2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election
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13 of 39 seats to Rushmoor Borough Council
20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout33.71% [1]
  First party Second party Third party
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Leader Gareth Williams Gareth Lyon Craig Card
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Empress West Heath St Marks
Seats before 14 23 2
Seats after 21 15 3
Seat change Increase 7 Decrease 8 Increase 1
Ward map election results
Leader before election

Gareth Lyon
Conservative

Leader after election

Gareth Williams
Labour

The 2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2024 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. This set of seats was last contested in 2021.[2]

The council was under Conservative majority control prior to the election.[3][4] The election saw Labour win a majority on the council for the first time in its history.[5] The Labour group leader, Gareth Williams, was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 21 May 2024.[6]

Results summary

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2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 9 Increase 7 69.2 12 21 53.8 10,739 48.09 +1.19
  Conservative 3 Decrease 8 23.1 12 15 38.5 8,218 36.80 -0.30
  Liberal Democrats 1 Increase 1 7.7 2 3 7.7 2,262 10.13 -4.07
  Reform 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 794 3.56 +3.10
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 212 0.95 +0.94
  Heritage 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 85 0.38 -0.12
  Hampshire Independents 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 21 0.09 New

Ward results

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The results for each ward were as follows: [7][8]

The changes in these results are changes from the 2023 Rushmoor Borough Council election. Sitting councillors standing for re-election are marked with an asterisk (*)

Aldershot Park

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Aldershot Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Mike Roberts* 911 68.4 −3.6
Conservative Peter Crerar 325 24.4 +2.6
TUSC Tom Mortimer 95 7.1 New
Majority 586 44.0
Turnout 1,331 26.8
Labour hold Swing

Cherrywood

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Cherrywood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Bill O’Donovan 949 61.5 −6.4
Conservative Nem Thapa* 498 32.3 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Jane O'Dowd-Booth 96 6.2 New
Majority 451 29.2
Turnout 1,543 31.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Cove and Southwood

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Cove and Southwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sue Carter* 940 49.5 +1.3
Labour Becky Miles 758 39.9 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Mitchell 202 10.6 −4.3
Majority 182 9.6
Turnout 1,900 34.5
Conservative hold Swing

Empress

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Empress
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Julie Hall 896 45.3 +5.0
Conservative Marina Munro* 692 35.0 +1.2
Liberal Democrats Aidan David Lunn 237 12.0 −9.2
Reform Ian Simpson 151 7.6 +2.9
Majority 204 10.3
Turnout 1,976 41.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Fernhill

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Fernhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Harden 765 45.8 +8.3
Labour Julia Warner 758 45.3 −7.5
Liberal Democrats Brian Blewett 149 8.9 −0.8
Majority 7 0.5
Turnout 1,672 32.7
Conservative hold Swing

Knellwood

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Knellwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Taylor* 882 40.5 +1.9
Labour Tad Cragg 740 34.0 +5.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Trotter 469 21.6 −6.2
Heritage Kevin Joyce 85 3.9 −1.2
Majority 142 6.5
Turnout 2,176 38.9
Conservative hold Swing

Manor Park

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Manor Park
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ivan Whitmee 1,034 46.4 −8.1
Conservative Jib Belbase 927 41.6 −3.9
Reform Brian Lyons 215 9.6 New
TUSC Agnieszka Cieszkowska 52 2.3 New
Majority 107 4.8
Turnout 2,228 40.1
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

North Town

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North Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Keith Dibble* 1,118 82.4 +8.9
Conservative Bill Withers 238 17.6 −4.1
Majority 880 64.8
Turnout 1,356 26.8
Labour hold Swing

Rowhill

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Rowhill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lisa Greenway 998 51.9 +3.2
Conservative Maurice Sheehan* 515 26.8 −10.3
Reform Kevin Betsworth 243 12.6 New
Liberal Democrats Alan Hilliar 130 6.8 −7.5
Hampshire Independents Zack Culshaw 21 1.1 New
TUSC Dan Warrington 16 0.8 New
Majority 483 25.1
Turnout 1,923 38.5
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

St John's

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St John's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Day 806 48.5 +3.9
Conservative Rod Cooper 711 42.8 −2.6
Liberal Democrats Mark Goodwin 145 8.7 −1.3
Majority 95 5.7
Turnout 1,662 33.7
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

St Mark's

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St Mark's
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Leola Card 663 42.5 −6.0
Conservative Diane Bedford* 566 36.3 +1.6
Labour Madi Jabbi 330 21.2 +4.4
Majority 97 6.2
Turnout 1,559 29.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Wellington

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Wellington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alex Crawford 744 57.4 +0.9
Conservative Bishal Gurling 503 38.8 +2.9
TUSC Ryan Lyddall 49 3.8 +1.9
Majority 241 18.6
Turnout 1,296 27.2
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

West Heath

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West Heath
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rhian Jones 697 40.8 +0.7
Conservative Michael Hope* 656 38.4 −3.5
Reform Gary Cowd 185 10.8 New
Liberal Democrats Charles Fraser Fleming 171 10.0 −2.8
Majority 41 2.4
Turnout 1,709 36.0
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Changes 2024–2026

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  • Dhan Sarki, elected for Labour in 2023, left the party in May 2024 to sit as an independent.[9] He later rejoined the party in November 2024.
  • Calum Stewart, elected for the Conservatives in 2019, left the party in May 2025 to sit as an independent. [10]
  • Jules Crossley, Halleh Koohestani, Nadia Martin and Becky Williams announced that they were leaving the Labour Party in September 2025 to form the Rushmoor Independent Group with standing independent councillor Abe Allen. [11]

References

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  1. ^ https://www.rushmoor.gov.uk/elections2024/results
  2. ^ "Rushmoor Local Election information 2024". Rushmoor Borough Council. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Local Elections 2023: Results in Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire". ITV News. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. ^ Fox, Thomas (5 May 2023). "Rushmoor Local Election results in full as Conservatives maintain majority despite Labour gains". Hampshire Live. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  5. ^ Stafford, Stephen (3 May 2024). "Labour gain first win in Rushmoor". BBC News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  6. ^ "New Leader sets out priorities for Rushmoor and appoints new Cabinet". Rushmoor Borough Council. 23 May 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Here for Rushmoor Facebook page". Facebook. 24 March 2024. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Local election results - 2 May 2024 - Rushmoor Borough Council".
  9. ^ Boothroyd, David (24 May 2024). "Kirklees leader defection". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  10. ^ {{ |url=https://democracy.rushmoor.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=229/%7Caccess-date=23 May 2025}}
  11. ^ "Labour loses Rushmoor council control after resignations i". BBC News. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 3 September 2025.