Hamble - LD HOLD
Eastleigh South - LD HOLD
Botley and Hedge End North - LD HOLD
Eastleigh North - LD HOLD
Chandlers Ford - LD GAIN FROM CON
Hedge End and West End South - LD HOLD
Bishopstoke and Fair Oak - IND GAIN from LD
West End and Horton Heath - CON GAIN from LD
So, HCC make up in terms of Eastleigh (change in brackets)
LD = 6 (lost 1)
Independent = 1 (gained 1)
Conservatives = 1
Opposition at county now more varied, which sounds better to me!
So close for Jerry in Hedge End by just 17 votes! I bet that was recounted!
Bishopstoke & Fair Oak, and West End & Horton Heath are leading the way on demonstrating escape from the Eastleigh Lib Dem stranglehold is possible!
All in all, I’d say positive results, but what can be done to improve people’s awareness that local elections are not the same as national.
People seem very confused by this when voting, and people are voting LD in opposition to CON or LAB, not realising LD are approaching 30 years in power! . (Aware CON have the majority at county!).
Got hold of Mr House, he has acknowledged that there was indeed an error, and will ask the Elections/website team to update the results of the Bishy count