2021 Rushmoor Borough Council Election

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6 May 2021

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13 seats of 39 to Rushmoor Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority

	First party	Second party	Third party

Party	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats
Last election	9	3	1
Seats before	26	10	1
Seat change	+3	-2

Map showing the results of the 2021 Rushmoor Borough Council election

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

TBD

Elections to Rushmoor Borough Council took place on 6 May 2021 as part of the 2021 United Kingdom local elections.^[1] This took place at the same time as the elections for Hampshire County Council and the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner.^[2] ^[3]

Background

In the previous election, the Conservatives won nine of the 13 seats up for election. In the 2021 election they were due to defend eight of thirteen seats up for election, and were mathematically incapable of losing their majority. ^[4] The statement of persons nominated was published on Friday 9 April.^[5]

Results summary

2021 Rushmoor Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	11	3	78.6	18	29	74.4	12,876	52.7	+8.6
	Labour	3	2	21.4	6	9	23.1	8,228	33.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	1	1	2.6	3,161	12.9	+1.3
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	96	0.4	-3.3
	UKIP	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	64	0.3	-9.5
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	21	0.1	New

Ward results

Aldershot Park

Aldershot Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Roberts	788	51.6	-5.6
	Conservative	Sam Trussler	638	41.8	+22.5
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Scopes	102	6.7	N/A
Majority			150	9.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Cherrywood

Cherrywood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Nem Thapa	898	52.7	+27.9
	Labour	Clive Grattan	806	47.3	-2.1
Majority			92	5.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Cove and Southwood

Cove and Southwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Carter	1,275	64.9	+15.6
	Labour	Madi Jabbi	406	20.7	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jill Whyman	285	14.5	-5.9
Majority			869	44.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Empress

Empress
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Manira Munro	940	50.9	+13.1
	Labour	Barry Jones	408	22.1	-2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Leola Card	383	20.7	N/A
	Independent	Donna Wallace	96	5.2	-24.9
	Reform UK	Benjamin Seery	21	1.1	N/A
Majority			532	28.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhill

Fernhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jessica Auton	1,137	72.2	+8.4
	Labour	Ross Collins	437	27.8	+4.0
Majority			700
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knellwood

Knellwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Taylor	1,334	55.5	+10.5
	Liberal Democrats	Craig Card	605	25.2	+5.2
	Labour	Gareth Williams	401	16.7	+3.8
	UKIP	Zack Culshaw	64	2.7	-6.4
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Clifford	1,237	56.9	+3.9
	Labour	Jules Crossley	701	32.2	-2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Trotter	236	10.9	N/A
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Town

North Town (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Dibble	1,110	64.8	+2.3
	Labour	Sarah Spall	761	44.4	-18.1
	Conservative	Stuart Trussler	519	30.3	-7.2
	Conservative	Mary Hartley	469	27.4	-10.1
	Liberal Democrats	Glenn Christodoulou	95	5.5	N/A
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour hold		Swing

Rowhill

Rowhill
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Sheehan	887	45.1	+10.2
	Labour	Alex Crawford	722	36.7	+12.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Hilliar	358	18.2	-3.3
Majority			165	8.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John’s

St John’s
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Canty	1,165	67.5	-4.9
	Labour	Julia Warner	560	32.5	+4.9
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mark’s

St Mark’s
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Bedford	775	44.6	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Mitchell	698	40.1	+1.9
	Labour	Carl Hewitt	266	15.3	-0.2
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wellington

Wellington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jib Belbase	587	54.9	+8.0
	Labour	Halleh Koohestani	402	37.6	-3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Olive O'Dowd-Booth	81	7.6	-4.8
Majority
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

West Heath

West Heath
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Hope	1,015	56.6	+25.2
	Labour	Rebekkah Thomas	460	25.7	+10.8
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie Fraser-Fleming	318	17.7	+3.4
Majority
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

References

^ "Election Timetable in England" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 September 2020.
^ "Elections and voting". www.hants.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ "Local, Hampshire County Council and Police and Crime Commissioner elections - Rushmoor Borough Council". www.rushmoor.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ "What's up for grabs in the 2021 local elections?". www.newstatesman.com. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ "Election candidates - Rushmoor Borough Council". www.rushmoor.gov.uk. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

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