2021 Fareham Borough Council election
{{Short description|2021 UK local government election}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2021 Fareham Borough Council election
| flag_image =
| type = Parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour = yes
| previous_election = 2018 Fareham Borough Council election
| previous_year = 2018
| next_election = 2022 Fareham Borough Council election
| next_year = 2022
| seats_for_election = Half of seats (15 of 31) to Fareham Borough Council
| majority_seats = 16
| election_date = 6 May 2021
| party1 = Conservative Party (UK)
| leader1 = Seán Woodward
| seats1 = 13 (23 total)
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}1
| percentage1 = 56%
| swing1 = {{increase}}4%
| party2 = Liberal Democrats (UK)
| leader2 = Roger Price
| seats2 = 2 (5 total)
| seat_change2 = {{nochange}}0
| percentage2 = 22%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}2%
| map_image = Fareham UK local election 2021 map.svg
}}Elections to Fareham Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021, as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections. These elections were originally scheduled for 2020 but were suspended for a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the previous elections, in 2018 the council consisted of 24 Conservatives, 5 Liberal Democrats, 1 Independent member and 1 UKIP member. Since the Conservatives regained majority control of the council in 1999, the Liberal Democrats had formed the main opposition.
Background
In January 2020, opposition Liberal Democrat councillor Shaun Cunningham left the party to sit as an independent citing the party's poor general election results. {{Cite web|url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/fareham-liberal-democrat-councillor-resigns-party-citing-huge-impact-general-election-results-1361935|title=Fareham Liberal Democrat councillor resigns from party citing 'huge' impact of general election results|website=www.portsmouth.co.uk|date=10 January 2020 }} Two months later, in March 2020, two Conservative councillors, Leslie Keeble and Keith Barton left their party. These three councillors alongside the other independent councillor Jack Englefield and the former UKIP councillor, Carolyn Heneghan, formed a new independent opposition group. In late March 2021, a dispute between council leader Sean Woodward and Geoff Fazackarley led to Fazackarley also parting with the Conservatives and joining the independent opposition group. With six members, this group has replaced the four-strong Liberal Democrat group as the main opposition on the council.{{Cite web|url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/new-political-group-launched-fareham-after-councillors-clash-leader-sean-woodward-2084138|title=New political group launched in Fareham after councillors' clash with leader Sean Woodward|website=www.portsmouth.co.uk|date=5 March 2020 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesssouth.org/fareham-borough-council-new-party-formed-after-councillor-leaves-the-conservative-group/|title=Fareham Borough Council – New party formed after Councillor leaves the Conservative Group | Business South|first=Natalie|last=Hunt}}{{Cite web|title=Councillor 'resigns' from ruling Tory group - but leader says he was expelled|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19196631.geoff-fazackarley-parts-company-ruling-tory-group/|access-date=2021-04-01|website=Daily Echo|language=en}}
The Statement of Persons Nominated was published on 9 April 2021.{{Cite web|title=Statement of Persons Nominated|url=https://www.fareham.gov.uk/PDF/about_the_council/elections/SoPN_FBC.pdf|url-status=live|website=Fareham Borough Council|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410152738/https://www.fareham.gov.uk/PDF/about_the_council/elections/SoPN_FBC.pdf |archive-date=10 April 2021 }}
Results
{{Election summary partial council net begin|title = 2021 Fareham Borough Council election{{Cite web|last=Council|first=Fareham Borough|date=2012-11-07|title=Election results by party, 6 May 2021|url=https://moderngov.fareham.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=18&RPID=9314650|access-date=2021-05-14|website=moderngov.fareham.gov.uk}}}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|seats = 13
|net = {{increase}} 1
|seats % = 86.7
|other seats = 10
|total seats = 23
|total seats % = 74.2
|votes = 20,374
|votes % = 56.2
|plus/minus = +2.1
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
|seats = 2
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 13.3
|other seats = 3
|total seats = 5
|total seats % = 16.1
|votes = 7,984
|votes % = 22.0
|plus/minus = -6.4
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Independent politician
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 3
|total seats = 3
|total seats % = 9.7
|votes = 2,798
|votes % = 7.7
|plus/minus = +4.2
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 4,472
|votes % = 12.3
|plus/minus = -0.6
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Green Party of England and Wales
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 477
|votes % = 1.3
|plus/minus = +0.4
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Reform UK
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 87
|votes % = 0.2
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = Workers Party of Britain
|seats = 0
|net = {{steady}}
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = 63
|votes % = 0.2
|plus/minus = New
}}
{{Election summary partial council net party|
|party = UKIP
|seats = 0
|net = {{decrease}} 1
|seats % = 0.0
|other seats = 0
|total seats = 0
|total seats % = 0.0
|votes = N/A
|votes % = N/A
|plus/minus = -0.2
}}
{{Election box end}}
Results by Ward
= Fareham East =
{{Election box begin|title=Fareham East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Katrina Kathleen Trott*|votes=1,204|percentage=47.1|change=-8.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Stephen Paul Ingram|votes=950|percentage=37.2|change=+4.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Gemma Oughton|votes=296|percentage=11.6|change=-0.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Paul Sturgess|votes=105|percentage=4.1|change=+4.1}}
{{Election box majority|votes=254|percentage=9.9|change=-12.9}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,555|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)|swing=-6.5}}
{{Election box end}}
= Fareham North =
{{Election box begin|title=Fareham North}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Louise Elizabeth Clubley*|votes=1,121|percentage=49.9|change=-1.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jean Wigmore|votes=536|percentage=23.9|change=+23.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Ciaran Urry-Tuttiett|votes=206|percentage=9.2|change=-17.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Nicholas John Knight|votes=205|percentage=9.1|change=-3.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=David Barton Harrison|votes=178|percentage=7.9|change=-1.4}}
{{Election box majority|votes=585|percentage=26.0|change=+0.9}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,246|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=-12.9}}
{{Election box end}}
= Fareham North West =
{{Election box begin|title=Fareham North West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Fred Birkett*|votes=1,009|percentage=55.9|change=+12.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Jan Mondey|votes=309|percentage=17.1|change=+17.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Gemma Furnivall|votes=305|percentage=16.9|change=+1.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Dominic Leung Yan Wong|votes=181|percentage=10.0|change=+0.7}}
{{Election box majority|votes=700|percentage=38.8|change=+18.4}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,804|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=-2.1}}
{{Election box end}}
= Fareham South =
{{Election box begin|title=Fareham South}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nick Gregory|votes=802|percentage=46.0|change=+2.0}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Andrew Peter Mooney|votes=361|percentage=20.7|change=-0.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Keith Alexander Barton*|votes=238|percentage=13.6|change=-30.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=James Fowler|votes=194|percentage=11.1|change=+1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=Nick Lyle|votes=150|percentage=8.6|change=+8.6}}
{{Election box majority|votes=441|percentage=32.3|change=+13.3}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,745|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=+1.5}}
{{Election box end}}
Keith Barton (Independent) was the leader of the Independent Group (6 councillors) on Fareham Council.
= Fareham West =
{{Election box begin|title=Fareham West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tina Lesley Ellis*|votes=1,571|percentage=67.0|change=-2.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Rowena Rose|votes=311|percentage=13.3|change=-1.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Verden Alluin Meldrum|votes=228|percentage=9.7|change=-5.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party of England and Wales|candidate=John Peter Vivian|votes=149|percentage=6.4|change=+6.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Steve Richards|votes=87|percentage=3.7|change=+3.7}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1,260|percentage=53.7|change=-0.9}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,346|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=-0.7}}
{{Election box end}}
= Hill Head =
{{Election box begin|title=Hill Head}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Kay Mandry*|votes=1,720|percentage=59.5|change=+7.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=David John Hamilton|votes=710|percentage=24.6|change=+13.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Ivan Lincoln Gray|votes=292|percentage=10.1|change=+2.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Gerald Clayton Drabble|votes=170|percentage=5.9|change=+5.9}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1,010|percentage=34.9|change=+13.2}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,892|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=-2.8}}
{{Election box end}}
= Locks Heath =
{{Election box begin|title=Locks Heath}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Malcolm Roy Daniells|votes=1,614|percentage=69.4|change=-2.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Angela Carr|votes=392|percentage=16.9|change=+1.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Darren Alderson-Hall|votes=318|percentage=13.7|change=+13.7}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1,226|percentage=52.6|change=-4.7}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,324|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=-2.4}}
{{Election box end}}
= Park Gate =
{{Election box begin|title=Park Gate}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Simon David Martin*|votes=1,440|percentage=56.7|change=-9.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=John Michael Boyle|votes=396|percentage=15.6|change=-3.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Graham Stanley Everdell|votes=366|percentage=14.4|change=+14.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Bob Murphy|votes=276|percentage=10.9|change=+10.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Workers Party of Britain|candidate=David George William Gilbert Smith|votes=63|percentage=2.5|change=+2.5}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1,044|percentage=41.1|change=-6.6}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,541|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=-3.3}}
{{Election box end}}
= Portchester East =
{{Election box begin|title=Portchester East}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Jean Kelly|votes=1,569|percentage=44.4|change=-1.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Melojane Herbert|votes=1,417|percentage=40.1|change=+1.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Richard Edward Ryan|votes=402|percentage=11.4|change=-4.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Trevor Alford|votes=145|percentage=4.1|change=-34.7}}
{{Election box majority|votes=152|percentage=4.3|change=-2.4}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=3,533|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Liberal Democrats (UK)|swing=-1.2}}
{{Election box end}}
= Portchester West =
{{Election box begin|title=Portchester West}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Nicholas John Walker*|votes=1,211|percentage=54.2|change=+2.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Ashley Stephen Brown|votes=788|percentage=35.3|change=-2.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Leslie Charles Ricketts|votes=235|percentage=10.5|change=+0.6}}
{{Election box majority|votes=423|percentage=18.9|change=+4.7}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,234|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=+2.4}}
{{Election box end}}
= Sarisbury =
{{Election box begin|title=Sarisbury}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Joanne Bull|votes=1,529|percentage=60.5|change=-11.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Geoffrey Ian Townley|votes=417|percentage=16.5|change=+16.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Peter Davison|votes=335|percentage=13.3|change=-1.7}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=James Michael Webb|votes=245|percentage=9.7|change=-3.7}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1,112|percentage=47.3|change=-9.4}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,526|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=-13.8}}
{{Election box end}}
= Stubbington =
{{Election box begin|title=Stubbington}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Pal Kaur Hayre|votes=1,443|percentage=54.6|change=+24.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Jimmy Roberts|votes=834|percentage=31.5|change=+1.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Tom Fowler|votes=196|percentage=7.4|change=+2.6}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Carolyn Heneghan*|votes=171|percentage=6.5|change=-28.5}}
{{Election box majority|votes=609|percentage=23.0|change=+18.1}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,644|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|loser=UKIP|swing=+11.5}}
{{Election box end}}
= Titchfield =
{{Election box begin|title=Titchfield}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Tiffany Georgina Harper*|votes=1,579|percentage=69.2|change=+1.5}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Justin Grimley|votes=368|percentage=16.1|change=+0.1}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Michael Alan Prior|votes=336|percentage=14.7|change=-1.6}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1,211|percentage=53.0|change=+1.6}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,283|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=+0.7}}
{{Election box end}}
= Titchfield Common =
{{Election box begin|title=Titchfield Common}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Sarah Pankhurst*|votes=1,222|percentage=56.3|change=-3.4}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Aimee Jane White|votes=431|percentage=19.9|change=+19.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=James Wilson Carr|votes=271|percentage=12.5|change=-0.9}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Sandra Lynn Abrams|votes=245|percentage=11.3|change=-6.4}}
{{Election box majority|votes=791|percentage=36.5|change=-5.6}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,169|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=-11.7}}
{{Election box end}}
= Warsash =
{{Election box begin|title=Warsash}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Conservative Party (UK)|candidate=Michael John Ford*|votes=1,746|percentage=72.4|change=-5.8}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Liberal Democrats (UK)|candidate=Jim Palmer|votes=355|percentage=14.7|change=+9.2}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Labour Party (UK)|candidate=Antony John|votes=312|percentage=12.9|change=+4.3}}
{{Election box majority|votes=1,391|percentage=57.6|change=-11.8}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=2,413|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Conservative Party (UK)|swing=-7.5}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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prev=2018 Fareham Council election|
list=Fareham local elections|
next=2022 Fareham Council election
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