2005 Hampshire County Council election

2005 Hampshire County Council election

5 May 2005
All 78 seats to Hampshire County Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Seats won 46 28 4
Map showing the results of the 2005 Hampshire County Council election.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

An election to Hampshire County Council took place on 5 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. 78 councillors were elected from 75 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were changed from the previous election, but continued to be used for 2009. Elections in Portsmouth and Southampton did not coincide with this election, as they are unitary authorities, and therefore outside the area covered by the County Council.

Summary

The election saw the Conservatives remain in control, with 46 seats, giving a majority of six. The Liberal Democrats were the next biggest party, with 28 seats, followed by the Labour Party with four seats.

Results

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections. Candidates standing as "Liberal Democrat Local Resident" or "Labour Local Resident" banners are counted under the Liberal Democrats and Labour Parties respectively, and those standing as unaffiliated are counted as Independent.

Hampshire County Council election, 2005

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	46				58.97	43.90	275,009
	Liberal Democrats	28				35.89	36.19	226,772
	Labour	4				5.12	16.75	104,942
	Green	0				0	1.52	9,563
	UKIP	0				0	0.78	4,943
	Independent	0				0	0.76	4,811
	English Democrat	0				0	0.07	453

Results by District

Basingstoke and Deane

Basingstoke and Deane

Basingstoke Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Josephine Kelly	2,855	37
	Liberal Democrats	John Shaw	2548	33
	Conservative	Ronald Collins	2233	29
	Labour win (new seat)

Basingstoke North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Frankum	3,120	48
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Hussey	1709	26
	Conservative	Christine Heath	1622	25
	Labour win (new seat)

Basingstoke North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Reid	2,298	44
	Labour	Stephen Wyeth	2002	38
	Liberal Democrats	Obi Nwasike	917	18
	Conservative win (new seat)

Basingstoke South East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Gurden	2,729	38
	Conservative	Dan Putty	2131	30
	Labour	Andrew McCormick	2006	28
	UKIP	David Watson	341	5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Basingstoke South West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Philip Heath	4,499	52
	Labour	Paul Frankum	1970	23
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Lock	1770	21
	Green	Darren Shirley	345	4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Calleva and Kingsclere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Chapman	5,372	59
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Ward	2123	23
	Labour	Terence Price	1588	17
	Conservative win (new seat)

Candovers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna McNair-Scott	4,180	52
	Liberal Democrats	John Burbidge-King	2502	31
	Labour	David Cavanagh	1357	17
	Conservative win (new seat)

Loddon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Still	4,273	53
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Read	2502	31
	Labour	Eileen Cavanagh	1309	16
	Conservative win (new seat)

Tadley & Baughurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marilyn Tucker	2,786	41
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Slimin	2633	39
	Labour	Stephen Rothman	1093	16
	Green	Andrew White	318	5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Whitchurch & Clere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Maxwell	3,438	47
	Liberal Democrats	John Wall	3121	43
	Labour	James Gibb	688	9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eastleigh

Eastleigh

Bishopstoke & Fair Oak

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Angela Roling	4,029	46
	Conservative	Christopher Rhodes	2629	30
	Labour	Gwendoline Borrill	1707	19
	UKIP	George McGuinness	445	5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Botley & Hedge End

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Derek Blampied	4,188	45
	Conservative	Jeremy Hall	3468	37
	Labour	Geoffrey Kosted	1276	14
	UKIP	Michale O'Donoghue	477	5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Chandler's Ford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Davidovitz	3,951	45
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Holden-Brown	3592	41
	UKIP	Paul Webber	844	10
	Labour	Kevin Butt	329	4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Eastleigh East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Glynn Davies-Dear	3,579	47
	Labour	Susan Toher	1853	24
	Conservative	Thomas Harvey	1759	23
	UKIP	Stephen Challis	389	5
	Independent	Alan Sneddon	80	1
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Eastleigh West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Broadhurst	3,497	43
	Labour	Peter Luffman	2311	28
	Conservative	Stephen Gosling	1926	24
	UKIP	Samuel Snook	389	5
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hamble

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith House	4,276	49
	Conservative	John Milne	3215	37
	Labour	Edward White	1315	15
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

West End & Hedge End Grange Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Boulton	3,705	45
	Conservative	Colin Murphy	3042	37
	Labour	Nancy Smith	1257	15
	UKIP	Peter Stewart	278	3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

East Hampshire

East Hampshire

Alton Rural

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Kemp-Gee	5,064	52
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Harmer-Jones	3671	38
	Labour	Janice Treacher	972	10
	Conservative win (new seat)

Alton Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Ludlow	4,294	51
	Conservative	Caroline Dibden	2832	33
	Labour	Barbara Burfoot	1337	16
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Bordon, Whitehill & Lindford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Carew	2,824	47
	Conservative	Guy Stacpoole	2075	35
	Labour	John Tough	1107	18
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Catherington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eunice Byrom	3,680	45
	Liberal Democrats	James (Mike) Ashton	3647	44
	Labour	Peter Treacher	932	11
	Conservative win (new seat)

Headley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon James	4,845	58
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Clifford	2380	28
	Labour	Mark Walsh	1138	14
	Conservative win (new seat)

Petersfield Butser

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Samantha Payne	3,733	43
	Conservative	David Fleming	3670	43
	Labour	William Organ	1180	14
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Petersfield Hangers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Cartwright	4,410	51
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Mullenger	3036	38
	Labour	Moira Johnson	920	11
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham

Fareham

Fareham Crofton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Timothy Knight	4,208	51
	Liberal Democrats	James Forrest	2749	33
	Labour	Ian Christie	1268	15
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham Portchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Price	4,451	46
	Conservative	Nicholas Walker	3298	34
	Labour	Richard Ryan	2014	21
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fareham Sarisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Seán Woodward	4,200	61
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Christie	1396	20
	Labour	Clive Coldwell	1245	18
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham Titchfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hockley	3,489	49
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Englefield	2219	31
	Labour	Leslie Ricketts	1219	17
	Green	Julie Blenkharn	214	3
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Bryant	7,585	24
	Conservative	Raymond Ellis	6,722	21
	Liberal Democrats	Eric Dunn	4900	16
	Liberal Democrats	Donald (Jim) Murray	4685	15
	Labour	Angela Carr	3546	11
	Labour	Stuart Rose	2682	9
	Green	David Harrison	1289	4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham Warsash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Evans	4,121	55
	Liberal Democrats	David Savage	1614	22
	Labour	Nicholas Knight	1313	18
	Green	Lois Tarbet	394	5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Gosport

Gosport

Bridgemary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Wright	3,459	47
	Conservative	Stephen Ward	2360	32
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Richards	1466	20
	Labour win (new seat)

Hardway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chegwyn	2,184	35
	Conservative	Peter Langdon	2014	32
	Labour	Kenneth Searle	1730	27
	Green	Noelle Bradshaw	367	6
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lee

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Snaith	3,458	52
	Labour	Victor Burt	1798	27
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Mudie	1456	22
	Conservative win (new seat)

Leesland and Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Edgar	5575	21
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Gill	4769	18
	Conservative	Michael Geddes	4430	17
	Liberal Democrats	David Smith	3987	15
	Labour	Diane Searle	3311	13
	Green	Terry Mitchell	1001	4
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Turnout

Hart

Hart

Church Crookham & Ewshot

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Hutcheson	4,482	53
	Liberal Democrats	David Neighbour	2889	34
	Labour	James White	1116	13
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fleet

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sharyn Wheale	3,460	39
	Independent	Denis Gotel	2116	24
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Fisher	2101	24
	Labour	Laura Jones	857	10
	Green	Maria Keith	838	4
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hartley Wintney, Eversley & Yateley West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Simpson	4,042	46
	Conservative	Stephen Parker	3408	39
	Independent	Katherine Parish	1297	15
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Odiham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Glen	4,837	58
	Liberal Democrats	Vivien Street	1797	22
	Labour	John Davies	1029	13
	Green	Lars Mosesson	577	7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Yateley East, Blackwater & Ancells

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Collett	4,649	55
	Conservative	Vivienne Gascoigne	2686	32
	Labour	David Jenkins	869	10
	UKIP	John Howe	302	4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Havant

Havant

Bedhampton & Leigh Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Buckley	4,607	19
	Labour Co-op	Anne Edwards	4,497	18
	Labour Co-op	Virginia Steel	3646	15
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Marshall	3583	15
	Conservative	Yvonne Weeks	3441	14
	Conservative	Jennifer Wride	3380	14
	UKIP	Andrew Little	753	3
	Green	Karen Griffiths	730	3
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Cowplain & Hart Plain

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John West	2,742	39
	Liberal Democrats	Ray Cobbett	2329	33
	Labour	Kenneth Monks	1541	22
	Green	Ann Gleed	371	5
	Conservative win (new seat)

Emsworth & St Faith's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gillett	5,191	51
	Liberal Democrats	Flora (Faith) Posonby	2571	25
	Labour	William Gilchrist	1770	17
	Green	Tim Dawes	711	7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hayling Island

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Gale	4,726	53
	Labour	Sheila Mealy	2016	23
	Liberal Democrats	Janis Shawashi	1495	17
	Green	Gillian Leek	639	7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Purbrook & Stakes South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin McIntosh	3,132	43
	Labour	Nicola Potts	2204	30
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Pylee	1417	20
	Green	Wendy Smith	478	7
	Conservative win (new seat)

Waterloo & Stakes North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Beagley	3,812	48
	Liberal Democrats	John Jacobs	2097	26
	Labour	Carl Roberts	1634	20
	Green	Jacqueline Turner	443	6
	Conservative win (new seat)

New Forest

New Forest

Brockenhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Thomas (Ken) Thornber	5,039	67
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Harrison	2511	33
	Conservative win (new seat)

Dibden & Hythe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Dash	6,061	62
	Conservative	Frank Vickers	3736	38
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fordingbridge

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Katherine Heron	3,922	50
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hale	3242	41
	Labour	Audrey Walker	676	9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lymington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Evans	4,204	56
	Liberal Democrats	Martina Humber	2330	31
	Labour	Stephen Short	917	12
	Conservative win (new seat)

Lyndhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mel Kendal	4,931	57
	Liberal Democrats	Leonard Harris	2701	31
	Labour	Kenneth Kershaw	1066	12
	Conservative win (new seat)

Milford & Hordle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Rice	5,349	63
	Liberal Democrats	Wynford Davies	3170	37
	Conservative win (new seat)

New Milton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Banks	4,837	54
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Newlands	2001	22
	Labour	Peter Dance	1364	15
	UKIP	Martin Field	725	8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Ringwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Clarke	3,725	52
	Liberal Democrats	Miranda Whitehead	2052	28
	Labour	Peter Harper	1452	20
	Conservative win (new seat)

South Waterside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Dunsdon	4,601	61
	Conservative	Alexis McEvoy	2903	39
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Totton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Weeks	3,210	41
	Conservative	Frank Bright	3096	40
	Labour	Peter Sopowski	1522	19
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Totton South & Marchwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Harrison	3,145	37
	Conservative	Sharon (Ronnie) Belfitt	3975	35
	Labour	Alan Goodfellow	1628	19
	Independent	Edith Randall	748	9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Rushmoor

Rushmoor

Aldershot East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Eric Neal	2,439	37
	Labour	Michael Roberts	2276	34
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Colpus	1944	29
	Conservative win (new seat)

Aldershot West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Kimber	2,448	44
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Thompson	1445	26
	Labour	Peter Rust	1343	24
	Green	Julia Fowler	351	6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Farnborough North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roderick Baulk	2,465	37
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Fraser-Fleming	2222	33
	Labour	June Smith	1423	21
	Independent	Jon Weston	570	9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Farnborough South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Patricia Devereux	4,067	51
	Liberal Democrats	Linda Neal	2667	33
	Labour	Barry Jones	1296	16
	Conservative win (new seat)

Farnborough West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carol Leversha	3,390	42
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Card	2927	36
	Labour	Clive Grattan	1390	17
	English Democrat	Gary Cowd	453	6
	Conservative win (new seat)

Test Valley

Test Valley

Andover North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robin Hughes	2,732	38
	Conservative	Kenneth Whitehouse	2708	38
	Labour	Michael Mumford	1669	23
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Andover South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Kirk	3,344	45
	Liberal Democrats	Rodney Bailey	1899	26
	Labour	Paul Goddard	1528	21
	Green	James Todd	638	9
	Conservative win (new seat)

Andover West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pat West	4,492	55
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Wilson	2045	25
	Labour	Alan Cotter	1672	20
	Conservative win (new seat)

Baddesley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Dowden	5,056	56
	Conservative	Robin Oliver	3138	35
	Labour	Beryl Addison	772	9
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Romsey Extra

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roy Perry	4,431	53
	Liberal Democrats	Dorothy Baverstock	3014	36
	Labour	Amanda Ford	871	10
	Conservative win (new seat)

Romsey Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Cooper	4,052	49
	Conservative	John Ray	3582	43
	Labour	David Moran	684	10
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Test Valley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Woodhall	6,077	59
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Anderson	3118	30
	Labour	Albert Edwards	1037	10
	Conservative win (new seat)

Winchester

Winchester

Bishops Waltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Mason	4,579	51
	Conservative	Peter Ellerton	3568	40
	Labour	Stephen Haines	857	10
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Itchen Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jackie Porter	4,055	45
	Conservative	Barry Lipscomb	3999	44
	Labour	Elaine Fullaway	665	7
	Green	Elizabeth (Alison) Craig	369	4
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Meon Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Felicity Hindson	4,499	53
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Day	3349	39
	Labour	Timothy Curran	657	8
	Conservative win (new seat)

Winchester Downlands

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Bailey	4,593	49
	Conservative	Susan Evershed	4173	44
	Labour Co-op	Antony De Peyer	614	7
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Winchester Eastgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Pamela Peskett	4,244	47
	Conservative	Felicia Drummond	3110	35
	Labour	Chris Pines	1596	18
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Winchester Southern Parishes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frederick Allgood	3,981	52
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Nicholls	2795	37
	Labour	Patrichia Hayward	825	11
	Conservative win (new seat)

Winchester Westgate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Phrynette Dickens	4,426	49
	Conservative	Ian Tait	3116	34
	Labour	Patrick Davies	1496	17
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)