2015 Rushmoor Borough Council election

2015 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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14 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 24 12 3 Seats won 10 3 1 Seats after 25 11 3 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 19,353 9,644 8,278
Results by Ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2015 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Rushmoor Borough Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections.^[2]

Two seats were up for election in the West Heath ward due to the resignation of an incumbent.

Results[]

Rushmoor Local Election Result 2015

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	1	0	1	71.42	46.32	19,353
	Labour	3	0	1	1	21.42	23.08	9,644
	UKIP	1	0	0		7.14	19.81	8,278
	Green	0	0	0			6.35	2,655
	Liberal Democrats						4.21	1,759
	Christian						0.20	86

Ward results[]

Aldershot Park[]

Aldershot Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Adrian Newell	1,153	37.70
	Labour	Frances Matthews	1,065	34.82
	UKIP	Peter Courtney	840	27.46
Majority			88	2.87
Turnout			3,058
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cherrywood[]

Cherrywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry Jones	1,050	36.25
	Conservative	Mara Makunura	804	27.76
	UKIP	Simon Austridge	791	27.31
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Murphy	251	8.66
Majority			246	8.49
Turnout			2,896
	Labour hold		Swing

Cove and Southwood[]

Cove and Southwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Masterson	1,992	55.07
	UKIP	Jennifer Parsons	813	22.47
	Labour	Clive Andrews	543	15.01
	Green	Vincent Warne	269	7.43
Majority			1,179	32.59
Turnout			3,617
	Conservative hold		Swing

Empress[]

Empress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Lyon	1,904	61.57
	Green	Donna Wallace	518	16.75
	Labour	Philip Collins	405	13.09
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Ohkubo	265	8.57
Majority			1,386	44.82
Turnout			3,092
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhill[]

Fernhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Marsh	1,686	49.09
	UKIP	William Walker	800	23.29
	Labour	Leonard Amos	498	14.50
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Fraser-Fleming	261	7.60
	Green	Martin Coule	189	5.50
Majority			886	25.80
Turnout			3,434
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knellwood[]

Knellwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Dibbs	2,367	58.20
	Labour	William Tootill	645	15.85
	UKIP	Rosemary Bell	590	14.50
	Green	Amy Lewry	465	11.43
Majority			1,722	42.34
Turnout			4,067
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor Park[]

Manor Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Crerar	1,805	49.07
	Labour	Dominique Swaddling	1,129	30.69
	UKIP	Edmund Poole	744	20.22
Majority			676	18.37
Turnout			3,678
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Town[]

North Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Susan Dibble	1,423	48.73
	Conservative	Lee Dawson	911	31.19
	UKIP	Adam de Lecq le Gresley	586	20.06
Majority			512	17.53
Turnout			2,920
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rowhill[]

Rowhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mohammad Choudhary	1,443	42.00
	UKIP	Kevin Betsworth	936	27.24
	Labour	Jill Clark	708	20.61
	Green	Peta Howell	348	10.13
Majority			507	14.75
Turnout			3,435
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John's[]

St John's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Barba Hurst	1,870	54.40
	UKIP	Christopher Harding	844	24.55
	Labour	Peter Hayward	507	14.75
	Green	David Stephenson	216	6.28
Majority			1,026	29.85
Turnout			3,437
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mark's[]

St Mark's

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Corps	1,619	50.24
	Liberal Democrats	Abul Koher Chowdhury	663	20.57
	Labour	Colin Southon	536	16.63
	Green	Carl Hewitt	404	12.53
Majority			956	29.67
Turnout			3,222
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wellington[]

Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jennifer Evans	645	48.45
	Conservative	Attika Choudhary	600	45.07
	Christian	Kelebogile Waynereid	86	6.46
Majority			45	3.38
Turnout			1,331
	Labour hold		Swing

West Heath[]

West Heath (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	David Bell	1,334	37.17
	Conservative	Rodney Cooper	1,199	33.41
	Conservative	Stephen Smith	1,173
	UKIP	Derek Cornwell	1,101	30.68
	Labour	Janet Gardner	490	13.65
	Labour	Trevor Simpson	417
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Murphy	319	8.89
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Thompson	273
	Green	Paula Marshall	246	6.85
	UKIP win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

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