# 2010 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

The 2010 Basingstoke and Deane Council election took place on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England. It was part of the wider English Local Elections, which were postponed from their usual date of the first Thursday of May so that they could coincide with the General Election of that year. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council.

## Background

Between the 2008 election and 2010, 2 Conservatives councillors left the party. Husband and wife Phil and Christine Heath split from the Conservatives in 2008 and formed the Basingstoke First Community Party, which would contest the 2010 election.

## Election result

The results saw the Conservatives increase their majority on the council from 5 to 7 seats, after making 1 gain to have 34 councillors. They retook Kempshott, which had formerly been held by the leader of the Basingstoke First Community Party, Christine Heath. Heath did not defend the seat which she had held for the previous 7 years, instead she stood in Hatch Warren and Beggarwood ward, which was held by the Conservatives. The other parties retained all the seats they had been defending, meaning the Liberal Democrats remained on 14 seats, Labour 9 and independents 2, while the Basingstoke First Community Party was left with 1 seat which was not contested at the election. Overall turnout in the election was 67.5%.
Basingstoke and Deane Local Election Result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 9 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 45.0 | 46.8 | 30,179 | -10.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30.0 | 30.5 | 19,664 | +4.8% |
| Labour | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 17.3 | 11,169 | +2.2% |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 1,706 | +0.4% |
| Basingstoke First Community Party | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1.9 | 1,200 | +1.9% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 360 | +0.6% |
| BNP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 202 | +0.3% |

## Ward results

Basing :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Onnalee Cubitt | 3,288 | 65.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stav O'Doherty | 1,187 | 23.7 | |
| | Labour | Leslie Clarke | 530 | 10.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,101 | 42.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,005 | 75 | +26 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Brighton Hill North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Brian Gurden | 1,393 | 55.1 | |
| | Conservative | Laura Edwards | 728 | 28.8 | |
| | Labour | Carolyn Wooldridge | 406 | 16.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 665 | 26.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,527 | 63 | +34 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Brighton Hill South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Barnes | 1,064 | 44.4 | |
| | Conservative | Marc Wheelhouse | 900 | 37.6 | |
| | Labour | Shelley Phelps | 431 | 18.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 164 | 6.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,395 | 61 | +32 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Brookvale and Kings Furlong :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Shaw | 1,353 | 50.1 | |
| | Conservative | John Downes | 840 | 31.1 | |
| | Labour | Philip Courtenay | 510 | 18.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 513 | 19.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,703 | 63 | +32 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Buckskin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Taylor | 1,153 | 45.0 | |
| | Labour | Tony Jones | 676 | 26.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Mitchell | 529 | 20.7 | |
| | BNP | Ray Dobing | 202 | 7.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 477 | 18.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,560 | 55 | +22 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Horace Mitchell | 2,130 | 65.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Anthony Davies | 925 | 28.5 | |
| | UKIP | Emily Blatchford | 193 | 5.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,205 | 37.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,248 | 74 | +30 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Chineham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Paul Miller | 2,805 | 59.3 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Liam Elvish | 839 | 17.7 | |
| | Labour | Simon Broad | 684 | 14.4 | |
| | Independent | Jo Walke | 406 | 8.6 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,966 | 41.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,734 | 71 | +38 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
East Woodhay :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Clive Sanders | 1,211 | 71.2 | −14.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Pauleen Malone | 491 | 28.8 | +14.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 720 | 42.3 | −29.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,702 | 75 | +34 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Eastrop :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gavin James | 1,172 | 50.8 | |
| | Conservative | Fiona Taylor | 744 | 32.2 | |
| | Labour | Pauline Courtenay | 391 | 16.9 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 428 | 18.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,307 | 60 | +28 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Grove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Day | 1,763 | 55.5 | |
| | Conservative | Penny Bates | 1,081 | 34.0 | |
| | Labour | Nigel Wooldridge | 333 | 10.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 682 | 21.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,177 | 69 | +27 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Terri Reid | 2,686 | 58.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ruth Day | 1,379 | 29.8 | |
| | Basingstoke First Community Party | Chris Heath | 556 | 12.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,307 | 28.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,621 | 70 | +42 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Kempshott :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Hayley Eachus | 2,586 | 55.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Madeline Hussey | 887 | 19.0 | |
| | Labour | Walter McCormick | 647 | 13.9 | |
| | Basingstoke First Community Party | Tracy Cross | 549 | 11.8 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,699 | 36.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,669 | 81 | +42 |
| | Conservative gain from Basingstoke First Community Party | Conservative gain from Basingstoke First Community Party | | | |
Norden :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Laura James | 1,695 | 46.1 | |
| | Conservative | Rebecca Bean | 1,206 | 32.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Richard Whitechurch | 773 | 21.0 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 489 | 13.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,674 | 60 | +30 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Oakley and North Waltham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Andrew Finney | 2,550 | 61.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Cooper | 1,099 | 26.4 | |
| | Labour | Rick Dady | 507 | 12.2 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,451 | 35.0 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,156 | 75 | +30 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Ian Tilbury | 1,300 | 47.1 | |
| | Conservative | Lyn Hardy | 797 | 28.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jeff Teagle | 666 | 24.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 503 | 18.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,763 | 73 | +27 |
| | Independent hold | Independent hold | Swing | | |
Popley East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Andrew McCormick | 988 | 47.9 | |
| | Conservative | Steve Oakley | 638 | 31.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Whitechurch | 435 | 21.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 350 | 16.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,061 | 56 | +30 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Popley West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Paul Frankum | 815 | 41.5 | |
| | Conservative | Sandra Miller | 708 | 36.0 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Berwick-Gooding | 443 | 22.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 107 | 5.5 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,966 | 60 | +32 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
South Ham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Sean Keating | 1,606 | 39.2 | |
| | Conservative | John Holley | 1,495 | 36.5 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Janice Spalding | 995 | 24.3 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 111 | 2.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,096 | 62 | +27 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
Whitchurch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Watts | 1,792 | 59.1 | |
| | Conservative | Bill Judge | 1,073 | 35.4 | |
| | UKIP | George Garton | 167 | 5.5 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 719 | 23.7 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,032 | 74 | +28 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Winklebury :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert Donnell | 1,560 | 50.6 | |
| | Labour | Lea Jeff | 950 | 30.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jade Doswell | 479 | 15.5 | |
| | Basingstoke First Community Party | Karen Campbell | 95 | 3.1 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 610 | 19.8 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,084 | 65 | +26 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |