Election Name: | 2021 Havant Borough Council election |
Previous Election: | 2019 Havant Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2019 |
Next Election: | 2022 Havant Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2022 |
Country: | England |
Majority Seats: | 20 |
Election Date: | 6 May 2021 |
Turnout: | 31% |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Type: | parliamentary |
Map Size: | 250px |
Council control | |
Seats For Election: | 14 seats up for election |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
Last Election1: | 12 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 33 |
Seats1: | 15 |
Seat Change1: | +3 |
Last Election2: | 0 |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats2: | 1 |
Seats Before2: | 2 |
Seat Change2: | −1 |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Last Election3: | 0 |
Seats Before3: | 2 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | −1 |
Party4: | UKIP |
Last Election4: | 0 |
Seats Before4: | 1 |
Seats4: | 0 |
Seat Change4: | −1 |
Elections to Havant Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections.[1] They took place at the same time as the elections for Hampshire County Council and the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner.[2]
In the previous election, the Conservative Party successfully held all 11 seats up for election, albeit with an overall slightly reduced vote percentage. The statement of persons nominated was published on Friday 9 April 2021.[3]
Source: Havant Borough Council[4]
The incumbent Malc Carpenter, previously of UKIP, stood as an independent.
Labour did not stand a candidate in this ward, unlike the previous election, when they came second with 13.7% of the vote.
The Green Party did not stand a candidate in this ward, unlike the previous election, when they came fourth with 7.6% of the vote.
UKIP did not stand a candidate in this ward, unlike the previous election, when they came third with 10.6% of the vote.
UKIP, the incumbent party, did not stand a candidate in this ward; in the 2019 election, the UKIP candidate came joint third with 13.7% of the vote.