Labour loose overall control

In a dramatic night of elections results in Southampton Labour lost overall control of the City Council due to a surge in support for the Reform and the Green Party

Reform gained 6 seats putting them on 7 and the Green Party won 4 giving them 6 seats.

Council leader Alex Winning (Labour) was defeated in Shirley by former Labour councillor Rebecca McCreanor who is now a Liberal Democrat.

Speaking to Voice FM’s Declan Murphy, Labour MP Darren Paffey (Southampton Itchen) said:

“ We are, are still the public servants here. We are elected to make the policies and changes in this city that people have asked for when they have elected us. They've given us another part of that message tonight that they want to see more change or different change. So rest assured that we will absolutely be hearing what people are saying through the ballot box and Labour is still absolutely on the side of decent, hardworking people who just want to get on in life, and that is where our focus will remain.”

Nationally for Remain it was a very successful election and for  Remain's Philip Crook who gained Croxford told Declan: “ Southampton has great opportunity, but it's got to be realised, and it can only be realised by Reform, a Reform council, and hopefully in a few years' time we take control, that we open up the opportunities for the people of Southampton who have been held back for far too long.”

The surprise winners from the evening were the Green Party who gained 4 seats bringing their total to six. Nationally the party gained 25 seats so this was a significant result on the south coast.

Luke Reynolds, who won in Bargate, told Voice FM: “ Southampton's backing Green because we're a community-based party. We're talking to residents, listening to what they have to say, and responding to that. Most of our members and our councillors are really embedded in the city and we're speaking for residents.“

The new political balance of Southampton City Council:

Labour 24 (-7)

Reform 8 (+7)

Liberal Democrats 7 (0)

Conservative 6 (-3)

Green Party 6 (+4)

Independent 0 (-1)

Turnout 36.6%  +8.8% higher than 2 years prior 

Full results below

Bargate ward result

Donna Dee (TUSC) 29

Adrian Ford (Lib Dem) 354

Kevin Masters (Reform) 501

John Noon (Lab) 665

Luke Reynolds (Green) 702

Ivan White (Con) 262

(Turnout not available)

Banister & Polygon result in full

Sarah Baillie (Con) 356

Misty Burgess (Green) 1,183

Toriola Coker (Reform) 415

John Cooney (Independent) 84

Reuben Hinchliffe (Lib Dem) 182

Steve Leggett (Lab) 839

Turnout: 36.39 per cent

Majority: 344

Result: Green GAIN

Bassett result in full

Sam Chapman (Lib Dem) 1,596

Nick Davies (TUSC) 27

Bobby Grigore (Green) 467

Amanda Guest (Con) 919

Kurosh James Shadmand (Reform) 755

Robert Wolfe (Lab) 321

Turnout: 43.42 per cent

Majority: 677

Result: Lib HOLD

Bevois result in full

Nadia Ditta (TUSC) 739

Abdiwali Elmi (Lib Dem) 233

Paul Kenny (Lab) 972

Richard Palmer (Con) 194

Amy Sefton-Thake (Green) 690

Dennis Steas (Reform) 274

Turnout: 34.46 per cent

Majority: 49

Result: Lab HOLD

First Labour win of the night with a hold of Bevois. Paul Kenny elected in the seat previously occupied by Mike Denness who did not seek re-election.

Coxford ward result in full

Philip Crook (Reform) 1,416

Maggie Fricker (TUSC) 26

Peter Galton (Lib Dem) 327

Gwen Gordon (Lab) 653

Ronald Meldrum (Green) 464

Paul Nolan (Con) 673

Turnout: 35.38 per cent

Majority: 743

Result: Reform GAIN

Reform UK win their first election contest for Southampton City Council. The party's branch interim chairman Philip Crook wins in Coxford

Freemantle 

Another gain for the Greens from Labour. This time in Freemantle

Catherine Clarke (TUSC) 32

Diana June Galton (Con) 447

Max Hayman (Lib Dem) 269

Pam Kenny (Lab) 1,060

Sam Pryce (Green) 1,136

Philip Small (Reform) 711

Turnout: 38.45 per cent

Majority: 76

Result: Green GAIN

Bitterne Park results in full

Lindsi Bluemel (Green) 709

Tony Bunday (Lib Dem) 646

Nick Chaffey (TUSC) 26

Trecious Chitsika (Reform) 962

David Fuller (Con) 1,132

Phil Webb (Lab) 1,290

Turnout: 45.88 per cent

Majority: 158

Result: Lab HOLD

Reform UK pick up their second seat of the night. Richard Piatkiewicz wins Harefield, which was previously a Conservative seat

Harefield result in full

Christopher Bluemel (Green) 489

Martyn Cooper (Lib Dem) 302

Callum Ford (Con) 949

Graham Henry (TUSC) 15

Daniel Jeffery (Lab) 613

Richard Piatkiewicz (Reform) 1,185

Turnout: 36.36 per cent

Majority: 236

Result: Reform GAIN

Reform back-to-back wins picking up another Conservative seat. Peartree ward won by Soham Bandyopadhyay ahead of incumbent Alex Houghton

Peartree results in full

Soham Bandyopadhyay (Reform) 1,354

Sue Blatchford (Lab) 765

Alex Houghton (Con) 1,265

Lee Ingram (Green) 654

Mike Marx (TUSC) 19

Robert Naish (Lib Dem) 252

Turnout: 40.28 per cent

Majority: 89

Result: Reform GAIN

Also of note with the Peartree result, Labour's Sue Blatchford will no longer be a councillor. She was most recently a representative for Woolston and was first elected as a councillor in the city in 1992

Results in from Portswood and its the first Labour cabinet member of the evening to lose their seat. Marie Finn finishes in second and it is a big win for the Greens and Lori Foster. She joins party colleague Kat Barbour in the ward

Portswood results in full

Matthew Bunday (Lib Dem) 718

David Chapman (Reform) 427

Marie Finn (Lab) 864

Lori Foster (Green) 1,432

Nick Moulton (Con) 244

Tony Twine (TUSC) 22

Turnout: 45 per cent

Majority: 568

Result: Green GAIN

The Portswood result also sees current Swaythling Matthew Bunday miss out in third place after he decided to stand in a different ward

Millbrook results in full

Richard Fricker (Green) 479

Andrew Howe (TUSC) 22

Anwar Jawula (Lab) 607

Ellen McGeorge (Lib Dem) 217

Ross Mould (Reform) 869

Jeremy Moulton (Con) 845

Turnout: 32.1 per cent

Majority: 24

Result: Reform GAIN

A significant result in Millbrook. Long-serving Conservative councillor and former deputy leader Jeremy Moulton has lost his seat. Reform UK's Ross Mould wins by 24 votes

Sholing results in fill

Sharon Hopkins (Lib Dem) 489

Neil Kelly (Green) 498

Andy Palmer (Con) 878

Charlotte Parkin (Lab) 563

Sarah Powell-Vaughan (Reform) 1,434

Turnout: 37.42 per cent

Majority: 556

Result: Reform HOLD

Sarah Powell-Vaughan retains her seat in Sholing for Reform UK with a large majority

Redbridge results in full

John Edwards (Reform) 1,144

Lisa Fricker (Green) 344

Adrian Pimley (Lab) 557

Andrew Pope (Independent) 365

Dave Smith (Con) 290

Simon Stokes (Lib Dem) 145

Pete Wyatt (TUSC) 5

Turnout: 29.2 per cent

Majority: 587

Result: Reform GAIN

Reform pick up another seat in Redbridge with John Edwards elected with a majority of more than 500 votes. 

Swaythling results in full

Fintan Broderick (TUSC) 21

Angela Cotton (Green) 691

Pritheepal Roath (Con) 231

Bruce Robinson (Reform) 680

Amelia Tamblyn (Lab) 426

Jon Walsh (Lib) 1,029

Turnout: 35.32 per cent

Majority: 338

Result: Lib HOLD

Liberal Democrats hold Swaythling but with a different candidate from the incumbent. Jon Walsh the new councillor after securing 1,029 votes.

Shirley results in full

Paul Chance (Reform) 789

Joanne Clements (Green) 811

Rebecca McCreanor (Lib Dem) 1,229

Hilary Moulton (Con) 380

Alex Winning (Lab) 1,088

Turnout: 42.17 per cent

Majority: 141

Result: Lib GAIN

Labour council leader Alex Winning has lost his seat in Shirley

Shirley is won by Liberal Democrat councillor Rebecca McCreanor. She has been a councillor for Coxford and defected from Labour to the Liberal Democrats last summer

Woolston results in full

Sue Atkins (TUSC) 53

Ryan Collett (Reform) 1,220

Scott Davis (Con) 492

Francis Hedley (Lib Dem) 272

Carmel Herrigan (Green) 598

Victoria Ugwoeme (Labour) 799

Turnout: 32.86 per cent

Majority: 421

Result: Reform GAIN

Labour fail to retain Woolston and have therefore lost control of the council. 

Woolston picked up by Reform with candidate Ryan Collett winning the seat. 

Thornhill results in full

Edward Bolton (Lib Dem) 187

Jodie Copeland (Green) 403

Tim Cutter (TUSC) 34

Andy Frampton (Lab) 627

Matt Jones (Con) 456

Tim Kiff-Munds (Reform) 1,215

Turnout: 29.8 per cent

Majority: 588

Result: Reform GAIN