2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

Elections to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. Elections took place in 20 of the 60 seats.[1]

2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election
2 May 2019
21 of the 45 seats to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council
31 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Ken Rhatigan Paul Harvey Gavin James
Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats
Leader's seat Kingsclere Norden Eastrop
Seats won 12 2 2
Council control before election

Conservative

 Council control after election

Conservative

Results

The Conservative Party lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats, whilst Labour held their incumbent seats. Whilst Labour remained the second largest party (and largest opposition party), the Liberal Democrats won more votes for the first time.

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election 2019
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Conservative 12 3 60 19 33 55 14,838 47.75
  Liberal Democrats 4 2 20 3 7 11.66 8,044 25,80
  Labour 4 1 20 17 21 35 6,447 20.68
  Independent 0 0 1 1 1.66 1,117 3.58
  Green 0 0 0 0 0 616 1.97
  Women's Equality 0 0 0 0 0 63 0.20

Results by Ward

Basing
Basing
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Paul Gaskell 1,179
Independent Mark Oszczyk 484
Liberal Democrats Richard Lilleker 284
Labour Leslie Clarke 203
Independent Alan Stone 191
Majority 695
Conservative hold Swing

Baughurst and Tadley North
Baughurst and Tadley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Warwick Lovegrove 719
Conservative Jonathan Richards 616
Labour George Porter 140
Majority 103
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Bramley and Sherfield
Bramley and Sherfield
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Nick Robinson 929
Green Iain James 408
Liberal Democrats Janice Spalding 201
Labour Stephen Rothman 114
Majority 521
Conservative hold Swing

Brighton Hill North
Brighton Hill North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Konieczko 621
Labour Julie Pierce 336
Conservative Jordan Barry 248
Independent Stan Tennison 98
Majority 285
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne
Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Richard Izett 1,092
Liberal Democrats Pauleen Malone 391
Labour Thomas Stephen Phippen 138
Majority 701
Conservative hold Swing

Chineham
Chineham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Laura Edwards 1,374
Liberal Democrats Pauleen Malone 434
Labour Grant Donohoe 256
Majority 940
Conservative hold Swing

Laura was formerly a councillor for Brighton Hill North.

Eastrop
Eastrop
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ryan James Hickling 695
Conservative Arun Mummalaneni 328
Labour Sajish Tom 194
Independent Duncan Philip Stone 104
Women's Equality Priya Ishwari Brown 63
Majority 367
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Grove
Grove
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Ronald John Hussey' 1,173
Conservative Nicholas John Bates 343
Labour Andrew Douglas Mountford 157
Majority 830
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hatch Warren and Beggarwood
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Rebecca Louise Bean 994
Independent Spencer Cleary 244
Green Stephen Murray Philipotts 208
Labour Kamal Gurung 206
Liberal Democrats Madeline Hussey 206
Majority 700
Conservative hold Swing

Kempshott
Kempshott
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Capon 1,095
Liberal Democrats Stav O'Doherty 450
Labour Tom Cusack 255
Majority 645
Conservative hold Swing

Kingsclere
Kingsclere
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Clare Nicola Kinnear 813
Liberal Democrats Monica Dorothea Lubbock-Smith 331
Independent Ray Peach 315
Majority 482
Conservative hold Swing

Norden
Norden
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Carolyn Moorhouse Wooldridge 1,038
Conservative Michael Robert Archer 394
Liberal Democrats James David Belchamber 187
Majority 644
Labour hold Swing

Oakley and North Waltham
Oakley and North Waltham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Hannah Elizabeth Goldin 1,246
Liberal Democrats Robert Charles Cooper 559
Labour Helen Allice Jeffrey 231
Majority 687
Conservative hold Swing

Overton, Laverstoke & Steventon
Overton, Laverstoke & Steventon
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Colin John William Phillimore 799
Conservative Sam Carr 395
Liberal Democrats Lucy Sloane Williams 348
Independent Graham John Gould 165
Majority 404
Labour hold Swing

Pamber and Silchester
Pamber and Silchester
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Simon Heelum Mahaffey 1,006
Liberal Democrats Martin John Baker 271
Labour Lydia Massey 166
Majority 735
Conservative hold Swing

South Ham
South Ham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gary John Watts 1,002
Conservative Marcus Guy Simpson 540
Liberal Democrats Stephen David Whitechurch 222
Majority 462
Labour hold Swing

Tadley Central
Tadley Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Jenny Vaux 329
Liberal Democrats Jo Slimin 286
Labour Matthew Russell 84
Majority 43
Conservative hold Swing

Tadley South
Tadley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kerri Elizabeth Carruthers 691
Liberal Democrats Rene Cornelis Leliveld 492
Majority 199
Conservative hold Swing

Upton Grey and the Candovers
Upton Grey and the Candovers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Mark Beresford Ruffell 685
Liberal Democrats Jeff Teagle 174
Labour Mary Margaret Brian 74
Majority 511
Conservative hold Swing

Winklebury
Winklebury
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Angie Freeman 1,054
Conservative Mike Patchett 591
Majority 463
Labour hold Swing

References
  1. "2019 Election results". www.basingstoke.gov.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
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