2016 Havant Borough Council election

2016 Havant Borough Council election

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14 of 38 seats to Havant Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative UKIP Labour Seats before 31 2 4 Seats won 11 2 1 Seats after 31 4 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 13,094 5,048 5,764
Results by Ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2016 Havant Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Havant Borough Council in England.^[1][2] This was on the same day as other local elections.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative: 31
• UKIP: 4
• Labour: 2
• Liberal Democrats: 1

The Conservatives, Labour, and UKIP were the only parties to win seats this election, with UKIP gaining two from Labour.

Havant local election result 2016

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	0	0			45.8	14,014
	Labour	1	0	2	2		20.7	5,764
	UKIP	2	2	0	2		18.1	5,048
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0			14.3	3,976
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0		12

Bedhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Yvonne Weeks	417	45.3
	UKIP	Brenda Kerrin	251	27.3
	Labour	Philip Pearson	209	22.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bolt	44	4.8
Majority			166
Turnout			921
	Conservative hold		Swing

Battins

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Malcolm Carpenter	319	31.5
	Labour	Ralph Cousins	255	25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Johanna Lowe	243	24.0
	Conservative	Ian Payne	196	19.3
Majority			64
Turnout			1,013
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Bedhampton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Smith	1,051	48.8
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Gray	750	34.8
	Labour	Freya Savidge-Conway	353	16.4
Majority			301
Turnout			2,154
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bondfields

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Hart	422	37.2
	UKIP	Edmun Whiffen	272	24.0
	Conservative	Curtis Stanfield	267	23.5
	Liberal Democrats	Catherine Billam	174	15.3
Majority			150
Turnout			1,135
	Labour hold		Swing

Cowplain

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Keast	1,095	50.7
	UKIP	Andrew Boxall	545	35.2
	Labour	Kenneth Monks	293	13.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Jacobs	228	10.6
Majority			550
Turnout			2,161
	Conservative hold		Swing

Emsworth

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carole-Mary Bowerman	1,718	52.7
	Labour	Steve Bilbe	637	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Maple	467	14.3
	UKIP	Brian Kerrin	438	13.4
Majority			1,081
Turnout			3,260
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hart Plain

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Shimbart	1,296	62.3
	Labour	Howard Sherlock	428	20.6
	Liberal Democrats	Fiona Drinan	357	17.2
Majority			868
Turnout			2,081
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynne Turner	1,121	42.6
	UKIP	Lesley Marsden	820	31.2
	Labour	Mark Coates	527	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Natalie Willcocks	162	6.2
Majority			301
Turnout			2,630
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hayling West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanne Thomas	1,384	52.8
	UKIP	Stephen Humphrey	568	21.7
	Labour	Sheree Earnshaw	418	16.0
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gray	237	9.0
	BNP	John-Laurence Moore	12	0.5
Majority			816
Turnout			2,619
	Conservative hold		Swing

Purbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caren Howard	1,081	48.4
	UKIP	Anthony Gundry	560	25.1
	Labour	Patricia Thomson	400	17.9
	Liberal Democrats	Hilary Bolt	191	8.6
Majority			521
Turnout			2,232
	Conservative hold		Swing

St. Faiths

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Guest	1,159	43.6
	Labour	Philip Munday	693	26.1
	UKIP	Richard Coates	436	16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Briggs	370	13.9
Majority			466
Turnout			2,658
	Conservative hold		Swing

Stakes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dianne Lloyd	707	39.9
	UKIP	Carole Newnham	519	29.3
	Labour	Anthony Berry	364	20.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Bazley	184	10.4
Majority			188
Turnout			1,774
	Conservative hold		Swing

Warren Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	John Davis	320	36.2
	Labour	Richard Brown	305	34.5
	Conservative	Hakan Ustabas	131	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Brown	128	14.5
Majority			15
Turnout			884
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Waterloo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Wade	1,471	62.0
	Labour	Paul Fencott	460	19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Scott Richardson	441	18.6
Majority			1,011
Turnout			2,372
	Conservative hold		Swing

A by-election took place in Emsworth ward on 4 May 2017 after the death of Colin Mackey.^[3]

Emsworth by-election 4 May 2017^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Kennett	2,020	59.5	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Crispin Ward	663	19.5	+5.2
	Labour	Steve Bilbe	509	15.0	−4.5
	UKIP	Alex Spurge	202	6.0	−7.4
Majority			1,357	40.0
Turnout			3,394
	Conservative hold		Swing