2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election

2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election

2 May 2024 (2024-05-02)
13 of 39 seats to Rushmoor Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33.71%
First party Second party Third party   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 Seats after 15 21 3 Seat change 8 7 1
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.

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.

The Conservative have lost control by losing their 24 years of control to Labour.

Results summary

2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	3	8	23.1	12	15	38.5
	Labour	9	7	69.2	12	21	53.8
	Liberal Democrats	1	1	7.7	2	3	7.7
	Reform UK	0		0	0	0	0
	TUSC	0		0	0	0	0
	Heritage	0		0	0	0	0
	Independent	0		0	0	0	0

Ward Candidates

The results for each ward were as follows:

The changes in these results are changes from the 2021 Rushmoor Borough Council election. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*)

Aldershot Park

Aldershot Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Roberts*	911	68.4	+16.8
	Conservative	Peter Crerar	325	24.4	-17.4
	TUSC	Tom Mortimer	95	7.1	N/A
Majority			586	44.0	+34.2
Turnout			1,331	26.8	-3.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+17.1

Cherrywood

Cherrywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bill O’Donovan	949	61.5	+14.2
	Conservative	Nem Thapa*	498	32.3	-20.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jane O'Dowd-Booth	96	6.2	N/A
Majority			451	29.2	+23.8
Turnout			1,543	31.0	-1.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+17.3

Cove and Southwood

Cove and Southwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Carter*	940	49.5	-15.4
	Labour	Becky Miles	758	39.9	+19.2
	Liberal Democrats	Rebecca Mitchell	202	10.6	-3.9
Majority			182	9.6	-34.6
Turnout			1,900	34.5	-2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-17.3

Empress

Empress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Julie Hall	896	45.3	+23.2
	Conservative	Marina Munro*	692	35.0	-15.9
	Liberal Democrats	Aidan David Lunn	237	12.0	-8.7
	Reform UK	Ian Simpson	151	7.6	+6.5
Majority			204	10.3	-18.5
Turnout			1,976	41.5	+0.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+19.5

Fernhill

Fernhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Harden	765	45.8	-26.4
	Labour	Julie Warner	758	45.3	+17.5
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blewett	149	8.9	N/A
Majority			7	0.5	-43.9
Turnout			1,672	32.7	+2.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	-22.0

Knellwood

Knellwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Taylor*	882	40.5	-15.0
	Labour	Tad Cragg	740	34.0	+17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Trotter	469	21.6	-3.6
	Heritage	Kevin Joyce	85	3.9	N/A
Majority			142	6.5	-23.8
Turnout			2,176	38.9	-4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	-16.1

Manor Park

Manor Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivan Whitmee	1,034	46.4	+14.2
	Conservative	Jib Belbase	927	41.6	-15.3
	Reform UK	Brian Lyons	215	9.6	N/A
	TUSC	Agnieszka Cieszkowska	52	2.3	N/A
Majority			107	4.8	-19.9
Turnout			2,228	40.1	+1.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+14.7

North Town

North Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Dibble*	1,118	82.4	+17.6
	Conservative	Bill Withers	238	17.6	-12.7
Majority			880	64.8	+30.3
Turnout			1,356	26.8	-8.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+15.1

Rowhill

Rowhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Greenway	998	51.9	+15.2
	Conservative	Maurice Sheehan*	515	26.8	-18.3
	Reform UK	Kevin Betsworth	243	12.6	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hilliar	130	6.8	-11.4
	Hampshire Ind.	Zack Culshaw	21	1.1	N/A
	TUSC	Dan Warrington	16	0.8	N/A
Majority			483	25.1	+16.7
Turnout			1,923	38.5	-0.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.7

St John's

St John’s

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Day	806	48.5	+16.0
	Conservative	Rod Cooper	711	42.8	-24.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Goodwin	145	8.7	N/A
Majority			95	5.7	-29.3
Turnout			1,662	33.7	-0.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+20.3

St Mark's

St Mark’s

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Leola Card	663	42.5	+2.4
	Conservative	Diane Bedford*	566	36.3	-8.3
	Labour	Madi Jabbi	330	21.2	+5.9
Majority			97	6.2	-29.3
Turnout			1,559	29.6	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	+5.3

Wellington

Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Crawford	744	57.4	+19.8
	Conservative	Bishal Gurling	503	38.8	-16.1
	TUSC	Ryan Lyddall	49	3.8	N/A
Majority			241	18.6	+1.3
Turnout			1,296	27.2	+0.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+18.0

West Heath

West Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhian Jones	697	40.8	+15.1
	Conservative	Michael Hope*	656	38.4	-18.2
	Reform UK	Gary Cowd	185	10.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Fraser Fleming	171	10.0	-7.7
Majority			41	2.4	-28.5
Turnout			1,709	36.0	-0.8
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+16.7