2014 Rushmoor Borough Council election

2014 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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13 seats of 39 to Rushmoor Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour UKIP Seats before 25 11 3 Seats won 8 4 1 Seats after 24 12 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 9,883 6,391 4,509
Results by Ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2014 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections and the elections for the European Parliament.

Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives, while UKIP regained a seat whose previous incumbent had defected to Labour.^[2]

After the election, the composition of the Council was:

• Conservative - 24
• Labour - 12
• UKIP - 3

Results[]

Rushmoor Local Election Result 2014

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	0	1	1	61.53	43.94	9,883
	Labour	4	1	0	1	30.76	28.41	6,391
	UKIP	1	0	0		7.69	20.04	4,509
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0			4.50	1,013
	Green						2.83	637
	Christian						0.26	58

Ward results[]

Aldershot Park[]

Aldershot Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terence Bridgeman	877	55.85
	Conservative	Adrian Newell	693	44.14
Majority			184	11.71
Turnout			1,570
	Labour hold		Swing

Cherrywood[]

Cherrywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Les Taylor	772	46.70
	Conservative	Derek Cornwell	600	36.29
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Card	281	16.99
Majority			172	10.40
Turnout			1,653
	Labour hold		Swing

Cove & Southwood[]

Cove and Southwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin Tennant	980	49.92
	UKIP	David Bell	646	32.90
	Labour	Clive Andrews	337	17.16
Majority			334	17.01
Turnout			1,963
	Conservative hold		Swing

Empress[]

Empress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Smith	786	44.13
	Green	Donna Wallace	345	19.37
	UKIP	Jane Shattock	335	18.80
	Labour	Philip Collins	188	10.55
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Murphy	127	7.13
Majority			441	24.76
Turnout			1,781
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhill[]

Fernhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kenneth Muschamp	913	51.26
	UKIP	Peter Donaghue	503	28.24
	Labour	Leonard Amos	342	19.20
Majority			410	23.02
Turnout			1,781
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knellwood[]

Knellwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adam Jackman	1,504	70.21
	Labour	William Tootill	638	29.78
Majority			866	40.42
Turnout			2,142
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor Park[]

Manor Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Thomas	755	38.79
	Labour	Dominique Swaddling	602	30.93
	UKIP	Angela Lennox	589	30.26
Majority			153	7.86
Turnout			1,946
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Town[]

North Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Rust	1,025	66.64
	Conservative	Lee Dawson	513	33.35
Majority			512	33.28
Turnout			1,538
	Labour hold		Swing

Rowhill[]

Rowhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sabaah Choudhary	812	42.20
	UKIP	Edmund Poole	660	34.30
	Labour	Frances Matthews	452	23.49
Majority			152	7.90
Turnout			1,924
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John's[]

St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqueline Vosper	878	47.76
	UKIP	William Walker	629	34.22
	Labour	Peter Hayward	331	18.00
Majority			249	13.54
Turnout			1,838
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mark's[]

St Mark's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Gladstone	649	38.93
	Liberal Democrats	Abul Koher Chowdhury	426	25.55
	Green	Carl Hewitt	292	17.51
	Labour	Colin Southon	242	14.51
	Christian	Juliana Brimicombe	58	3.47
Majority			223	13.37
Turnout			1,667
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wellington[]

Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jeremy Preece	264	41.97
	Conservative	Attika Choudhary	188	29.88
	UKIP	Adam le Gresley	177	28.13
Majority			76	12.08
Turnout			629
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West Heath[]

West Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Barbara Donaghue	970	46.58
	Conservative	Jacqueline Hammond	612	29.39
	Labour	Suzan Gadsby	321	15.41
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Thompson	179	8.59
Majority			358	17.19
Turnout			2,082
	UKIP hold		Swing

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