2022 Southampton City Council election - Wikipedia

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2022 Southampton City Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 2023 →
17 of the 48 seats to Southampton City Council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Satvir Kaur Daniel Fitzhenry Richard Blackman Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Shirley Harefield Bassett Last election 8 (2018) 7 (2018) 0 (2018) Seats before 23 25 0 Seats won 13 3 1 Seats after 26 21 1 Seat change 3 4 1
Map showing the election results. Each ward represents 1 seat
Majority party before election Conservative Majority party after election Labour

Elections to Southampton City Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2022, alongside nationwide local elections, alongside other local elections across the country. The seats up for election were last contested in 2018. The Labour Party regained control of the council from the Conservative Party, which it had lost at the previous year's elections.^[1]

2022 Southampton City Council election
Party	This election	Full council	This election
Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	13	3	76.5	13	26	54.2	26,863	46.7	+8.9
	Conservative	3	4	17.6	18	21	43.8	20,548	35.7	–7.1
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	5.9	0	1	2.1	5,197	9.0	+0.5
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	4,056	7.1	–2.0
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	832	1.4	+0.4