2018 Rushmoor Borough Council election

The 2018 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections.

2018 Rushmoor Borough Council election

3 May 2018
14 seats of 39 to Rushmoor Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 25 11 0 Seats won 9 4 1 Seats after 25 11 1 Seat change 1 Popular vote 9,564 7,269 2,469
Results by Ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Two seats were up for election in the West Heath ward due to the resignation of an incumbent.

Results

Rushmoor election, 2018

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	1	1	0	64.3%	47.18%	9,564	+7.3%
	Labour	4	0	0	0	28.6%	35.85%	7,269	+10.7%
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	0	0	7.1%	12.17%	2,469	+5%
	UKIP	0	0	1	0	0	2.98%	606	-18.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.50%	306	-4.2%
	Union & Sovereignty	0	0	0	0	0	0.28%	57	+0.3%

Ward results

Aldershot Park

Aldershot Park 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Bridgeman	738	60.2	+14.3
	Conservative	Len Winchcombe	488	39.8	+16.7
Majority			250	20.4	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Cherrywood

Cherrywood 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ashley James Halstead	831	56.5	+12.6
	Conservative	Peter James Cullum	515	35.0	+13.6
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Patrick Joseph Murphy	126	8.5	−
Majority			316	21.5	+3.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Cove and Southwood

Cove and Southwood 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Martin John Tennant	957	55.7	+7.1
	Labour	Madi Jabbi	379	22.1	+8.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alain Stephen Dekker	240	14.0	+4.0
	UKIP	Jenny Parsons	142	8.3	−14.8
Majority			578	33.6	+8.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Empress

Empress 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mike Smith	784	49.6	+0.1
	Labour	Bill O'Donovan	460	29.1	+16.6
	Green	Donna Wallace	209	13.2	−12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Leola Jane Card	127	8.0	+8.0
Majority			324	20.5	−2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhill

Fernhill 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Muschamp	1,039	68.4	+15.5
	Labour	Mitchell Andrew Wescott	479	31.6	+14.9
Majority			560	36.8	+6.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knellwood

Knellwood 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mara Martha Makunura	1,156	58.8	+0.6
	Labour	Colin Frederick Southon	405	20.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Nick March	404	20.6	+12.5
Majority			751	38.2	−6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bruce Alfred Thomas	977	50.4	+6.5
	Labour	Gaynor Frances Austin	960	49.6	+25.6
Majority			17	0.8	−19.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Town

North Town 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Rust	998	68.7	−
	Conservative	Akmal Hussain Gani	358	24.6	+6.6
	Green	Jason Harry Guy	97	6.7	+6.7
Majority			640	44.1	−6.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Rowhill

Rowhill 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sophia Choudhary	829	46.2	+4.9
	Labour	Yvette Catherine Dean	583	32.5	+7.6
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hilliar	381	21.2	+21.2
Majority			246	13.7	−1.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John’s

St John’s 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jacqui Vosper	878	64.4	+19.8
	Labour	Janet Gardner	304	22.3	+4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Whyman	180	13.2	+5.4
Majority			575	42.1	+26.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mark’s

St Mark’s 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Abul Koher Chowdhury	577	39.0	+10.9
	Conservative	Dave Gladstone	544	36.8	−2.4
	Labour	Carl Robert Hewitt	301	20.4	+6.4
	Union & Sovereignty	Zack Culshaw	57	3.9	+3.9
Majority			33	2.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	6.7

Wellington

Wellington 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nadia Noelle Martin	389	52.4	−10.6
	Conservative	Attika Choudhary	290	39.0	+7.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Elizabeth Oglesson	64	8.6	+2.7
Majority			99	13.4	−18.5
	Labour hold		Swing

West Heath

West Heath 2018 (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rod Cooper	749	40.2	+16.8
	Conservative	Veronica Mary Graham-Green	712	38.3	+14.9
	UKIP	Chris Harding	464	24.9	−27.3
	Labour	Jeremy Audsley Clapham	442	23.8	+10.6
	Labour	June Smith	399	21.4	+8.2
	Liberal Democrats	Craig William Card	370	19.9	+13.5
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Fraser-Fleming	348	18.7	+12.3
Majority			248	13.4
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing