City of Winchester

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Winchester (Template:IPAc-en),[1] or the City of Winchester, is a local government district with city status in Hampshire, England.

The district is named after its main settlement of Winchester, which is where the council is based and is also the county town of Hampshire. The city boundaries also encompass a large surrounding rural area, including the towns of New Alresford and Whiteley and numerous villages.

Parts of the district lie within the South Downs National Park. The neighbouring districts are Basingstoke and Deane, East Hampshire, Havant, Portsmouth, Fareham, Eastleigh and Test Valley.

History

Winchester was an ancient borough, which had additionally held city status from time immemorial. The city traces its history to the Roman Era, developing from the town of Venta Belgarum. It saw historic significance from its reconstruction under Alfred the Great in the 9th century and grew in prominence. The office of Mayor of Winchester was created sometime between 1190 and 1200, making it the second oldest mayoralty in England, after London.[2] Winchester saw a decline after plague swept the country, but began to recover from the 19th century.

The borough was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835, which reformed most boroughs across the country. It had its territory enlarged at the same time to bring developing suburbs within the city boundary.[3][4] The borough was significantly enlarged in 1932, absorbing Weeke and gaining territory from several other surrounding parishes.[5]

The modern district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, covering the whole area of two former districts and parts of a third, which were all abolished at the same time:[6]

The new district was named Winchester after its largest settlement.[7] Winchester's borough status passed to the enlarged district from its creation, allowing the chair of the council to take the title of mayor, continuing Winchester's series of mayors dating back to the twelfth century.[8] The city status formerly held by the municipal borough of Winchester was also transferred to the whole of the new district from its creation, allowing the council to call itself Winchester City Council.[9]

Governance

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The City Council's coat of arms, displayed in Winchester Guildhall

Winchester City Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Hampshire County Council. Much of the district is covered by civil parishes, which form a third tier of local government.[10][11]

In the parts of the district within the South Downs National Park, town planning is the responsibility of the South Downs National Park Authority. The district council appoints one of its councillors to serve on the 27-person National Park Authority.[12]

Political control

Political control of the council since the 1974 reforms has been as follows:[13][14][15]

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Leadership

The role of mayor of Winchester is now largely ceremonial, with political leadership instead provided by the leader of the council. The leaders since 1979 have been:

Councillor Party From To
Ken Penman[16]
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Georgie Busher[17][18]
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Allan Mitchell[19]
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John Steel[20]
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Rodney Sabine[21]
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Sheila Campbell[22]
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George Beckett[23]
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Kelsey Learney[24]
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George Beckett[25][26]
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Keith Wood[27][28]
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Rob Humby[29][30]
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Frank Pearson[31][32]
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Stephen Godfrey[33]
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Caroline Horrill[34]
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Lucille Thompson[35]
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Martin Tod[36]
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Composition

Following the 2024 election,[37][38] and subsequent by-elections up to May 2025, the composition of the council was:[39]

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Total 45

The next election is due in May 2026.[39]

Elections

Template:Also Since the last boundary changes in 2016 the council has comprised 45 councillors representing 16 wards, with each ward electing two or three councillors. Elections are held three years out of every four, with roughly a third of the council elected each time for a four year term of office. Hampshire County Council elections are held in the fourth year of the cycle when there are no city council elections.[40]

Ward Party Member Election
Alresford & Itchen Valley style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Russell Gordon-Smith 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Margot Power 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Clare Pinniger 2024
Badger Farm & Oliver's Battery style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Adrian Brophy 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Brian Laming 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative Jan Warwick 2024
Bishops Waltham style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Jonathan Williams 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative Steve Miller 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Ritchie Latham 2024
Central Meon Valley style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Green Danny Lee 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Green Malcolm Wallace 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Green Suzanne White 2024
Colden Common and Twyford style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Independent[41]Template:Refn Sue Cook 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Green Liam Bailey Morgan 2025[42]
Denmead style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative Paula Langford-Smith 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative Caroline Brook 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Michael Bennett 2024
Southwick and Wickham style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Chris Chamberlain 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Neil Cutler 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Angela Clear 2024
St Barnabas style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Jonny Morris 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat James Batho 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Kelsie Learney 2024
St Bartholomew style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Nathan Eve 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Kathleen Becker 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat John Tippett-Cooper 2024
St Luke style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Charlie Wise 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Jamie Scott 2024
St Michael style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Richard Murphy 2024
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Mark Reach 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Rachel Aron 2024
St Paul style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Martin Tod 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Lucille Thompson 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Chris Westwood 2024
The Worthys style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Jane Rutter 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Jackie Porter 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrats Steve Cramoysan 2024
Upper Meon Valley style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrat Jerry Pett 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative Neil Bolton 2022
Whiteley & Shedfield style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrats Sudhakar Achwal 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrats Anne Small 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Liberal Democrats Vivian Achwal 2024
Wonston & Micheldever style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative Caroline Horrill 2023
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative Partrick Cunningham 2022
style="background-color: Template:Party color" | Conservative Stephen Godfrey 2024

Since 2024, the City of Winchester has straddled three parliamentary constituencies. Winchester constituency covers most of the district area, including 13 of the 16 City Council wards of the district. Hamble Valley constituency lies mostly within the boroughs of Eastleigh and Fareham, but also includes Winchester's Whiteley and Shedfield ward. Fareham and Waterlooville constituency lies mostly in the Fareham and Havant districts, but also includes Winchester's Denmead and Southwick & Wickham wards.[43] Since the boundaries were introduced in 2024, Winchester constituency has been represented by Danny Chambers, Hamble Valley has been represented by Paul Holmes and Fareham and Waterlooville by Suella Braverman.

Premises

The council meets at Winchester Guildhall, on the section of High Street known as The Broadway. The main building was built between 1871 and 1875.[44] The council's main offices are in an adjoining modern building called City Offices, to the rear of the Guildhall on Colebrook Street.[45]

Demographics

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Population pyramid of the City of Winchester

A Legatum Prosperity Index published by the Legatum Institute in October 2016 showed the City of Winchester as the third most prosperous council area in the United Kingdom, after the Borough of Waverley and Mole Valley.[46]

Ethnicity

Ethnic Group 1991[47] 2001[48] 2011[49]
Number % Number % Number %
White: Total 95,427 99% 104,907 97.8% 111,577 95.7%
White: British – – 101,689 94.8% 107,070 91.8%
White: Irish – – 750 733
White: Gypsy or Irish Traveller – – – – 263
White: Other – – 2,468 3,511
Asian or Asian British: Total 563 0.6% 1,063 1% 2,639 2.3%
Asian or Asian British: Indian 144 382 665
Asian or Asian British: Pakistani 31 44 92
Asian or Asian British: Bangladeshi 80 180 222
Asian or Asian British: Chinese 142 324 745
Asian or Asian British: Other Asian 166 133 915
Black or Black British: Total 147 0.2% 270 0.3% 457 0.4%
Black or Black British: Caribbean 54 118 147
Black or Black British: African 41 126 250
Black or Black British: Other Black 52 26 60
Mixed or British Mixed: Total – – 708 0.7% 1,626 1.4%
Mixed: White and Black Caribbean – – 142 321
Mixed: White and Black African – – 86 180
Mixed: White and Asian – – 283 684
Mixed: Other Mixed – – 197 441
Other: Total 249 0.3% 274 0.3% 296 0.3%
Other: Arab – – – – 110
Other: Any other ethnic group 249 0.3% 274 0.3% 186
Total 96,386 100% 107,222 100% 116,595 100%

Parishes

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Map of the parishes of Winchester. The unparished area of Winchester town is in white
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Whiteley, the district's second largest settlement, being a new town developed from the 1980s that partly straddles the neighbouring borough of Fareham.
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New Alresford, the district's other town.

Much of the borough is covered by civil parishes. The main part of the Winchester urban area, roughly corresponding to the pre-1974 borough, is an unparished area.[43] The council runs a "Winchester Town Forum" for this area to discuss local matters in that area in the absence of a parish council.[50] The parish councils for New Alresford and Whiteley have declared their parishes to be towns, allowing them to take the style "town council". Some of the smaller parishes have a parish meeting rather than a parish council.[51]

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