2007 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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Map of the results of the 2007 Rushmoor council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red. Rushmoor UK local election 2007 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2007 Rushmoor council election. Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in yellow and Labour in red.

The 2007 Rushmoor Council election took place on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Campaign

Before the election the Conservatives held 26 seats, the Liberal Democrats 10, Labour 5 and 1 independent. [3] 14 seats were being contested with candidates from the 3 main parties on the council, as well as 4 from the British National Party, 1 Official Monster Raving Loony Party and 1 independent. [3]

Issues in the election included the recent introduction of alternate weekly collection of rubbish and recycling, town centre redevelopments, council tax and anti-social behaviour. [3] Another issue that arose during the campaign was the responsibility for a new play area in North Town, Aldershot, with different parties claiming the credit. [4]

Rushmoor saw a trial of internet voting with votes able to be cast this way in the week before the election. [5] 6,600 voters had registered to vote online as well as 5,500 who had opted to vote by post. [6] When the online voting opened however there was a problem with the Conservative candidate in Wellington ward being placed against the Labour emblem, but this was spotted and corrected sufficiently quickly that the candidates accepted that the result had not been compromised. [7]

Election result

The results saw the Conservatives keep control of the council with an increased majority after gaining 2 seats from the Liberal Democrats. [8] The Conservatives gained in Cove and Southwood by 226 votes and in West Heath by 144 votes to hold 28 of the 42 seats. [9] The Liberal Democrats defended the other 2 seats they had held, after coming closest to gaining a seat in St Mark's ward where the Conservatives had a majority of 40. [9] Labour held their 2 seats, while an independent who had campaigned against alternate week refuse collection was well beaten in Knellwood by Conservative Roland Dibbs who won 56% of the vote. [9] [10]

The trial of internet voting failed to increase turnout, which dropped to 35.2% from the 36% in the 2006 election. [9] In total 3,827 of the 6,686 people registered to vote online did so, 57.2%, with disagreement over whether the trial was a success. [11]

Following the election the only independent councillor, Peter Sandy, resigned from the council causing a by-election in Heron Wood ward. [12]

Rushmoor Local Election Result 2007 [13] [14]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1020+271.448.610,394+2.9%
  Liberal Democrats 202-214.330.76,553+0.3%
  Labour 200014.314.83,169+0.2%
  BNP 000004.1867+0.5%
  Independent 000001.3288-1.7%
  Monster Raving Loony 000000.5103+0.2%

Ward results

Cove & Southwood [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Chainey91553.8+0.3
Liberal Democrats Anoop Verma68940.5+6.3
Labour Edward Shelton975.7-1.3
Majority22613.3-5.9
Turnout 1,701
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing
Empress [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Brian Parker1,15063.9+0.1
Liberal Democrats Toby Smith48026.7-1.7
Labour Christopher Wright1699.4+1.6
Majority67037.2+1.8
Turnout 1,799
Conservative hold Swing
Fernhill [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kenneth Muschamp84457.8+1.7
Liberal Democrats Josephine Murphy26918.4-7.0
BNP Cheryl Glass25217.3-1.2
Labour Martin Coule956.5+6.5
Majority57539.4+8.7
Turnout 1,460
Conservative hold Swing
Grange [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hazel Manning61440.7+16.2
Conservative Jacqueline Vosper56837.7-7.2
BNP Janette Brunning19813.1-3.8
Labour Clive Grattan1288.5-5.2
Majority463.0
Turnout 1,508
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Heron Wood [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Cappleman50139.0+2.0
Conservative Bruce Thomas45135.1+7.9
Liberal Democrats Ian Colpus33225.9-3.4
Majority503.9-3.8
Turnout 1,284
Labour hold Swing
Knellwood [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roland Dibbs95056.3+10.0
Liberal Democrats Abu Bakar32019.0+2.3
Independent Keith Parkins28817.1-13.6
Labour William Tootill1297.6+1.3
Majority63037.3+21.6
Turnout 1,687
Conservative hold Swing
Manor Park [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Crerar88856.2+7.9
Liberal Democrats Phillip Thompson52233.1+1.9
Labour Lesley Pestridge16910.7+2.0
Majority36623.2+6.1
Turnout 1,579
Conservative hold Swing
Mayfield [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Neville Dewey55844.7-1.8
Conservative Stephen Smith30624.5+1.9
BNP Warren Glass21817.5-2.7
Labour June Smith16713.4+2.7
Majority25220.2-3.7
Turnout 1,249
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
North Town [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Peter Rust77556.6-0.9
Conservative Sabaah Choudhary38328.0-1.2
Liberal Democrats Laura Kilburn21215.5-8.2
Majority39228.6+0.3
Turnout 1,370
Labour hold Swing
Rowhill [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mohammad Choudhary90759.7-1.2
Liberal Democrats Peter Pearson29719.6+3.3
Labour Jill Clark21113.9+1.8
Monster Raving Loony Robert Stanton1036.8+3.1
Majority61040.2-4.3
Turnout 1,518
Conservative hold Swing
St John's [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Graham Tucker93153.2+11.3
Liberal Democrats Leola Card71240.7-10.4
Labour Mary Lawrance1086.2-0.8
Majority21912.5
Turnout 1,751
Conservative hold Swing
St Mark's [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Diane Bedford81647.6+6.7
Liberal Democrats Crispin Allard77645.3-3.5
Labour Barry Jones1217.1-3.2
Majority402.3
Turnout 1,713
Conservative hold Swing
Wellington [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Francis Williams48549.2+4.6
Labour Alexander Crawford38439.0+4.3
Liberal Democrats John Campagnoli11611.8-1.1
Majority10110.3+0.4
Turnout 985
Conservative hold Swing
West Heath [13] [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Staplehurst80045.2-1.3
Liberal Democrats Shaun Murphy65637.1-8.6
BNP Gary Brunning19911.2+11.2
Labour Phillip Collins1156.5-1.4
Majority1448.1+7.3
Turnout 1,770
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

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Preceded by
2006 Rushmoor Council election
Rushmoor local elections Succeeded by
2008 Rushmoor Council election