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The 2023 Hart District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
The council was under no overall control prior to the election, being run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats and local party Community Campaign (Hart) (CCH), with Liberal Democrat David Neighbour serving as leader of the council. No seats changed party at this election and the same coalition continued to run the council after the election. [2] [3]
| 2023 Hart District Council | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 4 |  | 36.4 | 7 | 11 | 33.3 | 6,301 | 24.0 |  7.2 | |
| Conservative | 2 | | 18.2 | 9 | 11 | 33.3 | 9,965 | 37.9 | 2.8 | |
| CCH | 4 | | 36.4 | 6 | 10 | 30.3 | 4,595 | 17.5 | 2.9 | |
| Independent | 1 | | 9.1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 1,841 | 7.0 | New | |
| Labour | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2,484 | 9.4 |  4.3 | |
| Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 914 | 3.5 | 1.5 | |
| Reform UK | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 94 | 0.4 | New | |
| Heritage | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 78 | 0.3 | 0.1 | |
The Statement of Persons Nominated, which details the candidates standing in each ward, was released by Hart District Council following the close of nominations on 5 April 2023. [4] The results for each ward were as follows: [5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Bob Harward* | 1,188 | 63.4 | -7.9 | |
| Conservative | John Burton | 487 | 26.0 | -2.7 | |
| Labour | Carly Bidwell | 200 | 10.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 30.40 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCH | Chris Axam* | 1,261 | 55.4 | -10.8 | |
| Conservative | Annette Whibley | 796 | 35.0 | +1.2 | |
| Labour | Chas Spradbery | 219 | 9.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 38.87 | ||||
| CCH hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCH | Tony Clarke* | 1,147 | 44.8 | -17.0 | |
| Conservative | Bruce Bulgin | 906 | 35.4 | -2.8 | |
| Green | Joseph Hutton | 280 | 10.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Lila Seling Mabo | 227 | 8.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 32.44 | ||||
| CCH hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCH | Katie Davies* | 1,116 | 44.3 | -0.7 | |
| Conservative | Roy Fang | 950 | 37.7 | -1.3 | |
| Labour | Andrew Perkins | 377 | 14.9 | +2.7 | |
| Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 79 | 3.1 | -0.8 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 38.22 | ||||
| CCH hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Wildsmith* | 1,402 | 53.7 | +6.6 | |
| Conservative | Mike Thorne | 863 | 33.0 | -5.5 | |
| Green | Samantha Davis | 195 | 7.5 | -0.7 | |
| Labour | Valmai Wainhouse | 152 | 5.8 | -0.4 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 42.98 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CCH | Ben Thomas | 1,071 | 42.7 | -4.0 | |
| Conservative | Mohua Chakraborty | 979 | 39.1 | -1.3 | |
| Labour | Mike Mellor | 259 | 10.3 | N/A | |
| Green | Wayne Rozier | 197 | 7.9 | -4.9 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 36.77 | ||||
| CCH hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Spencer Farmer* | 1,364 | 54.6 | -10.8 | |
| Independent | Roger Robertson | 569 | 22.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Daisy Khepar | 566 | 22.6 | +0.4 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 34.36 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dermot Smith* | 1,272 | 46.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Jen Copeland | 1,045 | 37.9 | -9.2 | |
| Labour | Amanda Affleck-Cruise | 443 | 16.1 | +3.7 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 37.22 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Chris Dorn* | 1,412 | 61.8 | +2.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tony Over | 446 | 19.5 | -21.2 | |
| Green | Lars Mosesson | 242 | 10.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Ben Jones | 185 | 8.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 34.98 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Neighbour* | 1,325 | 60.5 | -12.8 | |
| Conservative | Chris Barnes | 585 | 26.7 | ±0.0 | |
| Labour | Mark Schroeder | 185 | 8.5 | N/A | |
| Reform UK | Trevor Lloyd-Jones | 94 | 4.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 32.80 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Vernon | 1,374 | 60.6 | -1.2 | |
| Conservative | Richard Martin | 578 | 25.5 | -0.7 | |
| Labour | Joyce Still | 237 | 10.5 | +0.6 | |
| Heritage | Frances Crompton | 78 | 3.4 | +1.2 | |
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | 34.21 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
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