Election Name: | 2022 Southampton City Council election |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2021 Southampton City Council election |
Previous Year: | 2021 |
Next Election: | 2023 Southampton City Council election |
Next Year: | 2023 |
Seats For Election: | 17 of the 48 seats to Southampton City Council |
Majority Seats: | 25 |
Election Date: | 5 May 2022 |
Leader1: | Satvir Kaur |
Leaders Seat1: | Shirley |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 8 (2018) |
Seats Before1: | 23 |
Seats1: | 13 |
Seats After1: | 26 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Leader2: | Daniel Fitzhenry |
Leaders Seat2: | Harefield |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 7 (2018) |
Seats Before2: | 25 |
Seats2: | 3 |
Seats After2: | 21 |
Seat Change2: | 4 |
Leader3: | Richard Blackman |
Leaders Seat3: | Bassett |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election3: | 0 (2018) |
Seats Before3: | 0 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seats After3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Map Size: | 320px |
Majority party | |
Posttitle: | Majority party after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Labour |
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.[1]