Election Name: | 2024 Southampton City Council election |
Country: | Hampshire |
Type: | parliamentary |
Previous Election: | 2023 Southampton City Council election |
Previous Year: | 2023 |
Next Election: | 2026 Southampton City Council election |
Next Year: | 2026 |
Seats For Election: | 17 out of 51 seats to Southampton City Council |
Majority Seats: | 26 |
Leader1: | Lorna Fielker |
Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
Last Election1: | 38 seats, 45.5% |
Seats Before1: | 37 |
Seats After1: | 36 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Leader2: | Daniel Fitzhenry |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Last Election2: | 9 seats, 33.4% |
Seats Before2: | 9 |
Seats After2: | 10 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Leader3: | Richard Blackman[1] |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election3: | 3 seats, 12.7% |
Seats Before3: | 3 |
Seats After3: | 4 |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Party4: | Green Party of England and Wales |
Last Election4: | 1 seat, 6.6% |
Seats Before4: | 1 |
Seats After4: | 1 |
Party5: | Independent politician |
Last Election5: | 0 seats, 0.2% |
Seats Before5: | 1 |
Seats After5: | 0 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Leader | |
Posttitle: | Leader after election |
Before Election: | Lorna Fielker |
Before Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
After Election: | Lorna Fielker |
After Party: | Labour Party (UK) |
The 2024 Southampton City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Labour retained their majority on the council.[3] [4]
The Conservative leader of the opposition, Dan Fitzhenry, did not stand for re-election.[5] The Conservatives chose Peter Baillie to be their new group leader after the election.[6]
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