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
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Leader Jill Cleary Malcolm Wade
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent
Last election 46 seats, 58.9% 13 seats, 23.8% 1 seat, 2.6%
Seats won 26 14 4
Seat change Decrease 20 Increase 1 Increase 3
Popular vote 34,767 24,010 6,111
Percentage 42.1% 29.1% 7.4%
Swing Decrease 16.8% Increase 5.3% Increase 4.8%
  Fourth party Fifth party
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Party Green Labour
Last election 0 seats, 3.2% 0 seats, 10.8%
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Increase 3 Increase 1
Popular vote 5,713 11,795
Percentage 6.9% 14.3%
Swing Increase 3.7% Increase 3.5%
Winner of each seat at the 2023 New Forest District Council election
Leader before election

Jill Cleary
Conservative

 Leader after election

Jill Cleary
Conservative

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

Prior to the election the council was under Conservative majority control. New ward boundaries came into effect for this election, reducing the number of seats on the council from 60 to 48. The Conservatives retained majority control.[2][3]

Summary

Election result

2023 New Forest District election
Party Candidates Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 48 26 N/A N/A Decrease 20 54.2 42.1 34,767 –16.8
  Liberal Democrats 40 14 N/A N/A Increase 1 29.2 29.1 24,010 +5.3
  Independent 8 4 N/A N/A Increase 3 8.3 7.4 6,111 +4.8
  Green 14 3 N/A N/A Increase 3 6.3 6.9 5,713 +3.7
  Labour 46 1 N/A N/A Increase 1 2.1 14.3 11,795 +3.5
  Britain First 1 0 N/A N/A Steady 0.0 0.1 108 N/A

Ward Results

The results for each ward were as follows:[4]

Ashley, Bashley and Fernhill

Ashley, Bashley and Fernhill (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Geoffrey Blunden 981 50.3
Conservative Jill Cleary 972 49.8
Liberal Democrats Michael Scott-Johns 438 22.5
Liberal Democrats Simon Morgan 337 17.3
Labour Chloe Bellamy 308 15.8
Green Paul Moxey 271 13.9
Labour Kate Roberts 244 12.5
Green John Pemberton 149 7.6
Majority 534
Turnout 1,951 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 46.7
Independent Joe Reilly 966 44.0
Conservative James Hartley-Binns 740 33.7
Liberal Democrats Ben Thompson 540 24.6
Labour Muriel Frend 350 15.9
Labour Tim Mawby 272 12.4
Majority
Turnout 2,197 36
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Ballard

Ballard (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neil Tungate 348 40.7
Labour Helen Wallis-Dowling 167 19.6
Liberal Democrats Charles Baker 137 16.0
Britain First Nick Lambert 108 12.6
Green Emily Morgan 94 11.0
Majority 181
Turnout 854 28
Conservative win (new seat)

Barton and Becton

Barton and Becton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Keith Craze 1,147 56.3
Conservative Alan O'Sullivan 1,087 53.3
Liberal Democrats Rainer Preis 489 24.0
Liberal Democrats Sue Lewis 421 20.6
Green Kristina Bourdillon 310 15.2
Green Day Macaskill 216 10.6
Labour Pete Terry 200 9.8
Majority 598
Turnout 2,039 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 41.9
Green Neil Millington 725 37.7
Conservative John Adams 649 33.7
Green Anna Collar 581 30.2
Conservative Dean Samber 514 26.7
Labour Pippa Haywood 179 9.3
Labour Kevin Flack 130 6.8
Majority
Turnout 1,923 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 50.9
Conservative Michael Harris 528 40.1
Labour Jon Horne 118 9.0
Majority
Turnout 1,317 44
Green win (new seat)

Dibden and Dibden Purlieu

Dibden and Dibden Purlieu (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Malcolm Wade 1,025 59.6
Liberal Democrats Stephanie Osborne 874 50.8
Conservative Emily Heron 506 29.4
Conservative David Twydell 455 26.5
Labour Leigh Smith 170 9.9
Labour Brian Wilkinson 137 8.0
Majority
Turnout 1,720 33
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Downlands and Forest North

Downlands and Forest North (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Janet Richards 562 49.0
Conservative Annie Bellows 496 43.2
Labour Martin Phillips 90 7.8
Majority
Turnout 1,148 41
Green win (new seat)

Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot and Langley

Fawley, Blackfield, Calshot and Langley (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Alvey 747 50.3
Conservative Matthew Hartmann 693 46.6
Liberal Democrats Angela Pearson 499 33.6
Liberal Democrats Jeni Rose 451 30.3
Labour Patricia Gillam 214 14.4
Labour Michael Garside 206 13.9
Majority
Turnout 1,486 28
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Fordingbridge, Godshill and Hyde

Fordingbridge, Godshill and Hyde (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Millar 1,118 52.7
Liberal Democrats Phil Woods 1,085 51.1
Conservative Ann Sevier 725 34.2
Conservative Robert Heron 673 31.7
Labour Leila Cameron 270 12.7
Labour Jasmine Bessey 215 10.1
Majority
Turnout 2,122 35
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Forest and Solent

Forest and Solent (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dan Poole 554 52.8
Green James Gallagher 380 36.2
Labour Vincent Slattery 116 11.0
Majority
Turnout 1,050 37
Conservative win (new seat)

Hardley, Holbury and North Blackfield

Hardley, Holbury and North Blackfield (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Allan Glass 463 35.8
Independent Peter Armstrong 393 30.4
Conservative Josie Poole 375 29.0
Independent Paul Saunders 253 19.6
Labour Sherri Johnstone 238 18.4
Liberal Democrats Sally Read 236 18.3
Labour Ceri Roberts 221 17.1
Liberal Democrats David Cole 177 13.7
Majority
Turnout 1,292 25
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Hythe Central

Hythe Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Alex Wade 1,112 56.1
Liberal Democrats Philip Dowd 970 49.0
Conservative Chris Harrison 741 37.4
Conservative Terri Marwood 685 34.6
Labour Ivan Caric 147 7.4
Labour Scott Saffin 128 6.5
Majority
Turnout 1,981 37
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hythe South

Hythe South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Clark 736 55.1
Liberal Democrats Sean Cullen 704 52.7
Conservative Eric Davey 364 27.3
Conservative Brenda Spearing 346 25.9
Labour Clare Davison 186 13.9
Labour Katherine Herbert 171 12.8
Majority
Turnout 1,335 25
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lymington

Lymington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Frank Dunning 962 41.6
Independent Jacqui England 880 38.0
Conservative Simon Smith 723 31.2
Liberal Democrats Hannah Phillips 586 25.3
Liberal Democrats Ted Jearrad 528 22.8
Labour Trina Hart 348 15.0
Labour Jerry Weber 250 10.8
Majority
Turnout 2,314 37
Conservative win (new seat)
Independent win (new seat)

Lyndhurst and Minstead

Lyndhurst and Minstead (1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hilary Brand 577 48.8
Conservative Brice Stratford 475 40.2
Labour Christopher Arthur Willsher 130 11.0
Majority 1,182 40
Turnout
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Marchwood and Eling

Marchwood and Eling (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Richard Young 938 50.9
Liberal Democrats Patrick Mballa 776 42.1
Conservative Sue Bennison 694 37.7
Liberal Democrats Lindsey Shelley 685 37.2
Labour Kenneth Kershaw 197 10.7
Labour Dave Moran 194 10.5
Majority
Turnout 1,842 31
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Milford and Hordle

Milford and Hordle (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative David Hawkins 1,418 43.6
Conservative Christine Ward 1,339 41.2
Conservative Alvin Reid 1,317 40.5
Independent Ivor Spreadbury 1,000 30.8
Liberal Democrats Emily Jagger 936 28.8
Green Dominic Boddington 827 25.4
Liberal Democrats Sandra Delemare 705 21.7
Labour Helen Sloan 488 15.0
Labour Stuart Nundy 335 10.3
Majority
Turnout 3,250 36
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Milton

Milton (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Davies 822 51.1
Conservative Steve Clarke 810 50.4
Liberal Democrats Wyn Davies 598 37.2
Liberal Democrats Jo Drayton 497 30.9
Labour Martin Ashman 295 18.3
Majority
Turnout 1,608 29
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Pennington

Pennington (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jack Davies 1,007 54.5
Liberal Democrats Colm McCarthy 785 42.5
Conservative Tom Brindley 612 33.1
Conservative Ian Mark Loveless 541 29.3
Labour Bronwen Bridges 283 15.3
Labour Joanna Sawkins 261 14.1
Majority
Turnout 1,847 30
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Ringwood North & Ellingham

Ringwood North & Ellingham (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Thierry 788 40.3
Labour John Haywood 754 38.6
Labour Peter Kelleher 746 38.2
Conservative Derek Scott 726 37.2
Green Jerry Fenner 253 12.9
Liberal Democrats Luke Dadford 248 12.7
Liberal Democrats Liz Barron 224 11.5
Majority
Turnout 1,954 32
Conservative win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Ringwood South

Ringwood South (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jeremy Heron 534 29.4
Conservative Stephen Rippon-Swaine 517 28.4
Labour James Swyer 487 26.8
Labour Glenys Turner 482 26.5
Independent Philip Day 481 26.4
Independent Gareth Deboos 464 25.5
Green Timothy Rowe 187 10.3
Liberal Democrats Jeremy Allen 180 9.9
Liberal Democrats Cameron McDonald 144 7.9
Majority
Turnout 1,819 31
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Sway

Sway(1 seat)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Barry Rickman 737 55.3
Green Simon Graham King 487 36.6
Labour Peter Francis John Dance 108 8.1
Majority
Turnout 1,332 46
Conservative win (new seat)

Totton Central

Totton Central (2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Sleep 647 36.1
Conservative Ian Murray 596 33.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Shepherd 568 31.7
Liberal Democrats Matt Kangarani 555 31.0
Labour Adrian Johnstone 330 18.4
Labour David Edward Smith 287 16.0
Independent Ian Coombes 243 13.6
Independent Frances Orchard 180 10.1
Majority
Turnout 1,791 32
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Totton North

Totton North (3 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Neville Penman 1,054 50.4
Conservative Dave Penny 814 38.9
Conservative Kathleen Crisell 774 37.0
Liberal Democrats Lin Francis 505 24.1
Liberal Democrats Alex Brunsdon 501 23.9
Liberal Democrats Steve Hardingson 457 21.8
Labour Lynne Garrick 340 16.3
Labour Roland Bishop 333 15.9
Labour Kenneth Garrick 322 15.4
Independent Ron Scrivens 229 10.9
Independent Chris Lagdon 217 10.4
Majority
Turnout 2,092 25
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Totton South

Totton South(2 seats)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Harrison 904 54.8
Liberal Democrats Caroline Louise Rackham 695 42.1
Conservative Lisa Tracy Carter 607 36.8
Conservative Len Harris 506 30.7
Labour Alan Goodfellow 191 11.6
Labour Kit Rogers 157 9.5
Majority
Turnout 1,649 27
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ "New Forest candidates in the local elections on May 4". Daily Echo. Retrieved 2023-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Local elections 2023: Tories keep control of New Forest District Council but lose BCP Council". Lymington Times. May 5, 2023. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Local elections 2023: Conservatives lose grip on Hampshire stronghold". BBC News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "District election results". New Forest District Council. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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