2015 Hart District Council election

The 2015 Hart District Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of the Hart District Council in England.[1] It was held on the same day as other local elections. Prior to this elections, the Conservatives held a plurality with 14 seats but did not hold a majority, whilst the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign (Hart) both had 8 seats. The remaining seat was held by an independent.

2015 Hart District Council Election

7 May 2015
12 seats to Hart District Council 17 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Community Campaign Hart Seats before 14 9 9 Seats won 8 2 2 Seats after 16 8 8 Seat change +2 -1 -1
Results map
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

Results

These were the second elections to be held with the new boundaries after the 2014 elections, which saw the Conservatives elected the largest party but without a majority, while Community Campaign (Hart) and the Liberal Democrats won nine seats each alongside won independent candidate. As such, the council remained under no overall control. In the 2015 election, the Conservatives were the only party to make gains, winning two new seats , one each from the Liberal Democrats and Community Campaign Hart, with no other changes. The council remained under no overall control. As well as the three party groups on the council, one independent from Hook Ward remained but was not up for election until 2018.

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. Most wards only had one seat up for election, but several had two.

Hart District Council election, 2015[2]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	16	2	0	2	48.48	50.87	25,450
	Liberal Democrats	8	0	1	1	24.24	17.50	8757
	Community Campaign Hart	8	0	1	1	24.24	14.19	7104
	UKIP	0	0	0			10.51	5260
	Labour	0	0	0			6.67	3340
	Green	0	0	0			0.23	118

Ward Results

Blackwater & Hawley

Blackwater & Hawley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Harward	1630
	Conservative	Vivienne Gascoigne	1242
	UKIP	Mike Gascoigne	581
	Labour Co-op	Les Lawrie	298
	Green	Steve Francis[note 1]	118
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Crookham East

Crookham East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Campaign Hart	Chris Axam	1870
	Conservative	Helen Butler	1834
	UKIP	Dawn Moors	387
	Labour	Ruth Ann Williams	379
Majority
	Community Campaign Hart hold		Swing

Crookham West and Ewshot

Crookham West and Ewshot Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Community Campaign Hart	Tony Clarke	2027
	Conservative	Christopher James Simmons	2003
	UKIP	David Franklin Owens	384
	Labour	Dominic Arthur	359
Majority
	Community Campaign Hart hold		Swing

Fleet Central

Fleet Central Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alex Gray	2038
	Community Campaign Hart	John Bennison	1716
	Labour	Satdeep Kaur Grewel	468
	UKIP	Robert Blay	364		-5.5
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	88
Majority
	Conservative gain from Community Campaign Hart		Swing

Fleet East

Fleet East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Parker	2678
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Christopher Walton	774
	Labour	John Gawthorpe	539
	UKIP	Peter Devonshire	407
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fleet West

Fleet West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sara Kinnell	2686
	Community Campaign Hart	Stephen Cantle	952
	Labour	James Hurst	338
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Einchcomb	336
	UKIP	Gordon Smith	280
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hartley Witney

Hartney Witney Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew James Renshaw	2941
	Conservative	Anne Crampton	952
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Over	1128
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Woolford	1090
	UKIP	Ali Altay	569
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hook

Hook Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Burchfield	3001
	Labour	Verd Nabbs	647
	UKIP	Ruth Hamilton	514
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Smith	486
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Odiham

Odiham Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Gorys	3198
	Liberal Democrats	Rosalyn Gordon	816
	UKIP	Kevin Oliver	618
Majority
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yateley East

Yateley East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Dave Neighbour	1828
	Conservative	John Burton	1827
	UKIP	Sue Perkins	600
	Labour	Joyce Still	441
Majority
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yateley West

Yateley West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Dickens	2002
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Elhaggagi	1759
	UKIP	John Howe	556
	Labour	Alistair Sutherland	410		-5.5
Majority
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Notes

1. "No description requested, but standing for Green Party

References

1. "Upcoming elections & referendums". The Electoral Commission. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
2. "Election results | Hart District Council". www.hart.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 April 2020.