Local elections 2024: Huge shock as Conservatives lose Havant Borough Council - full list of results

The Tories’ presence on the borough council has now halved, being left with just 13 seats compared to 30 after the last election. Boundary changes mean people headed to the polls on Thursday for an all-out election to elect three candidates from 12 wards, the new total of 36 seats is two fewer than before.

But support for the Tories has crumbled, mirroring the picture across the country where they’ve lost at least 420 councillors. In the Leigh Park Central and West Leigh ward, Tory council leader Alex Rennie has lost his seat – with Reform UK’s Sharon Collings, and Munazza Faiz and Jason Horton from the Labour Party being elected.

Reform UK has also seen Victoria Rhodes elected in Leigh Park Hermitage. Councillor Lulu Bowerman, cabinet lead for commercial, has also lost her seat as the Greens talk all three councillors in Emsworth, with no party left with a majority.

After the last election in 2023, the council was made up of 30 Conservatives, four Labour, two Lib Dems, one Green and one Independent.

It is now made up of 13 Conservatives, 10 Labour, seven Lib Dems, four Greens and two Reform UK. With no overall control, a party can either form a minority administration or a coalition.

Mr Rennie said that the national picture “plays a big part in the result”. However, he refused to “play the blame game on who caused what” when asking about Rishi Sunak and the consequences of his policies and decision to local Conservative councils.

He said: “It is a reflection of the fact that local and national politics are changing but I think it is a clear line where Reform stood candidates we struggled, I lost the seat by 10 votes.”

“Despite the loss, the party take a clear picture and message from residents when knocking on doors expressing their intention to vote for Reform because they were ‘pi**ed off of what is happening nationally’.

“That’s essentially a picture we painted knocking at the doors. People were saying, ‘Alex you did a good job, we like you, but we actually want Reform to kick in for the national government’.”

Full Havant Borough Council results

Bedhampton

Mark Collins – Reform UK 493

Liz Fairhurst – Conservative 767 – Elected

Jim Graham – Green Party 348

Philippa Gray – Liberal Democrat 1159 – Elected

Trevor Hughes – Conservative 576

Mark Inkster – Conservative 650

Richard Lanchester – Green Party 288

Michael Lind – Liberal Democrat 887 – Elected

Annie Martin – Liberal Democrat 739

Philip Pearson – Labour Party 450

Turnout: 28.02 per cent

Cowplain

Neil Bowdell – Conservative 870 – Elected

Andrew Briggs – Conservative 852 – Elected

Bruce Holman – Green Party 650

David Keast – Conservative 1021 – Elected

Will McGannan – Labour 696

Christian Notley – Liberal Democrat 609

Turnout: 27.45 per cent

Emsworth

Michael Bolt – Liberal Democrat 477

Lulu Bowerman – Conservative Party 1,177

Adam Bowman – Liberal Democrat 285

John Davis – Reform UK 287

Richard Kennett – Conservative Party 1,364

Lucy Lawrence – Conservative Party 954

Reuben Mychaleckyj – Green Party 1976 – Elected

Gráinne Rason – Green Party 2457 – Elected

Charles Robert – Green Party 1660 – Elected

Turnout: 45.18 per cent

Hart Plain

Jules Ashley – Liberal Democrats 570

James Blades – Conservative Party 654 – Elected

Ann Briggs – Conservative Party 777 – Elected

John Colman – Labour Party 563

Jonathan Harvey – Reform UK 365

Peter May – Green Party 432

Elaine Shimbart – Conservative Party 768 – Elected

Turnout: 24.92 per cent

Havant St. Faith`s

Daniel Berwick – Labour Party 1568 – Elected

Nigel Chilcott – Conservative Party 785

John Dyer – Conservative Party 846

Dave Etherington – Reform UK 515

Giles Harris – Independent 231

Gillian Harris – Labour Party – 1728 – Elected

Maurice Knowles – Conservative Party 630

Phil Munday – Labour Party 1845 – Elected

Nick Saunders – The Green Party 582

Turnout: 36.48 per cent

Hayling East

Shola Attryde – Conservative Party 610

Mark Coates – Labour Party 1459 – Elected

Eric Cundliffe – Conservative Party 732

Geoffrey Hartridge – Conservative Party 806

Peter Oliver – Labour Party 839 – Elected

Natasha Parker – Green Party Second Choice 751

Netty Shepherd – Green Party First Choice 992 – Elected

Judy Valentine – Green Party Third Choice 570

Turnout: 37.17 per cent

Hayling West

Aäron Bradbury – Green Party 367

Wilf Forrow – Liberal Democrats 1678 – Elected

Paul Gray – Liberal Democrats 1818 – Elected

Jonathan Hulls – Liberal Democrats 1586 – Elected

Brenda Linger – Conservative Party 765

Edward Rees – Conservative Party 584

Julie Richardson – Conservative Party 784

Rob Soar – Green Party 275

Turnout: 41.80 per cent

Leigh Park Central & West Leigh

Cayleigh Arnold – Green Party 363

Malc Carpenter – Independent 210

Sharon Collings – Reform UK 430 – Elected

Glenda Dunford – Liberal Democrats 238

Munazza Faiz – Labour Party 521 – Elected

Jason Horton – Labour Party 655 – Elected

Jo Lowe – Liberal Democrats 279

Alex Rennie – Conservative Party 420

Richard Stone – Conservative Party 415

Kris Tindall – Conservative Party 338

Turnout: 18.73 per cent

Leigh Park Hermitage

Jackie Branson – Conservative Party 358

Richard Brown – Labour Party 499 – Elected

Pam Crellin – Conservative Party 346

Maria Miller – Liberal Democrats 227

Rayner Piper – Green Party 252

Amy Redsull – Labour Party 472 – Elected

Vicky Rhodes – Reform UK 381 – Elected

Yvonne Weeks – Conservative Party – 337

Turnout: 15.17 per cent

Purbrook

Caren Diamond – Conservative Party 802 – Elected

Antonia Harrison – Liberal Democrats 979 – Elected

Susan James – Green Party 444

George Kneller – Liberal Democrats 649

Terry Norton – Conservative Party 725

Husky Patel – Conservative Party 705

Paul Tansom – Liberal Democrats 933 -Elected

Turnout: 27.91 per cent

Stakes

Paul Briley – Green Party 420

Simon Hagan – Labour Party 624 -Elected

David Hill – Labour Party 501

Elizabeth Lloyd – Conservative Party 741 – Elected

Sarah Milne – Conservative Party 682 – Elected

Diana Patrick – Conservative Party 599

Crispin Ward – Liberal Democrats 396

Turnout: 21.57 per cent

Waterloo

Neil Attewell – Green Party 335

Ryan Brent – Conservative Party 1023 – Elected

Jane Briggs – Liberal Democrats 529

Darren Corps – Labour Party 503

Owen Plunkett – Green Party 484

John Pratley – Liberal Democrats 417

Gwen Robinson – Conservative Party 930 – Elected

Peter Wade – Conservative 977 – Elected

Turnout: 28.30 per cent