2022 Southampton City Council election
# 2022 Southampton City Council election

Elections to Southampton City Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2022, alongside nationwide local elections, alongside other local elections across the country. The seats up for election were last contested in 2018. The Labour Party regained control of the council from the Conservative Party, which it had lost at the previous year's elections.

## Results summary

2022 Southampton City Council election :

| Party | Party | This election | This election | This election | Full council | Full council | Full council | This election | This election | This election |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Party | Party | Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| | Labour | 13 | 3 | 76.5 | 13 | 26 | 54.2 | 26,863 | 46.7 | +8.9 |
| | Conservative | 3 | 4 | 17.6 | 18 | 21 | 43.8 | 20,548 | 35.7 | –7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 1 | 1 | 5.9 | 0 | 1 | 2.1 | 5,197 | 9.0 | +0.5 |
| | Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4,056 | 7.1 | –2.0 |
| | TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 832 | 1.4 | +0.4 |

## Ward results

### Bargate

Bargate :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Sarah Bogle | 1,696 | 58.7 | +12.7 |
| | Conservative | Charles Perez-Storey | 751 | 26.0 | -4.6 |
| | Green | Joe Cox | 241 | 8.3 | -2.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josh Smith | 150 | 5.2 | -1.4 |
| | TUSC | Graham Henry | 52 | 1.8 | -0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 945 | 32.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,908 | 23.32 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bassett

Bassett :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Blackman | 2,108 | 52.6 | +18.6 |
| | Conservative | Neil Sahota | 1,406 | 35.1 | -9.3 |
| | Labour | Christian Michael Cox | 446 | 11.1 | -4.1 |
| | TUSC | Michael Marx | 51 | 1.3 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 702 | 17.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,027 | 42.65 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Bevois

Bevois :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Toqeer Ahmed Kataria | 2,230 | 70.8 | +12.4 |
| | Conservative | Pritheepal Singh Roath | 430 | 13.7 | -2.1 |
| | Green | Ronald Nicholas Meldrum | 255 | 8.1 | -1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Amy Eve Greenwood | 178 | 5.7 | +0.6 |
| | TUSC | Nicholas Philip Chaffey | 56 | 1.8 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,800 | 57.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,165 | 29.62 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Bitterne

Bitterne :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Terry Michael Streets | 1,248 | 47.1 | -8.4 |
| | Labour | Andrew John Frampton | 1,097 | 41.4 | +7.7 |
| | Green | Michael Charles John Mawle | 141 | 5.3 | -0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicholas McGeorge | 117 | 4.4 | +0.5 |
| | TUSC | Clara Oswin Asher | 47 | 1.8 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 151 | 5.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,659 | 26.83 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Bitterne Park

Bitterne Park :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Anthony Wyatt Bunday | 1,828 | 47.4 | +16.5 |
| | Conservative | Robert Craig Harwood | 1,573 | 40.8 | -8.2 |
| | Green | Helen Mary Makrakis | 394 | 10.2 | -3.4 |
| | TUSC | Vanessa Antonia Fileman | 61 | 1.6 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 255 | 6.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3877 | 37.79 | +0.1 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Coxford

Coxford :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Matthew Renyard | 1,429 | 44.8 | +11.7 |
| | Conservative | Paul James Patrick Nolan | 1,338 | 42.0 | -10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Philip Chapman | 199 | 6.2 | -0.8 |
| | Green | Lucy Michelle Mundell | 162 | 5.1 | +0.2 |
| | TUSC | Margaret Lorna Fricker | 41 | 1.3 | -0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 91 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,187 | 31.43 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Freemantle

Freemantle :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Stephen John Leggett | 1,989 | 57.4 | +11.7 |
| | Conservative | Michaela Dowse | 903 | 26.1 | -5.7 |
| | Green | Lindsi Bluemel | 261 | 7.5 | -3.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Thomas Beal | 238 | 6.9 | -0.8 |
| | TUSC | Catherine Bernadette Clarke | 74 | 2.1 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1086 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,478 | 31.11 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Harefield

Harefield :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Valerie Laurent | 1,645 | 50.4 | -5.9 |
| | Labour | Paul Robert Kenny | 1,201 | 36.8 | +2.8 |
| | Green | Christopher Francis Bluemel | 208 | 6.4 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Benjamin Button Curd | 161 | 4.9 | +1.6 |
| | TUSC | Levi Joshua Wellman | 50 | 1.5 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 444 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,278 | 31.55 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Millbrook

Millbrook :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | David Furnell | 1,622 | 46.9 | +10.7 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Graham Patrick Galton | 1,511 | 43.6 | -6.1 |
| | Green | Jonathan Simon Bean | 281 | 8.1 | -0.9 |
| | TUSC | Donna Dee | 48 | 1.4 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 111 | 3.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,484 | 31.63 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Peartree

Peartree :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Eamonn Francis Keogh | 2,046 | 54.3 | +12.1 |
| | Conservative | Thomas James Bell | 1,339 | 35.5 | -12.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert William Naish | 187 | 5.0 | +0.9 |
| | Green | Rosanna Elizabeth Newey | 169 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| | TUSC | Bevis Fenner | 30 | 0.8 | -0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 707 | 18.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,780 | 36.00 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Portswood

Portswood :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Lisa Mitchell | 1,749 | 47.4 | +11.0 |
| | Green | Katherine Jane Barbour | 1,435 | 38.9 | +11.8 |
| | Conservative | Wai Kee Cheng | 456 | 12.4 | -4.4 |
| | TUSC | Derek Anthony Twine | 47 | 1.3 | +0.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 314 | 8.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,704 | 39.56 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Redbridge

Redbridge :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Katherine Lipton McEwing | 1,320 | 45.3 | +1.1 |
| | Conservative | David Austin Peter Smith | 1,243 | 42.7 | -4.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon David Stokes | 157 | 5.3 | +2.3 |
| | Green | Angela Mary Cotton | 139 | 4.8 | +1.3 |
| | TUSC | Peter Michael Wyatt | 44 | 1.5 | +0.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 77 | 2.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,913 | 26.60 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### Shirley

Shirley (2) :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Hannah Katherine Amy Coombes | 2,237 | 52.7 | +9.8 |
| | Labour | Alexander Winning | 1,852 | 43.6 | +0.7 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Hetherton | 1,592 | 37.5 | +0.3 |
| | Conservative | Simon Dominic Howell | 1,336 | 31.5 | -5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sarah Louise Wood | 557 | 13.1 | +3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Stuart McDougall | 391 | 9.2 | -0.6 |
| | TUSC | Andrew Howe | 94 | 2.2 | +1.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,264 | 40.86 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Sholing

Sholing :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Conservative | Marley George Guthrie | 1,660 | 50.0 | -11.4 |
| | Labour | Carol Anne Cunio | 1,283 | 38.7 | +10.5 |
| | Green | Charlotte Beth Cutt | 180 | 5.4 | -0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Pamela Hopkins | 165 | 5.0 | +1.4 |
| | TUSC | Declan Peter Clune | 31 | 0.9 | -0.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 377 | 11.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,333 | 31.40 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Swaythling

Swaythling :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Lorna Fielker | 1,233 | 49.4 | +9.9 |
| | Conservative | Calvin Smith | 801 | 32.1 | -8.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Gravatt | 424 | 17.0 | +9.5 |
| | TUSC | Neil Kelly | 38 | 1.5 | ±0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 432 | 17.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,496 | 42.65 | |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Woolston

Woolston :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Labour | Susan Jane Blatchford | 1,605 | 47.7 | +9.6 |
| | Conservative | Jaden William Beaurain | 1,316 | 39.1 | -9.0 |
| | Green | Clive George Hillman | 190 | 5.6 | -0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Anthony Bleach | 165 | 4.9 | +0.4 |
| | TUSC | Susan Anne Atkin | 68 | 2.0 | -0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 289 | 8.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,364 | 30.2 | +0.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
