2014 Southampton City Council election explained

Election Name:2014 Southampton City Council election
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2012 Southampton City Council election
Previous Year:2012
Next Election:2015 Southampton City Council election
Next Year:2015
Seats For Election:A third of seats to Southampton City Council
Majority Seats:23
Election Date:22 May 2014
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Seats1:8
Seat Change1:1
Seats After1:28
Popular Vote1:20,626
Percentage1:34.3
Swing1:1.3%
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Seats2:8
Seat Change2:1
Seats After2:18
Popular Vote2:18,703
Percentage2:31.1
Swing2:3.1%
Party3:Independent (politician)
Seats3:1
Seat Change3:1
Seats After3:2
Popular Vote3:2,096
Percentage3:3.5
Swing3:3.1%
Map Size:320px
Majority party
Posttitle:Majority party after election
Before Election:Labour
After Election:Labour

The 2014 Southampton City Council election took place on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council (16 seats) was up for election, and an additional vacancy in Millbrook ward caused by the resignation of a sitting councillor who had been elected in 2012 was also filled, meaning a total of 17 of the city's 48 seats were elected. The elections took place on the same day as the elections to the European Parliament.

Southampton Council is elected in thirds, which means the all comparisons are to the corresponding 2010 Southampton City Council election. In Millbrook, the candidate with the most votes was elected for a full term lasting until 2018. The candidate who came second was elected for the remainder of the resigned councillor's term, ending in 2016.

Coxford councillors who formed the Putting People First group originally split from Labour in 2013.[1] Keith Morrell was up for election in the ward in this election.

Election result

Changes in council composition

valign=top colspan="2" style="width: 100px"Partyvalign=top style="width: 126px"Previous councilvalign=top style="width: 94px"New councilvalign=top style="width: 30px"+/-
Labouralign=center 27align=center 28align=center 1
Conservativesalign=center 17align=center 18align=center 1
Councillors Against Cutsalign=center 2align=center 2align=center 2
Liberal Democratalign=center 2align=center 0align=center 2
Total4848
Working majority

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Notes and References

  1. News: Southampton City Council agrees £16m budget cut . . 13 February 2013 . 11 September 2018.