2024 Fareham Borough Council election

2024 Fareham Borough Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 32 seats to Fareham Borough Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Leader Seán Woodward Chrissie Bainbridge Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Independent Current seats 24 4 3 Seats needed 13 14
Incumbent Leader Seán Woodward Conservative

The 2024 Fareham Borough Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. All 32 members of Fareham Borough Council in Hampshire will be elected following boundary changes.

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. 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 most recent election, 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%.

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. The change increases the number of councillors by 1.

Old wards	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			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	25		Conservative	24		Conservative
	Liberal Democrats	5		Liberal Democrats	4		Liberal Democrats
	Independent	1		Independent	3		Independent

Changes:

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

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Avenue (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Bird*
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies
	Conservative	Tina Ellis*
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Flewitt
	Green	Baz Marie
	Labour	James Webb
Majority
Turnout

Wallington & Downend (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lydia Brown
	Conservative	Harry Davis*
	Liberal Democrats	David Hamilton*
	Conservative	Manny Martins
	Labour	Leslie Ricketts
	Green	Dawn Rowlatt
	Liberal Democrats	Alison West
Majority
Turnout