Southampton City Council elections are held three out of every four years to elect members of

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, the local authority for the city of

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. Since 1 April 1997 Southampton has been a

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responsible for all local government functions; prior to this it was a

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beneath

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. Southampton City Council is made up of 48 councillors, with three councillors representing each of 16 wards. One councillor from each ward is elected each May on a four-year cycle, with no elections in the fourth year.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the

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, political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Non-metropolitan district Unitary authority

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1996 have been:

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

* 1996 Southampton City Council election * 1998 Southampton City Council election * 1999 Southampton City Council election * 2000 Southampton City Council election * 2002 Southampton City Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 3) * 2003 Southampton City Council election * 2004 Southampton City Council election * 2006 Southampton City Council election *

2007 Southampton City Council election The 2007 Southampton Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. After the elect ...

2008 Southampton City Council election The 2008 Southampton Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained overall control of the council ...

2010 Southampton City Council election The 2010 Southampton Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Southampton Unitary Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the counc ...

2012 Southampton City Council election The 2012 Southampton Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Southampton City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council (16 seats) was scheduled for election, whilst two additional vacancies, caused ...

2014 Southampton City Council election 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 war ...

2015 Southampton City Council election The 2015 Southampton City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Southampton City Council in England. This was on the same day as other 2015 United Kingdom local elections, local elections. After the election, the compos ...

2016 Southampton City Council election The 2016 Southampton City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Southampton City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. After the election, the composition of the council was: * Labour 25 ...

2018 Southampton City Council election Elections to Southampton City Council took place on Thursday 3 May 2018, alongside nationwide local elections, alongside other local elections across the country. The elections saw no changes in the overall composition of the council, however s ...

* 2019 Southampton City Council election *

2021 Southampton City Council election The 2021 Southampton City Council election took place in on 6 May 2021, on the same day as other local elections, to elect members of Southampton City Council. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, to elect to the seats of c ...

2022 Southampton City Council election Elections to Southampton City Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2022, alongside nationwide local elections, alongside other 2022 United Kingdom local elections, local elections across the country. The seats up for election were last conteste ...

* 2023 Southampton City Council election (New ward boundaries will increase the number of seats by 3)

City result maps

File:Southampton labelled ward map 2002.jpg, Ward boundaries used since 2002 File:Southampton UK local election 2002 map.svg, 2002 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map File:Southampton 2006 election map.png, 2006 results map File:Southampton 2007 election map.png, 2007 results map File:Southampton 2008 election map.png, 2008 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2010 map.svg, 2010 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2012 map.svg, 2012 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2014 map.svg, 2014 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2015 map.svg, 2015 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2016 map.svg, 2016 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2018 map.svg, 2018 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2019 map.svg, 2019 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map File:Southampton UK local election 2022 map.svg, 2022 results map

By-election results

1990s

2000s

2010s

References

External links

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{{Unitary authorities of England Council elections in Hampshire Politics of Southampton Unitary authority elections in England