2011 Rushmoor Borough Council election

The 2011 Rushmoor Borough Council election was held on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect 14 members to Rushmoor Borough Council, the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom. It elected one-third of the council's 42 members to a four-year term. It was preceded by the 2010 election and followed by the 2012 election. The Conservative Party held control of the council after the election. ^[1] Turnout across the council was 38.7%. ^{[2] [3]}

Results summary

2011 Rushmoor Borough Council election [2] [4] [5]
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	2	85.7	20	32	76.2	13,627	54.2	5.5
	Labour	2		14.3	4	6	14.3	6,081	24.2	9.3
	Liberal Democrats	0	2	0.0	4	4	9.5	4,761	18.9	11.7
	UKIP	0	New	0.0	0	0	0.0	502	2.0	New
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	113	0.4	0.9
	Christian	0	New	0.0	0	0	0.0	75	0.3	New

Ward results

Cove and Southwood

Cove and Southwood ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Chainey*	1,226	63.8	10.0
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Ohkubo	287	14.9	25.6
	Labour	Edward Shelton	238	12.4	6.7
	UKIP	Jane Shattock	171	8.9	New
Majority			939	48.9	35.6
Total valid votes			1,922	43.7
Turnout				43.9
Registered electors			4,400
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.8

Empress

Empress ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Parker*	1,412	60.5	3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Chowns	508	21.8	4.9
	Labour	Christopher Wright	414	17.7	8.3
Majority			904	38.7	1.5
Total valid votes			2,334	44.7
Turnout				45.0
Registered electors			5,220
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.7

Fernhill

Fernhill ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Muschamp*	1,068	66.4	8.6
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Murphy	294	18.3	0.1
	Labour	Martin Coule	246	15.3	8.8
Majority			774	48.1	8.8
Total valid votes			1,608	38.1
Turnout				38.3
Registered electors			4,223
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.4

Grange

Grange ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jackie Hammond	803	48.9	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Hazel Manning*	485	29.5	11.2
	Labour	Barry Jones	354	21.6	13.1
Majority			318	19.4	N/A
Total valid votes			1,642	38.8
Registered electors			4,231
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	11.2

Heron Wood

Heron Wood ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Don Cappleman*	697	45.2	6.2
	Conservative	Dan Hougham	604	39.1	4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Roland Collins	242	15.7	10.2
Majority			93	6.0	2.1
Total valid votes			1,543	33.1
Turnout				33.3
Registered electors			4,656
	Labour hold		Swing	1.1

Knellwood

Knellwood ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Dibbs*	1,377	64.2	7.9
	Labour	Bill Tootill	391	18.2	10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Abul Koher Chowdhury	376	17.5	1.4
Majority			986	46.0	8.6
Total valid votes			2,144	46.5
Turnout				46.6
Registered electors			4,614
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.3

Manor Park

Manor Park ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Crerar*	1,138	56.8	0.6
	Labour	Lesley Pestridge	407	20.3	9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Thompson	282	14.1	19.0
	UKIP	Eddie Poole	176	8.8	New
Majority			731	36.5	13.3
Total valid votes			2,003	42.5
Rejected ballots
Turnout				42.7
Registered electors			4,714
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.5

Mayfield

Mayfield ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Cornwell	425	32.4	7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Neville Dewey*	325	24.8	19.9
	Labour	Leslie Taylor	292	22.3	8.9
	UKIP	Albert Buddle	155	11.8	New
	Independent	Thomas Hewitt	113	8.6	New
Majority			100	7.6	N/A
Total valid votes			1,310	32.0
Turnout				32.1
Registered electors			4,100
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	13.9

North Town

North Town ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Rust*	1,091	62.7	6.1
	Conservative	Mark Trotter	650	37.3	9.4
Majority			441	25.3	3.3
Total valid votes			1,741	32.3
Turnout				32.6
Registered electors			5,398
	Labour hold		Swing	1.6

Rowhill

Rowhill ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Choudhary*	1,027	57.0	2.8
	Labour	Jill Clark	480	26.6	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	CK Nam	295	16.4	3.2
Majority			547	30.4	9.8
Total valid votes			1,802	43.0
Turnout				43.5
Registered electors			4,195
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.7

St. John's

St. John's ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqui Vosper	1,226	60.1	7.0
	Labour	Clive Grattan	407	20.0	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Burfield	406	19.9	20.8
Majority			819	40.2	27.7
Total valid votes			2,039	39.2
Registered electors			5,197
	Conservative hold		Swing	3.4

St. Mark's

St. Mark's ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Bedford*	934	49.4	1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Gadsby	620	32.8	12.5
	Labour	Sean Clarke	263	13.9	6.8
	Christian	Juliana Brimicombe	75	4.0	New
Majority			314	16.6	14.3
Total valid votes			1,892	37.6
Turnout				37.8
Registered electors			5,032
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.1

Wellington

Wellington ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Attika Choudhary	556	42.3	6.9
	Labour	Susan Wines	484	36.9	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Michelle Manning	273	20.8	9.0
Majority			72	5.5	4.8
Total valid votes			1,313	23.6
Turnout				23.8
Registered electors			5,563
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.4

Westheath

Westheath ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Staplehurst*	1,181	63.3	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Murphy	368	19.7	17.3
	Labour	Philip Collins	317	17.0	10.5
Majority			813	43.6	35.4
Total valid votes			1,866	45.6
Registered electors			4,095
	Conservative hold		Swing	17.7

References

1. Tetteh, Edmund (24 May 2011). "Local elections 2011" (PDF). The House of Commons Library. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
2. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Local Elections Handbook 2011" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
3. "Results of the Rushmoor Borough Council Local Elections". Rushmoor Borough Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2011. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
4. Teale, Andrew. "Local Election Results 2011 - Rushmoor". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
5. Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. "Rushmoor Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). The Elections Centre. Retrieved 8 July 2025.