Rushmoor Borough Council elections

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 3-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 4 years, except in years when ward boundaries are changed when all councillors are elected for terms depending on their position in the poll.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973–1976
Conservative	1976–1980
No overall control	1980–1982
Conservative	1982–1995
No overall control	1995–2000
Conservative	2000–present

Council elections

Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1973
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1976
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1980
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1982
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1983
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1984
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1986
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1987
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1988
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1990 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1991
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1992 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1994
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1995
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1996
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1998
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 1999
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2000
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)^[6]^[7]
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2003
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2004
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2006
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2007
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2008
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2010
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2012 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)^[8]
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2014
Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2015

Borough result maps

2006 results map
2007 results map
2008 results map

By-election results

1993-1997

St Marks by-election 30 January 1997
Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrat	466	37.4
	Conservative	373	29.9
	Labour	224	18.0
	Independent	112	9.0
	Independent	72	5.8
Majority		93	7.5
Turnout		1,247	33.1
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

1997-2001

West Heath by-election 25 November 1999
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	467	49.0	+0.9
	Conservative	429	45.0	+5.3
	Labour	58	6.1	-6.0
Majority		38	4.0
Turnout		954	24.7
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

2005-2009

St Johns by-election 10 November 2005^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Suzan Gadsby	573	49.1	+25.0
	Conservative	David Thomas	496	42.5	-19.2
	Labour	June Smith	99	8.5	-5.7
Majority			77	6.6
Turnout			1,168	26.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

North Town by-election 26 January 2006^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Rust	649	57.7	+4.1
	Conservative	Eric Neal	286	25.4	-3.3
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Thompson	189	16.8	+5.7
Majority			363	32.3
Turnout			1,124	25.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Grange by-election 25 July 2006^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Hazel Manning	515	43.2	+18.7
	Conservative	Rosemary Possee	445	37.4	-7.5
	BNP	Janette Pedrick	137	11.5	-5.4
	Labour	Clive Grattan	94	7.9	-5.9
Majority			70	5.8
Turnout			1,191	30.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Heronwood by-election 19 July 2007^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Terence Bridgeman	423	37.3	-1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Lynch-Bowers	382	33.6	+7.7
	Conservative	Simon Poole	330	29.1	-6.0
Majority			41	3.7
Turnout			1,135	24.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2009-2013

Heron Wood by-election 10 December 2009^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Alex Crawford	437	41.6	+11.6
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Thompson	354	33.7	-8.1
	Conservative	Andrew Duncan	259	24.7	-3.5
Majority			83	7.9
Turnout			1,050	22.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Wellington by-election 23 September 2010^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Attika Choudhary	270	35.8	-6.8
	Liberal Democrat	Mitch Manning	238	31.6	-3.7
	Labour	Sam Wines	184	24.4	+2.3
	UKIP	Eddie Poole	50	6.6	+6.6
	Independent	Roger Watkins	12	1.6	+1.6
Majority			32	4.2
Turnout			754	13.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "Wards". Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
↑ "Rushmoor". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-09-12.
↑ The Borough of Rushmoor (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1976
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Hampshire (District Boundaries) Order 1990. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Hampshire and Surrey (County Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 5 November 2015.
↑ "Rushmoor". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Rushmoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Rushmoor (Electoral Changes) Order 2012. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
↑ "Labour suffers in byelections". guardian.co.uk. 2005-11-11. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
↑ "Election of a borough councillor: North Town Ward" (PDF). Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
↑ "Election of a borough councillor: Grange Ward" (PDF). Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
↑ "Election of a borough councillor: Heron Wood Ward" (PDF). Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-08-13.
↑ "Labour takes Aldershot council seat from Lib Dems". gethampshire. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
↑ "Tories retain seat at Wellington by-election". gethampshire. 2010-09-24. Retrieved 2010-09-24.

By-election results

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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