2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election

2024 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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13 of 39 seats to Rushmoor Borough Council 20 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	33.71% [1]
First party Second party Third party   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 7 8 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 were 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]

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

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

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

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

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

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 UK	Ian Simpson	151	7.6	+2.9
Majority			204	10.3
Turnout			1,976	41.5
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Fernhill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Steve Harden	765	45.8	+8.3
	Labour	Julie 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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ivan Whitmee	1,034	46.4	−8.1
	Conservative	Jib Belbase	927	41.6	−3.9
	Reform UK	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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lisa Greenway	998	51.9	+3.2
	Conservative	Maurice Sheehan*	515	26.8	−10.3
	Reform UK	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

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

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

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rhian Jones	697	40.8	+0.7
	Conservative	Michael Hope*	656	38.4	−3.5
	Reform UK	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

• 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.