed from May 2025 to May 2026. In late 2025 the government said that elections in a greater number of areas would be moved back another year, but this was reversed in the face of a legal challenge by Reform UK.[5][6]

Council composition

2021 election Before 2026 election After 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 56 Conservative 49 Conservative 27
Liberal Democrats 17 Liberal Democrats 19 Liberal Democrats 26
Labour 3 Labour 3 Labour 1
WBCP 1 WBCP 1 WBCP 1
Green 1 Green 1 Green 1
Reform 0 Reform 1 Reform 20
Independent 1 Independent 4 Independent 1
CCH 0 CCH 0 CCH 1

Changes 2021–2026:

  • March 2023:
    • Gary Hughes (Conservative) resigns – by-election held May 2023[7]
    • Alexis McEvoy (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[8]
  • May 2023:
    • Ryan Brent (Conservative) wins by-election[9]
    • Sarah Pankhurst (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[10]
  • September 2023: Prad Bains (Conservative) joins Liberal Democrats[11]
  • March 2024: Seán Woodward (Conservative) and Hugh Lumby (Conservative) resign – by-elections held May 2024[12][13]
  • May 2024: Malcolm Wallace (Green) gains by-election from Conservatives;[14] Joanne Burton (Conservative) wins by-election[15]
  • September 2024: Rob Humby (Conservative) resigns – by-election held October 2024[16]
  • October 2024: Jonathan Williams (Liberal Democrats) gains by-election from Conservatives[17]
  • January 2025: Neville Penman (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[18]
  • March 2025: Dominic Hiscock (Liberal Democrats) and Adrian Collett (Liberal Democrats) resign – by-election held May 2025[19][20]
  • May 2025: Stuart Bailey (Liberal Democrats) and Paula Ferguson (Liberal Democrats) win by-elections[21][22]
  • October 2025: Barry Dunning (Conservative) joins Reform[23]

Election result

2026 Hampshire County Council election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 78 27 34.62% 27.68% 136,751
  Liberal Democrats 76 26
  Labour 77 1
  Reform 78 20 25.64% 26.78% 132,290
  Green 78 1
  WBCP 1
  Independent 7 2
  CCH 1 0
  All in Party 1 0
  Monster Raving Loony 1
  SDP 1 0
  Your Party 1 0
  Wessex Regionalists 1 0

Opinion polling

Voting intention

Date(s)
conducted		 Pollster Client Sample
size		 Area Con Lab Grn LD Ref Others Lead
7 May 2026 2026 local elections 27.68% 6.55% 11.20% 25.48% 26.78% 2.31%
27th March - 21st April YouGov [24] None 677 GB 21% 8% 13% 27% 29% 2% 2
31 Mar – 13 Apr JL Patners (MRP)[25] Daily Telegraph 4,089 GB 24% 10% 9% 12% 31% 4% 7
6 May 2021 2021 local elections 49.1% 20.5% 13.8% 11.1% 0.4% 5.1% 28.6

Seat projections

Date(s)
conducted		 Pollster Client Sample
size		 Area Con Lab Grn LD Ref Others Majority
7 May 2026 2026 local elections 27 1 1 26 20 3 Hung
31st March - 13th April 2026 JL Partners[26] Daily Telegraph 4,089 GB 25 0 1 19 31 2 Hung
(Ref −9)
6 May 2021 2021 local elections – – 56 3 0 17 0 2 39

Results

Basingstoke and Deane (10 seats)

Basingstoke Central[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Alan Stone 1,535 27.4
Labour Abdel Ibrahim 1,284 22.9
Conservative Sean Dillow 1,105 19.7
Green Paul Briley 833 14.8
Liberal Democrats John Shaw 808 14.4
Rejected ballots 47 0.8
Turnout 5612
Registered electors 14,389
Reform gain from Labour
Basingstoke North[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sajish Tom 1,515 34.1
Reform Duncan Stone 1,295 29.1
Green Dee Marsland-Round 725 16.3
Conservative Ricardo Ferriera 493 11.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Berwick-Gooding 389 8.7
Rejected ballots 32 0.7
Turnout 4449
Registered electors 13,811
Labour hold
Basingstoke North West[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform James Barker 1,555 30.6
Conservative Arun Mummalaneni* 1,260 24.8
Labour Angela Freeman 1,183 23.3
Green Christopher Duggan 659 13.0
Liberal Democrats Mark Scott 388 7.6
Rejected ballots 37 0.7
Turnout 5082
Registered electors 13,941
Reform gain from Conservative
Basingstoke South East[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Gavin James* 2,251 35.1
Reform Christina Jordan 1,671 26.0
Labour Co-op Andrew McCormick 897 14.0
Green Zander Fitzgerald 785 12.2
Conservative Kishor Patel 783 12.2
Rejected ballots 32 0.5
Turnout 6419
Registered electors 15,633
Liberal Democrats hold
Basingstoke South West[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Reid* 1,980 28.7
Reform Spencer Cleary 1,889 27.3
All in Party Stacy Hart 1,144 16.6
Labour Lilly Beeson 723 10.5
Green Jenny Gumbrell 592 8.6
Liberal Democrats Andrea Bowes 582 8.4
Rejected ballots 20
Turnout 6930
Registered electors 15,163
Conservative hold
Calleva[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rhydian Vaughan* 1,994 36.0
Reform Lorraine Harper 1,506 27.2
Liberal Democrats Jo Slimin 1,266 22.9
Green Gary Scott 452 8.2
Labour Bradley Phillips 317 5.7
Rejected ballots 30
Turnout 5565
Registered electors 12,346
Conservative hold
Candovers, Oakley and Overton[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Juliet Henderson* 2,544 36.4
Reform Christopher Aldous 1,821 26.0
Liberal Democrats Robert Cooper 1,262 18.0
Green Barney Scott 732 10.5
Labour Michael Stockwell 634 9.1
Rejected ballots 52
Turnout 7045
Registered electors 14,134
Conservative hold
Loddon[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Paul Miller 1,945 28.4
Conservative Stephen Parker 1,857 27.1
Green Jonathan Jenkin 1,485 21.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Lilleker 945 13.8
Labour Ruth Kellaway 588 8.6
Rejected ballots 37 0.5
Turnout 6857
Registered electors 14,522
Reform gain from Conservative
Tadley and Baughurst[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Wilson-Thomas 1,828 33.3
Reform Victoria Rhodes 1,620 29.5
Conservative Maria Higson 1,372 25.0
Green Ralph Kent 421 7.7
Labour Wayne Terry 225 4.1
Rejected ballots 20 0.4
Turnout 5486
Registered electors 12,765
Liberal Democrats hold
Whitchurch and The Cleres[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tom Thacker* 2,433 37.3
Reform Phil Jeffery 1,460 22.4
Liberal Democrats David Conquest 1,226 18.8
Green Claudia Camden-Smith 995 15.3
Labour Michael Mumford 406 6.2
Rejected ballots 29
Turnout 6549
Registered electors 13,689
Conservative hold

East Hampshire (7 seats)

Alton Rural[37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Antonia Cox 2,701 37.1
Liberal Democrats Alexandra Ehrmann 2,289 31.5
Reform David Burton 1,604 22.0
Green Ben Wills 536 7.4
Labour Barrington Clarke 133 1.8
Rejected ballots 14 0.2
Turnout 7277
Registered electors 13,444
Conservative hold
Alton Town[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Emily Young 3,433 46.6 +3.6
Reform Andrew Oates 1,612 21.9 N/A
Conservative Brighton Gono 1,353 18.3 −25.7
Green Lorna Woodcroft 786 10.6 N/A
Labour Alexandra Faulkner-Hardy 155 2.1 −7.9
Rejected ballots 20
Turnout 7359 48.8
Registered electors 15,084
Majority 1,821 24.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Catherington[39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Ian Young 2,161 34.3
Reform William Kellermann 1,941 30.8
Liberal Democrats Raja Ali 1,437 22.8
Green Jim Rodgers 557 8.8
Labour Darren Meredith 167 2.6
SDP Ian Cousins 43 0.7
Rejected ballots 9
Turnout 6315
Registered electors 13,039
Conservative hold
Liphook, Headley & Grayshott[40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Debbie Curnow-Ford 2,519 37.4
Reform Chris Bullick 1,690 25.1
Liberal Democrats Bobby Smith 1,681 24.9
Green James Hogan 632 9.4
Labour Diana Lovelock 205 3.0
Rejected ballots 13 0.2
Turnout 6740
Registered electors 13,798
Conservative hold
Petersfield Butser[41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Podger 2,732 39.8
Conservative Robert Mocatta 1,995 29.1
Reform Ian Brodrick 1,387 20.2
Green Oliver Hailstone 541 7.9
Labour Yvonne Heaton 188 2.7
Rejected ballots 16 0.2
Turnout 6859
Registered electors 14,004
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
Petersfield Hangers[42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nicholas Drew 2,763 37.8
Liberal Democrats Thomas Figgins 2,298 31.5
Reform Robert Waddell 1,211 16.6
Green Marley Bury 873 12.0
Labour Richard Carthew 160 2.2
Rejected ballots 17
Turnout 7322 56
Registered electors 13,144
Conservative hold
Whitehill, Bordon & Lindford[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
WBCP Andy Tree 3,569 66.0 16.0
Reform Tasha Vodden 969 18.0 17.0
Conservative Mike Willis 423 8.0 −18.0
Green Jason Guy 258 5.0 1.0
Liberal Democrats Chris Botten 139 3.0 −10.0
Labour Dave Hedley 90 2.0 −4.0
Rejected ballots 14
Turnout 5462 41.0 10.0
Registered electors 13,175
WBCP hold

Eastleigh (8 seats)

Bishopstoke & Fair Oak[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Louise Parker-Jones 1,906 31.6
Reform Graeme Smith 1,498 24.8
Liberal Democrats Nick Couldrey 1,385 23.0
Conservative Ben Burcombe-Filer 667 11.1
Green Dani Hosford 424 7.0
Labour Xander Peace 149 2.5
Turnout 6036
Registered electors 12,870
Botley & Hedge End North[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Rupert Kyrle 2,472 42.1
Reform Lee Tindal 1,404 23.9
Conservative Finn Lennon 1,115 19.0
Green Luke Ottley 500 8.5
Labour Edward Hill 203 3.5
Independent Russ Kitching 181 3.1
Turnout 5896
Registered electors 14,249
Chandler's Ford[46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tim Groves 2,786 47.3
Reform Micheal Hibberd 1,200 20.4
Conservative Shelagh Lee 1,145 19.4
Green Oliver Smith 570 9.7
Labour Chris Gibbs 160 2.7
Turnout 5894
Registered electors 11,802
Eastleigh North[47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tanya Park 1,865 40.2
Reform Alex Culley 1,302 28.1
Green Alan Mcdonald 653 14.1
Conservative Gavin Ellys 516 11.1
Labour Zak Southward 285 6.1
Turnout 4641
Registered electors 12,093
Eastleigh South[48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Prad Bains 2,429 40.9
Reform Clare Fawcett 1,642 27.7
Green Jim Smith 777 13.1
Conservative Yogesh Saxena 721 12.1
Labour Steven Phillips 331 5.6
Turnout 5936
Registered electors 15,940
Hamble[49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Keith House 2,675 42.1
Reform Neil Fleming 1,874 29.5
Conservative Carys Chestnut 944 14.9
Green Joshua Buckle 596 9.4
Labour Dennis Robinson 240 3.8
Turnout 6348
Registered electors 15,020
Hedge End & West End South[50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Tonia Craig 2,061 38.7
Reform Craig Palmer 1,528 28.7
Conservative Jerry Hall 1,136 21.3
Green Dave Waghorn 464 8.7
Labour Ebi Aninmadu 122 2.3
Turnout 5323
Registered electors 12,384
West End & Horton Heath[51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Broomfield 1,560 31.6
Liberal Democrats Bruce Tennent 1,441 29.2
Reform Steve Humby 1,305 26.4
Green Ben Parry 462 9.4
Labour Hannah Bowyer 150 3
Turnout 4940
Registered electors 10,946

Fareham (7 seats)

Fareham Crofton[52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Pal Hayre 3,379 49.1
Reform Peter Watson 1,501 21.8
Liberal Democrats Jim Forrest 1,021 14.8
Labour Lynne Murray 539 7.8
Green Nick Lyle 421 6.1
Rejected ballots 19 0.3
Turnout 6880
Registered electors 12,917
Fareham Portchester[53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Chrissie Bainbridge 2,566 35.6
Reform Dave Eggelton 2,157 29.9
Conservative Peter Maunder 1,698 23.5
Green David Palk 484 6.7
Labour Richard Ryan 269 3.7
Rejected ballots 38 0.5
Turnout 7213
Registered electors 14,398
Fareham Sarisbury[54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Joanne Burton 3,075 49.2
Reform Josh Read 1,224 19.6
Liberal Democrats Graham Everdell 1,123 18.0
Green Polly Sanderson 612 9.8
Labour Damilola Ogunleye 150 2.4
Rejected ballots 68 1.1
Turnout 6253
Registered electors 13,255
Fareham Titchfield[55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Julie Bird 2,317 37.7
Reform Gary Fisk 1,811 29.5
Liberal Democrats Richard Blythin 972 15.8
Green Kat Bull 696 11.3
Labour Lorraine Drinkwater 287 4.7
Rejected ballots 55 0.9
Turnout 6140
Registered electors 13,266
Fareham Town (2)[56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Richard Harris 2,870 28.0
Reform Paul Woolley 2,728 26.6
Conservative Lisa Whittle 2,452 23.9
Liberal Democrats David Hamilton 2,429 23.7
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Wiltshire 2,304 22.5
Conservative Paul Whittle 2,226 21.7
Labour Gemma Furnivall 1,401 13.7
Green Baz Marie 1,089 10.6
Green John Vivian 1,023 10.0
Labour Dominic Martin 853 8.3
Rejected ballots 43
Turnout 10238
Registered electors 22,458
Fareham Warsash[57]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mike Ford 3,507 50.2
Reform Steve Wallace 1,579 22.6
Liberal Democrats Jon Sacker 1,007 14.4
Green Jake Waterfall 566 8.1
Labour David Rodgers 280 4
Rejected ballots 40 0.6
Turnout 6981
Registered electors 14,028

Gosport (5 seats)

Bridgemary[58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Paul Carter 2,445 44.7
Liberal Democrats Steve Hammond 1,309 23.9
Conservative Supriya Namdeo 1,067 19.5
Green Lucy Maclennan 444 8.1
Labour Ivan Gray 176 3.2
Rejected ballots 23 0.4
Turnout 5471
Registered electors 13,450
Hardway[59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Colin Towell 1,951 38.6
Liberal Democrats Sue Ballard 1,475 29.2
Conservative Robert Thompson 864 17.1
Green Anthony Sudworth 509 10.1
Labour Stephen Osborne 236 4.7
Rejected ballots 15 0.3
Turnout 5050
Registered electors 12,531
Lee[60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Burgess 2,634 44.8
Reform Ian Brown 1,794 30.5
Green Matt Reeve-Fowkes 542 9.2
Labour Co-op Jonathan Brown 463 7.9
Liberal Democrats Clive Foster-Reed 426 7.2
Rejected ballots 20 0.3
Turnout 5881
Registered electors 13,197
Leesland and Town (2)[61]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Zoe Huggins 3,662 34.5
Conservative Lesley Meenaghan 3,534 33.3
Reform Paul Jacobs 3,068 28.9
Reform Emily Strudwick 2,555 24.1
Liberal Democrats Rob Hylands 1,945 18.3
Liberal Democrats Julie Westerby 1,707 16.1
Green Lucy Cooper 1,304 12.3
Green Aid Smalley 932 8.8
Labour Tynan Bryant 723 6.8
Labour Hilary Percival 575 5.4
Rejected ballots 23
Turnout 10619
Registered electors 22,931

Hart (5 seats)

Church Crookham & Ewshot[62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CCH Alan Oliver 2,594 37.7
Conservative Jon Farmer 1,686 24.5
Reform Cancice Walmsley 1,663 24.2
Green Sven Saar 639 9.3
Labour Adam Coulthard 300 4.4
Rejected ballots 24
Turnout 6882
Registered electors 15,205
CCH gain from Conservative
Fleet Town[63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Forster 3,013 40.6
Liberal Democrats Peter Wildsmith 2,427 32.7
Reform George Parnell 1,210 16.3
Green Jacky Moore 448 6.0
Labour Andrew Perkins 215 2.9
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 106 1.4
Rejected ballots 27
Turnout 7446
Registered electors 15,257


Hartley Wintney & Yateley West[64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Quarterman 2,422 34.8
Conservative Tim Davies 2,122 30.5
Reform David Lovell 1,843 26.5
Green Andy George 407 5.8
Labour Elaine Fordham 156 2.2
Rejected ballots 15 0.2
Turnout 6965
Registered electors 15,185


Odiham & Hook[65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Dorn 2,554 38.7
Liberal Democrats Ann Baty 1,833 27.8
Reform Clive Lawrance 1,456 22.1
Green Adam Jacobs 510 7.7
Labour Amanda Affleck-Cruise 229 3.5
Rejected ballots 20 0.3
Turnout 6602
Registered electors 13,833


Yateley East & Blackwater[66]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart Bailey 2,875 42.9
Reform Trevor Lloyd-Jones 2,099 31.3
Conservative Simon Birtwistle 994 14.8
Green Patrick Ryan 497 7.4
Labour Benjamin Wickins 230 3.4
Rejected ballots 14 0.2
Turnout 6709
Registered electors 15,571

Havant (7 seats)

Cowplain & Hart Plain[67]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Jason Gillen 2,557 48.6
Conservative David Keast 1,231 23.4
Liberal Democrats Isabel Harrison 814 15.5
Green Clare Wakeley 659 12.5
Rejected ballots 31
Turnout 5294
Registered electors 12,605
Emsworth & St. Faiths[68]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Gráinne Rason 2,448 33.7 Increase20.7
Conservative Andrew Proctor 1,858 25.5 Decrease27.5
Reform Jerry White 1,743 24.0 N/A
Labour Dan Berwick 717 9.9 Decrease12.1
Liberal Democrats Michael Lind 507 7.0 Decrease4
Majority 590 8.1 Decrease23.2
Turnout 7,273 52.2 Increase8
Green gain from Conservative
Hayling Island[69]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Michael Rennie 2,807 40.4
Green Jonathan Hulls 1,913 27.5
Conservative Lance Quantrill 1,843 26.5
Labour Peter Oliver 382 5.5
Rejected ballots 56
Turnout 7002
Registered electors 14,267
North East Havant[70]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform George Madgwick 2,135 40.9
Conservative Tim Pike 735 14.1
Green Henry Mitchell 597 11.4
Labour Richard Brown 586 11.2
Liberal Democrats Catherine Billam 331 6.3
Rejected ballots 23 0.4
Turnout 5225
Registered electors 17,287
North West Havant[71]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Paul McCormick 1,952 42.2
Conservative Lulu Bowerman 997 21.5
Liberal Democrats Philippa Gray 904 19.5
Green Peter May 455 9.8
Labour Jason Horton 302 6.5
Rejected ballots 17 0.4
Turnout 4629
Registered electors 12,308
Purbrook & Stakes South[72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Terry Norton 2,177 42.0
Liberal Democrats Antonia Harrison 1,141 22.0
Conservative Diana Patrick 1,050 20.3
Green Daniel Grove 415 8.0
Labour Simon Hagan 369 7.1
Rejected ballots 30 0.6
Turnout 5184
Registered electors 12,688
Waterloo & Stakes North[73]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Gwen Robinson 2,399 43.0
Conservative Mark Inkster 1,288 23.1
Liberal Democrats Paul Tansom 981 17.6
Green Steve Mayne 595 10.7
Labour Munazza Faiz 280 5.0
Rejected ballots 31 0.6
Turnout 5574
Registered electors 12,658

New Forest (10 seats)

Brockenhurst[74]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dan Poole 2,625 37.2
Reform Simon Smith 1,899 26.9
Green Barbara Czoch 1,513 21.4
Liberal Democrats Hannah Phillips 694 9.8
Labour Peter Dance 327 4.6
Turnout 7073
Registered electors 14,496
Dibden & Hythe[75]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Wade 3,409 50.8
Reform Jon Golding 1,810 27.0
Conservative Kate Crisell 825 12.3
Green Ruth Arundell 481 7.2
Labour Peter Caroll 147 2.2
Your Party Doug Holloway 43 0.6
Turnout 6727
Registered electors 14,406
Lymington & Boldre[76]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Davies 3,009 45.2
Reform Barry Dunning 1,520 22.9
Conservative Ian Loveless 1,012 15.2
Independent Jacqui England 567 8.5
Labour Sally Johnston 292 4.4
Green Nizam Mamode 251 3.8
Turnout 6660
Registered electors 14,044
Lyndhurst & Fordingbridge[77]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Millar 2,544 34.6
Reform Jason Lewis 1,872 25.5
Conservative Brice Stratford 1,769 24.1
Green Janet Richards 911 12.4
Labour Chris Willsher 229 3.1
Turnout 7351
Registered electors 14,824
New Milton[78]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Julie Vigor 2,105 34.5
Conservative Alan O'Sullivan 2,075 34.0
Liberal Democrats Wynford Davies 916 15.0
Green Kirsty Gray 690 11.3
Labour Jerry Weber 299 4.9
Turnout 6095
Registered electors 13,971
New Milton North, Milford & Hordle[79]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Fran Carpenter 2,851 39.4
Reform Lindsey Cooper 2,434 33.7
Liberal Democrats Aidan Reed 843 11.7
Green Calre Muir 781 10.8
Labour Sherri Johnstone 303 4.2
Turnout 7229
Registered electors 15,063
Ringwood[80]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Martin Eyre 1,619 30.5
Conservative Steve Rippon-Swaine 1,338 25.2
Labour Peter Kelleher 828 15.6
Green Janet Cox 616 11.6
Independent Michael Thierry 511 9.6
Liberal Democrats Luke Dadford 399 7.5
Turnout 5319
Registered electors 13,077
South Waterside[81]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Paul Barrett 1,837 36.2
Conservative Kim O'Halloran 1,371 27.0
Liberal Democrats Angela Pearson 761 15.0
Independent Peter Armstrong 591 11.6
Green Chris Jones 364 7.2
Labour Pauline Brown 156 3.1
Turnout 5092
Registered electors 12,207
Totton North & Netley Marsh[82]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neville Penman 2,011 35.1
Reform Ian Coombes 1,754 30.6
Liberal Democrats Caroline Rackham 1,215 21.2
Green Jasper Dalby 479 8.3
Labour Adrian Johnstone 268 4.7
Turnout 5737
Registered electors 14,142
Totton South & Marchwood[83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Harrison 2,615 46.4
Reform Kevin Smith 1,657 29.4
Conservative Len Harris 809 14.3
Green Oliver Alford-Evans 396 7.0
Labour Ken Kershaw 151 2.7
Turnout 5638
Registered electors 13,795

Rushmoor (5 seats)

Aldershot North[84]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Kevin Betsworth 1,583 31.8 New
Labour Gaynor Austin 1,582 31.8 −12.2
Conservative Daniel Kelly 837 16.8 −25.2
Green Daryl Higgs 609 12.2 New
Liberal Democrats Alan Hilliar 367 7.4 −6.6
Majority 1 0.02 −1.4
Turnout 4,978 38.4 Increase4.3
Reform gain from Labour


Aldershot South[85]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Ken Tranter 1,590 30.0
Labour Keith Dibble 1,533 28.9
Conservative Bill Withers 1,211 22.9
Green Hazel Agombar 609 11.5
Liberal Democrats Mark Trotter 329 6.2
Rejected ballots 22 0.4
Turnout 5297
Registered electors 12,744
Farnborough North[86]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Ian Simpson 1,656 32.1
Conservative Stuart Trussler 1,387 26.9
Labour Christine Guinness 1,155 22.4
Green Jules Crossley 572 11.1
Liberal Democrats Olive O'Dowd-Booth 360 7.0
Rejected ballots 27 0.5
Turnout 5159
Registered electors 12,783
Farnborough South[87]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roz Chadd 1,839 26.9
Reform Joey Noyce 1,738 25.4
Liberal Democrats Craig Card 1,373 20.1
Labour Gareth Williams 1,070 15.7
Green Zak Khan 765 11.2
Rejected ballots 49 0.7
Turnout 6835
Registered electors 15,237
Farnborough West[88]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Chris Harding 1,865 31.2
Conservative Rod Cooper 1,666 27.8
Labour Becky Miles 1,229 20.5
Green Andy Wilson 704 11.8
Liberal Democrats Leola Card 495 8.3
Rejected ballots 24 0.4
Turnout 5983
Registered electors 13,557

Test Valley (7 seats)

Andover North[89]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kirsty North 1,828 35.4
Reform Vincent McGarry 1,507 29.2
Green Tom Waddington 772 15.0
Liberal Democrats Jason Sangster 734 14.2
Labour Geoff McBride 298 5.8
Rejected ballots 18 0.3
Turnout 5157
Registered electors 15,104
Andover South[90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Zilliah Brooks 1,858 31.3
Reform Richard Davis 1,695 28.5
Liberal Democrats Luigi Gregori 914 15.4
Green Rachel Pattinson-West 812 13.7
Labour Andy Fitchet 570 9.6
Independent William Jackson 63 1.1
Libertarian Christopher Ecclestone 26 0.4
Andover West[91]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Chris Donnelly 2,220 37.1
Reform Harry Sheffield 1,740 29.1
Liberal Democrats Robin Hughes 1,200 20.1
Green Alan Wright 551 9.2
Labour Philippa Roll 254 4.2
Rejected ballots 12 0.2
Turnout 5979
Registered electors 14,362
Baddesley[92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sally Yalden 3,127 48.8
Reform Peter Lazic 1,354 21.1
Conservative Nigel Nicholson 1,257 19.6
Green Mike Munro 485 7.6
Labour Sarah Fearn 171 2.7
Rejected ballots 13 0.2
Turnout 6407
Registered electors 13,092
Romsey Rural[93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Adams-King 3,999 49.5
Liberal Democrats Victoria Burbidge 1,740 21.6
Reform Gary Cooper 1,623 20.1
Green Matthew Smith 503 6.2
Labour Adrian Field 199 2.5
Rejected ballots 8 0.1
Turnout 8072
Registered electors 15,883
Romsey Town[94]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sandra Gidley 3,241 47.0
Conservative Tim Mayer 1,638 23.7
Reform Christina Pointer 1,322 19.2
Green Neil Judd 548 7.9
Labour James Owen 138 2.0
Rejected ballots 15 0.2
Turnout 6903
Registered electors 13,367
Test Valley Central[95]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Drew 3,141 46.3
Reform Linda Sheffield 1,493 22.0
Liberal Democrats Bud Pollard 1,203 17.7
Green Connor Shaw 696 10.3
Labour Tessa Valentine 238 3.5
Rejected ballots 8 0.1
Turnout 6779
Registered electors 14,513

Winchester (7 seats)

Bishops Waltham[96]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jonathan Williams 2,811 37.4
Conservative Neil Bolton 1,824 24.3
Reform Peter Jordan 1,446 19.2
Green Liam Bailey-Morgan 1,286 17.1
Labour Steve Haines 124 1.6
Rejected ballots 20 0.3
Turnout 7520
Registered electors 14,553
Itchen Valley[97]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Porter 3,985 52.5
Reform Nicholas Hubbard 1,192 15.7
Conservative Signe Biddle 1,087 14.3
Green Tom Street 475 6.3
Labour Jamie Trodden 96 1.3
Rejected ballots 27 0.4
Turnout 7587
Registered electors 14,316
Meon Valley[98]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Anne Small 2,242 29.6
Green Malcolm Wallace 1,892 25.0
Reform Charlotte Northbrook 1,675 22.1
Conservative Alex Rennie 1,488 19.6
Independent Sean Whelan 175 2.3
Labour Martyn Davis 106 1.4
Rejected ballots 21
Turnout 7606
Registered electors 16,472
Winchester Downlands[99]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats James Batho 3,380 41.6
Conservative Jan Warwick 2,891 35.6
Reform Lincoln Redding 994 12.2
Green Jacob Battison 703 8.7
Labour Alison Cochrane 138 1.7
Rejected ballots 13 0.2
Turnout 8124
Registered electors 14,588
Winchester Eastgate[100]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Paula Ferguson 2,850 46.2
Green Lorraine Estelle 1,223 19.8
Conservative Ian Tait 1,145 18.6
Reform Sukhdev Raj 741 12.0
Labour Patrick Davies 160 2.6
Wessex Regionalists James Crabb 49 0.8
Rejected ballots 13
Turnout 6186 47
Registered electors 131,655
Winchester Southern Parishes[101]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Angela Clear 2,248 33.6
Reform Amanda Aldridge 2,090 31.2
Conservative Paula Langford-Smith 1,631 24.4
Green Ben Thomas 540 8.1
Labour Margaret Rees 162 2.4
Rejected ballots 24 0.4
Turnout 6698
Registered electors 14,318
Winchester Westgate[102]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Martin Tod 3,266 51.1
Green Simon Warde 1,174 18.4
Conservative Caroline Horrill 1,080 16.9
Reform Mark Adams 690 10.8
Labour Lucy Sims 168 2.6
Rejected ballots 10 0.2
Turnout 6394
Registered electors 12,725

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