East Hampshire District Council elections

East Hampshire District Council in Hampshire England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 44 councillors have been elected from 38 wards.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Party in control	Years
No overall control	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1991
No overall control	1991 - 1995
Liberal Democrats	1995 - 1999
Conservative	1999 - present

Council elections

East Hampshire District Council election, 1999
East Hampshire District Council election, 2003 (boundary changes increased the number of seats by 2)^[2]
East Hampshire District Council election, 2007
East Hampshire District Council election, 2011
East Hampshire District Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Hangers By-Election 14 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		277	59.1
	Liberal Democrat		192	40.9
Majority			85	18.2
Turnout			469	44.8
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Alton North East By-Election 12 December 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		452	54.0
	Labour		276	33.0
	Conservative		108	13.0
Majority			176	21.0
Turnout			836	26.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Froxfield & Steep By-Election 22 January 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		415	60.5	+8.6
	Liberal Democrat		271	39.5	-8.6
Majority			144	21.0
Turnout			686	45.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Petersfield St Marys By-Election 16 July 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		824	51.1	+23.7
	Conservative		644	40.0	+14.5
	Labour		142	8.8	+0.8
Majority			180	11.1
Turnout			1,610	36.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Independent		Swing

Medstead By-Election 5 November 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		415	56.5	+14.9
	Conservative		399	39.2	-16.7
	Labour		31	4.2	+4.2
Majority			138	17.3
Turnout			734	46.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

1999-2003

Hangers By-Election 10 June 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		327	57.0	+57.0
	Liberal Democrat		247	43.0	+8.5
Majority			80	14.0
Turnout			574	14.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Petersfield St Peters By-Election 1 November 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Anne Claxton	535	53.1	+11.3
	Conservative	Paul Molloy	403	40.0	-2.5
	Labour	William Organ	69	6.9	-8.8
Majority			132	13.1
Turnout			1,007	24.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2003-2007

Rowlands Castle By-Election 9 September 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marjorie Harvey	597	58.3	-5.1
	Conservative	Stephen Braden	427	41.7	+5.1
Majority			170	16.6
Turnout			1,024	49.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Alton Westbrooke By-Election 5 May 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	John Smith	1,002	77.9
	Labour	Barbara Burfoot	285	22.1
Majority			717	55.8
Turnout			1,287
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Whitehill Hogmoor By-Election 26 July 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Philip Drury	292	68.5	-4.4
	Conservative	Barry Hope	134	31.5	+4.4
Majority			158	37.0
Turnout			426	24.2
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Liss By-Election 15 September 2005^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gina Logan	672	53.6	-1.0
	Liberal Democrat	Roger Mullenger	472	37.6	+6.1
	Labour	Howard Linsley	110	8.8	-5.1
Majority			200	16.0
Turnout			1,254	32.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clanfield & Finchdean By-Election 27 April 2006^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Samantha Payne	733	57.1	+3.5
	Conservative	Kenneth Moon	550	42.9	-3.5
Majority			183	14.3
Turnout			1,283	33.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Whitehill Deadwater By-Election 28 September 2006^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Tony Muldoon	214	64.7	+3.7
	Conservative	Colin Leach	93	28.1	-10.9
	Labour	Catriona Mackenzie	24	7.3	+7.3
Majority			121	36.6	+14.6
Turnout			331	16.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2007-2011

Holybourne and Froyle By-Election 9 October 2008^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Glynis Watts	424	54.6	-13.6
	Liberal Democrat	Dean Phillips	352	45.4	+21.6
Majority			72	9.2
Turnout			776	35.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

2011-2015

Bramshott and Liphook By-Election 15 September 2011^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Mouland	796
	Conservative	Lynn Ashton	743
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Croucher	404
	Liberal Democrat	Evelyn Hope	371
	Labour	John Tough	183
	Green	Neville Taylor	126
	Labour	Frank Jones	117
Turnout			2,740	21.3
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

↑ "England council elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
↑ "East Hampshire". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
↑ "Labour and lucky Tories make council gains". guardian.co.uk. 2005-09-16. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
↑ "Byelection boost for Labour". guardian.co.uk. 2006-04-28. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
↑ "Labour loses Scottish council seat". guardian.co.uk. 2006-09-29. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
↑ "Holybourne and Froyle district council by-election". East Hampshire District Council. Retrieved 2009-09-01.
↑ "Conseratives triumph in by-elections". easthampshire.org. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 16 September 2011.

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