2021 Fareham Borough Council election

2021 Fareham Borough Council election

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Half of seats (15 of 31) to Fareham Borough Council 16 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Seán Woodward Roger Price Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats won 13 (23 total) 2 (5 total) Seat change 1 0 Percentage 56% 22% Swing 4% 2%

Elections to Fareham Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021, as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. These elections were originally scheduled for 2020 but were suspended for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following the previous elections, in 2018 the council consisted of 24 Conservatives, 5 Liberal Democrats, 1 Independent member and 1 UKIP member. Since the Conservatives regained majority control of the council in 1999, the Liberal Democrats had formed the main opposition.

In January 2020, opposition Liberal Democrat councillor Shaun Cunningham left the party to sit as an independent citing the party's poor general election results. ^[1] Two months later, in March 2020, two Conservative councillors, Leslie Keeble and Keith Barton left their party. These three councillors alongside the other independent councillor Jack Englefield and the former UKIP councillor, Carolyn Heneghan, formed a new independent opposition group. In late March 2021, a dispute between council leader Sean Woodward and Geoff Fazackarley led to Fazackarley also parting with the Conservatives and joining the independent opposition group. With six members, this group has replaced the four-strong Liberal Democrat group as the main opposition on the council.^[2][3][4]

The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 9 April 2021.^[5]

2021 Fareham Borough Council election[6]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	13	1	86.7	10	23	74.2	20,374	56.2	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	2		13.3	3	5	16.1	7,984	22.0	-6.4
	Independent	0		0.0	3	3	9.7	2,798	7.7	+4.2
	Labour	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,472	12.3	-0.6
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	477	1.3	+0.4
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	87	0.2	New
	Workers Party	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	63	0.2	New
	UKIP	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	N/A	N/A	-0.2

Fareham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Katrina Kathleen Trott*	1,204	47.1	−8.2
	Conservative	Stephen Paul Ingram	950	37.2	+4.7
	Labour	Gemma Oughton	296	11.6	−0.6
	Independent	Paul Sturgess	105	4.1	+4.1
Majority			254	9.9	−12.9
Turnout			2,555
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-6.5

Fareham North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Elizabeth Clubley*	1,121	49.9	−1.9
	Independent	Jean Wigmore	536	23.9	+23.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ciaran Urry-Tuttiett	206	9.2	−17.4
	Labour	Nicholas John Knight	205	9.1	−3.2
	Green	David Barton Harrison	178	7.9	−1.4
Majority			585	26.0	+0.9
Turnout			2,246
	Conservative hold		Swing	-12.9

Fareham North West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Fred Birkett*	1,009	55.9	+12.3
	Independent	Jan Mondey	309	17.1	+17.1
	Labour	Gemma Furnivall	305	16.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	Dominic Leung Yan Wong	181	10.0	+0.7
Majority			700	38.8	+18.4
Turnout			1,804
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.1

Fareham South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Gregory	802	46.0	+2.0
	Labour	Andrew Peter Mooney	361	20.7	−0.9
	Independent	Keith Alexander Barton*	238	13.6	−30.4
	Liberal Democrats	James Fowler	194	11.1	+1.6
	Green	Nick Lyle	150	8.6	+8.6
Majority			441	32.3	+13.3
Turnout			1,745
	Conservative hold		Swing	+1.5

Keith Barton (Independent) was the leader of the Independent Group (6 councillors) on Fareham Council.

Fareham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Lesley Ellis*	1,571	67.0	−2.9
	Liberal Democrats	Rowena Rose	311	13.3	−1.6
	Labour	Verden Alluin Meldrum	228	9.7	−5.5
	Green	John Peter Vivian	149	6.4	+6.4
	Reform UK	Steve Richards	87	3.7	+3.7
Majority			1,260	53.7	−0.9
Turnout			2,346
	Conservative hold		Swing	-0.7

Hill Head

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kay Mandry*	1,720	59.5	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats	David John Hamilton	710	24.6	+13.3
	Labour	Ivan Lincoln Gray	292	10.1	+2.9
	Independent	Gerald Clayton Drabble	170	5.9	+5.9
Majority			1,010	34.9	+13.2
Turnout			2,892
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.8

Locks Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Malcolm Roy Daniells	1,614	69.4	−2.8
	Labour	Angela Carr	392	16.9	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Alderson-Hall	318	13.7	+13.7
Majority			1,226	52.6	−4.7
Turnout			2,324
	Conservative hold		Swing	-2.4

Park Gate

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon David Martin*	1,440	56.7	−9.8
	Labour	John Michael Boyle	396	15.6	−3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Stanley Everdell	366	14.4	+14.4
	Independent	Bob Murphy	276	10.9	+10.9
	Workers Party	David George William Gilbert Smith	63	2.5	+2.5
Majority			1,044	41.1	−6.6
Turnout			2,541
	Conservative hold		Swing	-3.3

Portchester East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jean Kelly	1,569	44.4	−1.1
	Conservative	Melojane Herbert	1,417	40.1	+1.3
	Labour	Richard Edward Ryan	402	11.4	−4.3
	Independent	Trevor Alford	145	4.1	−34.7
Majority			152	4.3	−2.4
Turnout			3,533
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-1.2

Portchester West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nicholas John Walker*	1,211	54.2	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Ashley Stephen Brown	788	35.3	−2.6
	Labour	Leslie Charles Ricketts	235	10.5	+0.6
Majority			423	18.9	+4.7
Turnout			2,234
	Conservative hold		Swing	+2.4

Sarisbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Joanne Bull	1,529	60.5	−11.1
	Independent	Geoffrey Ian Townley	417	16.5	+16.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davison	335	13.3	−1.7
	Labour	James Michael Webb	245	9.7	−3.7
Majority			1,112	47.3	−9.4
Turnout			2,526
	Conservative hold		Swing	-13.8

Stubbington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pal Kaur Hayre	1,443	54.6	+24.5
	Liberal Democrats	Jimmy Roberts	834	31.5	+1.5
	Labour	Tom Fowler	196	7.4	+2.6
	Independent	Carolyn Heneghan*	171	6.5	−28.5
Majority			609	23.0	+18.1
Turnout			2,644
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing	+11.5

Titchfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tiffany Georgina Harper*	1,579	69.2	+1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Justin Grimley	368	16.1	+0.1
	Labour	Michael Alan Prior	336	14.7	−1.6
Majority			1,211	53.0	+1.6
Turnout			2,283
	Conservative hold		Swing	+0.7

Titchfield Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sarah Pankhurst*	1,222	56.3	−3.4
	Independent	Aimee Jane White	431	19.9	+19.9
	Labour	James Wilson Carr	271	12.5	−0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Lynn Abrams	245	11.3	−6.4
Majority			791	36.5	−5.6
Turnout			2,169
	Conservative hold		Swing	-11.7

Warsash

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael John Ford*	1,746	72.4	−5.8
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Palmer	355	14.7	+9.2
	Labour	Antony John	312	12.9	+4.3
Majority			1,391	57.6	−11.8
Turnout			2,413
	Conservative hold		Swing	-7.5

Preceded by 2018 Fareham Council election

Fareham local elections

Succeeded by 2022 Fareham Council election