Hart local elections

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One third of Hart District Council in Hampshire, England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2002, 35 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[2][3]

Independent || 1973 - 1979
Party in control Years
Conservative 1979 - 1983
No overall control 1983 - 2000
Conservative 2000 - 2005
No overall control 2005 - 2010
Conservative 2010 - present

Council elections

Hart Council election, 1998

Hart Council election, 1999

Hart Council election, 2000

Hart Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes)[4]

Hart Council election, 2003

Hart Council election, 2004

Hart Council election, 2006

Hart Council election, 2007

Hart Council election, 2008

Hart Council election, 2010

By-election results

1997-2001

Fleet Pondtail By-Election 12 June 1997
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative 773 48.1 +32.6
Independent 691 43.0 -25.7
Liberal Democrat 144 9.0 -2.0
Majority 82 5.1
Turnout 1,608
Conservative gain from Independent Swing
Blackwater and Horley By-Election 25 November 1999[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Mark Stokes 472 58.7 +4.8
Conservative Richard Hunt 332 41.3 -4.8
Majority 140 17.4
Turnout 804 19.0
Liberal Democrat hold Swing

2001-2005

Fleet Pondtail By-Election 11 December 2003[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Sue Fisher 605 57.2 +22.9
Conservative Lucy Ellis 341 32.3 -15.6
Independent Stephen Cantle 93 8.8 +8.8
Green Lars Mosesson 18 1.7 +1.7
Majority 264 25.0
Turnout 1,057 28.2
Liberal Democrat gain from Independent Swing

2005-2009

Church Crookham West By-Election 5 May 2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Community Campaign (Hart) Simon Ambler 1,698 69.1 -13.8
Conservative Deborah Moss 760 30.9 +13.8
Majority 938 38.2
Turnout 2,458 66.3
Independent hold Swing
Hartley Wintney By-Election 5 May 2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Sara-Lea Kinnell 1,358 56.1 -19.6
Liberal Democrat Peter White 1,061 43.9 +19.6
Majority 297 12.3
Turnout 2,419 65.3
Conservative hold Swing
Odiham By-Election 5 May 2005[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kenneth Crookes 1,530 62.9 -7.9
Liberal Democrat Christopher Griffin 901 37.1 +12.9
Majority 629 25.9
Turnout 2,431 70.8
Conservative hold Swing

2009-2013

Eversley By-Election 4 June 2009[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Janet Maughan 488 55.7
Independent Philip Todd 362 41.3
BNP Geoffrey Crompton 26 3.0
Majority 126 14.4
Turnout 876 44.1
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "How to become a District Councillor". Hart District Council. Retrieved 2010-04-18. 
  2. ↑ "Hart". BBC News Online. 2009-04-19. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 
  3. ↑ "Councillor admits fiddling his council tax". gethampshire. 2005-05-19. Retrieved 2010-04-23. 
  4. ↑ "Hart". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-04-18. 
  5. ↑ "Hart District By-Election". Hart District Council. Retrieved 2010-04-18. 
  6. ↑ "Tories ousted in by-election". getsurrey. 2003-12-16. Retrieved 2010-04-18. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "General, County and District By-Elections". Hart District Council. Retrieved 2010-04-18. 
  8. ↑ "Tories increase their hold on Hampshire". gethampshire. 2009-06-05. Retrieved 2010-04-18. 

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