title: 2018 Eastleigh Borough Council election
text: # 2018 Eastleigh Borough Council election
  
  The 2018 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect all members of Eastleigh Borough Council. The election was on new boundaries, with the overall size of the council being reduced by five seats, from 44 to 39. The outcome was a decisive victory for the incumbent Liberal Democrats.
  
  ## Results
  
  Eastleigh Borough 2018 :
  
  | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Liberal Democrats | 32 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 82.1 | 51.1 | 49,665 |
  | Conservative | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10.3 | 27.2 | 26,506 |
  | Independent | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 6,048 |
  | Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 12.0 | 11,674 |
  | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 2.1 | 2,014 |
  | Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.4 | 1,375 |
  
  ## Ward Results
  
  A * denotes an incumbent councillor seeking reelection.
  
  ### Bishopstoke
  
  Bishopstoke :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Louise Parker-Jones | 1,618 | 44.6 | |
  | | Independent | Virginia Tidridge | 1,477 | 40.7 | |
  | | Independent | Raymond Dean | 1,449 | 40.0 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Trevor Mignot* | 1,256 | 34.6 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Victoria Parkinson* | 1,202 | 33.1 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Anne Winstanley* | 1,197 | 33.0 | |
  | | Labour | Christine McKeone | 626 | 17.3 | |
  | | Labour | Susan Toher | 440 | 12.1 | |
  | | Labour | Ray Bellinger | 368 | 10.1 | |
  | | Conservative | Nicholas Arnold | 363 | 10.0 | |
  | | Conservative | Jamie Mills | 310 | 8.5 | |
  | | UKIP | John Edwards | 291 | 8.0 | |
  | | Conservative | Jordan Howe-Piper | 282 | 7.8 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,630 | | |
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  ### Botley
  
  Botley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rupert Kyrle* | 927 | 55.2 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Adrian Trace | 833 | 49.6 | |
  | | Conservative | Joyce Haythorne | 599 | 35.7 | |
  | | Conservative | Stephen Wildin | 537 | 32.0 | |
  | | Labour | Andrew Helps | 134 | 8.0 | |
  | | Labour | Callum Williamson | 121 | 7.2 | |
  | | UKIP | Janet Weller | 67 | 4.0 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,682 | | |
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  ### Bursledon & Hound North
  
  Bursledon & Hound North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Antonia Craig* | 1,158 | 58.0 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Holes* | 1,128 | 56.5 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Lyndsey Rich* | 1,124 | 56.3 | |
  | | Conservative | John Milne | 503 | 25.2 | |
  | | Conservative | Michael Holliday | 419 | 21.0 | |
  | | Conservative | Sarah Davies | 402 | 20.2 | |
  | | Labour | Peter Chilton | 194 | 9.7 | |
  | | Labour | Margaret Ashton | 160 | 8.0 | |
  | | Labour | Edward White | 135 | 6.8 | |
  | | UKIP | Christopher Martin | 124 | 6.2 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,999 | | |
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  ### Chandler's Ford
  
  Chandler's Ford :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Alan Broadhurst* | 1,796 | 55.0 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Pragnell* | 1,612 | 49.4 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Timothy Groves | 1,611 | 49.4 | |
  | | Conservative | Benjamin Dolbear | 1,026 | 31.4 | |
  | | Conservative | Daniel Newcombe | 1,007 | 30.9 | |
  | | Conservative | Ian Bennett | 956 | 29.3 | |
  | | Labour | Gillian Connell | 350 | 10.7 | |
  | | Labour | Sarah Mann | 313 | 9.6 | |
  | | Labour | Jennifer Prior | 295 | 9.0 | |
  | | UKIP | Peter House | 166 | 5.1 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,289 | | |
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  ### Eastleigh Central
  
  Eastleigh Central :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Tina Campbell* | 1,163 | 46.8 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Wayne Irish* | 1,090 | 43.8 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Jephthe Doguie | 976 | 39.2 | |
  | | Labour | Joshua Constable | 649 | 26.1 | |
  | | Labour | Jillian Payne | 640 | 25.7 | |
  | | Conservative | Paula Payne | 469 | 18.9 | |
  | | Labour | Sattar Shere-Mohammod | 463 | 18.6 | |
  | | Conservative | Paul Joseph | 394 | 15.8 | |
  | | Conservative | Leah Mills | 360 | 14.5 | |
  | | UKIP | Andrew Moore | 306 | 12.3 | |
  | | Green | Lynn Sheil | 295 | 11.9 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,491 | | |
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  ### Eastleigh North
  
  Eastleigh North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Daniel Clarke* | 1,172 | 45.5 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rosemary Reynolds | 1,076 | 41.8 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Sara Tyson-Payne | 984 | 38.2 | |
  | | Independent | David Betts | 541 | 21.0 | |
  | | Independent | Steven Sollitt* | 522 | 20.3 | |
  | | Independent | Christopher Thomas* | 441 | 17.1 | |
  | | Conservative | Simon Payne | 413 | 16.0 | |
  | | Conservative | Jeanette Fox | 359 | 13.9 | |
  | | Conservative | Iwona Page | 332 | 12.9 | |
  | | Labour | Kathleen O'Neill | 316 | 12.3 | |
  | | Labour | Eileen Marks | 308 | 12.0 | |
  | | Labour | Steven Phillips | 294 | 11.4 | |
  | | Green | Alexander Hughes | 229 | 8.9 | |
  | | UKIP | Paul Webber | 174 | 6.8 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,582 | | |
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  ### Eastleigh South
  
  Eastleigh South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Paul Bicknell* | 1,167 | 52.0 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Alex Bourne | 1,066 | 47.5 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Darshan Mann* | 964 | 42.9 | |
  | | Labour | Peter Luffman | 602 | 26.8 | |
  | | Labour | Tanya Judd | 569 | 25.3 | |
  | | Labour | Gwyneth Rees | 463 | 20.6 | |
  | | Conservative | Deborah Brewer | 411 | 18.3 | |
  | | Conservative | Scott Harris | 356 | 15.9 | |
  | | Conservative | Chloe Simpson | 341 | 15.2 | |
  | | UKIP | Glynn Davies-Dear | 231 | 10.3 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,249 | | |
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  ### Fair Oak & Horton Heath
  
  Fair Oak & Horton Heath :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Robert Rushton* | 1,236 | 41.7 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Couldrey* | 1,234 | 41.7 | |
  | | Conservative | Steven Broomfield | 1,188 | 40.1 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Desmond Scott* | 1,125 | 38.0 | |
  | | Conservative | Jacqueline Zieba | 837 | 28.3 | |
  | | Conservative | Katharine Bradshaw | 756 | 25.5 | |
  | | Green | Paul Openshaw | 412 | 13.9 | |
  | | Labour | Mary Shephard | 408 | 13.8 | |
  | | UKIP | Martin Lyon | 372 | 12.5 | |
  | | Labour | Emma Kettle | 321 | 10.8 | |
  | | Labour | Philip Baker | 307 | 10.4 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,972 | | |
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  ### Hamble & Netley
  
  Hamble & Netley :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | David Airey* | 1,879 | 62.0 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Cross* | 1,853 | 61.2 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Adam Manning | 1,690 | 55.8 | |
  | | Conservative | Edward Giles | 846 | 27.9 | |
  | | Conservative | Susan Hall | 678 | 22.4 | |
  | | Conservative | Lisa Moody | 657 | 21.7 | |
  | | Labour | Peter Chilton | 302 | 10.0 | |
  | | Labour | Margaret Ashton | 281 | 9.3 | |
  | | Labour | Edward White | 261 | 8.6 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,035 | | |
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  ### Hedge End North
  
  Hedge End North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Lucy Jurd | 1,114 | 54.2 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Derek Pretty* | 1,105 | 53.8 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Ian Corben* | 1,080 | 52.6 | |
  | | Conservative | Stephanie Arnold | 549 | 26.7 | |
  | | Conservative | Douglas Fox | 473 | 23.0 | |
  | | Conservative | Benjamin Burcombe-Filer | 455 | 22.1 | |
  | | Labour | Stephen Ashe | 243 | 11.8 | |
  | | Labour | Geoffrey Budd | 243 | 11.8 | |
  | | Green | Rosanna Campbell | 187 | 9.1 | |
  | | Labour | Kevin Williamson | 160 | 7.8 | |
  | | UKIP | John Tomlin | 81 | 3.9 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 2,056 | | |
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  ### Hedge End South
  
  Hedge End South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Allingham* | 1,933 | 57.3 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Keith House* | 1,894 | 56.2 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Cynthia Garton* | 1,863 | 55.3 | |
  | | Conservative | Jeremy Hall | 1,157 | 34.3 | |
  | | Conservative | Christopher Yates | 1,016 | 30.1 | |
  | | Conservative | Andrea Lunnon | 1,008 | 29.9 | |
  | | Labour | Keith Day | 182 | 5.4 | |
  | | Labour | Terence Crow | 173 | 5.1 | |
  | | Labour | Betty Layland | 155 | 4.6 | |
  | | UKIP | George McGuinness | 133 | 3.9 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,379 | | |
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  ### Hiltingbury
  
  Hiltingbury :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Conservative | Judith Grajewski* | 1,888 | 51.1 | |
  | | Conservative | Margaret Atkinson* | 1,793 | 48.5 | |
  | | Conservative | Michael Hughes* | 1,726 | 46.7 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | James Duguid | 1,540 | 41.7 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Peter Child | 1,457 | 39.4 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Rebecca Allen | 1,416 | 38.3 | |
  | | Labour | Kevin Butt | 257 | 7.0 | |
  | | Labour | John Prior | 227 | 6.1 | |
  | | Labour | Michael Tibble | 222 | 6.0 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 3,714 | | |
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  ### West End North
  
  West End North :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Bruce Tennent* | 975 | 61.6 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Richard Gomer | 934 | 59.0 | |
  | | Conservative | Anna Linsdell | 367 | 23.2 | |
  | | Conservative | Thomas Yates | 327 | 20.7 | |
  | | Green | Glynn Fleming | 122 | 7.7 | |
  | | Labour | Alison Phillips | 105 | 6.6 | |
  | | Labour | Geoffrey Kosted | 104 | 6.6 | |
  | | UKIP | Andrew Whitehouse | 69 | 4.4 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,583 | | |
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  ### West End South
  
  West End South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Janice Asman* | 928 | 56.3 | |
  | | Liberal Democrats | Carol Boulton* | 907 | 55.0 | |
  | | Conservative | Benjamin Greenwood | 504 | 30.6 | |
  | | Conservative | William Haythorne | 442 | 26.8 | |
  | | Labour | Stephen Willoughby | 152 | 9.2 | |
  | | Labour | Jacob Phillips | 131 | 7.9 | |
  | | Green | Tracy Weeks | 130 | 7.9 | |
  | Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 1,655 | | |
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