Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council elections

One third of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2021, 54 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.

Election results

Composition of the council[1]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] BDI Green[b] Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (54 seats)
1973 21 14 3 – – 16 No overall control
New ward boundaries (59 seats)
1976 35 14 1 – 0 9 Conservative
1978 36 14 2 – 0 7 Conservative
1979 37 14 3 – 0 5 Conservative
1980 34 17 3 – 0 5 Conservative
1982 26 22 4 – 0 7 No overall control
1983 28 22 3 – 0 6 No overall control
1984 29 19 4 – 0 7 No overall control
1986 32 17 5 – 0 5 Conservative
1987 32 14 9 – 0 4 Conservative
1988 33 13 9 – 0 4 Conservative
1990 31 15 10 – 0 3 Conservative
1991 30 14 12 – 0 3 Conservative
New ward boundaries (59 seats)
1992 35 11 9 – 0 2 Conservative
1994 28 11 13 – 0 5 No overall control
1995 25 13 15 – 0 4 No overall control
1996 23 14 17 – 0 3 No overall control
1998 25 15 13 – 0 4 No overall control
1999 24 15 14 – 0 4 No overall control
2000 24 15 15 – 0 3 No overall control
New ward boundaries (62 seats)
2002 25 15 17 – 0 3 No overall control
2003 26 15 15 – 0 4 No overall control
2004 28 12 16 – 0 4 No overall control
2006 31 11 15 – 0 3 Conservative
2007 31 11 15 – 0 3 Conservative
New ward boundaries (60 seats)
2008 35 9 14 – 0 2 Conservative
2010 34 11 13 – 0 3 Conservative
2011 34 11 13 – 0 2 Conservative
2012 32 14 11 – 0 3 Conservative
2014 28 17 9 – 0 6[c] No overall control
2015 32 17 7 – 0 4[d] Conservative
2016 33 19 6 – 0 2[e] Conservative
2018 33 21 5 – 0 1 Conservative
2019 33 21 7 – 0 1 Conservative
New ward boundaries (54 seats)
2021 33 10 5 5 0 1 Conservative
2022 29 10 7 8 0 0 Conservative
2023 23 10 9 8 1 3 No overall control
2024 16 11 11 10 2 4[f] No overall control
2026 11 10 11 12 2 7[g] No overall control

Borough result maps

By-election results

1994-1998

Grove By-Election 1 August 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 683 36.0
Liberal Democrats 646 34.0
Labour 409 21.9
Independent 152 8.0
Independent 7 0.4
Majority 37 2.0
Turnout 1,897 43.4
Conservative hold Swing
South Hams By-Election 12 September 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 892 77.4
Conservative 195 16.9
Liberal Democrats 65 5.6
Majority 697 60.5
Turnout 1,152 21.0
Labour hold Swing
Norden By-Election 12 September 1996
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 706 65.9
Liberal Democrats 172 16.1
Conservative 168 15.7
Independent 25 2.3
Majority 534 49.8
Turnout 1,071 19.6
Labour hold Swing
Norden By-Election 3 July 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 653 66.6 +0.7
Conservative 253 25.8 +10.1
Liberal Democrats 75 7.6 −8.5
Majority 400 40.8
Turnout 981 17.9 −1.7
Labour hold Swing

1998-2002

Winklebury By-Election 7 June 2001
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,503 45.8 +5.0
Conservative 1,243 37.9 +8.4
Liberal Democrats 532 16.0 +2.0
Majority 260 7.9
Turnout 3,278
Labour hold Swing

2006-2010

Buckskin By-Election 21 December 2006[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Robert Taylor 332 47.1 +15.2
Labour Gill Gleeson 210 29.8 −19.0
Liberal Democrats Stephen Day 123 17.4 +17.4
Green Matthew Pinto 40 5.7 +5.7
Majority 122 17.3
Turnout 705 22.1
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Rooksdown By-Election 29 March 2007[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Karen Cherrett 156 52.7 −10.9
Liberal Democrats Andrew Hood 122 41.2 +4.8
Labour Warwick Dady 18 6.1 +6.1
Majority 34 11.5
Turnout 296 33.7
Conservative hold Swing
Whitchurch By-Election 18 October 2007[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Eric Dunlop 858 52.8 −5.6
Conservative Bill Judge 709 43.6 +2.0
Labour James Gibb 58 3.6 +3.6
Majority 149 9.2
Turnout 1,125 42.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Baughurst By-Election 24 January 2008[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Bound 428 53.8 +20.3
Conservative Zoe Wheddon 368 46.2 −20.3
Majority 60 7.6
Turnout 796 40.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing
Chineham By-Election 15 October 2009[7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Miller 898 63.0 +19.1
Liberal Democrats Liam Elvish 249 17.5 +7.7
Independent Josephine Walke 163 11.4 −29.5
Labour Simon Broad 98 6.9 +1.4
Independent Tracy Cross 18 1.3 +1.3
Majority 649 45.5
Turnout 1,426 21.1
Conservative hold Swing

2014-2018

Basing by-election 6 October 2016[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Gaskell 1,051 67.5 +3.7
Liberal Democrats Richard Lilleker 323 20.7 +8.3
Labour Andrew Toal 184 11.8 −0.1
Majority 728 46.7
Turnout 1,558
Conservative hold Swing -2.3
Tadley South by-election 24 November 2016[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kerri Carruthers 456 49.2 −12.1
Liberal Democrats Josephine Slimin 342 36.9 +13.8
Labour Claire Ballard 88 9.5 −6.1
UKIP Philip Heath 41 4.4 +4.4
Majority 114 12.3
Turnout 927
Conservative hold Swing -13.0
Winklebury by-election 21 February 2017[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angie Freeman 824 61.6 +31.2
Conservative Chris Hendon 472 35.3 −10.5
Liberal Democrats Zoe-Marie Rogers 42 3.1 −2.7
Majority 352 26.3
Turnout 1338
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Kempshott by-election 1 March 2018[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tomy Capon 686 58.9 −5.6
Labour Grant Donohoe 366 31.4 +12.3
Liberal Democrats Stavroulla O'Doherty 113 9.7 +9.7
Majority 320 27.5
Turnout 1,165
Conservative hold Swing

2018-2022

Kempshott by-election 18 June 2018[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Court 884 60.4 −6.4
Labour Alex Lee 475 32.4 +11.2
Liberal Democrats Stavroulla O'Doherty 105 7.2 −4.8
Majority 409 27.9
Turnout 1,464
Conservative hold Swing
Norden by-election 25 October 2018[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carolyn Wooldridge 925 68.2 +2.6
Conservative Michael Archer 288 21.2 −2.5
Independent Phil Heath 80 5.9 +5.9
Liberal Democrats Zoe Rogers 64 4.7 −0.2
Majority 637 46.9
Turnout 1,357
Labour hold Swing
Bramley and Sherfield by-election 10 October 2019[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Chris Tomblin 800 57.2 +57.2
Conservative Angus Groom 449 32.1 −24.1
Independent Joyce Bowyer 150 10.7 +10.7
Majority 351 25.1
Turnout 1,399
Independent gain from Conservative Swing

References

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
  3. ↑ 5 Independent, 1 UKIP
  4. ↑ 3 Independents, 1 UKIP
  5. ↑ 1 Independent, 1 UKIP
  6. ↑ 3 Independents, 1 Women's Equality
  7. ↑ 3 Independents, 2 All In Party, 2 Reform
  1. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "Tories take control of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council". 24dash.com. 22 December 2006. Archived from the original on 15 July 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  3. ↑ "Buckskin Ward By-Election". Basingstoke and Deane. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  4. ↑ "Rooksdown Ward By-Election". Basingstoke and Deane. Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Whitchurch Ward By-Election". Basingstoke and Deane. Archived from the original on 21 November 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Tories lose overall control of borough council". Southern Daily Echo. 25 January 2008. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  7. ↑ "Result of Chineham by-election". Basingstoke and Deane. 16 October 2009. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Tories win by-election". Basingstoke Gazette. 16 October 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 17 October 2009.
  9. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Basing Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  10. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Tadley South Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  11. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Winklebury Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  12. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kempshott Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  13. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Kempshott Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Norden Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Bramley and Sherfield Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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