2026 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

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The 2026 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect 18 of 54 members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.[1][2]

Quick facts 18 out of 54 seats to Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council 28 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
2026 Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council election
← 2024
7 May 2026 (2026-05-07)
18 out of 54 seats to Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council
28 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Simon Minas-Bound Gavin James Paul Harvey
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats B&DI
Last election 16 seats, 29.7% 11 seats, 18.2% 10 seats, 12.3%
Seats before 13 11 11
Seats won 3 4 4
Seats after 11 11 10
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady Decrease 1
Popular vote 13,456 9,931 8,101
Percentage 21.1% 15.6% 12.7%
Swing Decrease 8.6% Decrease 2.6% Increase 0.4%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Abdel Ibrahim Paul Miller
Party Labour Reform Independent
Last election 11 seats, 22.5% 0 seats, 0.8% 3 seats, 5.1%
Seats before 10 1 3
Seats won 2 2 1
Seats after 10 3 3
Seat change Steady Increase 2 Steady
Popular vote 7,130 15,755 3,276
Percentage 11.2% 24.7% 5.1%
Swing Decrease 11.3% Increase 23.9% Steady 0.0%
  Seventh party Eighth party
 
Leader Stacy Hart
Party Green All In
Last election 2 seats, 4.6% Did not exist
Seats before 2 1
Seats won 1 1
Seats after 2 2
Seat change Steady Increase 1
Popular vote 5,101 999
Percentage 8.0% 1.6%
Swing Increase 3.4% N/A
Winner of each seat at the 2026 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election.
Leader before election

Paul Harvey
B&DI
No overall control

 Leader after election

TBD
No overall control

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Background

In 2024, the council remained under no overall control.[3] The council was governed as a joint administration of the Independent Forum group and the Liberal Democrats. The former consisted of the Basingstoke & Deane Independents, other independents, the Green Party and the All In Party. The latter was the local successor to the Women's Equality Party after the dissolution of the national party in 2024.

Council composition

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After 2024 election Before 2026 election
Party Seats Party Seats
Conservative 16 Conservative 13
Liberal Democrats 11 Liberal Democrats 11
B&DI 10 B&DI 11
Labour 11 Labour 10
Green 2 Green 2
Reform 0 Reform 1
All In Did not exist All In 1
Independent 3 Independent 4
Vacant N/A Vacant 1
Women's Equality 1 Women's Equality Dissolved
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Changes 2024–2026:

  • May 2024: Samir Kotecha (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[4]
  • November 2024: Women’s Equality Party dissolved – Stacy Hart sits as an independent[5]
  • April 2025:
    • All In formed – Stacy Hart (Independent) joins party[6]
    • Marc Connor (Labour) joins B&DI[7]
  • October 2025: Paul Miller (Conservative) joins Reform[8]
  • November 2025: David McIntyre (Conservative) resigns – seat left vacant until 2026 election[9]

Election results

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2026 Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 3 Decrease 2 17.6 8 11 21.2 13,456 21.1 –8.6
  Liberal Democrats 4 Steady 23.5 7 11 21.2 9,931 15.6 –2.6
  B&DI 3 Decrease 1 17.6 7 10 19.2 8,101 12.7 +0.4
  Labour 2 Steady 11.8 8 10 19.2 7,130 11.2 –11.3
  Reform 2 Increase 2 11.8 1 3 5.8 15,755 24.7 +23.9
  Independent 1 Steady 5.9 2 3 5.8 3,276 5.1 ±0.0
  Green 1 Steady 5.9 1 2 3.8 5,101 8.0 +3.4
  All In 1 Increase 1 5.9 1 2 3.8 999 1.6 N/A
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Ward results

Basing & Upton Grey

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Basing & Upton Grey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kate Tuck* 2,116 49.2 –3.2
Reform Annie Kemkaren 908 21.1 N/A
Conservative Shantha Weerasiri 648 15.1 –11.0
Liberal Democrats Richard Lilleker 429 10.0 +3.9
Labour Kieran Sidley 202 4.7 –9.8
Majority 1,208 28.1 +1.8
Turnout 4,312 52.4 +15.5
Registered electors 8,231
Independent hold
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Bramley

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Bramley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
B&DI Tony Durrant* 1,188 38.4 –8.1
Reform Christopher Horwood 768 24.8 N/A
Conservative Jonathan Johnson 570 18.4 –18.0
Liberal Democrats Christopher Evans 434 14.0 +9.2
Labour Adam Coulthard 132 4.3 –8.0
Majority 420 13.6 +3.5
Turnout 3,109 43.0 +8.9
Registered electors 7,169
B&DI hold
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Brighton Hill

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Brighton Hill
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andrea Bowes* 1,007 34.4 –14.6
Reform Keith Vaughan 892 30.5 N/A
Labour Shibaji Shrestha 515 17.6 –16.7
Green Carolyn Davison-Roper 284 9.7 N/A
Conservative Edward Norman 231 7.9 –3.6
Majority 115 3.9 –10.8
Turnout 2,946 39.2 +9.8
Registered electors 7,511
Liberal Democrats hold
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Brookvale & Kings Furlong

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Brookvale & Kings Furlong
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Bikram Banerjee 852 27.1 –3.9
Conservative Kishor Patel 629 20.0 –12.9
Liberal Democrats John Shaw 583 18.5 –7.6
Green Ashlynn Butler 568 18.1 +11.7
Reform Alan Stone 513 16.3 N/A
Majority 223 7.1 N/A
Turnout 3,158 40.6 +5.3
Registered electors 7,760
Labour Co-op gain from Green Swing Increase4.5
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Chineham

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Chineham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Michael Blackberry 1,134 31.8 –6.4
Reform Greggory Wilkinson 943 26.4 +21.0
Conservative Ricardo Ferreira 926 25.9 –10.5
Labour Ruth Kellaway 321 9.0 –6.7
Liberal Democrats Michael McKay 246 6.9 +2.6
Majority 191 5.4 +3.6
Turnout 3,579 42.3 +10.9
Registered electors 8,443
Green gain from Conservative Swing Decrease13.7
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Eastrop & Grove

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Eastrop & Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats John McKay* 1,527 47.8 –13.6
Reform Jay Bailey 765 24.0 N/A
Green Niamh Harrison 346 10.8 N/A
Conservative Nick Bates 323 10.1 –4.7
Labour Lilly Beeson 232 7.3 –11.1
Majority 762 23.8 –19.2
Turnout 3,206 44.1 +12.5
Registered electors 7,273
Liberal Democrats hold
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Evingar

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Evingar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Samuel Carr* 1,637 46.5 –6.3
Reform Garald Smith 796 22.6 N/A
Green Christopher Whitehead 504 14.3 –0.3
Liberal Democrats Erica Shaw 419 11.9 –6.4
Labour Robert Thomas 167 4.7 –2.8
Majority 841 23.9 –10.6
Turnout 3,537 47.1 +13.7
Registered electors 7,495
Conservative hold
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Hatch Warren & Beggarwood

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Hatch Warren & Beggarwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
All In Dani Davies 999 29.7 N/A
Conservative Stephen Reid 966 28.7 +3.7
Reform Spencer Cleary 841 25.0 N/A
Labour Matthew Evans 321 9.5 –2.6
Liberal Democrats Roger Blackmore-Squires 237 7.0 +3.6
Majority 33 1.0 N/A
Turnout 3,378 44.1 +7.3
Registered electors 7,654
All In gain from B&DI
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Kempshott & Buckskin

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Kempshott & Buckskin
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Val Elliott 1,016 29.1 –17.4
Reform Mark Knight 1,011 29.0 N/A
Green Harrison Manners 503 14.4 +8.6
Labour Catherine Hopkins 422 12.1 –16.8
B&DI Samir Kotecha* 290 8.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Andrew Benson-Wilson 245 7.0 –3.5
Majority 5 0.1 –17.5
Turnout 3,496 42.6 +12.2
Registered electors 8,206
Conservative hold
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Norden

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Norden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
B&DI Linda Hynan 1,269 48.5 –4.9
Reform Matthew Cooper 522 20.0 N/A
Labour Jack Wadge-Stacey 389 14.9 –12.8
Conservative Jonathan Tate 276 10.6 –0.2
Liberal Democrats Scott Lawrence 159 6.1 +1.3
Majority 747 28.5 +2.8
Turnout 2,632 36.5 +8.4
Registered electors 7,198
B&DI hold
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Oakley & The Candovers

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Oakley & The Candovers (2 seats due to by-election)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
B&DI Alex Rowley 1,756 43.1 –1.8
B&DI Marc Connor* 1,280 31.4 –13.5
Conservative Sherrie de Kiguchi 1,145 28.1 –8.0
Reform Christopher Aldous 1,019 25.0 N/A
Reform Martin Street 856 21.0 N/A
Conservative Taylor Parnell 831 20.4 –15.7
Liberal Democrats Hannah Cooper 381 9.3 +2.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Cooper 318 7.8 +0.6
Labour Bronwyn Phillips 286 7.0 –4.9
Labour Michael Stockwell 280 6.9 –5.0
Turnout 4,261 48.7 +9.6
Registered electors 8,746
B&DI hold
B&DI gain from Conservative
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Popley

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Popley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Ellen Hynes 1,032 38.8 –27.6
Reform Duncan Stone 803 30.2 N/A
Green Ty Murray 383 14.4 +10.4
Conservative Satya Sookhun 274 10.3 –3.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Berwick-Gooding 171 6.4 –3.4
Majority 229 8.6 –44.2
Turnout 2,672 34.9 +12.0
Registered electors 7,665
Labour gain from B&DI
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Sherborne St John & Rooksdown

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Sherborne St John & Rooksdown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karl Rand 1,084 33.4 –13.2
Reform John Naldrett 756 23.3 N/A
Labour Bradley Phillips 485 14.9 –23.0
Green Elle Green 453 13.9 +8.1
Liberal Democrats Ryan Hickling 269 8.3 +1.8
Independent Nick Robinson 201 6.2 N/A
Majority 328 10.1 +1.4
Turnout 3,261 37.6 +9.6
Registered electors 8,658
Conservative hold
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South Ham

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South Ham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Steven Trumm 864 34.0 N/A
Labour Tony Jones* 560 22.0 –35.6
Independent Zena Lindsay 406 16.0 N/A
Conservative Lilly Turner 367 14.4 –9.4
Green Joseph Hutton 207 8.1 +4.7
Liberal Democrats Madeline Hussey 138 5.4 –2.2
Majority 304 12.0 N/A
Turnout 2,549 33.9 +9.1
Registered electors 7,502
Reform gain from Labour
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Tadley & Pamber

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Tadley & Pamber
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jo Slimin* 1,497 38.3 –11.4
Reform Lyn Roberts 1,179 30.1 +22.1
Conservative Jonathan Richards 788 20.1 –14.7
Green Kelly Jones 307 7.8 N/A
Labour Wayne Terry 141 3.6 –3.9
Majority 318 8.2 –6.7
Turnout 3,929 45.0 +12.6
Registered electors 8,722
Liberal Democrats hold Swing Decrease16.8
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Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst

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Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kerry Morrow* 1,408 37.0 –2.1
Reform Charlotte Robinson 1,036 27.2 N/A
Conservative Bruce Buckland 988 25.9 –0.7
Green Elliott Gardiner 255 6.7 N/A
Labour Daniel Reah 123 3.2 –6.6
Majority 372 9.8 –2.7
Turnout 3,822 44.6 +10.3
Registered electors 8,565
Liberal Democrats hold
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Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstoke

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Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
B&DI Chloe Ashfield* 2,318 58.0 –6.2
Reform Victoria Harber 681 17.0 N/A
Conservative Kieran McDermott 442 11.1 –2.4
Liberal Democrats Lucy Sloane-Williams 390 9.8 +2.0
Labour Margaret Gallagher 165 4.1 –6.9
Majority 1,637 41.0 –9.7
Turnout 4,008 49.2 +12.6
Registered electors 8,144
B&DI hold
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Winklebury & Manydown

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Winklebury & Manydown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Christina Jordan 602 27.3 N/A
Independent Abigail Compton-Burnett 553 25.1 N/A
Labour Cait Fuller 505 22.9 –19.4
Conservative Mike Patchett 315 14.3 –26.5
Green Bill Farrington 157 7.1 +1.5
Liberal Democrats Wendy McKay 73 3.3 –2.6
Majority 49 2.2 N/A
Turnout 2,211 40.5 +9.8
Registered electors 5,451
Reform gain from Labour
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