# 2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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

## 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
### Aldershot Park

Aldershot Park 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 211 | 18.44 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Cherrywood

Cherrywood 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Cove and Southwood

Cove and Southwood 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Empress

Empress 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Fernhill

Fernhill 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Knellwood

Knellwood 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Manor Park

Manor Park 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Town

North Town 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Keith Dibble | 1025 | 68.7% |
| | Conservative | David Anthony Armitage | 269 | 18% |
| | UKIP | Mark Letties | 199 | 13.3% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Rowhill

Rowhill 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St John’s

St John’s 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### St Mark’s

St Mark’s 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Wellington

Wellington 2016 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Alex Crawford | 385 | 63% |
| | Conservative | Attika Salim Choudhary | 190 | 31.1% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Haydar Koher | 36 | 5.9% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### West Heath

West Heath 2016 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | | |
| | UKIP hold | UKIP hold | Swing | |