The 2016 Winchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of
Winchester City Council
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in England.
This was on the same day as other
local elections
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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.
Before the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:
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Conservative
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33
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Liberal Democrats 22
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Labour
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2
The result of the election was:
*Conservatives 25
*Liberal Democrats 20.
Results Summary
''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.''
Ward results
Alresford & Itchen Valley
Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery
Bishop's Waltham
Central Meon Valley
Colden Common and Twyford
Denmead
Southwick and Wickham
St Barnabas
St Bartholomew
St Luke
St Michael
St Paul
The Worthys
Upper Meon Valley
Whiteley & Shedfield
Wonston & Micheldever
References
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2016 English local elections
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