Rushmoor Borough Council elections

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Wards of Rushmoor Borough

One-third of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England, is elected each year, followed by one year without election. From 1979, the council had 15 three-member wards, reduced to 14 wards in 2002 and 13 in 2012. Each ward elects 3 of the 39 councillors, one in each election year, for a term of four years, except in years when ward boundaries are changed when all councillors are elected for terms depending on their position in the poll.[1]

Council composition[edit]

Since the current ward boundaries came in for the 2012 election, the composition of Rushmoor Borough Council has been:[2]

Election Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Independent Vacant
2012 25 11 0 3 0 0
2014 24 12 0 3 0 0
2015 26 11 0 2 0 0
2016 26 11 0 2 0 0
2018 26 11 1 0 1 0
2019 26 11 2 0 0 0
Current[3] 23 14 2 0 0 0

Council elections[edit]

Borough result maps[edit]

By-election results[edit]

1994–1998[edit]

St Marks by-election 30 January 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 466 37.4
Conservative 373 29.9
Labour 224 18.0
Independent 112 9.0
Independent 72 5.8
Majority 93 7.5
Turnout 1,247 33.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

1998–2002[edit]

West Heath by-election 25 November 1999
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats 467 49.0 +0.9
Conservative 429 45.0 +5.3
Labour 58 6.1 -6.0
Majority 38 4.0
Turnout 954 24.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2002–2006[edit]

St Johns by-election 10 November 2005[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Suzan Gadsby 573 49.1 +25.0
Conservative David Thomas 496 42.5 -19.2
Labour June Smith 99 8.5 -5.7
Majority 77 6.6
Turnout 1,168 26.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
North Town by-election 26 January 2006[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Frank Rust 649 57.7 +4.1
Conservative Eric Neal 286 25.4 -3.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Thompson 189 16.8 +5.7
Majority 363 32.3
Turnout 1,124 25.5
Labour hold Swing

2006–2010[edit]

Grange by-election 25 July 2006[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Manning 515 43.2 +18.7
Conservative Rosemary Possee 445 37.4 -7.5
BNP Janette Pedrick 137 11.5 -5.4
Labour Clive Grattan 94 7.9 -5.9
Majority 70 5.8
Turnout 1,191 30.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Heronwood by-election 19 July 2007[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Terence Bridgeman 423 37.3 -1.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Lynch-Bowers 382 33.6 +7.7
Conservative Simon Poole 330 29.1 -6.0
Majority 41 3.7
Turnout 1,135 24.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Heron Wood by-election 10 December 2009[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Crawford 437 41.6 +11.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Thompson 354 33.7 -8.1
Conservative Andrew Duncan 259 24.7 -3.5
Majority 83 7.9
Turnout 1,050 22.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010–2014[edit]

Wellington by-election 23 September 2010[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Attika Choudhary 270 35.8 -6.8
Liberal Democrats Mitch Manning 238 31.6 -3.7
Labour Sam Wines 184 24.4 +2.3
UKIP Eddie Poole 50 6.6 +6.6
Independent Roger Watkins 12 1.6 +1.6
Majority 32 4.2
Turnout 754 13.0
Conservative hold Swing

2014–2018[edit]

West Heath by-election 9 October 2014[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
UKIP Dave Bell 662 50.8 +4.2
Conservative Brian Parker 312 24.0 -5.4
Labour Sue Gadsby 196 15.1 -0.3
Liberal Democrats Charlie Fraser-Fleming 132 10.1 +1.5
Majority 350 26.9
Turnout 1,302
UKIP hold Swing
St John's by-election 4 May 2017[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jonathan Canty 870 53.5 +8.9
UKIP Chris Harding 305 18.7 -10.6
Labour Sue Gadsby 262 16.1 -2.2
Liberal Democrats Charlie Fraser-Fleming 190 11.7 +3.9
Majority 565 34.7
Turnout 1,627
Conservative hold Swing

2018–2022[edit]

St Mark's by-election 12 September 2019[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Mitchell 687 54.7 +16.5
Conservative Leon Hargreaves 450 35.9 +2.2
Labour Carl Hewitt 118 9.4 -6.1
Majority 237 18.9
Turnout 1255 25%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Wards". Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Councillors". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Councillors - Rushmoor Borough Council". www.rushmoor.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ The Borough of Rushmoor (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Hampshire (District Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  6. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  7. ^ "Rushmoor". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  8. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Rushmoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  9. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Rushmoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  10. ^ "Labour suffers in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 11 November 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  11. ^ "Election of a borough councillor: North Town Ward" (PDF). Rushmoor Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  12. ^ "Election of a borough councillor: Grange Ward" (PDF). Rushmoor Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  13. ^ "Election of a borough councillor: Heron Wood Ward" (PDF). Rushmoor Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  14. ^ "Labour takes Aldershot council seat from Lib Dems". gethampshire. 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  15. ^ "Tories retain seat at Wellington by-election". gethampshire. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  16. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — West Heath Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St John's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  18. ^ "St Mark's ward by-election - Rushmoor Borough Council".

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