2008 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2008 Rushmoor council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Rushmoor UK local election 2008 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2008 Rushmoor council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

The 2008 Rushmoor Council election took place on 1 May 2008 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives held 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats 7, Labour 6 and a further 3 vacant. [3] 15 seats were up for election with 2 seats in St Johns ward being contested after the death of Conservative councillor Graham Tucker. [4] The other 2 vacant seats were in Cove and Southwood, and Empress wards, where Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors respectively stood down at the election. [3]

50 candidates were standing including 4 from the British National Party [5] and 1 from the Official Monster Raving Loony Party as well as candidates from the Conservatives, Liberal Democrats and Labour parties. [4] The candidates included a 19-year-old Conservative in Heron Wood ward who was hoping to become the youngest ever councillor in Rushmoor. [6]

Issues in the election included local developments, an increase in flights at Farnborough Airfield, the recent trial of alternate weekly rubbish collection, anti-social behaviour, spending cuts and councillors' expenses. [3]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives stay in control of the council with 29 seats compared to 8 for the Liberal Democrats and 5 Labour. [7] The Conservatives gained two seats from the Liberal Democrats in Cove and Southwood and West Heath wards to increase their majority. [8] However the Liberal Democrats did take one seat back in St Marks ward defeating the Conservative councillor for the previous 10 years Nigel Baines. [8] Meanwhile, in Heron Wood ward the Liberal Democrats gained a seat in Aldershot for the first time since 2006 after defeating the sitting Labour councillor. [9] Labour easily held their only other seat in North Town, while narrowly failed to gain Wellington from the Conservatives by 50 votes; [9] however Labour came last in all 9 wards in Farnborough. [8]

Overall turnout was down from the 2007 election at 33.7% with the lowest turnout in Wellington ward at 19.8%. [7] Following the election the Liberal Democrats elected a new group leader with Sue Gadsby taking over from Craig Card who had been party leader for the previous 9 years. [10]

Rushmoor Local Election Result 2008 [11] [12]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1121+173.352.911,817+4.3%
  Liberal Democrats 322020.029.96,664-0.8%
  Labour 101-16.713.63,039-1.2%
  BNP 000003.3733-0.8%
  Monster Raving Loony 000000.367-0.2%

Ward results

Cove & Southwood [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Susan Carter96063.5+9.7
Liberal Democrats Anoop Verma47531.4-9.1
Labour Edward Shelton775.1-0.6
Majority48532.1+18.8
Turnout 1,51235.4
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Empress [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gareth Lyon1,15868.1+4.2
Liberal Democrats Margaret Doubell40523.8-2.9
Labour Christopher Wright1388.1-1.3
Majority75344.3+7.1
Turnout 1,70137.1
Conservative hold Swing
Fernhill [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Marsh90665.3+7.5
BNP Cheryl Glass20014.4-2.9
Liberal Democrats Josephine Murphy19013.7-4.7
Labour Martin Coule926.6+0.1
Majority70650.9+11.5
Turnout 1,38833.7
Conservative hold Swing
Grange [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Masterson66943.9+6.2
Liberal Democrats Philip Thompson54635.8-4.9
BNP Janette Brunning17911.7-1.4
Labour June Smith1308.50.0
Majority1238.1
Turnout 1,52437.3
Conservative hold Swing
Heron Wood [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Paul Bowers56441.8+15.9
Labour Terry Bridgeman40430.0-9.0
Conservative Simon Poole38028.2-6.9
Majority16011.8
Turnout 1,34829.5
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Knellwood [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Paul Taylor1,15369.8+13.5
Liberal Democrats Derek Purdey39523.9+4.9
Labour William Tootill1056.4-1.2
Majority75845.9+8.6
Turnout 1,65339.3
Conservative hold Swing
Manor Park [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative George Paparesti86961.7+5.5
Liberal Democrats Laura Kilburn39928.3-4.8
Labour Lesley Pestridge1409.9-0.8
Majority47033.4+10.2
Turnout 1,40830.6
Conservative hold Swing
Mayfield [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Charlie Fraser-Fleming49144.4-0.3
Conservative Roderick Baulk30227.3+2.8
BNP Warren Glass19117.3-0.2
Labour Clive Grattan12311.1-2.3
Majority18917.1-3.1
Turnout 1,10727.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
North Town [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Sue Dibble88559.8+3.2
Conservative Sabaah Choudhary44630.1+2.1
Liberal Democrats Nick Burfield14910.1-5.4
Majority43929.7+1.1
Turnout 1,48028.2
Labour hold Swing
Rowhill [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative David Welch92867.4+7.7
Liberal Democrats Pete Pearson21715.8-3.8
Labour Jill Clark16411.9-2.0
Monster Raving Loony Professor Nabob674.9-1.9
Majority71151.7+11.5
Turnout 1,37633.1
Conservative hold Swing
St John's (2) [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Moyle1,005
Conservative Jacqui Vosper934
Liberal Democrats Leola Card631
Liberal Democrats Janet Gardner621
Labour Sean Clarke94
Labour Leslie Taylor91
Turnout 3,37634.7
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing
St Mark's [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Crispin Allard98453.9+8.6
Conservative Nigel Baines74140.6-7.0
Labour Barry Jones1005.5-1.6
Majority24313.3
Turnout 1,82540.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Wellington [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Neil Watkin46147.1-2.1
Labour Alex Crawford41142.0+3.0
Liberal Democrats Peter Woodcock10710.9-0.9
Majority505.1-5.2
Turnout 97919.8
Conservative hold Swing
West Heath [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Steve Smith90555.1+9.9
Liberal Democrats Shaun Murphy49029.8-7.3
BNP Garry Brunning1639.9-1.3
Labour Philip Collins855.2-1.3
Majority41525.3+17.2
Turnout 1,64339.8
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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Preceded by
2007 Rushmoor Council election
Rushmoor local elections Succeeded by
2010 Rushmoor Council election