2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election

2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election

5 May 2016
13 seats of 39 to Rushmoor Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Labour UKIP Seats won 8 4 1 Seats after 25 11 3 Seat change Popular vote 8,024 5,287 4,492
Results by Ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2016 Rushmoor Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. Note the election for Aldershot Park was postponed to 2 June due to the death of a candidate. ^[2]

Results

Rushmoor election, 2016

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	0	0	0	66.7	40	7,760	0
	Labour	3	0	0	0	25	24.6	4,762	0
	UKIP	1	0	0	0	8.3	21.6	4,178	0
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	8	1,557	0
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	5.6	1,083	0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	43	0

Ward results

Aldershot Park

Aldershot Park 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mike Roberts	525	45.89
	UKIP	Jeffery Boxall	314	27.44
	Conservative	Matthew Collins	264	23.07
	Green	Lucy Perrin	41	3.58
Majority			211	18.44
	Labour hold		Swing

Cherrywood

Cherrywood 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Grattan	738	43.9%
	UKIP	Derek Roy Cornwell	442	26.3%
	Conservative	Mara Makunura	360	21.4%
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Patrick Joseph Murphy	143	8.5%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Cove and Southwood

Cove and Southwood 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Susan Mary Carter	818	48.6%
	UKIP	Jenny Parsons	389	23.1%
	Labour	Madi Jabbi	233	13.8%
	Liberal Democrats	Alain Stephen Dekker	168	10%
	Green	Justin Palmer	76	4.5%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Empress

Empress 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marina Munro	805	49.5%
	Green	Donna Wallace	425	26.1%
	Labour	Peter Hayward	203	12.5%
	UKIP	Colin Nixon	193	11.9%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fernhill

Fernhill 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Edward Woolley	822	52.9
	UKIP	Harry Dagger Nelson	352	22.8
	Labour	Len Amos	260	16.7
	Green	Martin Anthony Coule	119	7.6
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Knellwood

Knellwood 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Graham Taylor	1159	58.2%
	Labour	Bill Tootill	279	14%
	UKIP	Rosie Bell	243	12.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Michael De Noronha	161	8.1%
	Green	Amy Hannah Lewry	151	7.6%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Manor Park

Manor Park 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Edward Clifford	816	43.9%
	Labour	Dominique Jamie Alexandra Swaddling	447	24%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard James Adair	359	19.3%
	UKIP	David Lee Collett	237	12.7%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

North Town

North Town 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Dibble	1025	68.7%
	Conservative	David Anthony Armitage	269	18%
	UKIP	Mark Letties	199	13.3%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

Rowhill

Rowhill 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maurice Leonard Sheehan	721	41.3%
	UKIP	Kevin Betsworth	457	26.2%
	Labour	Julie Martha Considine	417	23.9%
	Green	Peta Martine Howell	149	8.5%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

St John’s

St John’s 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter John Moyle	740	44.6%
	UKIP	Chris Harding	486	29.3%
	Labour	Sue Gadsby	303	18.3%
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Geoffrey Thompson	129	7.8%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Mark’s

St Mark’s 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Beverley Bedford	611	39.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Abul Koher Chowdhury	439	28.1%
	Labour	Colin Southon	219	14%
	UKIP	Simon Amir Austridge	178	11.4%
	Green	Gary Simpson	70	4.5%
	Independent	Carl Robert Hewitt	43	2.8%
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Wellington

Wellington 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alex Crawford	385	63%
	Conservative	Attika Salim Choudhary	190	31.1%
	Liberal Democrats	Haydar Koher	36	5.9%
Majority
	Labour hold		Swing

West Heath

West Heath 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Mark Staplehurst	1002	52.2%
	Conservative	Steve Morgan	449	23.4%
	Labour	Trevor Simpson	253	13.2%
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Patricia Murphy	122	6.4%
	Green	Paula Samantha Marshall	93	4.8%
Majority
	UKIP hold		Swing

References

1. "Local elections candidates". Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
2. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2016 - Rushmoor". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 January 2021.