The 2019 Eastleigh Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect one third of members of Eastleigh Borough Council. The outcome was a strengthened majority for the incumbent Liberal Democrats who gained two Conservative seats. No election was held in Botley, a two-member ward, this year.
Results summary The Liberal Democrats further strengthened their already large majority, with an increased vote share. They gained two Conservative seats, Fair Oak & Horton Heath and Hiltingbury. The Liberal Democrats successfully defended 10 seats up for reelection, whilst Independent Councillor Raymond Dean retained his Bishopstoke seat with an increased majority
The overall vote share also rose for the Liberal Democrats, as well as for UKIP and the Greens, whilst the Conservative vote share fell, alongside that of Labour and Independents.
Ward results A * denotes an incumbent councillor seeking reelection. Bishopstoke
Bursledon & Hound North
Chandler's Ford
Eastleigh Central
Eastleigh North
Eastleigh South
Fair Oak & Horton Heath
Hamble & Netley
Hedge End North
Hedge End South
Hiltingbury
West End North
West End South
Changes 2019–2021 On 30 March 2021, Liberal Democrat councillor Tina Campbell (Eastleigh Central) resigned the Liberal Democrat whip and her cabinet role as member for social policy, sitting thereafter as an independent; fellow Liberal Democrat councillor Sara Tyson-Payne (Eastleigh North) resigned the whip the following day. Both resignations followed a 25 March vote of the Eastleigh Local Area Committee, which Campbell chaired, rejecting a proposed extension to the runway at Southampton Airport; the decision was referred to full council, which was due to make the final decision on 8 April 2021.
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