Winchester Guildhall, home of the City Council, seen in 2018
Winchester City Council is responsible for the local government of the City of Winchester in Hampshire, England. Despite its name, the City of Winchester is a local government district that stretches far beyond the urban area of Winchester, covering urban, suburban and rural areas.
One third of Winchester City Council is elected each year in a sequence of three years, followed by one year without election, thus giving a tenure for individual councillors of four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2016, 45 councillors have been elected from 16 wards, there having previously been 57 councillors have been elected from 26 wards from 2002.[1]
Council elections
1973 Winchester City Council election
1976 Winchester City Council election (New ward boundaries)[2]
1979 Winchester City Council election
1980 Winchester City Council election
1982 Winchester City Council election
1983 Winchester City Council election
1984 Winchester City Council election
1986 Winchester City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)[3]
^legislation.gov.uk - The City of Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^legislation.gov.uk - The Winchester (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 20 April 2016.
^Edkins, Keith. "Local Authority Byelection Results - September 1998". Local Authority Byelection Results. Keith Edkins. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
^"District Council By-Election Results - 7 June 2001". Winchester City Council. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^"By-election result". Winchester City Council. 30 September 2005. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^"Wickham By-Election results". Winchester City Council. 23 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^"Lib Dems triumph". ThisIsHampshire.net. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^"Results of the Colden Common and Twyford by-election". Winchester City Council. 26 September 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010.
^"Lib Dems defend crucial by-election seat". Southern Daily Echo. 15 October 2010. Retrieved 10 December 2010.
^"Winchester Lib Dems win by-election in Oliver's Battery and Badger Farm". Hampshire Chronicle. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
^"Declaration of Results of Poll - Winchester City Council St Michael Ward Thursday 4 July" (PDF). Election Results. Winchester City Council. Retrieved 6 July 2024.