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2026 Southampton City Council election

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2026 Southampton City Council election
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←  2024
7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
2027 (TBD) →
18 out of 51 seats to Southampton City Council
26 seats needed for a majority
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Party Labour Conservative
Last election36 seats, 39.9%10 seats, 29.7%
Current seats32 [1] 10
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Party Liberal Democrats Green
Last election4 seats, 12.7%1 seat, 9.2%
Current seats7 [a] 2
Incumbent Leader

Alex Winning
Labour



The 2026 Southampton City Council election will be held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect 18 of 51 members of Southampton City Council. [2] In addition to the regular 17 seats up for election, there will be an additional by-election in Shirley ward due to the resignation of the incumbent councillor.

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Due to ongoing local government reorganisation, this will be the final election to Southampton City Council before it is abolished and replaced by a successor unitary authority. Elections to the successor authority are due to take place in 2027.

Council composition

After 2024 electionBefore 2026 election
PartySeatsPartySeats
Labour 36 Labour 32
Conservative 10 Conservative 9
Liberal Democrats 4 Liberal Democrats 7
Green 1 Green 2
Reform 0 Reform 1

Changes 2024–2026:

Summary

Background

In 2024, Labour retained control of the council. [11]

Election result

2026 Southampton City Council election [1]
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Labour 22
  Conservative 6
  Liberal Democrats 4
  Green 1
  Reform 0
  Independent 0

Incumbents

WardIncumbent
councillor		PartyRe-standing
Banister & PolygonSteve Leggett Labour
BargateJohn Noon Labour
BassettSam Chapman Liberal Democrats
BevoisMike Denness Labour
Bitterne ParkPhil Webb Labour
CoxfordRebecca McCreanor Liberal Democrats
FreemantlePam Kenny Labour
HarefieldValerie Laurent Conservative
MillbrookJeremy Moulton Conservative
PeartreeAlex Houghton Conservative
PortswoodMarie Finn Labour
RedbridgeLee Whitbread Labour
ShirleyAlexander Winning Labour
Shirley (by-election)George Percival [b] Liberal Democrats No
SholingSarah Powell-Vaughan [c] Reform
SwaythlingMatthew Bunday [d] Liberal Democrats
ThornhillAndy Frampton Labour
WoolstonSue Blatchford Labour

Results

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes the vacant seat in Shirley last held by the Liberal Democrats.
  2. ↑ Percival was the last councillor to hold this seat. He resigned from the council in January 2026 and the seat was left vacant until the 2026 election.
  3. ↑ Originally elected as Conservative, but defected to Reform in February 2026.
  4. ↑ Originally elected as Labour, but defected to the Liberal Democrats in June 2025.

References

  1. 1 2 "Southampton Council Composition: Latest". opencouncildata.co.uk. Open Council Data UK. Archived from the original on 7 February 2026. Retrieved 7 February 2026.
  2. ↑ Forero, Natalia (22 January 2026). "Hampshire voters will go to the polls after Government confirms May elections" . Retrieved 28 January 2026.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Jason; Dimitrova, Galya (31 August 2024). "Southampton MP standing down as city councillor". BBC News. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  4. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shirley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Barrett, Reece (26 March 2025). "'Labour have broken my heart' - Southampton councillor quits party". Daily Echo. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  6. ↑ Lewis, Jason (30 June 2025). "Labour city councillor joins Lib Dems saying 'party not the same as it was'". Daily Echo. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  7. ↑ Lewis, Jason (7 August 2025). "Second councillor in six weeks switches from Labour to Lib Dems". Daily Echo. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  8. ↑ Lewis, Jason (9 January 2026). "Liberal Democrat councillor resigns 15 months after by-election win". Daily Echo. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  9. ↑ Blackmur, Lucy (25 February 2026). "Southampton Conservative councillor defects to Reform UK". Daily Echo. Retrieved 25 February 2026.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Shirley Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "Southampton result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
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