New_Forest_District_Council_elections
New Forest District Council elections
Class of election in the United Kingdom
New Forest District Council elections are held every four years to elect members of New Forest District Council in Hampshire, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 48 councillors representing 26 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.[1]
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Political Party | 1995 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2015 | 2019 | 2023 |
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Conservative | 23 | 30 | 32 | 44 | 54 | 58 | 46 | 26 |
Liberal Democrats | 31 | 25 | 27 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 |
Independent | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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- 1973 New Forest District Council election
- 1976 New Forest District Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
- 1979 New Forest District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3]
- 1983 New Forest District Council election
- 1987 New Forest District Council election
- 1991 New Forest District Council election
- 1995 New Forest District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[4]
- 1999 New Forest District Council election
- 2003 New Forest District Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)[5][6]
- 2007 New Forest District Council election
- 2011 New Forest District Council election (Some new ward boundaries)[7]
- 2015 New Forest District Council election
- 2019 New Forest District Council election
- 2023 New Forest District Council election (New ward boundaries)[1]
1995-1999
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Waddington | 503 | 61.6 | +21.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Veronica Sullivan | 313 | 38.4 | +1.4 | |
Majority | 190 | 23.2 | |||
Turnout | 816 | 21.1 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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1999-2003
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jill Cleary | 2,186 | 57.1 | -7.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Newlands | 1,638 | 42.8 | +21.3 | |
Majority | 548 | 14.3 | |||
Turnout | 3,824 | 59.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Godfrey Beck | 692 | 61.0 | -7.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret Newlands | 442 | 39.0 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 250 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,134 | 21.5 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Brian Pemberton | 781 | 74.0 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jasqueline Szwaczka | 275 | 26.0 | +8.7 | |
Majority | 506 | 48.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,056 | 25.6 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Paul Hickman | 1,079 | 70.6 | +25.4 | |
Conservative | Penelope Beasley | 449 | 29.4 | -11.2 | |
Majority | 630 | 41.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,528 | 34.8 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Lorna Ford | 337 | 47.5 | -13.2 | |
Independent | Stephen Wright | 203 | 28.6 | +28.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chambers | 169 | 23.8 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 134 | 18.9 | |||
Turnout | 709 | 18.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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2003-2007
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lee Dunsdon | 772 | 75.2 | +3.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Wappet | 210 | 20.4 | -7.9 | |
Labour | Philip Annette | 45 | 4.4 | +4.4 | |
Majority | 562 | 54.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,027 | 21.4 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christopher Treleaven | 953 | 64.4 | -11.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chambers | 527 | 35.6 | +11.6 | |
Majority | 426 | 28.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,480 | 68.8 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Leonard Harris | 535 | 48.1 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Diana Brooks | 498 | 44.8 | -7.4 | |
Labour | Alan Goodfellow | 79 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Majority | 37 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,112 | 28.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Frances Carpenter | 990 | 56.9 | -16.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wynford Davies | 426 | 24.5 | -1.9 | |
Independent | Jeremy May | 277 | 15.9 | +15.9 | |
Labour | Peter Dance | 48 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 564 | 32.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,741 | 36.7 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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2007-2011
The 2007 Brahmshaw, Copythorne Noorth and Minstead By-Election was held after a candidate for the 2007 local election died, postponing the election for that ward.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Henry Forse | 436 | 78.0 | +4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Anthony Gray | 123 | 22.0 | -4.9 | |
Majority | 313 | 56.0 | |||
Turnout | 559 | 26.2 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jeremy Heron | 610 | 58.6 | +25.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chambers | 354 | 32.9 | +12.3 | |
Labour | Peter Harper | 113 | 10.5 | +1.6 | |
Majority | 256 | 25.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,077 | 23.3 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
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2011-2015
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Sophie Beeton | 963 | 80.0 | +1.4 | |
Labour | Caroline Hexter | 240 | 20.0 | -1.4 | |
Majority | 723 | 60.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,203 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Frampton | 834 | 77.3 | +11.3 | |
UKIP | Roz Mills | 171 | 15.8 | +15.8 | |
Labour | Brian Curwain | 74 | 6.9 | -7.3 | |
Majority | 663 | 61.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,079 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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2015-2019
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Christine Hopkins | 1,057 | 76.4 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Wynford Davies | 200 | 14.5 | +14.5 | |
Labour | Sally Spicer | 126 | 9.1 | -11.2 | |
Majority | 857 | 62.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,383 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Merv Langdale | 736 | 58.4 | +15.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Craig Fletcher | 525 | 41.6 | +27.3 | |
Majority | 211 | 16.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,261 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Andrew Gossage | 497 | 42.0 | -10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jack Davies | 445 | 37.6 | +8.8 | |
Independent | Ted Jearrad | 144 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Labour | Trina Hart | 97 | 8.2 | -10.9 | |
Majority | 52 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,183 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
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2019-2023
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Richard Frampton | 617 | 44.3 | +44.3 | |
Green | Lucy Bramley | 459 | 33.0 | +33.0 | |
Conservative | Sarah Howard | 258 | 18.5 | -53.7 | |
Labour | James Swyer | 59 | 4.2 | -23.6 | |
Majority | 158 | 11.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,393 | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sean Cullen | 559 | 44.6 | -23.3 | |
Conservative | Terri Marwood | 497 | 39.7 | +7.6 | |
Labour | James Gallagher | 153 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Independent | Matthew Kitcher | 44 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 62 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,253 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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- "The New Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2021", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2021/888, retrieved 12 November 2023
- legislation.gov.uk - The District of New Forest (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
- The New Forest and Southampton (Areas) Order 1978
- legislation.gov.uk - The Dorset, Hampshire, West Sussex and Wiltshire (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
- "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- legislation.gov.uk - The District of New Forest (Parishes and Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
- legislation.gov.uk - The New Forest (Electoral Changes) Order 2011. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
- "District Council By-Election Results 1998 - 2003". New Forest District Council. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- "District Council By-Election Results 2004 - 2007". New Forest District Council. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- "By-election for district council Bramshaw, Copythorne North and Minstead ward - 14 June 2007 - report of the returning officer" (PDF). New Forest District Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- "District Council Election - Ringwood South Ward - 19 June 2008 - Results". New Forest District Council. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Milford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Bransgore and Burley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Milford Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Fawley, Blackfield and Langley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Pennington Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Bransgore and Burley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- "Local Elections Archive Project — Hythe West and Langdown Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 21 March 2024.