2023 Rushmoor Borough Council election

The 2023 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect councillors to Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. This was on the same date as other local elections across England. A third of the council was up for election.^[1]

2023 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   Leader David Clifford Christine Guinness Craig Card Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Seats before 28 9 2 Seats after 23 14 2 Seat change 5 5
The winner of each seat by party in the 2023 Rushmoor Borough Council Election
Leader before election David Clifford Conservative Leader after election David Clifford Conservative

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

Results summary

2023 Rushmoor Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	8	5		6	14		9,886	46.9
	Conservative	4	5		20	23		7,832	37.1
	Liberal Democrats	1			1	2		2,997	14.2
	Green	0			0	0	0.0	194	1.00
	Heritage	0			0	0	0.0	115	0.5
	Reform UK	0			0	0	0.0	82	0.4
	TUSC	0			0	0	0.0	22	0.1

Ward results

The results for each ward were as follows:^[4][5]

The changes in these results are changes from the 2022 Rushmoor Borough Council election.

Aldershot Park

Aldershot Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sophie Porter	987	72.0	+12.1
	Conservative	David Anthony Armitage	298	21.8	−18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Morrell	85	6.2	New
Majority			689	50.2	+16.5
	Labour hold		Swing

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Cherrywood

Cherrywood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christine Avril Guinness	994	67.9	+9.9
	Conservative	Suman Pun	470	32.1	−9.9
Majority			524	35.8	+11.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Cove and Southwood

Cove and Southwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Masterson	794	48.2	−16.7
	Labour	Kieran James Grinter	489	29.7	+9.0
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Rebecca Mitchell	246	14.9	+0.4
	Green	Paul Andrew Cawsey	117	7.1	New
Majority			305	18.5	−10.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Empress

Empress

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gareth Idris Williams	707	40.3	+8.1
	Conservative	Helen Dale	593	33.8	−12.8
	Liberal Democrats	Leola Jane Card	372	21.2	+0.1
	Reform UK	Ian Michael Brumwell Simpson	82	4.7	New
Majority			114	6.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Fernhill

Fernhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abe Michael Terry Allen	822	52.8	+14.7
	Conservative	Len Amos	583	37.5	−13.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Whyman	151	9.7	−11.3
Majority			239	15.3
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Knellwood

Knellwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Calum James Stuart	863	38.6	−11.5
	Labour	Tad Cragg	636	28.4	+6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Trotter	623	27.8	−0.2
	Heritage	Kevin Robert Joyce	115	5.1	New
Majority			227	10.2	−14.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Becky Williams	1,103	54.5	+13.1
	Conservative	Peter Crerar	921	45.5	−0.3
Majority			182	9.0
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

North Town

North Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gaynor Frances Austin	1,022	73.5	+3.7
	Conservative	Dick Brown	301	21.7	−8.5
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Alexander Christodoulou	67	4.8	New
Majority			721	51.8	+26.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Rowhill

Rowhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Halleh Koohestani	866	48.7	+10.7
	Conservative	Adrian Robert Newell	660	37.1	−3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Richard Hilliar	254	14.3	−7.1
Majority			206	11.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St John's

St John’s

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter James Gordan Edward McGready Cullum	747	45.4	−8.2
	Labour	Julia Louise Warner	733	44.6	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Olive Jane O'Dowd-Booth	165	10.0	New
Majority			14	0.8	−44.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mark's

St Mark’s

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas William Mitchell	774	48.5	+4.0
	Conservative	Abul Koher Chowdhury	554	34.7	−5.9
	Labour	Barry Jones	268	16.8	+2.0
Majority			220	13.8	+4.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Wellington

Wellington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dhan Bahadur Sarki	652	56.5	+28.2
	Conservative	Mary Ann Hartley	414	35.9	−16.4
	Liberal Democrats	Aidan David Lunn	66	5.7	−13.5
	TUSC	Ryan Christopher Lyddall	22	1.9	New
Majority			238	20.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

West Heath

West Heath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gareth Benjamin Lyon	634	41.9	+10.5
	Labour	Gavin Raymond Francis	607	40.1	+25.2
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Fraser-Fleming	194	12.8	−1.4
	Green	Edward John Neville	77	5.1	New
Majority			27	1.8	−4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing