2021 Havant Borough Council election

2021 Havant Borough Council election
14 seats up for election; 20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	31%
	Map showing the results of the 2021 Havant Borough Council election
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

Elections to Havant Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections.^[1] They took place at the same time as the elections for Hampshire County Council and the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner.^[2]

Background

In the previous election, the Conservative Party successfully held all 11 seats up for election, albeit with an overall slightly reduced vote percentage. The statement of persons nominated was published on Friday 9 April 2021.^[3]

Result summary

2021 Havant Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	14	3	100.0	22	36	94.7	17,430	59.1	+15.9
	Labour	0	1	0.0	1	1	2.6	5,394	18.3	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	1	1	2.6	4,349	14.8	-4.1
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	2,185	7.4	+1.0
	Hampshire Independents	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	122	0.4	New
	UKIP	0	2	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	-20.7

Ward results

Source: Havant Borough Council^[4]

Barncroft

Barncroft
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Margaret Weeks	578	66.2	+6.9
	Labour	Anthony Dixon Berry	177	20.2	−11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Bradley Sean Lewis Stuart-James	110	12.6	+3.8
Majority			401	69.0
Turnout			873	19
	Conservative hold		Swing

Battins

The incumbent Malc Carpenter, previously of UKIP, stood as an independent.

Battins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tom Moutray	430	48.3	+16.8
	Labour	Jason Clyde Horton	221	24.8	−5.1
	Hampshire Independents	Malc Carpenter	122	13.7	—
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Martin	118	13.2	−25.6
Majority			209
Turnout			902	18.25
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Bedhampton

Bedhampton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David William Guest	1,255	51.5	−8.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Mary Irene Grey	762	31.3	+4.0
	Labour Co-op	Philip Pearson	232	9.5	−3.0
	Green	Rosie Blackburn	156	6.4	—
Majority			493
Turnout			2437	32.55
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bondfields

Bondfields
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Brian John Stone	590	59.1	+6.2
	Labour	Amy Louise Redsull	302	30.2	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Portia Elise Harrison	100	10.0	−3.4
Majority			288
Turnout			999	20.1
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cowplain

Labour did not stand a candidate in this ward, unlike the previous election, when they came second with 13.7% of the vote.

Cowplain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David John Keast	1,643	69.7	+1.5
	Green	Quentin Robert Wallace-Jones	395	16.8	+8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Tyler Jackson	295	12.5	+2.5
Majority			1248
Turnout			2358	31.71
	Conservative hold		Swing

Emsworth

Emsworth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lulu Bowerman	1,961	52.0	−17.1
	Labour	Steve Bilbe	777	20.6	−1.1
	Green	Anne Marie Sayer	511	13.6	—
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Marianne Briggs	493	13.1	−3.8
Majority			1184
Turnout			3769	44.64
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hart Plain

The Green Party did not stand a candidate in this ward, unlike the previous election, when they came fourth with 7.6% of the vote.

Hart Plain
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Louanne Shimbart	1,512	69.5	−3.1
	Labour	Susan Arnold	392	18.0	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Suzette Gray	248	11.4	+1.7
Majority			1120
Turnout			2176	28.23
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling East

UKIP did not stand a candidate in this ward, unlike the previous election, when they came third with 10.6% of the vote.

Hayling East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Leah Turner	1,426	55.1	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Wilf Forrow	505	19.5	+13.2
	Green	Robert Frederick Graham Soar	329	12.7	+7.7
	Labour	Lynn Tolmon	316	12.2	−6.2
Majority			921
Turnout			2587	33.98
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling West

Hayling West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Joan Linger	1,458	53.7	−12.1
	Labour	Sheree Dawn Earnshaw	479	17.6	+3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gray	476	17.5	+5.0
	Green	Richard Andrew Lanchester	268	9.9	—
Majority			979
Turnout			2716	38.91
	Conservative hold		Swing

Purbrook

Purbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caren Howard	1,513	63.1	+1.2
	Labour	Simon Bruce Hagan	373	15.6	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tansom	266	11.1	−2.2
	Green	Patrick James Bealey	219	9.1	+3.6
Majority			1140
Turnout			2396
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Faith's

St. Faiths
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Imogen Payter	1,497	45.9	−11.2
	Labour	Phil Munday	1073	32.9	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	Faith Ponsonby	359	11.0	−2.8
	Green	Shelley Elizabeth Christine Saunders	307	9.4	−1.2
Majority			424
Turnout			3258	40
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stakes

Stakes
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dianne Elizabeth Lloyd	1,211	66.1	+7.6
	Labour	Lorraine Louise Brown	424	23.1	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Gregory Philip Anthony Pearson	181	9.9	−2.6
Majority			787
Turnout			1832	23.67
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warren Park

UKIP, the incumbent party, did not stand a candidate in this ward; in the 2019 election, the UKIP candidate came joint third with 13.7% of the vote.

Warren Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Denton	487	58.6	+22.6
	Labour	Richard Joseph Spence Brown	247	29.7	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Desmond Jones	92	11.0	−2.7
Majority			240
Turnout			831	16.33
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Waterloo

Waterloo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Philip Wade	1,869	71.6	+2.1
	Labour	Howard Frank Sherlock	381	14.6	—
	Liberal Democrats	Izzy Fletcher	344	13.2	−17.3
Majority			1488	57.0
Turnout			2612	32.05
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2020.
^ "Elections and voting". www.hants.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ "May 2021 elections | Havant Borough Council". www.havant.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
^ "Election results". Havant Borough Council. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

[1] "Election Timetable in England" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2020.

[2] "Elections and voting". www.hants.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[3] "May 2021 elections | Havant Borough Council". www.havant.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.

[4] "Election results". Havant Borough Council. Retrieved 20 May 2021.

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