Test Valley Borough Council elections

Test Valley Borough Council is elected every four years.

Political control

• Independent 1973 - 1976
• No overall control 1976 - 1979
• Conservative 1979 - 1995
• No overall control 1995 - 1999
• Conservative 1999–present

Council elections

• Test Valley Borough Council election, 1999
• Test Valley Borough Council election, 2003
• Test Valley Borough Council election, 2007
• Test Valley Borough Council election, 2011
• Test Valley Borough Council election, 2015

By-election results

Weyhill By-Election 3 October 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		565	55.6
	Liberal Democrat		288	28.4
	Labour		119	11.7
	UKIP		44	4.3
Majority			277	27.2
Turnout			1,016	37.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chilworth & Nursling By-Election 9 January 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		897	54.4
	Conservative		630	38.2
	Labour		122	7.4
Majority			267	16.2
Turnout			1,649	32.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Blackwater By-Election 16 December 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,016	72.8	+14.8
	Liberal Democrat		325	23.3	-18.8
	Labour		54	3.8	+3.8
Majority			908	49.5
Turnout			1,395	35.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tadburn By-Election 30 April 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		423	50.1	-9.6
	Conservative		422	49.9	+23.7
Majority			1	0.2
Turnout			845	24.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Tedworth By-Election 7 May 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		500	52.3
	Conservative		456	47.7
Majority			44	4.6
Turnout			956	43.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Chilworth & Nursling By-Election 25 June 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		713	50.9	+15.9
	Liberal Democrat		527	37.6	-3.7
	Labour		162	11.6	-12.1
Majority			186	13.3
Turnout			1,402
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Millway By-Election 16 December 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		566	60.7	+9.1
	Liberal Democrat		291	31.2	-9.6
	Labour		76	8.1	+8.1
Majority			275	29.5
Turnout			933	14.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harewood By-Election 13 April 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		691	54.3	-11.1
	Liberal Democrat		554	43.6	+23.0
	Labour		27	2.1	-11.9
Majority			137	10.7
Turnout			1,272	49.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chilworth & Nursling By-Election 7 June 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,768	45.8	-12.4
	Liberal Democrat		1,583	41.0	+17.8
	Labour		510	13.2	-5.5
Majority			185	4.8
Turnout			3,861
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tedworth By-Election 7 June 2001 (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		804
	Conservative		710
	Labour		523
	Labour		422
Turnout			2,459
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kings Sombourne and Michelmarsh By-Election 21 February 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ruth Harper-Adams	465	58.4	+15.9
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Anderson	331	41.6	-8.4
Majority			134	16.8
Turnout			796	41.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Chilworth and Nursling By-Election 30 May 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Thompson-Hall	1,305	62.5	+4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Huckle	782	37.5	+14.1
Majority			523	25.0
Turnout			2,087	37.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winton By-Election 16 October 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Lynn	902	51.4	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat	David Metcalf	642	36.6	+11.5
	Labour	Alan Cotter	95	5.4	+5.4
	UKIP	Anthony McCabe	60	3.4	-4.9
	Green	James Todd	56	3.2	-7.9
Majority			260	14.8
Turnout			1,755	28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Abbey By-Election 25 November 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Sally Lamb	861	50.5	+21.6
	Conservative	John Ray	842	49.4	+16.8
Majority			19	1.1
Turnout			1,703	47.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Anna By-Election 3 November 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Dunnett	658	74.7	+16.2
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin O'Leary	176	20.0	-8.8
	Labour	Alan Cotter	47	5.3	+5.3
Majority			482	54.7
Turnout			881	23.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Blackwater By-Election 3 November 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gordon Bailey	959	67.1	-10.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Thaxter	448	31.4	+9.0
	Labour	Keith Morrell	22	1.5	+1.5
Majority			511	35.7
Turnout			1,429	34.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mary's By-Election 16 February 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jan Budzynski	534	44.5	+9.8
	Liberal Democrat	Linda Gates	485	40.4	-4.4
	Labour	Paul Goddard	182	15.1	-5.4
Majority			49	4.1
Turnout			1,201	20.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Cupernam By-Election 13 December 2007

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Karen Dunleavey	793	59.8	+4.1
	Conservative	Clive Lewis	460	34.7	-9.6
	UKIP	Bill McCabe	73	5.5	+5.5
Majority			333	25.1
Turnout			1,329	33.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

External links

• Test Valley Borough Council