Rushmoor Borough Council elections

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One-third of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England, is elected each year, followed by one year without election. From 1979, the council had 15 three-member wards, reduced to 14 wards in 2002 and 13 in 2012. Each ward elects 3 of the 39 councillors, one in each election year, for a term of four years, except in years when ward boundaries are changed when all councillors are elected for terms depending on their position in the poll. [1]

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Council composition

Since the current ward boundaries came in for the 2012 election, the composition of Rushmoor Borough Council has been: [2]

Election Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats UKIP Independent Vacant
2012 25110300
2014 24120300
2015 26110200
2016 26110200
2018 26111010
2019 26112000
Current [3] 15213000

Council elections

Borough result maps

By-election results

1994–1998

St Marks by-election 30 January 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 46637.4
Conservative 37329.9
Labour 22418.0
Independent 1129.0
Independent 725.8
Majority937.5
Turnout 1,24733.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

1998–2002

West Heath by-election 25 November 1999
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 46749.0+0.9
Conservative 42945.0+5.3
Labour 586.1−6.0
Majority384.0
Turnout 95424.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2002–2006

St Johns by-election 10 November 2005 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Suzan Gadsby57349.1+25.0
Conservative David Thomas49642.5−19.2
Labour June Smith998.5−5.7
Majority776.6
Turnout 1,16826.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
North Town by-election 26 January 2006 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Frank Rust64957.7+4.1
Conservative Eric Neal28625.4−3.3
Liberal Democrats Philip Thompson18916.8+5.7
Majority36332.3
Turnout 1,12425.5
Labour hold Swing

2006–2010

Grange by-election 25 July 2006 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Manning51543.2+18.7
Conservative Rosemary Possee44537.4−7.5
BNP Janette Pedrick13711.5−5.4
Labour Clive Grattan947.9−5.9
Majority705.8
Turnout 1,19130.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Heronwood by-election 19 July 2007 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Terence Bridgeman42337.3−1.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Lynch-Bowers38233.6+7.7
Conservative Simon Poole33029.1−6.0
Majority413.7
Turnout 1,13524.9
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Heron Wood by-election 10 December 2009 [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alex Crawford43741.6+11.6
Liberal Democrats Philip Thompson35433.7−8.1
Conservative Andrew Duncan25924.7−3.5
Majority837.9
Turnout 1,05022.0
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2010–2014

Wellington by-election 23 September 2010 [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Attika Choudhary27035.8−6.8
Liberal Democrats Mitch Manning23831.6−3.7
Labour Sam Wines18424.4+2.3
UKIP Eddie Poole506.6+6.6
Independent Roger Watkins121.6+1.6
Majority324.2
Turnout 75413.0
Conservative hold Swing

2014–2018

West Heath by-election 9 October 2014 [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UKIP Dave Bell66250.8+4.2
Conservative Brian Parker31224.0−5.4
Labour Sue Gadsby19615.1−0.3
Liberal Democrats Charlie Fraser-Fleming13210.1+1.5
Majority35026.9
Turnout 1,302
UKIP hold Swing
St John's by-election 4 May 2017 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Jonathan Canty87053.5+8.9
UKIP Chris Harding30518.7−10.6
Labour Sue Gadsby26216.1−2.2
Liberal Democrats Charlie Fraser-Fleming19011.7+3.9
Majority56534.7
Turnout 1,627
Conservative hold Swing

2018–2022

St Mark's by-election 12 September 2019 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Mitchell68754.7+16.5
Conservative Leon Hargreaves45035.9+2.2
Labour Carl Hewitt1189.4−6.1
Majority23718.9
Turnout 125525%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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  2. ↑ "Councillors". Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Councillors - Rushmoor Borough Council". www.rushmoor.gov.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ↑ The Borough of Rushmoor (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
  5. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Hampshire (District Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
  6. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
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  8. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Rushmoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  9. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Rushmoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
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