2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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13 of 39 seats to
Rushmoor Borough Council

20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Gareth Lyon Gareth Williams Craig Card
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat West Heath Empress St Marks
Seats before 23 14 2

The ward map of Rushmoor Borough Council

Leader
before election

Gareth Lyon
Conservative

Leader after election

TBD

The 2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election will take place on 2 May 2024 to elect councillors to

Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. This will be on the same date as other local elections across England. A third of the council will be up for election, and this set of seats were last conested in 2021. [1]

The council is under Conservative majority control prior to the election. The Conservatives lost five seats to Labour at the previous election, but retained a majority of the seats.[2][3]

Results summary

2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 13
  Labour 11
  Liberal Democrats 2
  Reform UK 0
  TUSC 0
  Heritage 0
  Independent 0

Ward Candidates

The candidates for each ward are as follows: [4] [5]

Aldershot Park

Aldershot Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Crerar
TUSC Tom Mortimer
Labour Mike Roberts

Cherrywood

Cherrywood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Dr Bill O’Donovan
Liberal Democrats Jane O'Dowd-Booth
Conservative Nem Thapa

Cove and Southwood

Cove and Southwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Carter
Labour Becky Miles
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Mitchell

Empress

Empress
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Hall
Liberal Democrats David Lunn
Conservative Marina Munro
Reform UK Ian Simpson

Fernhill

Fernhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Brian Blewett
Conservative Steve Harden
Labour Julie Warner

Knellwood

Knellwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tad Cragg
Heritage Kevin Joyce
Conservative Paul Taylor
Liberal Democrats Mark Trotter

Manor Park

Manor Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jib Belbase
TUSC Agnieszka Cieszkowska
Reform UK Brian Lyons
Labour Ivan Whitmee

North Town

North Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Dibble
Conservative Bill Withers

Rowhill

Rowhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Kevin Betsworth
Hampshire Ind. Zack Culshaw
Labour Lisa Greenway
Liberal Democrats Alan Hilliar
Conservative Maurice Sheehan
TUSC Dan Warrington

St John's

St John’s
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rod Cooper
Labour Thomas Day
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodwin

St Mark's

St Mark’s
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Diane Bedford
Liberal Democrats Leola Card
Labour Madi Jabbi

Wellington

Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Crawford
Conservative Bishal Gurling
TUSC Ryan Lyddall

West Heath

West Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform UK Gary Cowd
Liberal Democrats Charles Fraser Fleming
Conservative Michael Hope
Labour Rhian Jones

References

  1. ^ "Rushmoor Local Election information 2024". Rushmoor Borough Council. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  2. ^ "Local Elections 2023: Results in Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire". ITV News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  3. ^ Fox, Thomas (5 May 2023). "Rushmoor Local Election results in full as Conservatives maintain majority despite Labour gains". Hampshire Live. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Rushmoor Conservatives Facebook page". Facebook. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Here for Rushmoor Facebook page". Facebook. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.