Rushmoor Borough Council elections
Appearance
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 3-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 4 years, except in years when ward boundaries are changed when all councillors are elected for terms depending on their position in the poll.[1]
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 control | Years |
---|---|
No overall control | 1973–1976 |
Conservative | 1976–1980 |
No overall control | 1980–1982 |
Conservative | 1982–1995 |
No overall control | 1995–2000 |
Conservative | 2000–present |
Council elections
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1998
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1999
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2000
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes that reduced the number of seats by 3)[3]
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2003
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2004
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2006
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2007
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2008
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2010
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2012 (whole council elected after boundary changes that reduced the number of seats by a further 3)
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2014
- Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2015
Borough result maps
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2006 results map
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2007 results map
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2008 results map
By-election results
1993-1997
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
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
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 |
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 |
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 |
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
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 |
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 |
References
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