2023 Rushmoor Borough Council election

2023 Rushmoor Borough Council election
13 of 39 seats to Rushmoor Borough Council; 20 seats needed for a majority
	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 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]

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]

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2023 Rushmoor Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		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

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

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

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

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

2023 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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