# 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 three-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 four years, except in years when ward boundaries are changed when all councillors are elected for terms depending on their position in the poll.

## Council composition

Since the current ward boundaries came in for the 2012 election, the composition of Rushmoor Borough Council has been:
| Election | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | UKIP | Independent | Vacant |
| 2012 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Current | 15 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Council elections

* 1973 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 1976 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 1979 Rushmoor Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)
* 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 Rushmoor Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 1991 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 1992 Rushmoor Borough Council election (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
* 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 Rushmoor Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)
* 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
* 2011 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 2012 Rushmoor Borough Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)
* 2014 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 2015 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 2018 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 2019 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 2021 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 2022 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 2023 Rushmoor Borough Council election
* 2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election

## Borough result maps

* 2002 results map
* 2003 results map
* 2004 results map
* 2006 results map
* 2007 results map
* 2008 results map
* 2010 results map
* 2011 results map
* 2012 results map
* 2014 results map
* 2015 results map
* 2016 results map
* 2018 results map
* 2019 results map
* 2021 results map
* 2022 results map
* 2023 results map
* 2024 results map

## By-election results
### 1994–1998

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

### 1998–2002

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

### 2002–2006

St Johns by-election 10 November 2005 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Suzan Gadsby | 573 | 49.1 | +25.0 |
| | Conservative | David Thomas | 496 | 42.5 | −19.2 |
| | Labour | June Smith | 99 | 8.5 | −5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 77 | 6.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,168 | 26.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
North Town by-election 26 January 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Frank Rust | 649 | 57.7 | +4.1 |
| | Conservative | Eric Neal | 286 | 25.4 | −3.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Thompson | 189 | 16.8 | +5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 363 | 32.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,124 | 25.5 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |

### 2006–2010

Grange by-election 25 July 2006 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 70 | 5.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,191 | 30.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Heronwood by-election 19 July 2007 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Terence Bridgeman | 423 | 37.3 | −1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Lynch-Bowers | 382 | 33.6 | +7.7 |
| | Conservative | Simon Poole | 330 | 29.1 | −6.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 41 | 3.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,135 | 24.9 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |
Heron Wood by-election 10 December 2009 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Alex Crawford | 437 | 41.6 | +11.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip Thompson | 354 | 33.7 | −8.1 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Duncan | 259 | 24.7 | −3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 83 | 7.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,050 | 22.0 | |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### 2010–2014

Wellington by-election 23 September 2010 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Attika Choudhary | 270 | 35.8 | −6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 32 | 4.2 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 754 | 13.0 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2014–2018

West Heath by-election 9 October 2014 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | UKIP | Dave Bell | 662 | 50.8 | +4.2 |
| | Conservative | Brian Parker | 312 | 24.0 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | Sue Gadsby | 196 | 15.1 | −0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlie Fraser-Fleming | 132 | 10.1 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 350 | 26.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,302 | | |
| | UKIP hold | UKIP hold | Swing | | |
St John's by-election 4 May 2017 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Canty | 870 | 53.5 | +8.9 |
| | UKIP | Chris Harding | 305 | 18.7 | −10.6 |
| | Labour | Sue Gadsby | 262 | 16.1 | −2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Charlie Fraser-Fleming | 190 | 11.7 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 565 | 34.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,627 | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### 2018–2022

St Mark's by-election 12 September 2019 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Thomas Mitchell | 687 | 54.7 | +16.5 |
| | Conservative | Leon Hargreaves | 450 | 35.9 | +2.2 |
| | Labour | Carl Hewitt | 118 | 9.4 | −6.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 237 | 18.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1255 | 25% | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |