Labour has retained control of Southampton City Council in the local elections, with wins for the party in both Bitterne Park and Portswood wards.
Left: Gordon Cooper - won by a whisker for Labour in Bitterne Park
• City council elections: ward-by-ward results
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The full make-up of the council is now: Labour 36; Conservative 10; Liberal Democrats 4; Green Party 1.
17 out of 51 seats were up for election, one in each of the city’s 17 Wards.
Gordon Cooper won by a whisker over the Tory candidate in the Bitterne Park seat for Labour, while John Savage fended off opposition from the Greens, holding on to his seat for Labour in Portswood.
In Bitterne Park Cooper polled 1,634 with David Fuller for the Conservatives on 1,545.
He told bitternepark.info: "Really pleased to have been selected as councillor for BP and look forward to working with my Labour colleagues Amanda Barnes-Andrews and Phil Webb to represent the interests of the ward.”
Lindsi Bluemel for the Greens polled 338, Lib Dem Nick Myers 142, Reform’s Adrian Royle 160 and Graham Henry for TUSC polled 63.
BITTERNE PARK
— Jason Lewis (@JDLewisMedia) May 3, 2024
Gordon Cooper (Lab) 1,634
David Fuller (Con) 1,545
Lindsi Bluemel (Green) 338
Nick Myers (Lib Dem) 142
Adrian Royle (Reform) 160
Graham Henry (TUSC) 63
Labour gain#LocalElections2024 #LDReporter
Meanwhile in Portswood John Savage, pictured left, held on to his seat for Labour with 1,401 votes.
Neil Kelly polled 880 for the Greens, the Conservative Nicholas Moulton 365, John Langran for Lib Dems 197, Reform candidate Caroline Jobson 114 and TUSC’s Tony Twine 67.
PORTSWOOD
— Jason Lewis (@JDLewisMedia) May 3, 2024
John Savage (Lab) 1,401
Neil Kelly (Green) 880
Nicholas Moulton (Con) 365
John Langran (Lib Dem) 197
Caroline Jobson (Reform) 114
Tony Twine (TUSC) 67
Labour hold#LocalElections2024 #LDReporter
— Jason Lewis (@JDLewisMedia) May 3, 2024
City council elections: ward-by-ward results
Update: The full official list of results from all wards is now available as a pdf from the council here.