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The 2023 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Test Valley Borough Council in England.[1][2][3] This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council of 43 members was up for election across 20 wards.
Background
[edit]At the previous election in 2019 the localist group the Andover Alliance won seven seats on the Council. However, from the beginning of their terms of office they were plagued by internal disputes and defections and they ceased to exist as a group prior to the 2023 election.[4] As a consequence they did not field any candidates at this election, although some of their councillors chose to stand as independents. None were successful.
The Conservatives proved to be the beneficiaries of the Andover Alliance's collapse gaining all seven of their seats. Although they lost five seats to the Liberal Democrats they were able to retain control of the Council.[5][6]
Results summary
[edit]2023 Test Valley District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 43[7] | 26 | 7 | 5 | ![]() |
60.5 | 39.57% | 14,896 | ![]() | |
Liberal Democrats | 43 | 17 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
39.5 | 42.41% | 15,966 | ![]() | |
Independent | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 6.02% | 2,265 | ![]() | |
Labour | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 6.48% | 2,441 | ![]() | |
Green | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 5.19% | 1,955 | ![]() | |
UKIP | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.13% | 49 | ![]() | |
Heritage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.19% | 71 | ![]() | |
Andover Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ![]() |
0.0 | 0.00% | 0 | ![]() |
Ward Results
[edit]Test Valley Borough Council election results.[8]
Sitting councillors are marked with an asterisk (*).
Ampfield and Braishfield
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sally Yalden | 614 | 62.0 | +20.6 | |
Conservative | Mary-Jane Rawson-Smith | 376 | 38.0 | −16.4 | |
Majority | 238 | 24.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 990 | 45.0 | −0.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 18.5 |
Andover Downlands
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Chris Donnelly* | 526 | 57.1 | +7.5 | |
Conservative | Nicolas Lodge* | 451 | 49.0 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kevin Hughes | 261 | 28.3 | N/A | |
Labour | Kristian Cotter | 200 | 21.7 | +7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Burgess | 192 | 20.8 | N/A | |
Turnout | 921 | 20.7 | −5.3 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Andover Harroway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Luigi Gregori | 781 | 42.1 | +17.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robin Hughes | 716 | 38.6 | +14.7 | |
Conservative | Carl Borg-Neal* | 652 | 35.1 | +3.7 | |
Conservative | Tony Burley* | 645 | 34.8 | +5.4 | |
Conservative | Karen Hamilton* | 642 | 34.6 | +3.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Edward Reynolds | 581 | 31.3 | +12.0 | |
Green | Lance Mitchell | 309 | 16.7 | N/A | |
Labour | Phillipa Roll | 295 | 15.9 | −1.9 | |
Independent | Gary Juliff | 248 | 13.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,855 | 25.6 | −3.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold |
Andover Millway
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Zilliah Brooks* | 936 | 42.9 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Jim Neal | 794 | 36.4 | −5.3 | |
Conservative | Mark Leech | 770 | 35.3 | −7.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Gregory | 756 | 34.6 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Michael McGarry | 698 | 32.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicholas Simmonds | 529 | 24.2 | N/A | |
Green | Catherine Hosen | 424 | 19.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Mark Farren | 421 | 19.3 | N/A | |
Green | Andy Pomphrey | 369 | 16.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Dan Emmerson | 233 | 10.7 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,183 | 32.4 | −0.5 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Andover Alliance | |||||
Conservative gain from Andover Alliance |
Andover Romans
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Jason Sangster* | 659 | 41.9 | +15.7 | |
Conservative | Katy Brooks | 577 | 36.7 | −3.1 | |
Conservative | Kirsty North* | 557 | 35.4 | −5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Josephine Msonthi | 554 | 35.2 | +12.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Kidd | 549 | 34.9 | +14.1 | |
Conservative | Tracey Tasker* | 540 | 34.4 | −3.5 | |
Independent | Steve Hardstaff | 364 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Labour | Scott Lindfield | 290 | 18.4 | +4.2 | |
Turnout | 1,572 | 21.5 | −5.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Andover St Mary's
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Iris Andersen* | 676 | 48.7 | +13.9 | |
Conservative | Debbie Cattell | 538 | 38.8 | +11.6 | |
Conservative | Jan Budzynski | 504 | 36.3 | +11.6 | |
Labour | Andrew Fitchet | 479 | 34.5 | +18.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Katherine Bird | 457 | 32.9 | +14.1 | |
Labour | Judith Cole | 426 | 30.7 | N/A | |
Independent | Stuart Waue | 306 | 22.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Briggs | 206 | 14.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Hurst | 200 | 14.4 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,387 | 23.3 | −4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Andover Alliance | |||||
Conservative gain from Andover Alliance |
Andover Winton
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alex Gillies | 645 | 45.8 | −0.6 | |
Conservative | Lisa Matthews | 552 | 39.2 | −2.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Joseph Hughes | 410 | 29.1 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Adrian Hall-Cooper | 330 | 23.4 | N/A | |
Independent | Rebecca Meyer* | 283 | 20.1 | −30.1 | |
Independent | Andrew Horsnell | 195 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Independent | Richard Rowles* | 161 | 11.4 | −37.2 | |
Turnout | 1,408 | 29.4 | −1.5 | ||
Conservative gain from Andover Alliance | |||||
Conservative gain from Andover Alliance |
Anna
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Maureen Flood* | 1,373 | 69.3 | +11.9 | |
Conservative | Susanne Hasselmann | 1,102 | 55.7 | +10.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Burnage | 454 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Thom | 387 | 19.5 | N/A | |
Green | Carol Bartholomew | 360 | 18.2 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,980 | 40.3 | −2.6 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative gain from Andover Alliance |
- Christopher Thom was a member for Valley Park ward in the previous council term.
Bellinger
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Phil Lashbrook* | 531 | 66.5 | +66.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Johnson | 268 | 33.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 263 | 33.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 799 | 31.4 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Blackwater
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Nick Adams-King* | 1,465 | 66.4 | +3.1 | |
Conservative | Gordon Bailey* | 969 | 43.9 | −15.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Thomas Ezard | 858 | 38.9 | N/A | |
Independent | Christopher Craig | 643 | 29.1 | +6.4 | |
Green | Jason Reeves | 294 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew Beesley | 293 | 13.3 | N/A | |
Turnout | 2,206 | 43.8 | +3.8 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Bourne Valley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Phil North* | 576 | 64.4 | +64.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Walters | 318 | 35.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 255 | 28.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 894 | 36.6 | N/A | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Charlton and the Pentons
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Linda Lashbrook* | 429 | 48.0 | −3.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jean Reynolds | 253 | 28.3 | N/A | |
Green | Paul Howland | 163 | 18.2 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | Norman Woods | 49 | 5.5 | −7.8 | |
Majority | 176 | 19.7 | −12.7 | ||
Turnout | 894 | 34.4 | +2.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Chilworth, Nursling and Rownhams
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Karen Dunleavey | 1,190 | 50.7 | +20.4 | |
Conservative | Phil Bundy* | 1,144 | 48.8 | −9.9 | |
Conservative | Terese Swain | 1,091 | 46.5 | −9.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Lee Berry | 1,060 | 45.2 | +19.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julie Gomer | 1,048 | 44.7 | +21.5 | |
Conservative | Mike Maltby | 1,037 | 44.2 | −10.9 | |
Turnout | 2,345 | 35.9 | +1.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Harewood
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Drew* | 652 | 52.0 | −15.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Duncan Clark | 601 | 48.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 51 | 4.0 | −31.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,253 | 48.1 | +5.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | N/A |
Mid Test
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alison Johnston* | 1,402 | 47.8 | −7.2 | |
Conservative | Ian Jeffrey* | 1,382 | 47.1 | −11.9 | |
Conservative | Stewart MacDonald | 1,351 | 46.0 | −13.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hall | 1,225 | 41.7 | +6.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Marshall | 972 | 33.1 | +1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Russell Theron | 897 | 30.6 | N/A | |
Green | Connor Shaw | 405 | 13.8 | N/A | |
Green | Jonathan Cotterell | 368 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Jane Elliott | 256 | 8.7 | −8.4 | |
Turnout | 2,936 | 40.9 | +5.5 | ||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
North Baddesley
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Amanda Ford | 1,373 | 70.1 | +1.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Geoff Cooper* | 1,239 | 63.2 | +3.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Warnes* | 1,198 | 61.2 | −6.3 | |
Conservative | Lynne Colton | 513 | 26.2 | −6.8 | |
Conservative | Joe Billett | 483 | 24.7 | −1.4 | |
Conservative | Richard Franke | 416 | 21.2 | −0.5 | |
Labour | Callum Jackson | 227 | 11.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,959 | 34.2 | +0.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Romsey Abbey
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sandra Gidley* | 1,132 | 57.0 | −6.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nik Daas* | 1,017 | 51.2 | −1.5 | |
Conservative | Nick Michell | 704 | 35.5 | +1.1 | |
Conservative | Joe Dwyer | 642 | 32.3 | +1.0 | |
Labour | Bernard Van Den Berg | 167 | 8.4 | −0.1 | |
Heritage | Andrew Peterson | 71 | 3.6 | N/A | |
Turnout | 1,985 | 41.8 | −3.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Romsey Cupernham
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Janet Burnage* | 1,435 | 60.9 | +12.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Neil Gwynne* | 1,327 | 56.3 | +14.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Rohit Kohli | 1,187 | 50.3 | −5.2 | |
Conservative | Tim Mayer | 869 | 36.9 | +4.7 | |
Conservative | John Ray | 768 | 32.6 | −3.5 | |
Conservative | Dave Maslen | 664 | 28.2 | −2.2 | |
Labour | Ann Chillingworth | 326 | 13.8 | +4.4 | |
Turnout | 2,358 | 36.4 | −1.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Romsey Tadburn
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Mark Cooper* | 1,463 | 73.3 | +8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Parker* | 1,304 | 65.3 | +11.4 | |
Conservative | Clive Collier | 494 | 24.7 | −8.1 | |
Conservative | David Bloomfield | 410 | 20.5 | −8.7 | |
Labour | Carolyn Nixson | 201 | 10.1 | +0.4 | |
Turnout | 1,996 | 43.4 | −0.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
Valley Park
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alan Dowden* | 1,458 | 80.9 | +3.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Celia Dowden** | 1,297 | 72.0 | +10.9 | |
Conservative | Michael Ball | 356 | 19.8 | −1.7 | |
Conservative | Sam Davies | 330 | 18.3 | −1.6 | |
Turnout | 1,802 | 39.1 | −2.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold |
- Celia Dowden was a member for North Baddesley ward in the previous council term.
References
[edit]- ^ "Borough and Parish Elections - May 2023". Test Valley Borough Council. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Election timetable in England". UK Government. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "Full list of election candidates revealed for Test Valley". Andover Advertiser. 6 April 2023. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
- ^ "Andover Alliance: A look back at the party's ups and downs". Andover Advertiser. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Test Valley election result". BBC News. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Test Valley elections: Conservatives win majority, Lib Dems also gain". Andover Advertiser. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "Documents:Statement of Persons Nominated - Borough Elections 2023". Test Valley Borough Council. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ^ "Borough Elections 4 May 2023 - Results". Test Valley Borough Council. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.