2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election

2016 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 won 8 4 1 Seats after 25 11 3 Seat change Popular vote 8,024 5,287 4,492
Results by Ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Note the election for Aldershot Park was postponed to 2nd June due to the death of a candidate. ^[2]

Results[]

Rushmoor election, 2016

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	0	0	0	66.7	40	7,760	0
	Labour	3	0	0	0	25	24.6	4,762	0
	UKIP	1	0	0	0	8.3	21.6	4,178	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	8	1,557	0
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.6	1,083	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	43	0

Ward results[]

Cherrywood[]

Cherrywood 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Grattan	738	43.9%
	UKIP	Derek Roy Cornwell	442	26.3%
	Conservative	Mara Makunura	360	21.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Patrick Joseph Murphy	143	8.5%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Cove and Southwood[]

Cove and Southwood 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Mary Carter	818	48.6%
	UKIP	Jenny Parsons	389	23.1%
	Labour	Madi Jabbi	233	13.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Alain Stephen Dekker	168	10%
	Green	Justin Palmer	76	4.5%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Empress[]

Empress 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marina Munro	805	49.5%
	Green	Donna Wallace	425	26.1%
	Labour	Peter Hayward	203	12.5%
	UKIP	Colin Nixon	193	11.9%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhill[]

Fernhill 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edward Woolley	822	52.9
	UKIP	Harry Dagger Nelson	352	22.8
	Labour	Len Amos	260	16.7
	Green	Martin Anthony Coule	119	7.6
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knellwood[]

Knellwood 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Graham Taylor	1159	58.2%
	Labour	Bill Tootill	279	14%
	UKIP	Rosie Bell	243	12.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Michael De Noronha	161	8.1%
	Green	Amy Hannah Lewry	151	7.6%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor Park[]

Manor Park 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Edward Clifford	816	43.9%
	Labour	Dominique Jamie Alexandra Swaddling	447	24%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard James Adair	359	19.3%
	UKIP	David Lee Collett	237	12.7%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Town[]

North Town 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Dibble	1025	68.7%
	Conservative	David Anthony Armitage	269	18%
	UKIP	Mark Letties	199	13.3%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Rowhill[]

Rowhill 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Leonard Sheehan	721	41.3%
	UKIP	Kevin Betsworth	457	26.2%
	Labour	Julie Martha Considine	417	23.9%
	Green	Peta Martine Howell	149	8.5%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John’s[]

St John’s 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Moyle	740	44.6%
	UKIP	Chris Harding	486	29.3%
	Labour	Sue Gadsby	303	18.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Geoffrey Thompson	129	7.8%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mark’s[]

St Mark’s 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Beverley Bedford	611	39.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Abul Koher Chowdhury	439	28.1%
	Labour	Colin Southon	219	14%
	UKIP	Simon Amir Austridge	178	11.4%
	Green	Gary Simpson	70	4.5%
	Independent	Carl Robert Hewitt	43	2.8%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wellington[]

Wellington 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Crawford	385	63%
	Conservative	Attika Salim Choudhary	190	31.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Haydar Koher	36	5.9%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

West Heath[]

West Heath 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mark Staplehurst	1002	52.2%
	Conservative	Steve Morgan	449	23.4%
	Labour	Trevor Simpson	253	13.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Patricia Murphy	122	6.4%
	Green	Paula Samantha Marshall	93	4.8%
Majority
	UKIP hold		Swing

Aldershot Park[]

Aldershot Park 2nd June 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Roberts	525	45.89
	UKIP	Jeffery Boxall	314	27.44
	Conservative	Matthew Collins	264	23.07
	Green	Lucy Perrin	41	3.58
Majority			211	18.44
	Labour hold		Swing

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