Local Elections 2024: Results in the South East, South and Thames Valley

  • BERKSHIRE

READING

2024 result: Labour hold.

The Greens gained one seat here, the Conservatives lost one.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Labour - 32

  • Green - 8

  • Conservative - 4

  • Liberal Democrat - 3

  • Ind - 1

WOKINGHAM

2024 result: No overall control.

Following 2023's election, Wokingham Borough Council remained under no overall control. The Tories lost overall control for the first time in 20 years at the 2022 elections.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Liberal Democrat - 27

  • Conservative - 19

  • Labour - 8

  • DORSET

DORSET

2024 result: Liberal Democrat gain from Conservatives.

Dorset Council was created in 2019 when the former county council and borough councils were abolished, creating the unitary authority.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Liberal Democrat - 42

  • Conservative - 30

  • Green - 4

  • Independents and others - 4

  • Labour - 2

  • ESSEX

BASILDON

2024 result: Conservative loss - no party majority.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Lab - 18

  • Con - 13

  • Ind/Others - 11

CASTLE POINT

2024 result: People's Independent Party gain from no party majority.

There have been boundary changes in Castle Point meaning the whole council was elected instead of the usual third. There are now 39 councillors - two fewer than before the 2024 election.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • People's Independent Party - 24

  • Ind/Others - 15

  • Con - 0

ROCHFORD

2024 result: No overall control.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Liberal Democrat - 11

  • Conservative - 10

  • Ind/Others - 9

  • Residents' Association - 8

  • Green - 1

SOUTHEND-ON-SEA

2024 result: No overall control.

Labour gained three seats here and the Conservatives lost four. The Greens gained one.

Labour is now the largest party on the council.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Labour - 20

  • Conservative - 18

  • Ind - 7

  • Liberal Democrat - 4

  • Green - 2

THURROCK

2024 result: Labour have taken control of this council. It was under the control of the Conservatives until recently, but they lost overall control when two councillors defected before the elections.

The Tories lost 12 seats here, taking their total number of councillors to 13. Labour gained 8 seats and independents claimed 4.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Labour - 27

  • Conservative - 13

  • Ind - 9

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  • HAMPSHIRE

BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE

2024 result: No overall control.

Stacy Hart won a seat on Basingstoke and Deane Council to give the Women’s Equality Party (WEP) their first borough councillor.

She polled 1,659 votes in Hatch Warren & Beggarwood ward, 61.6% of the vote, gaining the seat from Conservatives.

The WEP had previously won seats on town and parish councils but this is their most important victory in the nine years since the party was founded by broadcaster Sandi Toksvig and journalist Catherine Mayer.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Conservative - 16

  • Labour - 11

  • Liberal Democrat - 11

  • Basingstoke & Deane Ind - 10

  • Ind - 3

  • Green - 2

  • Women's Equality Party - 1

EASTLEIGH

2024 result: Liberal Democrat hold.

The council make is now as follows:

  • Liberal Democrat - 35

  • Ind - 3

  • Conservative - 1

FAREHAM

2024 result: Conservative hold.

The Tories lost 5 seats here, but hold a comfortable majority. The Lib Dems gained four, and Labour gained one seat.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Conservative - 22

  • Liberal Democrat - 8

  • Ind - 1

  • Labour - 1

GOSPORT

2024 result: Liberal Democrat hold.

The Liberal Democrats lost a seat here, and the Tories gained one.

Gosport has been under Liberal Democrat control since 2022. Before then, it was under Conservative control for 12 years.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Liberal Democrat - 15

  • Conservative -10

  • Labour - 2

HART

2024 result: No overall control.

The Liberal Democrats are now the largest party on Hart Borough Council with 12 councillors.

The second-largest party is the Residents Association with 11. The Tories have 9 seats, losing two this year.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Liberal Democrat - 15

  • Conservative - 10

  • Labour - 2

HAVANT

2024 result: Conservative loss - no party majority.

The Conservatives lost five seats here in 2023. But they still had 30 councillors, giving them control of Havant Borough Council. Labour and the Liberal Democrats gained two seats each, whilst the Greens gained one. Havant Borough Council covers an area including towns such as Waterlooville, Hayling Island and Emsworth.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Conservative - 13

  • Labour - 10

  • Liberal Democrat - 7

  • Green - 4

  • Reform UK - 2

PORTSMOUTH

2024 result: No overall control.

The Liberal Democrats are the largest party now, with 19 seats on the council.

The Conservatives lost four seats, making them the smallest party on Portsmouth City Council with just four seats.

Portsmouth has been a battle between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over the last few years.

22 councillors are needed for an outright majority, which no party met.

The council is now as follows:

  • Liberal Democrat - 19

  • Ind - 11

  • Labour - 8

  • Conservative - 4

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RUSHMOOR

2024 result: Labour gain from the Conservatives.

Labour gained 7 seats here - taking their total to 21 councillors. The Tories lost 8. It follows a loss of 5 seats during the 2023 elections.

The council is now as follows:

  • Labour - 21

  • Conservative - 15

  • Liberal Democrat - 3

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SOUTHAMPTON

2024 result: Labour hold

Labour lost two seats this year, one to the Tories and one to the Liberal Democrats.

They are still the largest party on Southampton City Council, however, holding a comfortable majority.

The council is now as follows:

  • Labour - 36

  • Conservative - 10

  • Liberal Democrat - 4

  • Green - 1

WINCHESTER

2024 result: Liberal Democrat hold.

The Conservatives lost a seat here, taking their total to 6 seats. The Liberal Democrats gained one, taking their total to 24.

The council is known to swing between the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, but has been held by the Lib Dems since 2019, after they won it from the Conservatives.

The new make up of the council is as follows:

  • Liberal Democrat - 24

  • Conservative - 6

  • Green - 2

  • Ind - 1

  • KENT

MAIDSTONE

2024 result: No party majority.

Maidstone Borough Council fell to no overall control in 2023. The Conservatives lost four seats here. The Liberal Democrats also lost one. Independents gained two seats. Labour also gained one. The Greens gained two seats, bringing their total to three.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Conservative - 13

  • Liberal Democrats - 12

  • Green - 10

  • Independents and others - 8

  • Labour - 6

  • OXFORDSHIRE

CHERWELL

2024 result: No party majority.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Liberal Democrat - 17

  • Labour - 13

  • Conservative - 11

  • Green - 4

  • Independents and others - 3

OXFORD

2024 result: No party majority.

The council make up is now as follows:

  • Labour - 20

  • Independents and others - 11

  • Liberal Democrat - 9

  • Green - 8

WEST OXFORDSHIRE

2024 result: No overall control.

The Tories lost five seats here. The Liberal Democrats took three of them, and Labour and the Greens took one each.

As the home of former Prime Minister David Cameron, this district has been a traditional Conservative led council.

However, David Cameron now has a Liberal Democrat Councillor.

The Lib Dems have gained the Chadlington and Churchill ward in West Oxfordshire from the Tories. The ward is also home to Jeremy Clarkson's farm.

The council is now made up of the following:

  • Liberal Democrat - 21

  • Conservative - 13

  • Labour - 11

  • Green Party - 4

  • SUSSEX

ADUR

2024 result: Labour gain from the Conservatives.

It is the first time ever Labour has run Adur.

The council is now made up of the following:

  • Labour - 17

  • Conservative - 8

  • Green - 2

  • Ind/Others - 2

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CRAWLEY

2024 result: Labour hold.

The council is now made up of the following:

  • Labour - 25

  • Conservative - 11

HASTINGS

2024 result: No overall control.

The council is now made up of the following:

  • Green - 12

  • Labour - 8

  • Hastings Independents - 6

  • Conservative - 5

  • Ind - 1

WORTHING

2024 result: Labour hold

The council is now made up of the following:

  • Labour - 26

  • Conservative - 9

  • Green - 2

  • Liberal Democrat - 0

Labour held control of Worthing in 2023. The town has been a key battleground for both Labour and the Conservatives.

  • WILTSHIRE

SWINDON

2024 result: Labour hold.

Labour took control of Swindon in 2023. Prior to that, it had been run by the Conservatives since 2004.

The council is now as follows:

  • Labour - 41

  • Conservative - 15

  • Liberal Democrat - 1

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