2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election
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  2015 5 May 2016 2018  

13 seats of 39 to Rushmoor Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Labour UKIP
Seats won841
Seats after25113
Seat changeSteady2.svgSteady2.svgSteady2.svg
Popular vote8,0245,2874,492

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Results by Ward

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Note the election for Aldershot Park was postponed to 2 June due to the death of a candidate. [2]

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Results

Rushmoor election, 2016
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 800066.7407,7600
  Labour 30002524.64,7620
  UKIP 10008.321.64,1780
  Liberal Democrats 0000081,5570
  Green 000005.61,0830
  Independent 000000.2430

    Ward results

    Aldershot Park

    Aldershot Park 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Mike Roberts52545.89
    UKIP Jeffery Boxall31427.44
    Conservative Matthew Collins26423.07
    Green Lucy Perrin413.58
    Majority21118.44
    Labour hold Swing

    Cherrywood

    Cherrywood 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Clive Grattan73843.9%
    UKIP Derek Roy Cornwell44226.3%
    Conservative Mara Makunura36021.4%
    Liberal Democrats Shaun Patrick Joseph Murphy1438.5%
    Majority
    Labour hold Swing

    Cove and Southwood

    Cove and Southwood 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Susan Mary Carter81848.6%
    UKIP Jenny Parsons38923.1%
    Labour Madi Jabbi23313.8%
    Liberal Democrats Alain Stephen Dekker16810%
    Green Justin Palmer764.5%
    Majority
    Conservative hold Swing

    Empress

    Empress 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Marina Munro80549.5%
    Green Donna Wallace42526.1%
    Labour Peter Hayward20312.5%
    UKIP Colin Nixon19311.9%
    Majority
    Conservative hold Swing

    Fernhill

    Fernhill 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative John Edward Woolley82252.9
    UKIP Harry Dagger Nelson35222.8
    Labour Len Amos26016.7
    Green Martin Anthony Coule1197.6
    Majority
    Conservative hold Swing

    Knellwood

    Knellwood 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Paul Graham Taylor115958.2%
    Labour Bill Tootill27914%
    UKIP Rosie Bell24312.2%
    Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Michael De Noronha1618.1%
    Green Amy Hannah Lewry1517.6%
    Majority
    Conservative hold Swing

    Manor Park

    Manor Park 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative David Edward Clifford81643.9%
    Labour Dominique Jamie Alexandra Swaddling44724%
    Liberal Democrats Richard James Adair35919.3%
    UKIP David Lee Collett23712.7%
    Majority
    Conservative hold Swing

    North Town

    North Town 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Keith Dibble102568.7%
    Conservative David Anthony Armitage26918%
    UKIP Mark Letties19913.3%
    Majority
    Labour hold Swing

    Rowhill

    Rowhill 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Maurice Leonard Sheehan72141.3%
    UKIP Kevin Betsworth45726.2%
    Labour Julie Martha Considine41723.9%
    Green Peta Martine Howell1498.5%
    Majority
    Conservative hold Swing

    St John’s

    St John’s 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Peter John Moyle74044.6%
    UKIP Chris Harding48629.3%
    Labour Sue Gadsby30318.3%
    Liberal Democrats Philip Geoffrey Thompson1297.8%
    Majority
    Conservative hold Swing

    St Mark’s

    St Mark’s 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Conservative Diane Beverley Bedford61139.2%
    Liberal Democrats Abul Koher Chowdhury43928.1%
    Labour Colin Southon21914%
    UKIP Simon Amir Austridge17811.4%
    Green Gary Simpson704.5%
    Independent Carl Robert Hewitt432.8%
    Majority
    Conservative hold Swing

    Wellington

    Wellington 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Labour Alex Crawford38563%
    Conservative Attika Salim Choudhary19031.1%
    Liberal Democrats Haydar Koher365.9%
    Majority
    Labour hold Swing

    West Heath

    West Heath 2016
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    UKIP Mark Staplehurst100252.2%
    Conservative Steve Morgan44923.4%
    Labour Trevor Simpson25313.2%
    Liberal Democrats Josephine Patricia Murphy1226.4%
    Green Paula Samantha Marshall934.8%
    Majority
    UKIP hold Swing


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    References

    1. "Local elections candidates". Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
    2. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2016 - Rushmoor". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2021.