2023 New Forest District Council election

The 2023 New Forest District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of New Forest District Council, on the same day as other local elections in England.[1]

2023 New Forest District Council election
4 May 2023 (2023-05-04)
All 48 seats to New Forest District Council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Seats after 26 14 4
  Fourth party Fifth party
  Blank Blank
Party Green Labour
Seats after 3 1
Council control before election


Conservative

 Council control after election


Conservative

Background

In the 2019 New Forest District Council election, the Conservatives retained overall control but lost seats to the Liberal Democrats.[2] As a result of boundary changes in 2021, the number of seats within the council was reduced from 60 to 48.[3]

Summary

Election result
2023 New Forest District election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 26
  Liberal Democrats 14
  Independent 4
  Green 3
  Labour 1
  Britain First 1 0

Ward Results

Ashley, Bashley and Fernhill
Ashley, Bashley and Fernhill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Blunden 981 27
Conservative Jill Cleary 972 26
Liberal Democrats Michael Scott-Johns 438 12
Liberal Democrats Simon Morgan 337 9
Labour Chloe Bellamy 308 8
Green Paul Moxey 271 7
Labour Kate Roberts 244 7
Green John Pemberton 149 4
Majority 534 14
Turnout 31
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne and Netley Marsh
Ashurst, Bramshaw, Copythorne and Netley Marsh (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Tipp 1,027 26
Independent Joe Reilly 966 25
Conservative James Hartley-Binns 740 19
Liberal Democrats Ben Thompson 540 14
Labour Muriel Frend 350 9
Labour Tim Mawby 272 7
Majority
Turnout 36
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Ballard
Ballard (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Tungate 348 41
Labour Helen Wallis-Dowling 167 20
Liberal Democrats Charles Baker 137 16
Britain First Nick Lambert 108 13
Green Emily Morgan 94 11
Majority 181 21
Turnout 28
Conservative win (new seat)

Barton and Becton
Barton and Becton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Craze 1,147 30
Conservative Alan O'Sullivan 1,087 28
Liberal Democrats Rainer Preis 489 13
Liberal Democrats Sue Lewis 421 11
Green Kristina Bourdillon 310 5
Green Day Macaskill 216 6
Labour Pete Terry 200 5
Majority 598 15
Turnout 35
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bransgore, Burley, Sopley and Ringwood East
Bransgore, Burley, Sopley and Ringwood East (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Nigel Linford 805 22
Green Neil Millington 725 20
Conservative John Adams 649 18
Green Anna Collar 581 16
Conservative Dean Samber 514 14
Labour Pippa Haywood 179 5
Labour Kevin Flack 130 4
Majority
Turnout 35
Independent win (new seat)
Green win (new seat)

Brockenhurst and Denny Lodge
Brockenhurst and Denny Lodge (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Adam Parker 671 51
Conservative Michael Harris 528 40
Labour Jon Horne 118 9

Dibden and Dibden Purlieu
Dibden and Dibden Purlieu (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Wade 1,025 32
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Osborne 874 28
Conservative Emily Heron 506 16
Conservative David Twydell 455 14
Labour Leigh Smith 170 5
Labour Brian Wilkinson 137 4

Downlands and Forest North
Downlands and Forest North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Janet Richards 562 49
Conservative Annie Bellows 496 43
Labour Martin Phillips 90 8

Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot and Langley
Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot and Langley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Alvey 747 27
Conservative Matthew Hartmann 693 25
Liberal Democrats Angela Pearson 499 18
Liberal Democrats Jeni Rose 451 16
Labour Patricia Gillam 214 8
Labour Michael Garside 206 7

Fordingbridge, Godshill and Hyde
Fordingbridge, Godshill and Hyde (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Millar 1,118 27
Liberal Democrats Phil Woods 1,085 27
Conservative Ann Sevier 725 18
Conservative Robert Heron 673 16
Labour Leila Cameron 270 7
Labour Jasmine Bessey 215 5

Forest and Solent
Forest and Solent (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dan Poole 554
Green James Gallagher 380
Labour Vincent Slattery 116

Hardley, Holbury and North Blackfield
Hardley, Holbury and North Blackfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allan Glass 463 20
Independent Peter Armstrong 393 17
Conservative Josie Poole 375 16
Independent Paul Saunders 253 11
Labour Sherri Johnstone 238 10
Liberal Democrats Sally Read 236 10
Labour Ceri Roberts 221 9
Liberal Democrats David Cole 177 8

Hythe Central
Hythe Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Wade 1,112 29
Liberal Democrats Philip Dowd 970 26
Conservative Chris Harrison 741 20
Conservative Terri Marwood 685 18
Labour Ivan Caric 147 4
Labour Scott Saffin 128 3

Hythe South
Hythe South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Clark 736 29
Liberal Democrats Sean Cullen 704 28
Conservative Eric Davey 364 15
Conservative Brenda Spearing 346 14
Labour Clare Davison 186 7
Labour Katherine Herbert 171 7

Lymington
Lymington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Frank Dunning 962 22
Independent Jacqui England 880 21
Conservative Simon Smith 723 17
Liberal Democrats Hannah Phillips 586 14
Liberal Democrats Ted Jearrad 528 12
Labour Trina Hart 348 8
Labour Jerry Weber 250 6

Lyndhurst and Minstead
Lyndhurst and Minstead (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Brand 577 49
Conservative Brice Stratford 475 40
Labour Christopher Arthur Willsher 130 11

Marchwood and Eling
Marchwood and Eling (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Young 938 27
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mballa 776 22
Conservative Sue Bennison 694 20
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Shelley 685 20
Labour Kenneth Kershaw 197 6
Labour Dave Moran 194 6

Milford and Hordle
Milford and Hordle (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hawkins 1,418 17
Conservative Christine Ward 1,339 16
Conservative Alvin Reid 1,317 16
Independent Ivor Spreadbury 1000 12
Liberal Democrats Emily Jagger 936 11
Green Dominic Boddington 827 10
Liberal Democrats Sandra Delemare 705 8
Labour Helen Sloan 488 6
Labour Stuart Nundy 335 4

Milton
Milton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Davies 822 27
Conservative Steve Clarke 810 27
Liberal Democrats Wyn Davies 598 20
Liberal Democrats Jo Drayton 497 16
Labour Martin Ashman 295 10

Pennington
Pennington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Davies 1,007 29
Liberal Democrats Colm McCarthy 785 22
Conservative Tom Brindley 612 18
Conservative Ian Mark Loveless 541 16
Labour Bronwen Bridges 283 8
Labour Joanna Sawkins 261 7

Ringwood North & Ellingham
Ringwood North & Ellingham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Thierry 788 21
Labour John Haywood 754 20
Labour Peter Kelleher 746 20
Conservative Derek Scott 726 19
Green Jerry Fenner 253 7
Liberal Democrats Luke Dadford 248 7
Liberal Democrats Liz Barron 224 6

Ringwood South
Ringwood South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Heron 534 29.1 -27.9
Conservative Stephen Rippon-Swaine 517 28.1 -28.7
Labour James Swyer 487 26.5 -11.0
Labour Glenys Turner 482 26.2 -4.1
Independent Philip Day 481 26.2
Independent Gareth Deboos 464 25.3
Green Timothy Rowe 187 10.2
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Allen 180 9.8
Liberal Democrats Cameron McDonald 144 7.8

Totton Central
Totton Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sleep 647 19
Conservative Ian Murray 596 17
Liberal Democrats Stephen Shepherd 568 17
Liberal Democrats Matt Kangarani 555 16
Labour Adrian Johnstone 330 10
Labour David Edward Smith 287 8
Independent Ian Coombes 243 7
Independent Frances Orchard 180 5

Totton North
Totton North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neville Penman 1,054 19
Conservative Dave Penny 814 15
Conservative Kathleen Crisell 774 14
Liberal Democrats Lin Francis 505 9
Liberal Democrats Alex Brunsdon 501 9
Liberal Democrats Steve Hardingson 457 8
Labour Lynne Garrick 340 6
Labour Roland Bishop 333 6
Labour Kenneth Garrick 322 9
Independent Ron Scrivens 229 4
Independent Chris Lagdon 217 4

Totton South
Totton South(2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Harrison 904 30
Liberal Democrats Caroline Louise Rackham 695 23
Conservative Lisa Tracy Carter 607 20
Conservative Len Harris 506 17
Labour Alan Goodfellow 191 6
Labour Kit Rogers 157 5

References
  1. "New Forest candidates in the local elections on May 4". Daily Echo. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  2. "Tories only party to field full slate of local election candidates". Advertiser and Times. 2019-04-10. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  3. "Local elections 2023: Tories keep control of New Forest District Council but lose BCP Council". Lymington Times. May 5, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.