Local elections 2026: Hampshire County Council election results for The News' area

Votes cast in the County Council election held on Thursday 7 May have now been counted, with no single party achieving overall control.

Of the 78 seats on the County Council, the political make-up of the County Council is now:

• Conservatives - 27
• Liberal Democrat - 26
• Reform UK - 20
• Green Party - 1
• Labour - 1
• Independent - 1
• Whitehill & Bordon Community Party - 1
• Community Campaign (Hart) - 1

Gary Westbrook, County Returning Officer and Hampshire County Council Chief Executive confirmed the next steps for the County Council: “First of all, I’d like to thank people across our communities who took the opportunity to vote and have their say.

“As no party has a majority of more than 50% of seats on the County Council, the parties may now enter a period of negotiation to decide the make-up of the new Administration. At the County Council’s Annual General Meeting on 21 May the new Leader of the County Council will be elected, alongside a new Chairman and Vice Chairman.

“We look forward to working with the new administration, once established, to deliver high quality services for Hampshire’s 1.4 million residents.”

The full results are available on the County Council’s Elections webpage.

The political make-up of the County Council going in the 2026 election was 50 Conservatives, 19 Liberal Democrats, three Labour, two Independent, one Green Party, one Reform UK, one Whitehill & Bordon Community Party and one unaffiliated.

Hampshire County Council consists of 76 electoral divisions with 78 councillors, two of these (Leesland & Town, Gosport and Fareham Town) are two Member wards. Hampshire County Council has had a Leader and Cabinet-style of local government since September 2001, following the Local Government Act of 2000.

Here are the Hampshire County Council election results for across The News’ area.

Bishops Waltham

Jonathan Williams - Liberal Democrat 2,811*

Neil Bolton - Conservatives 1,824

Peter James Jordan - Reform UK 1446

Liam Robert Bailey-Morgan - Green Party 1286

Steve Haines - Labour 124

Bridgemary

Paul Thomas Carter - Reform UK 2,445*

Steve Hammond - Liberal Democrat 1,309

Supriya Namdeo Conservatives - 1,067

Lucy Catherine Maclennan - Green Party 444

Ivan Lincoln Gray - Labour 176

Catherington

Ian James Young - Conservatives - 2,161*

Matthew Frederick William Kellermann - Reform UK - 1,941

Raja Ali - Liberal Democrat - 1437

Jim Rodgers - Green Party - 557

Darren Meredith - Labour - 167

Ian Robert Cousins - Social Democratic Party - 43

Cowplain & Hart Plain

Jason Gillen - Reform UK - 2,557*

David John Keast - Conservatives - 1,231

Isabel Harrison - Liberal Democrat - 814

Clare Louise Wakeley - Green Party - 659

Emsworth & St Faiths

Grainne Mary Rason Green Party - 2,448*

Andrew James Proctor - Conservatives - 1,858

Jerry White - Reform UK - 1,743

Dan Berwick - Labour - 717

Michael Lind - Liberal Democrat - 507

Fareham Crofton

Pal Kaur Hayre - Conservatives - 3,379*

Peter Watson - Reform UK - 1,501

Jim Forrest - Liberal Democrat - 1,021

Lynne Murray - Labour - 539

Nick Lyle - Green Party - 421

Fareham Portchester

Chrissie Bainbridge - Liberal Democrat - 2,566*

Dave Eggelton - Reform UK - 2,157

Peter Andrew Maunder - Conservatives - 1,698

David Silvester Palk - Green Party - 484

Richard Edward Ryan - Labour - 269

Fareham Sarisbury

Joanne Burton - Conservatives - 3,075 *

Josh Read - Reform UK - 1,224

Graham Stanley Everdell - Liberal Democrat - 1,123

Polly Sanderson - Green Party - 612

Damilola Ogunleye - Labour - 150

Fareham Titchfield

Julie Elizabeth Bird - Conservatives - 2,317*

Gary Fisk - Reform UK - 1811

Richard Blythin - Liberal Democrat 972

Kat Bull - Green Party - 696

Lorraine Drinkwater - Labour - 287

Fareham Town

Richard Harris - Reform UK - 2,870 *

Paul Woolley - Reform UK - 2,728*

Lisa Jane Whittle - Conservatives - 2,452

David Hamilton - Liberal Democrat - 2,429

Kirsten Wiltshire - Liberal Democrat - 2,304

Gemma Furnivall - Labour - 1,401

Baz Marie - Green Party - 1,089

John Vivian - Green Party - 1,023

Dominic Stuart Martin - Labour - 853

Paul William Whittle - Conservatives - 226

Fareham Warsash

Mike Ford - Conservatives - 3,507*

Steve Wallace - Reform UK - 1,579

Jon Sacker - Liberal Democrat - 1,007

Jake Ian Waterfall - Green Party - 566

David Anthony Rodgers - Labour - 280

Hamble

Keith House - Liberal Democrat - 2,675*

Neil Leslie Fleming - Reform UK - 1,874

Carys Chestnut - Conservatives - 944

Joshua Buckle - Green Party - 596

Dennis Robinson - Labour - 240

Hayling Island

Michael Rennie - Reform UK - 2,807*

Jonathan David Hulls - Green Party - 1,913

Lance Charles Quantrill - Conservatives - 1,843

Peter Glyn Oliver - Labour - 382

Lee

Graham Burgess - Conservatives - 2,634*

Ian Richard Brown - Reform UK - 1,794

Matt Reeve-Fowkes - Green Party - 542

Jonathan Brown - Labour - 463

Clive Foster-Reed - Liberal Democrat - 426

Leesland and Town

Zoe Huggins- Conservatives - 3,662*

Lesley Mary Doris Meenaghan - Conservatives - 3,534*

Paul Jacobs - Reform UK - 3,068

Emily Jane Strudwick - Reform UK - 2555

Rob Hylands - Liberal Democrat - 1945

Julie Karen Westerby - Liberal Democrat - 1707

Lucy Helen Cooper - Green Party - 1304

Aid Smalley - Green Party - 932

Tynan James Bryant - Labour - 723

Hilary Ruth Percival - Labour - 575

Meon Valley

Anne Small - Liberal Democrat - 2,242*

Malcolm Wallace, Green Party - 1,892

Charlotte Lee Northbrook- Reform UK - 1,675

Alex Rennie - Conservatives - 1,488

Sean Gerrard Whelan - Independent- 175

Martyn Kevin Davis - Labour - 106

North East Havant

George David Madgwick - Reform UK - 2,135*

Tim Pike - Conservatives - 735

Henry Nathan Mitchell - Green Party - 597

Richard Joseph Spence Brown - Labour - 586

Catherine Billam - Liberal Democrat - 331

North West Havant

Paul McCormick - Reform UK - 1,952*

Lulu Bowerman - Conservatives - 998

Philippa Gray - Liberal Democrat - 904

Peter May - Green Party - 455

Jason Clyde Horton - Labour - 302

Petersfield Butser

David George Podger - Liberal Democrat - 2,732*

Robert Mocatta - Conservatives - 1,995

Ian Scott Brodrick - Reform UK - 1,387

Oliver Edward Hailstone - Green Party - 541

Yvonne Heaton - Labour - 188

Purbrook & Stakes South

Terry Robin Norton - Reform UK - 2,177*

Antonia Harrison - Liberal Democrat - 1,141

Diana Patrick - Conservatives - 1,050

Daniel Michael Grove - Green Party - 415

Simon Bruce Hagan - Labour - 369

Waterloo & Stakes North

Gwen Robinson - Reform UK - 2,399*

Mark Anthony John Inkster - Conservatives - 1,288

Paul Tansom - Liberal Democrat - 981

Steve Mayne - Green Party - 595

Munazza Faiz - Labour - 280

Winchester Southern Parishes

Angela Clear - Liberal Democrat - 2,248*

Amanda Aldridge - Reform UK - 2,090

Paula Langford-Smith - Conservatives - 1,631

Ben Thomas - Green Party - 540

Margaret Ann Rees -Labour - 162

* denotes elected