| Election Name: | 2016 Winchester City Council election |
| Country: | England |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Winchester City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Winchester City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | 45 of the 45 seats to Winchester City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 23 |
| Election Date: | May 2016 |
| Turnout: | 43.41% |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Seats1: | 25 |
| Popular Vote1: | 16,917 |
| Percentage1: | 40.6 |
| Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Seats2: | 20 |
| Popular Vote2: | 14,252 |
| Percentage2: | 34.2 |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The 2016 Winchester City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Winchester City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Every seat was contested following boundary changes which saw the number of seats reduce from 57 to 45. The count for this election was conducted on 7 May 2016.[2]
Before the election, the composition of Winchester City Council was:
The result of the election was:
The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.