Rushmoor Borough Council election, 2012

The 2012 Rushmoor Council elections took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England.

It was a very good night for the Labour Party and their Leader Cllr Keith Dibble who achieved the highest percentage vote on the night. Labour gained the three seats in the new Cherrywood ward in Farnborough.The first time Labour has had councillors in Farnborough for ten years.

The controlling Tories lost 5 seats, Labour gained 5, UKIP gained 1 and the Lib dems lost all 4 seats.

The Tories have a reduced majority

The whole of the council was up for election following a boundary review that has reorganised the distribution of council wards throughout the borough. The council will now be composed of 13 wards, each of which will elect three members to create a council of 39 councillors.

Election result

Rushmoor Local Election Result 2012
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	25		5	-5
	Labour	11	5	0	+5
	Liberal Democrat	0		4	-4
	UKIP	3	1	0	+1
	Christian

Ward results

Aldershot Park[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Terry Bridgeman	677	49.45
	Labour	Don Cappleman	754	55.08
	Liberal Democrat	Roland Collins	202	14.76
	Conservative	Lucy Perrin	401	29.29
	Labour	Mike Roberts	811	59.24
	Conservative	Glen Slade	451	32.94
	Conservative	Neil Watkin	406	29.66
Turnout			1,369	25.12

Cherrywood[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Albert Buddle	212	15.41
	Liberal Democrat	Craig Card	354	25.86
	Labour	Clive Grattan	453	33.09
	Conservative	Jackie Hammond	416	30.39
	Labour	Barry Jones	445	32.51
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Manning	361	26.37
	Conservative	Steve Masterton	409	29.88
	Liberal Democrat	Shaun Murphy	323	23.59
	Conservative	Mike Smith	426	31.12
	Labour	Les Taylor	435	31.78
Turnout			1,369	26.6

Cove and Southwood[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Clive Andrews	342	21.42
	Conservative	Susan Carter	940	58.90
	Conservative	Alan Chainey	930	58.27
	Labour	Yvonne Hammond	322	20.18
	Liberal Democrat	Brian Jupp	298	18.67
	UKIP	Jane Shattock	292	18.40
	Labour	Ed Shelton	311	19.49
	Conservative	Martin Tennant	804	50.38
Turnout			1,596	28.8

Empress[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Chowns	311	23.44
	Conservative	David Clifford	838	63.15
	Conservative	Gareth Lyon	789	59.46
	Labour	Stephen Martin	280	21.10
	Conservative	Brian Parker	740	55.76
	Labour	Sharon Parkinson	295	22.23
	Labour	Christopher Wright	304	22.91
Turnout			1,327	29.7

Fernhill[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Coule	345	24.47
	Conservative	Alan Ferrier	915	64.89
	Liberal Democrat	Hammy Hamilton	262	18.58
	Labour	Peter Hayward	300	21.28
	Conservative	John Marsh	892	63.26
	Conservative	Ken Muschamp	860	61.00
	Labour	Robin Vyrnwy-Price	296	21.00
Turnout			1,410	25.6

Knellwood[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roland Dibbs	1099	61.1
	Conservative	Adam Jackman	1084	60.22
	Liberal Democrat	June Mackie	428	23.78
	Labour	Trevor Simpson	344	19.11
	Labour	June Smith	439	24.39
	Conservative	Paul Taylor	1105	61.39
	Labour	William Tootill	353	19.61
Turnout			1,800	31.6

Manor Park[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maurice Banner	189	12.69
	Conservative	Peter Crerar	736	49.43
	Conservative	Ron Hughes	744	49.97
	Labour	Lesley Pestridge	422	28.34
	UKIP	Eddie Poole	281	18.87
	Labour	Carol Rust	446	29.95
	Labour	Dominique Swaddling	407	27.33
	Conservative	Bruce Thomas	617	41.44
Turnout			1,489	26.17

North Town[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Dawson	334	25.59
	Labour	Keith Dibble	907	69.50
	Labour	Susan Dibble	832	63.75
	Conservative	Norma Francis-Crerar	307	23.52
	Labour	Frank Rust	804	61.61
	Conservative	Calum Stewart	369	28.28
Turnout			1,305	26.31

Rowhill[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Choudhary	765	48.57
	Conservative	Sophia Choudhary	753	47.81
	Labour	Jill Clark	505	32.04
	Labour	Jim Dymond	479	30.41
	Labour	Jan Matthews	482	30.60
	Liberal Democrat	Pete Pearson	317	20.13
	Conservative	David Welch	808	51.30
Turnout			1,575	29.72

St John’s[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Nick Bragger	265	19.43
	Conservative	Barbara Hurst	774	56.77
	Labour	Mary Lawrence	284	20.82
	Labour	Donald MacGregor	293	21.48
	Conservative	Peter Moyle	780	57.18
	UKIP	Matthew Powers	260	19.06
	Liberal Democrat	John Simpkins	233	17.08
	Conservative	Jacqui Vosper	738	54.11
Turnout			1,364	25.9

St Mark’s[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Crispin Allard	483	33.85
	Conservative	Diane Bedford	720	50.46
	Christian	Juliana Brimicombe	93	6.52
	Conservative	Rod Cooper	562	39.38
	Conservative	Liz Corps	597	41.84
	Labour	Sohail Jannesari	214	15.00
	Labour	Laura Jones	249	17.45
	Liberal Democrat	Abul Chowdhury	371	26.00
	Liberal Democrat	Alistair Mackie	472	33.08
	Labour	Colin Southon	220	15.42
Turnout			1,427	28.6

Wellington[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Ashworth	181	39.69
	Conservative	Attika Choudhary	191	41.89
	Labour	Alex Crawford	220	48.25
	Labour	Jennifer Evans	213	46.71
	Labour	Prabesh Kc	186	40.79
	Liberal Democrat	Mitch Manning	78	16.89
	Conservative	Eric Neal	159	34.87
Turnout			456	14.00

West Heath[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Collins	237	13
	Conservative	Derek Cornwell	498	27
	Liberal Democrat	Neville Dewey	223	12
	Conservative	David Gilbert	451	24
	Labour	Alex Hylan	220	12
	Labour	Imtiaz Malik	186	10
	Liberal Democrat	Jo Murphy	252	14
	UKIP	Malcolm Small	828	46
	UKIP	Steve Smith	821	45
	UKIP	Mark Staplehurst	868	47
	Conservative	David Thomas	473	26
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Thompson	230	13
Turnout			1,816	35.9

References

1. "Statement of Persons Nominated". Rushmoor Borough Council. Retrieved 2012-04-14.