2015 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

2015 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election
21 seats of 60 to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative Party (UK);	Council control after election ; Conservative Party (UK);

The 2015 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in England.^[1] It was held on the same day as the 2015 general election as well as other local elections.

Quick Facts 21 seats of 60 to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

21 seats were up for election. The seat in Rooksdown was up for election due to a casual vacancy, and its winner would serve a term lasting until 2016.

The Conservatives gained four seats and gained a 4-seat majority on the council. They gained one seat from Labour in Brighton Hill North and two from independents in Chineham and Tadley Central. Both the defeated independent candidates were seeking re-election; the former was a long-serving independent, while the latter had been elected as a Conservative in 2011 before defecting to UKIP, then becoming independent. Labour gained the rural ward of Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon from the Liberal Democrats.

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Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election 2015
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	16	3	76.19	16	32	53.33	36,143	52.3
	Labour	3		14.28	14	17	28.33	12,725	18.4
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	9.52	5	7	11.66	8,608	12.5
	Independent	0	2	0	0	4	6.66	3,635	5.3
	Green	0		0	0	0	0	1090	1.6
	TUSC	0		0	0	0	0	41	0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Clive Pinder	2,921	57.8
	UKIP	Hazel Vanbergen	754	14.9
	Labour	Andrew Mountford	697	13.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Read	684	13.5
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Robert Tate	1,671	54.6
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Curtis	1112	36.3
	Labour	George Porter	278	9.1
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nick Robinson	1,889	60.3
	Independent	Bruce Ansell	943	30.1
	UKIP	Alan Simpson	302	9.6
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hannah Golding	974	36.7
	Labour	Janet Westbrook	782	29.9
	UKIP	Steve James-Bailey	491	18.5
	Liberal Democrats	Ted Blackmore-Squires	141	5.3
	Green	Richard Winter	141	5.3
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2015 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

Results

Results by Ward

Basing

Baughurst and Tadley North

Bramley and Sherfield

Brighton Hill North

Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne

Chineham

Eastrop

Grove

Hatch Warren and Beggarwood

Kempshott

Kingsclere

Norden

Oakley and North Waltham

Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon

Pamber and Silchester

Rooksdown

South Ham

Tadley Central

Tadley South

Upton Grey and The Candovers

Winklebury

References

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Eastrop
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Parker	911	34.3
	Conservative	Ian Smith	780	29.4
	Labour	Jonathan Stokes	502	18.9
	UKIP	Alan Stone	282	10.6
	Green	Richard Matthewson	178	6.7
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Ronald Hussey	1,402	41.9
	Conservative	Penny Bates	900	26.9
	Labour	Michael Stockwell	579	17.3
	UKIP	Mark Hygate	468	14.0
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hatch Warren and Beggarwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rebecca Bean	2,971	64.4
	Labour	Zoe-Marie Rogers	749	16.2
	UKIP	Stan Tennison	493	10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Whitechurch	402	8.7
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempshott
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Rita Burgess	2,669	60.9
	Labour	Walter McCormick	672	15.3
	UKIP	David White	517	11.8
	Liberal Democrats	Madeline Hussey	319	7.3
	Green	Eric Rivron	204	4.7
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing