The 2016 Winchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Quick Facts 45 of the 45 seats to Winchester City Council 23 seats needed for a majority, Turnout ...

2016 Winchester City Council election

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45 of the 45 seats to Winchester City Council 23 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	43.41%
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats won 25 20 Popular vote 16,917 14,252 Percentage 40.6 34.2
Map of the City of Winchester after the election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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Every seat was contested following boundary changes which saw the number of seats reduce from 57 to 45. The count for this election was conducted on 7 May 2016.^[2]

Before the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:

• Conservative 33
• Liberal Democrats 22
• Labour 2

The result of the election was:

• Conservatives 25
• Liberal Democrats 20.^[3]

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

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Winchester City Council election, 2016

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25	25	0	25	55.56	40.6	16,917
	Liberal Democrats	20	20	0	20	44.44	34.2	14,252
	Labour	0	0	0			11.7	4,888
	Green	0	0	0			3.4	1,430
	UKIP	0	0	0			4.4	1,830

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