2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

2 May 2019
21 of the 45 seats to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ken Rhatigan Paul Harvey Gavin James Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Kingsclere Norden Eastrop Seats won 12 2 2
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Elections to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. Elections took place in 20 of the 60 seats.

Results

The Conservative Party lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats, whilst Labour held their incumbent seats. Whilst Labour remained the second largest party (and largest opposition party), the Liberal Democrats won more votes for the first time.

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election 2019
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	3	60	19	33	55	14,838	47.75
	Liberal Democrats	4	2	20	3	7	11.66	8,044	25,80
	Labour	4	1	20	17	21	35	6,447	20.68
	Independent	0		0	1	1	1.66	1,117	3.58
	Green	0		0	0	0	0	616	1.97
	Women's Equality	0		0	0	0	0	63	0.20

Results by Ward

Basing

Basing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Gaskell	1,179
	Independent	Mark Oszczyk	484
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Lilleker	284
	Labour	Leslie Clarke	203
	Independent	Alan Stone	191
Majority			695
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baughurst and Tadley North

Baughurst and Tadley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Warwick Lovegrove	719
	Conservative	Jonathan Richards	616
	Labour	George Porter	140
Majority			103
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bramley and Sherfield

Bramley and Sherfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nick Robinson	929
	Green	Iain James	408
	Liberal Democrats	Janice Spalding	201
	Labour	Stephen Rothman	114
Majority			521
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brighton Hill North

Brighton Hill North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Andy Konieczko	621
	Labour	Julie Pierce	336
	Conservative	Jordan Barry	248
	Independent	Stan Tennison	98
Majority			285
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne

Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Richard Izett	1,092
	Liberal Democrats	Pauleen Malone	391
	Labour	Thomas Stephen Phippen	138
Majority			701
	Conservative hold		Swing

Chineham

Chineham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Laura Edwards	1,374
	Liberal Democrats	Pauleen Malone	434
	Labour	Grant Donohoe	256
Majority			940
	Conservative hold		Swing

Laura was formerly a councillor for Brighton Hill North.

Eastrop

Eastrop

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan James Hickling	695
	Conservative	Arun Mummalaneni	328
	Labour	Sajish Tom	194
	Independent	Duncan Philip Stone	104
	Women's Equality	Priya Ishwari Brown	63
Majority			367
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grove

Grove

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald John Hussey'	1,173
	Conservative	Nicholas John Bates	343
	Labour	Andrew Douglas Mountford	157
Majority			830
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hatch Warren and Beggarwood

Hatch Warren and Beggarwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rebecca Louise Bean	994
	Independent	Spencer Cleary	244
	Green	Stephen Murray Philipotts	208
	Labour	Kamal Gurung	206
	Liberal Democrats	Madeline Hussey	206
Majority			700
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempshott

Kempshott

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Capon	1,095
	Liberal Democrats	Stav O'Doherty	450
	Labour	Tom Cusack	255
Majority			645
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsclere

Kingsclere

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clare Nicola Kinnear	813
	Liberal Democrats	Monica Dorothea Lubbock-Smith	331
	Independent	Ray Peach	315
Majority			482
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norden

Norden

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carolyn Moorhouse Wooldridge	1,038
	Conservative	Michael Robert Archer	394
	Liberal Democrats	James David Belchamber	187
Majority			644
	Labour hold		Swing

Oakley and North Waltham

Oakley and North Waltham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hannah Elizabeth Goldin	1,246
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Charles Cooper	559
	Labour	Helen Allice Jeffrey	231
Majority			687
	Conservative hold		Swing

Overton, Laverstoke & Steventon

Overton, Laverstoke & Steventon

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin John William Phillimore	799
	Conservative	Sam Carr	395
	Liberal Democrats	Lucy Sloane Williams	348
	Independent	Graham John Gould	165
Majority			404
	Labour hold		Swing

Pamber and Silchester

Pamber and Silchester

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Heelum Mahaffey	1,006
	Liberal Democrats	Martin John Baker	271
	Labour	Lydia Massey	166
Majority			735
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Ham

South Ham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gary John Watts	1,002
	Conservative	Marcus Guy Simpson	540
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen David Whitechurch	222
Majority			462
	Labour hold		Swing

Tadley Central

Tadley Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jenny Vaux	329
	Liberal Democrats	Jo Slimin	286
	Labour	Matthew Russell	84
Majority			43
	Conservative hold		Swing

Tadley South

Tadley South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kerri Elizabeth Carruthers	691
	Liberal Democrats	Rene Cornelis Leliveld	492
Majority			199
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upton Grey and the Candovers

Upton Grey and the Candovers

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Beresford Ruffell	685
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Teagle	174
	Labour	Mary Margaret Brian	74
Majority			511
	Conservative hold		Swing

Winklebury

Winklebury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angie Freeman	1,054
	Conservative	Mike Patchett	591
Majority			463
	Labour hold		Swing