2014 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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2014 Rushmoor Borough Council election
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  2012 22 May 2014 2015  

13 seats of 39 to Rushmoor Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour UKIP
Seats before25113
Seats won841
Seats after24123
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg1Steady2.svg
Popular vote9,8836,3914,509

Rushmoor UK local election 2014 map.svg
Results by Ward

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2014 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the elections for the European Parliament.

Contents

Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives, while UKIP regained a seat whose previous incumbent had defected to Labour. [2]

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Results

Rushmoor Local Election Result 2014
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 801Decrease2.svg161.5343.949,883
  Labour 410Increase2.svg130.7628.416,391
  UKIP 100Steady2.svg7.6920.044,509
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg4.501,013
  Green Steady2.svg2.83637
  Christian Steady2.svg0.2658

Ward results

Aldershot Park

Aldershot Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Bridgeman 877 55.85
Conservative Adrian Newell69344.14
Majority18411.71
Turnout 1,570
Labour hold Swing

Cherrywood

Cherrywood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Les Taylor 772 46.70
Conservative Derek Cornwell60036.29
Liberal Democrats Craig Card28116.99
Majority17210.40
Turnout 1,653
Labour hold Swing

Cove & Southwood

Cove and Southwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Martin Tennant 980 49.92
UKIP David Bell64632.90
Labour Clive Andrews33717.16
Majority33417.01
Turnout 1,963
Conservative hold Swing

Empress

Empress
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Smith 786 44.13
Green Donna Wallace34519.37
UKIP Jane Shattock33518.80
Labour Philip Collins18810.55
Liberal Democrats Shaun Murphy1277.13
Majority44124.76
Turnout 1,781
Conservative hold Swing

Fernhill

Fernhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Muschamp 913 51.26
UKIP Peter Donaghue50328.24
Labour Leonard Amos34219.20
Majority41023.02
Turnout 1,781
Conservative hold Swing

Knellwood

Knellwood
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Adam Jackman 1,504 70.21
Labour William Tootill63829.78
Majority86640.42
Turnout 2,142
Conservative hold Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Bruce Thomas 755 38.79
Labour Dominique Swaddling60230.93
UKIP Angela Lennox58930.26
Majority1537.86
Turnout 1,946
Conservative hold Swing

North Town

North Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Rust 1,025 66.64
Conservative Lee Dawson51333.35
Majority51233.28
Turnout 1,538
Labour hold Swing

Rowhill

Rowhill
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sabaah Choudhary 812 42.20
UKIP Edmund Poole66034.30
Labour Frances Matthews45223.49
Majority1527.90
Turnout 1,924
Conservative hold Swing

St John's

St John's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jacqueline Vosper 878 47.76
UKIP William Walker62934.22
Labour Peter Hayward33118.00
Majority24913.54
Turnout 1,838
Conservative hold Swing

St Mark's

St Mark's
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Gladstone 649 38.93
Liberal Democrats Abul Koher Chowdhury42625.55
Green Carl Hewitt29217.51
Labour Colin Southon24214.51
Christian Juliana Brimicombe583.47
Majority22313.37
Turnout 1,667
Conservative hold Swing

Wellington

Wellington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jeremy Preece 264 41.97
Conservative Attika Choudhary18829.88
UKIP Adam le Gresley17728.13
Majority7612.08
Turnout 629
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

West Heath

West Heath
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Barbara Donaghue 970 46.58
Conservative Jacqueline Hammond61229.39
Labour Suzan Gadsby32115.41
Liberal Democrats Philip Thompson1798.59
Majority35817.19
Turnout 2,082
UKIP hold Swing

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References

  1. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  2. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2014 - Rushmoor". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 12 December 2020.