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2007 Rushmoor Borough Council election

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]

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

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+/−
 Conservative1020+271.448.610,394+2.9%
 Liberal Democrats202-214.330.76,553+0.3%
 Labour200014.314.83,169+0.2%
 BNP000004.1867+0.5%
 Independent000001.3288-1.7%
 Monster Raving Loony000000.5103+0.2%

Ward results

Cove & Southwood[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeAlan Chainey91553.8+0.3
Liberal DemocratsAnoop Verma68940.5+6.3
LabourEdward Shelton975.7-1.3
Majority22613.3-5.9
Turnout1,701
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing
Empress[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeBrian Parker1,15063.9+0.1
Liberal DemocratsToby Smith48026.7-1.7
LabourChristopher Wright1699.4+1.6
Majority67037.2+1.8
Turnout1,799
Conservative holdSwing
Fernhill[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeKenneth Muschamp84457.8+1.7
Liberal DemocratsJosephine Murphy26918.4-7.0
BNPCheryl Glass25217.3-1.2
LabourMartin Coule956.5+6.5
Majority57539.4+8.7
Turnout1,460
Conservative holdSwing
Grange[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsHazel Manning61440.7+16.2
ConservativeJacqueline Vosper56837.7-7.2
BNPJanette Brunning19813.1-3.8
LabourClive Grattan1288.5-5.2
Majority463.0
Turnout1,508
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
Heron Wood[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourDonald Cappleman50139.0+2.0
ConservativeBruce Thomas45135.1+7.9
Liberal DemocratsIan Colpus33225.9-3.4
Majority503.9-3.8
Turnout1,284
Labour holdSwing
Knellwood[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeRoland Dibbs95056.3+10.0
Liberal DemocratsAbu Bakar32019.0+2.3
IndependentKeith Parkins28817.1-13.6
LabourWilliam Tootill1297.6+1.3
Majority63037.3+21.6
Turnout1,687
Conservative holdSwing
Manor Park[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativePeter Crerar88856.2+7.9
Liberal DemocratsPhillip Thompson52233.1+1.9
LabourLesley Pestridge16910.7+2.0
Majority36623.2+6.1
Turnout1,579
Conservative holdSwing
Mayfield[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal DemocratsNeville Dewey55844.7-1.8
ConservativeStephen Smith30624.5+1.9
BNPWarren Glass21817.5-2.7
LabourJune Smith16713.4+2.7
Majority25220.2-3.7
Turnout1,249
Liberal Democrats holdSwing
North Town[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LabourPeter Rust77556.6-0.9
ConservativeSabaah Choudhary38328.0-1.2
Liberal DemocratsLaura Kilburn21215.5-8.2
Majority39228.6+0.3
Turnout1,370
Labour holdSwing
Rowhill[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMohammad Choudhary90759.7-1.2
Liberal DemocratsPeter Pearson29719.6+3.3
LabourJill Clark21113.9+1.8
Monster Raving LoonyRobert Stanton1036.8+3.1
Majority61040.2-4.3
Turnout1,518
Conservative holdSwing
St John's[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeGraham Tucker93153.2+11.3
Liberal DemocratsLeola Card71240.7-10.4
LabourMary Lawrance1086.2-0.8
Majority21912.5
Turnout1,751
Conservative holdSwing
St Mark's[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeDiane Bedford81647.6+6.7
Liberal DemocratsCrispin Allard77645.3-3.5
LabourBarry Jones1217.1-3.2
Majority402.3
Turnout1,713
Conservative holdSwing
Wellington[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeFrancis Williams48549.2+4.6
LabourAlexander Crawford38439.0+4.3
Liberal DemocratsJohn Campagnoli11611.8-1.1
Majority10110.3+0.4
Turnout985
Conservative holdSwing
West Heath[13][15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ConservativeMark Staplehurst80045.2-1.3
Liberal DemocratsShaun Murphy65637.1-8.6
BNPGary Brunning19911.2+11.2
LabourPhillip Collins1156.5-1.4
Majority1448.1+7.3
Turnout1,770
Conservative gain from Liberal DemocratsSwing

References

Preceded by
2006 Rushmoor Council election		Rushmoor local electionsSucceeded by
2008 Rushmoor Council election
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