2024 Havant Borough Council election

2024 Havant Borough Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
All 36 seats to Havant Borough Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Alex Rennie Philip Munday Philippa Gray Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Last election 30 seats, 39.4% 4 seats, 24.5% 2 seats, 20.6% Seats before 28 4 2   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Green Vacant Last election 1 seat, 14.3% Seats before 1 3
Council control before election Alex Rennie Conservative Council control after election TBD

The 2024 Havant 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 36 members of Havant Borough Council in Hampshire will be elected following boundary changes.

Background

Since its creation in 1974, Havant has been a consistently strong council for the Conservatives. They have held majorities on the council since 1980, aside from periods of no overall control between 1990 and 2002, where the Liberal Democrats became the largest group on the council for 4 years.

In the most recent election, the Conservatives lost 5 seats with 39.4% of the vote, Labour gained 1 with 24.5%, the Liberal Democrats gained 2 with 20.6%, and the Green Party won their first seat with 14.3%.

Boundary changes

Havant usually elects its councillors in thirds, on a 4-year cycle. However, following boundary changes, all councillors will be elected to the new wards. The change reduces the number of councillors by 2.

Old wards	No. of seats	New wards	No. of seats
Barncroft	2	Bedhampton	3
Battins	2	Cowplain	3
Bedhampton	3	Emsworth	3
Bondfields	2	Hart Plain	3
Cowplain	3	Havant St Faith's	3
Emsworth	3	Hayling East	3
Hart Plain	3	Hayling West	3
Hayling East	3	Leigh Park Central and West Leigh	3
Hayling West	3	Leigh Park Hermitage	3
Purbrook	3	Purbrook	3
St Faith's	3	Stakes	3
Stakes	3	Waterloo	3
Warren Park	2
Waterloo	3

Summary

Council composition

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	30		Conservative	28		Conservative
	Labour	4		Labour	4		Labour
	Liberal Democrats	2		Liberal Democrats	2		Liberal Democrats
	Green	1		Green	1		Green
	Independent	1		Independent	0		Independent
	Vacant	0		Vacant	1		Vacant

Changes:

• January 2024: Carly Scannell (Conservative) resigns; seat left vacant until 2024 election
• February 2024: Tom Moutray (independent) resigns; seat left vacant until 2024 election
• March 2024: David Guest (Conservative) resigns; seat left vacant until 2024 election

Election result

2024 Havant Borough Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	36
	Labour	15
	Liberal Democrats	19
	Green	19
	Reform UK	6
	Independent	2

Candidates

The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Havant Borough Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2024.

Bedhampton

Bedhampton (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Liz Fairhurst*
	Conservative	Trevor Hughes
	Conservative	Mark Inkster
	Green	Jim Graham
	Green	Richard Lanchester
	Labour	Philip Pearson
	Liberal Democrats	Philippa Gray*
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Lind
	Liberal Democrats	Annie Martin
	Reform UK	Mark Collins

Cowplain

Cowplain (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Neil Bowdell*
	Conservative	Andrew Briggs*
	Conservative	David Keast*
	Green	Bruce Holman
	Labour	Will McGannan
	Liberal Democrats	Christian Notley

Emsworth

Emsworth (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lulu Bowerman*
	Conservative	Richard Kennett*
	Conservative	Lucy Lawrence
	Green	Reuben Mychaleckyj
	Green	Grainne Rason*
	Green	Charles Robert
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Bolt
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Bowman
	Reform UK	John Davis

Hart Plain

Hart Plain (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Blades*
	Conservative	Ann Briggs
	Conservative	Elaine Shimbart*
	Green	Peter May
	Labour	John Colman
	Liberal Democrats	Jules Ashley
	Reform UK	Jonathan Harvey

Hayling East

Hayling East (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Shola Attryde
	Conservative	Eric Cundliffe
	Conservative	Geoffrey Hartridge
	Green	Natasha Parker
	Green	Netty Shepherd
	Green	Judy Valentine
	Labour	Mark Coates*
	Labour	Peter Oliver

Hayling West

Hayling West (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brenda Linger*
	Conservative	Edward Rees
	Conservative	Julie Richardson*
	Green	Aaron Bradbury
	Green	Rob Soar
	Liberal Democrats	Wilf Forrow
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Gray*
	Liberal Democrats	Jonathan Hulls

Leigh Park Central & West Leigh

Leigh Park Central & West Leigh (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Rennie*
	Conservative	Richard Stone*
	Conservative	Kris Tindall*
	Green	Cayleigh Arnold
	Independent	Malc Carpenter
	Labour	Munazza Faiz
	Labour	Jason Horton
	Liberal Democrats	Glenda Dunford
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Lowe
	Reform UK	Sharon Collings

Leigh Park Hermitage

Leigh Park Hermitage (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Branson
	Conservative	Pam Crellin*
	Conservative	Yvonne Weeks*
	Green	Rayner Piper
	Labour	Richard Brown
	Labour	Amy Redsull*
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Miller
	Reform UK	Vicky Rhodes

Purbrook

Purbrook (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Caren Diamond*
	Conservative	Terry Norton
	Conservative	Husky Patel*
	Green	Susan James
	Liberal Democrats	Antonia Harrison
	Liberal Democrats	George Kneller
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Tansom

Havant St. Faith's

Havant St. Faith's (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nigel Chilcott
	Conservative	John Dyer
	Conservative	Maurice Knowles
	Green	Nick Saunders
	Independent	Giles Harris
	Labour	Daniel Berwick
	Labour	Gillian Harris*
	Labour	Phil Munday*
	Reform UK	Dave Etherington

Stakes

Stakes (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Lloyd*
	Conservative	Sarah Milne*
	Conservative	Diana Patrick*
	Green	Paul Briley
	Labour	Simon Hagan
	Labour	David Hill
	Liberal Democrats	Crispin Ward

Waterloo

Waterloo (3 seats)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ryan Brent
	Conservative	Gwen Robinson*
	Conservative	Peter Wade*
	Green	Neil Attewell
	Green	Owen Plumkett
	Labour	Darren Corps
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Briggs
	Liberal Democrats	John Pratley