Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election, 2012

The 2012 Basingstoke and Deane Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England. 21 out of 60 seats were up for reelection; Popley East had two council seats up for reelection. The Conservative Party retained control of the council with 32 out of 60 seats, losing one seat to the Labour Party in Buckskin and losing another seat in Bramley and Sherfield to an Independent. Labour overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the largest opposition party and won two seats from them in Brighton Hill South and Brookvale and Kings Furlong.

Election result

Basingstoke and Deane local election result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	32	0	2	-2	53.3	44.6	12,904
	Labour	14	3	0	+3	23.3	29.0	8,388
	Liberal Democrat	11	0	2	-2	18.3	16.6	4,890
	Independent	3	1	0	+1	5	7.1	2,045
	UKIP	0	0	0	0		2.6	755
	Green	0	0	0	0		0.1	38

Ward results

Basing
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sven Godesen	1676	72.4
	Labour	Stephen Drake	321	13.9
	Liberal Democrat	Barbara Cummins	290	12.5
Rejected ballots			26
Majority
Turnout			2313
	Conservative hold		Swing

Baughurst and Tadley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Bound	645
	Conservative	Robert Tate	636
	Labour	David Carr	205
Rejected ballots			8
Majority
Turnout			1494
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bramley and Sherfield
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Chris Tomblin	776
	Conservative	Rhydiain Vaughn	603
	Labour	Nigel Pierce	115
Rejected ballots			3
Majority
Turnout			1479
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Brighton Hill South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Eyre	484
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Harkness	338
	UKIP	David Watson	168
	Conservative	John Downes	143
	Green	Christopher Appleby	38
Rejected ballots			7
Majority
Turnout			1178
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Brookvale and Kings Furlong
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jack Cousens	541
	Liberal Democrat	Doris Jones	433
	Conservative	Rebecca Sanders	222
	UKIP	Alan Stone	205
Rejected ballots			11
Majority
Turnout			1412
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Buckskin
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Jones	506
	Conservative	Stephen Reid	454
	Independent	Ray Dobing	159
	Liberal Democrat	Thomas Mitchell	43
Rejected ballots			3
Majority
Turnout			1165
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Chineham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elaine Still	900
	Independent	Jo Walke	735
	Labour	Ann Chapman	183
	Liberal Democrat	Liam Elvish	100
Rejected ballots			8
Majority
Turnout			1926
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hatch Warren and Beggarwood
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Putty	914
	Labour	Carl Reader	253
	Liberal Democrat	Ruth Day	214
	UKIP	John Kearney	196
Rejected ballots			7
Majority
Turnout			1584
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kempshott
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anne Court	1296
	Labour	Walter McCormick	361
	Liberal Democrat	Stav O'Doherty	165
Rejected ballots			12
Majority
Turnout			1834
	Conservative hold		Swing

Kingsclere
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cathy Osselton	823
	Labour	John Rodway	372
Rejected ballots			14
Majority
Turnout			1209
	Conservative hold		Swing

Norden
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul Harvey	1100
	Conservative	Kenneth Rhatigan	272
	Liberal Democrat	Louise Hall	160
Rejected ballots			14
Majority
Turnout			1546
	Labour hold		Swing

Oakley and North Waltham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Diane Taylor	1422
	Labour	Barnaby Wheller	322
	Liberal Democrat	Robert Cooper	177
Rejected ballots			15
Majority
Turnout			1936
	Conservative hold		Swing

Pamber and Silchester
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Gardiner	837
	Independent	Steve Spillane	375
	Labour	Terry Price	190
Rejected ballots			7
Majority
Turnout			1409
	Conservative hold		Swing

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Popley East (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Vivien Washbourne	651
	Labour	David Potter	607
	Conservative	Richard Court	146
	Conservative	Laura Edwards	139
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Berwick-Gooding	103
Rejected ballots			6
Majority
Turnout			885
	Labour hold		Swing

Popley West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Frankum	632
	Conservative	Paul Watts	142
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Whitechurch	56
Rejected ballots			6
Majority
Turnout			836
	Labour hold		Swing

Rooksdown
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Karen Cherrett	246
	Labour	Alice James	119
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Whitechurch	30
	UKIP	Ann Williams	29
Rejected ballots			2
Majority
Turnout			425
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sherbourne St John
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leek	494
	Labour	Lydia Massey	90
	Liberal Democrat	Janice Spalding	61
Rejected ballots			3
Majority
Turnout			648
	Conservative hold		Swing

South Ham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Colin Regan	977
	Conservative	Jim Holder	328
	Liberal Democrat	Madeline Hussey	277
	UKIP	Duncan Stone	157
Rejected ballots			4
Majority
Turnout			1743
	Labour hold		Swing

Tadley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Leeks	685
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Slimin	231
	Labour	Peter McCann	195
Rejected ballots			2
Majority
Turnout			1113
	Conservative hold		Swing

Whitchurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eric Dunlop	791
	Conservative	Ian Green	526
	Labour	Nuria Pett	164
Rejected ballots			8
Majority
Turnout			1496
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing