Seat 1 |
Seat 2 |
Seat 3 |
November 1935 - 3 vacancies |
William Briggs |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
William Few |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
Clara Rackham |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- all unopposed |
|
Briggs was a retiring alderman.
Rackham was the only one to serve a full term, retiring 1938. | |
Byelection - December 1935 |
Joseph Holt |
|
(Lab) |
1348 |
69.0% |
Dermot Freyer |
|
(Lab) |
1323 |
67.7% |
John Read |
|
(Con) |
606 |
31.0% |
|
No change, Lab Maj 717 36.7%. Retiring 1937 & 1936. | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No elections held during World War II. |
November 1945 |
George Proctor |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change.
Retiring 1947 because of byelection in December 1945. | |
Byelection - December 1945 |
Thomas Amey |
|
(Lab) |
1817 |
67.8% |
Harold Ridgeon |
|
(Con) |
864 |
32.2% |
No change, Lab Maj 953 35.5%. Retiring 1949. | |
|
|
May 1949 |
Thomas Amey |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
May 1950 |
A.Leslie Symonds |
|
(Lab) |
2218 |
66.6% |
Leonard Cogman |
|
(Con) |
1111 |
33.4% |
No change, Lab Maj 1107 33.3%. | |
May 1951 |
Harold Bowles |
|
(Lab) |
1500 |
54.8% |
Leonard Cogman |
|
(Con) |
1238 |
45.2% |
No change, Lab Maj 262 9.6%. | |
May 1952 |
Thomas Amey |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
May 1953 |
A.Leslie Symonds |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
May 1954 |
Harold Bowles |
R |
(Lab) |
1657 |
59.4% |
Walter Crysell |
|
(Con) |
1133 |
40.6% |
No change, Lab Maj 524 18.8%. | |
May 1955 |
Thomas Amey |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
May 1956 |
A.Leslie Symonds |
R |
(Lab) |
1513 |
69.1% |
Donald Hudson |
|
(RPA) |
676 |
30.9% |
No change, Lab Maj 837 38.2%. | |
|
Byelection - June 1956 |
Mervyn Stockwood |
|
(Lab) |
1050 |
64.7% |
Donald Hudson |
|
(RPA) |
574 |
35.3% |
No change, Lab Maj 476 29.3%. Retiring 1958. | |
|
May 1957 |
Muriel Lloyd-Prichard |
|
(Lab) |
1390 |
69.4% |
Donald Hudson |
|
(RPA) |
613 |
30.6% |
No change, Lab Maj 777 38.8%. | |
May 1958 |
Mervyn Stockwood |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
|
|
|
May 1959 - 2 vacancies |
Dorothy Howlett |
|
(Lab) |
|
|
Ernest Gill |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- both unopposed | |
No change. Order determined by lot.
Second place retiring 1961. | |
|
|
May 1960 |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
May 1961 |
Ernest Gill |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
May 1962 |
Dorothy Howlett |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
May 1963 |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
1608 |
56.2% |
Iain Fowler |
|
(Lib) |
1252 |
43.8% |
No change, Lab Maj 356 12.4%. | |
May 1964 |
Ernest Gill |
R |
(Lab) |
1740 |
73.0% |
Phyllis Pink |
|
(Lib) |
643 |
27.0% |
No change, Lab Maj 1097 46.0%. | |
May 1965 |
Dorothy Howlett |
R |
(Lab) |
1222 |
91.5% |
Reuben Holland |
|
(ILP) |
113 |
8.5% |
No change, Lab Maj 1109 83.1%. | |
|
|
|
May 1966 |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
May 1967 |
Robert May |
R |
(Lab) |
1055 |
67.6% |
Bernard Greaves |
|
(Lib) |
506 |
32.4% |
|
No change, Lab Maj 549 35.2%. | |
May 1968 |
Nora David |
|
(Lab) |
984 |
49.1% |
Gerald Speed |
|
(Con) |
864 |
43.1% |
Bernard Greaves |
|
(Y.L) |
155 |
7.7% |
No change, Lab Maj 120 6.0%. | |
May 1969 |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
1247 |
59.4% |
Michael French |
|
(Con) |
851 |
40.6% |
|
No change, Lab Maj 396 18.9%. | |
May 1970 |
Robert May |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
May 1971 |
Nora David |
R |
(Lab) |
1789 |
75.5% |
Ralph Niblett |
|
(Con) |
581 |
24.5% |
No change, Lab Maj 1208 51.0%. | |
May 1972 |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
|
|
- unopposed | |
No change. | |
June 1973 - 3 vacancies |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
1446 |
78.3% |
Robert May |
R |
(Lab) |
1293 |
70.0% |
Philip Geoghan |
|
(Lab) |
1273 |
68.9% |
Elaine Wheatley |
|
(Con) |
520 |
28.2% |
Alan Attesley |
|
(Con) |
510 |
27.6% |
Veronica Chaytor |
|
(Con) |
497 |
26.9% |
Lab Maj 753 40.8%. All retiring 1976. | |
General re-warding
Romsey swapped areas south of Mill Road with Coleridge. |
May 1976 - 3 vacancies |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
971 |
46.9% |
Robert May |
R |
(Lab) |
879 |
42.5% |
Terence Sweeney |
R |
(Lab) |
860 |
41.6% |
Colin Barker |
|
(Con) |
707 |
34.2% |
Alan Charlesworth |
|
(Lib) |
469 |
22.7% |
John Steward |
|
(Lib) |
369 |
17.8% |
S.John Minton |
|
(Lib) |
356 |
17.2% |
Lab Maj 153 7.4%. Retiring 1980, 1979, 1978.
Sweeney was retirng Councillor for Cherry Hinton | |
May 1978 |
Terence Sweeney |
R |
(Lab) |
989 |
49.4% |
Philip Robinson |
|
(Con) |
601 |
30.0% |
Alan Charlesworth |
|
(Lib) |
380 |
19.0% |
Julian Chaloner |
|
(Com) |
31 |
1.5% |
|
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 388 19.4%. | |
May 1979 |
Robert May |
R |
(Lab) |
1891 |
49.3% |
Stephen Clarke |
|
(Con) |
1193 |
31.1% |
Anthony Waite |
|
(Lib) |
748 |
19.5% |
|
|
|
|
No change, Lab Maj 698 18.2%. | |
May 1980 |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
1214 |
59.3% |
Barry Wright |
|
(Con) |
553 |
27.0% |
Richard Folley |
|
(Lib) |
279 |
13.6% |
No change, Lab Maj 661 32.3%. | |
|
Byelection - December 1981 |
Cathy Grove |
|
(SDP) |
947 |
47.6% |
Leonard Freeman |
|
(Lab) |
862 |
43.3% |
Stephen George |
|
(Con) |
180 |
9.0% |
SDP gain, Maj 85 4.3%. Retiring 1983. | |
|
May 1982 |
Terence Sweeney |
R |
(Lab) |
1189 |
45.8% |
Richard Folley |
|
(Lib) |
1007 |
38.8% |
Anthony Hay |
|
(Con) |
376 |
14.5% |
Martin Booth |
|
(WRP) |
25 |
1.0% |
No change, Lab Maj 182 7.0%. | |
May 1983 |
Simon Sedgwick-Jell |
|
(Lab) |
1263 |
40.3% |
Cathy Grove |
R |
(SDP) |
1229 |
39.2% |
Julia Clark |
|
(Con) |
552 |
17.6% |
Guy Grimley |
|
(Eco) |
90 |
2.9% |
Lab gain, Maj 34 1.1%. | |
May 1984 |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
1497 |
55.0% |
Gale Waller |
|
(Lib) |
714 |
26.3% |
Colin Barker |
|
(Con) |
509 |
18.7% |
No change, Lab Maj 783 28.8%. | |
May 1986 |
Terence Sweeney |
R |
(Lab) |
1261 |
58.5% |
Colin Barker |
|
(Con) |
521 |
24.2% |
Carla Hurrell |
|
(SDP) |
373 |
17.3% |
No change, Lab Maj 740 34.3%. | |
May 1987 |
Simon Sedgwick-Jell |
R |
(Lab) |
1304 |
50.5% |
Rosemary Wheeler |
|
(Con) |
755 |
29.3% |
Karen Anderson |
|
(Lib) |
522 |
20.2% |
No change, Lab Maj 549 21.3%. | |
May 1988 |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
1295 |
51.1% |
Lee Jones |
|
(SLD) |
633 |
25.0% |
Rosemary Wheeler |
|
(Con) |
492 |
19.4% |
David Fox |
|
(Gre) |
114 |
4.5% |
No change, Lab Maj 662 26.1%. | |
Byelection - July 1988 |
Barry Gardiner |
|
(Lab) |
1101 |
53.1% |
Lee Jones |
|
(SLD) |
605 |
29.2% |
Rosemary Wheeler |
|
(Con) |
367 |
17.7% |
|
No change, Lab Maj 496 23.9%. Retiring 1990. | |
|
|
May 1990 |
Barry Gardiner |
R |
(Lab) |
1525 |
60.7% |
Rosemary Wheeler |
|
(Con) |
367 |
14.6% |
Janice Corn |
|
(LDm) |
351 |
14.0% |
Ian Miller |
|
(Gre) |
271 |
10.8% |
No change, Lab Maj 1158 46.1%. | |
May 1991 |
Simon Sedgwick-Jell |
R |
(Lab) |
1111 |
52.5% |
Thomas Timmons |
|
(LDm) |
413 |
19.5% |
Jason Webb |
|
(Con) |
376 |
17.8% |
Ian Miller |
|
(Gre) |
217 |
10.3% |
No change, Lab Maj 698 33.0%. | |
May 1992 |
Peter Wright |
R |
(Lab) |
1002 |
55.8% |
Rachel Atherton |
|
(Con) |
380 |
21.2% |
Rupert Ford |
|
(LDm) |
262 |
14.6% |
Ian Miller |
|
(Gre) |
151 |
8.4% |
No change, Lab Maj 622 34.7%. | |
|
Byelection - July 1993 |
John Heywood |
|
(Lab) |
1038 |
45.6% |
Catherine Smart |
|
(LDm) |
986 |
43.3% |
Kenneth Sharpe |
|
(Con) |
166 |
7.3% |
Ian Miller |
|
(Gre) |
88 |
3.9% |
|
No change, Lab Maj 52 2.3%. Retiring 1996. | |
May 1994 |
John Ratcliff |
|
(Lab) |
1344 |
50.6% |
Catherine Smart |
|
(LDm) |
1036 |
39.0% |
Stephen Wren |
|
(Con) |
160 |
6.0% |
Ian Miller |
|
(Gre) |
118 |
4.4% |
|
No change, Lab Maj 308 11.6%. | |
May 1995 |
David Baxter |
|
(Lab) |
1238 |
53.2% |
Catherine Smart |
|
(LDm) |
829 |
35.6% |
Adam Cannon |
|
(Con) |
133 |
5.7% |
Ian Miller |
|
(Gre) |
114 |
4.9% |
M.L.Patrice Gladwin |
|
(NLP) |
15 |
0.6% |
No change, Lab Maj 409 17.6%. | |
May 1996 |
Adrian Lucas |
|
(Lab) |
1184 |
55.5% |
Catherine Smart |
|
(LDm) |
840 |
39.4% |
Ann Watkins |
|
(Con) |
109 |
5.1% |
|
No change, Lab Maj 344 16.1%. | |
May 1998 |
Catherine Smart |
|
(LDm) |
1027 |
48.8% |
Paul Gilchrist |
|
(Lab) |
887 |
42.1% |
Hamish Downer |
|
(Gre) |
114 |
5.4% |
Peter Whitehead |
|
(Con) |
77 |
3.7% |
LDm gain, Maj 140 6.7%. | |
May 1999 |
Paul Gilchrist |
|
(Lab) |
1015 |
50.2% |
Jane Tienne |
|
(LDm) |
889 |
43.9% |
Vivian Ellis |
|
(Con) |
119 |
5.9% |
|
No Change, Lab Maj 126 6.2%. | |
May 2000 |
Sarah Ellis-Miller |
|
(LDm) |
951 |
45.0% |
Adrian Lucas |
R |
(Lab) |
900 |
42.6% |
Vivian Ellis |
|
(Con) |
134 |
6.3% |
Robert Milsom |
|
(Gre) |
126 |
5.4% |
|
LDm gain, Maj 51 2.4% | |
May 2002 |
Catherine Smart |
R |
(LDm) |
969 |
44.8% |
Paul Sales |
|
(Lab) |
867 |
40.1% |
Vicky Russell |
|
(Gre) |
194 |
9.0% |
Vivian Ellis |
|
(Con) |
131 |
6.1% |
|
No Change, LDm Maj 102 4.7% | |
May 2003 |
Iain Coleman |
|
(LDm) |
892 |
43.8% |
Paul Gilchrist |
R |
(Lab) |
789 |
38.8% |
Vicky Russell |
|
(Gre) |
146 |
7.2% |
Richard Normington |
|
(Con) |
145 |
7.1% |
Diana Minns |
|
(SoA) |
63 |
3.1% |
LDm gain, Maj 103 5.1% | |
General re-warding
Romsey gained Greville Road and William Smith Close from Coleridge. |
June 2004 |
Catherine Smart |
R |
(LDm) |
1192 |
48.3% |
Iain Coleman |
R |
(LDm) |
1184 |
48.0% |
Sarah Ellis-Miller |
R |
(LDm) |
1125 |
45.6% |
Jonathan Goodacre |
|
(Lab) |
746 |
30.2% |
Paul Sales |
|
(Lab) |
658 |
26.7% |
Benjamin Stafford |
|
(Lab) |
577 |
23.4% |
Richard Rippin |
|
(Gre) |
394 |
16.0% |
Vicky Russell |
|
(Gre) |
360 |
14.6% |
Vivian Ellis |
|
(Con) |
206 |
8.3% |
Margaret Reynolds |
|
(Con) |
186 |
7.5% |
Rosemary Wheeler |
|
(Con) |
172 |
7.0% |
Marjorie Barr |
|
(UKI) |
119 |
4.8% |
No change, LDm Maj 379 15.4%. Retiring in 2008, 2007 & 2006. | |
May 2006 - 2 vacancies |
Sarah Ellis-Miller |
R |
(LDm) |
1065 |
44.8% |
Raj Shah |
|
(LDm) |
815 |
34.3% |
Jonathan Goodacre |
|
(Lab) |
623 |
26.2% |
Tariq Sadiq |
|
(Lab) |
491 |
20.6% |
Jesse Griffiths |
|
(Gre) |
358 |
15.0% |
Thomas Woodcock |
|
(Rsp) |
294 |
12.4% |
Samuel Caldwell |
|
(Rsp) |
268 |
11.3% |
Hugh Mennie |
|
(Con) |
235 |
9.9% |
Neil Hewett |
|
(Gre) |
216 |
9.1% |
Angela Ozturk |
|
(Con) |
216 |
9.1% |
|
|
No change, LDm Maj 192 8.1% Second place retiring 2007. | |
May 2007 |
Raj Shah |
R |
(LDm) |
774 |
36.2% |
Jonathan Goodacre |
|
(Lab) |
496 |
23.2% |
Thomas Woodcock |
|
(Rsp) |
358 |
16.8% |
Jesse Griffiths |
|
(Gre) |
271 |
12.7% |
Angela Ozturk |
|
(Con) |
238 |
11.1% |
No change, LDm Maj 278 13.0% | |
May 2008 |
Catherine Smart |
R |
(LDm) |
791 |
37.2% |
Leonard Freeman |
|
(Lab) |
535 |
25.1% |
Thomas Woodcock |
|
(LfL) |
328 |
15.4% |
Samuel Barker |
|
(Con) |
285 |
13.4% |
Keith Garrett |
|
(Gre) |
189 |
8.9% |
No change, LDm Maj 256 12.0% | |
May 2010 |
Paul Saunders |
|
(LDm) |
1615 |
38.1% |
Edward Carlsson Browne |
|
(Lab) |
928 |
21.9% |
Hannah Allum |
|
(Gre) |
697 |
16.4% |
Jane Slinn |
|
(Con) |
600 |
14.1% |
Thomas Woodcock |
|
(Soc) |
404 |
9.5% |
No change, LDm Maj 687 16.2% | |
May 2011 |
Zoe Moghadas |
|
(Lab) |
996 |
33.3% |
Raj Shah |
R |
(LDm) |
870 |
29.1% |
Jamie Gibson |
|
(Gre) |
411 |
13.7% |
Samuel Barker |
|
(Con) |
360 |
12.0% |
Thomas Woodcock |
|
(Soc) |
356 |
11.9% |
Lab gain, Maj 126 4.2% | |
May 2012 |
Catherine Smart |
R |
(LDm) |
1020 |
41.4% |
Rachel Eckersley |
|
(Lab) |
813 |
33.0% |
Thomas Woodcock |
|
(Soc) |
457 |
18.5% |
Philip Salway |
|
(Con) |
175 |
7.1% |
|
No change, LDm Maj 207 8.4% | |
May 2014 |
Dave Baigent |
|
(Lab) |
1205 |
41.6% |
Paul Saunders |
R |
(LDm) |
1093 |
37.7% |
Megan Parry |
|
(Gre) |
394 |
13.6% |
Simon Lee |
|
(Con) |
206 |
7.1% |
|
Lab gain, Maj 112 3.9% | |
May 2015 |
Anna Smith |
|
(Lab) |
1636 |
37.7% |
Donald Adey |
|
(LDm) |
1314 |
30.3% |
Jane Carpenter |
|
(Gre) |
951 |
21.9% |
Rahatul Raja |
|
(Con) |
436 |
10.1% |
No change, Lab Maj 322 7.4% | |
May 2016 |
Sophie Barnett |
|
(Lab) |
1409 |
49.7% |
Catherine Smart |
R |
(LDm) |
1016 |
35.8% |
Jane Carpenter |
|
(Gre) |
273 |
9.6% |
Roy Barton |
|
(Con) |
139 |
4.9% |
Lab gain, Maj 393 13.9% | |
May 2018 |
Dave Baigent |
R |
(Lab) |
1461 |
59.3% |
Joshua Blanchard Lewis |
|
(LDm) |
563 |
22.9% |
Caitlin Patterson |
|
(Gre) |
269 |
10.9% |
Martin Keegan |
|
(Con) |
170 |
6.9% |
No change, Lab Maj 898 36.5% | |