2015 Hart District Council election

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2015 Hart District Council Election
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  2014 7 May 2015 2016  

12 seats to Hart District Council
17 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats CCH
Seats before1499
Seats won822
Seats after1688
Seat change+2-1-1

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Results map

Council control before election

No overall control

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2015 Hart District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Hart District Council in England. [1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. Prior to this elections, the Conservatives held a plurality with 14 seats but did not hold a majority, whilst the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign (Hart) both had 8 seats. The remaining seat was held by an independent.

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Results

These were the second elections to be held with the new boundaries after the 2014 elections, which saw the Conservatives elected the largest party but without a majority, while Community Campaign (Hart) and the Liberal Democrats won nine seats each alongside won independent candidate. As such, the council remained under no overall control.

n the 2015 election, the Conservatives were the only party to make gains, winning two new seats, one each from the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign Hart, with no other changes. The council remained under no overall control. As well as the three party groups on the council, one independent from Hook Ward remained but was not up for election until 2018.

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. Most wards only had one seat up for election, but several had two.


Hart District Council election, 2015 [2]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1620Increase2.svg248.4850.8725,450
  Liberal Democrats 801Decrease2.svg124.2417.508757
  CCH 801Decrease2.svg124.2414.197104
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg10.515260
  Labour 000Steady2.svg6.673340
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.23118

Ward Results

Blackwater & Hawley

Blackwater & Hawley Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bob Harward1630
Conservative Vivienne Gascoigne1242
UKIP Mike Gascoigne581
Labour Co-op Les Lawrie298
Green Steve Francis [note 1] 118
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Crookham East

Crookham East Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CCH Chris Axam1870
Conservative Helen Butler1834
UKIP Dawn Moors387
Labour Ruth Ann Williams379
Majority
CCH hold Swing

Crookham West and Ewshot

Crookham West and Ewshot Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CCH Tony Clarke2027
Conservative Christopher James Simmons2003
UKIP David Franklin Owens384
Labour Dominic Arthur359
Majority
CCH hold Swing

Fleet Central

Fleet Central Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alex Gray2038
CCH John Bennison1716
Labour Satdeep Kaur Grewel468
UKIP Robert Blay364-5.5
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 88
Majority
Conservative gain from CCH Swing

Fleet East

Fleet East Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Parker2678
Liberal Democrats Neil Christopher Walton774
Labour John Gawthorpe539
UKIP Peter Devonshire407
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Fleet West

Fleet West Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Sara Kinnell2686
CCH Stephen Cantle952
Labour James Hurst338
Liberal Democrats Paul Einchcomb336
UKIP Gordon Smith280
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Hartley Witney

Hartney Witney Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew James Renshaw2941
Conservative Anne Crampton952
Liberal Democrats Tony Over1128
Liberal Democrats Alan Woolford1090
UKIP Ali Altay569
Majority
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Hook

Hook Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Burchfield3001
Labour Verd Nabbs647
UKIP Ruth Hamilton514
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Smith486
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Odiham

Odiham Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Gorys3198
Liberal Democrats Rosalyn Gordon816
UKIP Kevin Oliver618
Majority
Conservative hold Swing

Yateley East

Yateley East Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Neighbour1828
Conservative John Burton1827
UKIP Sue Perkins600
Labour Joyce Still441
Majority
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Yateley West

Yateley West Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Andrew Dickens2002
Liberal Democrats Claire Elhaggagi1759
UKIP John Howe556
Labour Alistair Sutherland410-5.5
Majority
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Notes

  1. "No description requested, but standing for Green Party

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References

  1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. "Election results | Hart District Council". www.hart.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2020.