Rushmoor Borough Council elections

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

Composition of the council[2]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] UKIP Independents
& Others 		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (43 seats)
1973 20 9 7 – 7 No overall control
1976 30 5 4 – 4 Conservative
New ward boundaries (45 seats)
1979 29 6 4 – 6 Conservative
1980 22 11 6 – 6 No overall control
1982 23 12 7 – 3 Conservative
1983 29 10 5 – 1 Conservative
1984 31 9 5 – 0 Conservative
1986 30 6 0 – 0 Conservative
1987 31 6 8 – 0 Conservative
1988 32 5 8 – 0 Conservative
1990 32 5 8 – 0 Conservative
1991 30 7 8 – 0 Conservative
1992 30 6 9 – 0 Conservative
1994 18 11 15 0 0 No overall control
1995 18 11 15 0 1 No overall control
1996 13 14 18 0 1 No overall control
1998 17 14 14 0 0 No overall control
1999 18 13 14 0 0 No overall control
2000 24 10 10 0 1 Conservative
New ward boundaries (42 seats)
2002 25 6 10 0 1 Conservative
2003 25 6 10 0 1 Conservative
2004 24 5 12 0 1 Conservative
2006 24 5 11 0 2 Conservative
2007 28 5 8 0 1 Conservative
2008 29 5 8 0 0 Conservative
2010 30 6 6 0 0 Conservative
2011 32 6 4 0 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries (39 seats)
2012 25 11 0 3 0 Conservative
2014 24 12 0 3 0 Conservative
2015 26 11 0 2 0 Conservative
2016 27 10 0 2 0 Conservative
2018 25 11 1 0 0 Conservative
2019 26 11 2 0 0 Conservative
2021 29 9 1 0 0 Conservative
2022 28 9 2 0 0 Conservative
2023 23 14 2 0 0 Conservative
2024 15 21 3 0 0 Labour

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1994–1998

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

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

St Johns by-election 10 November 2005[9]
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[10]
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

Grange by-election 25 July 2006[11]
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[12]
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[13]
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

Wellington by-election 23 September 2010[14]
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

West Heath by-election 9 October 2014[15]
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[16]
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

St Mark's by-election 12 September 2019[17]
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

Notes

  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

  1. ^ "Wards". Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  2. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ^ The Borough of Rushmoor (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  4. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Hampshire (District Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  5. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
  6. ^ "Rushmoor". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  7. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Rushmoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  8. ^ legislation.gov.uk - The Rushmoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Labour suffers in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 11 November 2005. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "Election of a borough councillor: Grange Ward" (PDF). Rushmoor Borough Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 October 2007. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Labour takes Aldershot council seat from Lib Dems". gethampshire. 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  14. ^ "Tories retain seat at Wellington by-election". gethampshire. 24 September 2010. Archived from the original on 2 October 2010. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  15. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — West Heath Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — St John's Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  17. ^ "St Mark's ward by-election - Rushmoor Borough Council".
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