Rushmoor Borough Council elections

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]

Wards of Rushmoor Borough

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2]

Party in controlYears
No overall control1973–1976
Conservative1976–1980
No overall control1980–1982
Conservative1982–1995
No overall control1995–2000
Conservative2000–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 2001 have been:[3]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
John Marsh[4] Conservative20012005
Peter Moyle Conservative200524 May 2016
David Clifford Conservative24 May 2016

Council composition

Since the current ward boundaries came in for the 2012 election, the composition of Rushmoor Borough Council has been:[5]

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[6] 23 14 2 0 0 0

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1993–1997
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

1997–2001
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

2005–2009
St Johns by-election 10 November 2005[13]
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[14]
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
Grange by-election 25 July 2006[15]
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[16]
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

2009–2013
Heron Wood by-election 10 December 2009[17]
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
Wellington by-election 23 September 2010[18]
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

2017–2020
St. Mark's by-election 12 September 2019[19]
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
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