# 2015 Hart District Council election

The 2015 Hart District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Hart District Council in England. It was held on the same day as other local elections. Prior to this elections, the Conservatives held a plurality with 14 seats but did not hold a majority, whilst the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign (Hart) both had 8 seats. The remaining seat was held by an independent.

## Results

These were the second elections to be held with the new boundaries after the 2014 elections, which saw the Conservatives elected the largest party but without a majority, while Community Campaign (Hart) and the Liberal Democrats won nine seats each alongside won independent candidate. As such, the council remained under no overall control.
n the 2015 election, the Conservatives were the only party to make gains, winning two new seats, one each from the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign Hart, with no other changes. The council remained under no overall control. As well as the three party groups on the council, one independent from Hook Ward remained but was not up for election until 2018.
The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections. Most wards only had one seat up for election, but several had two.
Hart District Council election, 2015 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 48.48 | 50.87 | 25,450 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24.24 | 17.50 | 8757 |
| CCH | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24.24 | 14.19 | 7104 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 10.51 | 5260 |
| Labour | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 6.67 | 3340 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 0.23 | 118 |

## Ward Results
### Blackwater & Hawley

Blackwater & Hawley Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bob Harward | 1630 |
| | Conservative | Vivienne Gascoigne | 1242 |
| | UKIP | Mike Gascoigne | 581 |
| | Labour Co-op | Les Lawrie | 298 |
| | Green | Steve Francis | 118 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Crookham East

Crookham East Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CCH | Chris Axam | 1870 |
| | Conservative | Helen Butler | 1834 |
| | UKIP | Dawn Moors | 387 |
| | Labour | Ruth Ann Williams | 379 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | CCH hold | CCH hold | Swing |

### Crookham West and Ewshot

Crookham West and Ewshot Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | CCH | Tony Clarke | 2027 |
| | Conservative | Christopher James Simmons | 2003 |
| | UKIP | David Franklin Owens | 384 |
| | Labour | Dominic Arthur | 359 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | CCH hold | CCH hold | Swing |

### Fleet Central

Fleet Central Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alex Gray | 2038 | |
| | CCH | John Bennison | 1716 | |
| | Labour | Satdeep Kaur Grewel | 468 | |
| | UKIP | Robert Blay | 364 | −5.5 |
| | Monster Raving Loony | Howling Laud Hope | 88 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Conservative gain from CCH | Conservative gain from CCH | Swing | |

### Fleet East

Fleet East Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Stephen Parker | 2678 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil Christopher Walton | 774 |
| | Labour | John Gawthorpe | 539 |
| | UKIP | Peter Devonshire | 407 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Fleet West

Fleet West Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Sara Kinnell | 2686 |
| | CCH | Stephen Cantle | 952 |
| | Labour | James Hurst | 338 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Einchcomb | 336 |
| | UKIP | Gordon Smith | 280 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Hartley Witney

Hartney Witney Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Andrew James Renshaw | 2941 |
| | Conservative | Anne Crampton | 952 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tony Over | 1128 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Woolford | 1090 |
| | UKIP | Ali Altay | 569 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Hook

Hook Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Brian Burchfield | 3001 |
| | Labour | Verd Nabbs | 647 |
| | UKIP | Ruth Hamilton | 514 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Smith | 486 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Odiham

Odiham Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Stephen Gorys | 3198 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosalyn Gordon | 816 |
| | UKIP | Kevin Oliver | 618 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Yateley East

Yateley East Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dave Neighbour | 1828 |
| | Conservative | John Burton | 1827 |
| | UKIP | Sue Perkins | 600 |
| | Labour | Joyce Still | 441 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |

### Yateley West

Yateley West Ward :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Dickens | 2002 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Claire Elhaggagi | 1759 | |
| | UKIP | John Howe | 556 | |
| | Labour | Alistair Sutherland | 410 | −5.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |