2019 Test Valley Borough Council election explained

Election Name:2019 Test Valley Borough Council election
Council control
Majority Seats:22
Seats For Election:All 43 seats to Test Valley Borough Council
Next Year:2023
Next Election:2023 Test Valley Borough Council election
Previous Year:2015
Previous Election:2015 Test Valley Borough Council election
Type:Parliamentary
Election Date:2 May 2019
After Election:Conservatives
Before Election:Conservatives
Posttitle:Council control after election
Percentage3:15.18
Popular Vote3:5,092
Seats3:7
Last Election3:0[1]
Party3:Andover Alliance
Last Election2:9
Percentage2:29.44
Popular Vote2:9,873
Seats2:12
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Percentage1:42.38
Popular Vote1:14,209
Seats1:24
Last Election1:38
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)

The 2019 Test Valley Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Test Valley Borough Council in England.[2] This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries, with the number of seats reduced from 48 across 24 wards to 43 across 20.[3] [4] [5]

The Conservatives remained the largest party, with 24 seats out of the 22 required for a majority, and with the Liberal Democrats winning twelve seats across Romsey; a new localist party, the Andover Alliance, stood in the Andover Wards, winning a total of seven seats.[6]

Summary

Election result

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Ward results

Valley Park

By-elections

Andover Romans

Notes and References

  1. New Party
  2. Web site: Election results: Lib Dems gain Winchester from Tories . 7 August 2019 .
  3. Web site: Borough Elections 2 May 2019 - Results. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191022014728/https://www.testvalley.gov.uk/aboutyourcouncil/localdemocracy/elections/election-results-section/elections-2-may-2019-results. 2019-10-22. 7 August 2019.
  4. Web site: The Test Valley (Electoral Changes) Order 2018. legislation.gov.uk. 7 August 2019.
  5. Web site: Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Test Valley. 2021-01-23. www.andrewteale.me.uk.
  6. News: 2019-05-03. Election results: Lib Dems gain Winchester from Tories. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-01-23.