2024 Fareham Borough Council election

2024 Fareham Borough Council election
All 32 seats to Fareham Borough Council; 17 seats needed for a majority
	Results by ward
Leader before election; Seán Woodward; Conservative	Leader after election ; Simon Martin; Conservative

The 2024 Fareham Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom. All 32 members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire were elected following boundary changes.

The council remained under Conservative majority control.

Background

Since its creation in 1974, only the Conservatives have ever formed majorities on the council. The party has held majorities on the council for its entire history, except between 1986 and 1987, and between 1994 and 1999.^[1] The Liberal Democrats briefly overtook the Conservatives as the largest party in this second period of no overall control, but never formed a majority.

In the previous election in 2022, the Conservatives gained 2 seats with 45.7% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats maintained their 5 seats with 25.7%, and independents won 1 with 3.9%. The leader of the council prior to the election was Conservative councillor Seán Woodward, who had held the post since 1999. He did not stand for re-election in 2024. After the election, the Conservatives chose Simon Martin to be their new group leader; he was formally appointed as the new leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2024.^[2]

Boundary changes

Fareham usually elects its councillors in halves, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards.^[3] The change increases the number of councillors by 1.

Old wards^[4]	No. of seats	New wards	No. of seats
Fareham East	2	Avenue	2
Fareham North	2	Fareham Park	2
Fareham North-West	2	Fareham Town	2
Fareham South	2	Fort Fareham	2
Fareham West	2	Hill Head	2
Hill Head	2	Hook-with-Warsash	2
Locks Heath	2	Locks Heath	2
Park Gate	3	Park Gate	2
Portchester East	3	Portchester Castle	2
Portchester West	2	Portchester Wicor	2
Sarisbury	2	Sarisbury and Whiteley	2
Stubbington	2	Stubbington	2
Titchfield	2	Titchfield	2
Titchfield Common	2	Titchfield Common	2
Warsash	2	Uplands and Funtley	2
		Wallington and Downend	2

Previous council composition

After 2022 election			Before 2024 election^[5]			After 2024 election^[6]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	25		Conservative	24		Conservative	22
	Liberal Democrats	5		Liberal Democrats	4		Liberal Democrats	8
	Independent	1		Independent	3		Independent	1
							Labour	1

Changes 2022–2024:

September 2022: Jean Kelly (Liberal Democrats) resigns; by-election held October 2022^[7]
October 2022: Harry Davis (Conservative) gains by-election from Liberal Democrats^[8]
February 2023: Nick Gregory leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[9]
May 2023: Sarah Pankhurst leaves Conservatives to sit as an independent^[10]

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Avenue

Avenue (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Tina Ellis*	1,310	58.0
	Conservative	Roger Bird*	1,114	49.3
	Labour	James Webb	451	20.0
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	418	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Flewitt	395	17.5
	Green	Baz Marie	292	12.9
Majority			663	29.3
Turnout			2,283	37
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham Park

Fareham Park (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Fred Birkett*	689	41.3
	Conservative	Lisa Birkett	669	40.1
	Labour	Carina Smith	474	28.4
	Labour	Andrew Mooney	461	27.6
	Liberal Democrats	Kerry Stubbs	440	26.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Foster	398	23.8
Majority			195	11.7
Turnout			1,694	29
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fareham Town

Fareham Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Lisa Whittle	810	50.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsten Wiltshire	763	47.2
	Conservative	Melojane Herbert	384	23.7
	Conservative	Julie Bird	367	22.7
	Labour	Abbie Eales	278	17.2
	Labour	Lee Woods	229	14.2
	Green	John Vivian	166	10.3
Majority			379	23.5
Turnout			1,630	32
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Fort Fareham

Fort Fareham (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Gemma Furnivall	751	40.4
	Conservative	Stephen Ingram*	637	34.3
	Labour	James Fellows	632	34.0
	Conservative	Freya North	601	32.4
	Green	Nick Lyle	230	12.4
	Independent	Nick Gregory	214	11.5
	Liberal Democrats	John Tilley	213	11.5
	Independent	Sharon Hughes	205	11.0
Majority			5	0.3
Turnout			1,869	32
	Labour win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hill Head

Hill Head (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kay Mandry*	1,167	49.2
	Conservative	Steve Dugan*	1,124	47.4
	Labour	Lynne Murray	743	31.3
	Labour	David Rodgers	569	24.0
	Liberal Democrats	Max Zambo	353	14.9
	Reform UK	Gerry Drabble	227	9.6
	Reform UK	Owen Drabble	202	8.5
Majority			381	16.1
Turnout			2,387	41
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hook-with-Warsash

Hook-with-Warsash (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Mike Ford*	1,146	60.3
	Conservative	Frair Burgess*	1,077	56.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jon Sacker	400	21.1
	Labour	Antony Ferraro	322	17.0
	Green	Lewis Hall	277	14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Wong	171	9.0
	Green	Tom Newman	82	4.3
Majority			677	35.6
Turnout			1,917	38
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Locks Heath

Locks Heath (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Susan Bayford*	1,150	52.5
	Conservative	Malcolm Daniells*	981	44.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Hardie	587	26.8
	Labour	Alexander Reed	442	20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Leonard	419	19.1
	Green	Anne-Marie Burdfield	301	13.7
Majority			394	18.0
Turnout			2,211	36
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Park Gate

Park Gate (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Ian Bastable*	957	46.2
	Conservative	Simon Martin*	948	45.8
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Everdell	921	44.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gayathri Sathyanath	635	30.7
	Labour	Verden Meldrum	343	16.6
Majority			27	1.3
Turnout			2,085	34
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Portchester Castle

Portchester Castle (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Chrissie Bainbridge*	1,117	51.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Wiltshire	1,007	46.0
	Conservative	Susan Walker*	694	31.7
	Conservative	Nicholas Walker*	684	31.2
	Labour	Tania Almond	320	14.6
	Labour	Richard Ryan	308	14.1
Majority			313	14.3
Turnout			2,213	54
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Portchester Wicor

Portchester Wicor (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Nother*	926	51.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Whittle	835	46.5
	Conservative	Tom Davies	553	30.8
	Conservative	Claire Turner	548	30.5
	Labour	Dominic Martin	251	14.0
	Labour	Adriano Maluf	187	10.4
Majority			282	15.7
Turnout			1,812	35
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Sarisbury & Whiteley

Sarisbury & Whiteley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Joanne Burton	1,178	53.5
	Conservative	David Foot*	1,036	47.0
	Liberal Democrats	John Hughes	1,002	45.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Targ	843	38.3
Majority			34	1.5
Turnout			2,226	37
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Stubbington

Stubbington (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pal Hayre*	1,140	52.4
	Conservative	Jacquie Needham*	860	39.5
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Brims	462	21.2
	Labour	Joseph Adamson	424	19.5
	Labour	Ivan Gray	379	17.4
	Reform UK	Jimmy Roberts	270	12.4
	Reform UK	Keith Barton	226	10.4
Majority			398	18.3
Turnout			2,195	40
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Titchfield

Titchfield (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Connie Hockley*	878	47.6
	Conservative	Tiffany Harper*	828	44.9
	Labour	Michael Prior	442	24.0
	Independent	Chris Milburn	425	23.0
	Green	Rebecca Longley	336	18.2
	Independent	Kevin Fraser	302	16.4
Majority			386	20.9
Turnout			1,857	33
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Titchfield Common

Titchfield Common (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Jack Englefield*	1,255	58.2
	Conservative	Andrew Murphy	904	41.9
	Independent	Sarah Pankhurst*	677	31.4
	Labour	James Carr	376	17.4
Majority			227	10.5
Turnout			2,167	36
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Uplands & Funtley

Uplands & Funtley (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Pamela Bryant*	657	42.9
	Conservative	Louise Clubley*	619	40.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jeannie Wigmore	584	38.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Croft-Phillips	540	35.2
	Labour	Trevor Kettle	192	12.5
	Green	David Harrison	159	10.4
	Green	Dilys Harrison	154	10.1
Majority			35	2.3
Turnout			1,545	42
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Wallington & Downend

Wallington & Downend (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	David Hamilton*	1,024	50.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alison West	939	46.7
	Conservative	Harry Davis*	815	40.5
	Conservative	Manny Martins	772	38.4
	Labour	Leslie Ricketts	208	10.3
	Green	Dawn Rowlatt	136	6.8
	Green	Lydia Brown	128	6.4
Majority			124	6.2
Turnout			2,011	41
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)