2024 Hart District Council election

2024 Hart District Council election
← 2023 2 May 2024 (2024-05-02) 2026 →
12 out of 33 seats to Hart District Council
17 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader David Neighbour James Radley
Party Liberal Democrats CCH
Seats before 11 10
Seats after 12 11
Seat change 1 1
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Anne Crampton
Party Conservative Independent
Seats before 11 1
Seats after 9 1
Seat change 2
Map of the results
Leader before election

David Neighbour
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

Leader after election

David Neighbour
Liberal Democrat
No overall control

The 2024 Hart District Council election was held on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Hart District Council. There were 12 of the 33 seats on the council up for election, being the usual third of the council plus a by-election in Fleet East ward. The election took place at the same time as other local elections across England.

Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a coalition of the Liberal Democrats and local party Community Campaign Hart. Following the election the council remained under no overall control, and the same coalition continued to form the council's administration.

Results

Hart District Council's composition following the 2024 elections.

The Conservatives lost two seats - Fleet East was won by the Liberal Democrats, while Fleet Central was won by Community Campaign (Hart). No other seats changed hands, and the council remained with no overall control.

Results
Party Seats won in 2024 Change Seats overall
Liberal Democrats 5 1 12
Community Campaign Hart (Residents Association) 3 1 11
Conservative Party 4 2 9
Independent and others 0 1

Results by Ward

Blackwater & Hawley

Blackwater & Hawley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Brown 1,082 60.5 −2.9
Conservative Sue Perkins 419 23.4 −2.6
Labour Carly Bidwell 286 16.0 +5.3
Majority
Turnout 1,787 28.18
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Crookham East

Crookham East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CCH James Radley* 1,268 60.6 +5.2
Conservative Mike Thorne 596 28.5 −6.5
Labour Mike Mellor 228 10.9 +1.3
Majority
Turnout 2,092 35.87
CCH hold Swing

Crookham West & Ewshot

Crookham West & Ewshot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CCH Tina Collins* 1,601 67.4 +22.6
Conservative Bruce Bulgin 773 32.6 −2.8
Majority
Turnout 2,374 29.84
CCH hold Swing

Fleet Central

Fleet Central
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CCH Richard Jones 1,103 45.4 +1.1
Conservative Roy Fang 854 35.1 −2.6
Labour Andrew Perkins 384 15.8 +0.9
Monster Raving Loony Howling Laud Hope 91 3.7 +0.6
Majority
Turnout 2,432 36.65
CCH gain from Conservative Swing

Fleet East

Fleet East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Daisy Khepar 1,155 47.7 −6.0
Liberal Democrats Dan Taylor 1,086 44.8 −8.9
Conservative Ellie May 893 36.9 +3.9
Conservative Jonathan Wright* 867 35.8 +2.8
Green Kev Munt 294 12.1 +4.6
Labour Valmai Wainhouse 262 10.8 +5.0
Majority
Turnout 2,422 39.39
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Fleet West

Fleet West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Steve Forster 1,149 45.9 +6.8
CCH Wayne Rozier 1,101 44.0 +1.3
Labour Zach Seth 255 10.2 −0.1
Majority
Turnout 2,505 36.87
Conservative hold Swing

Hartley Wintney

Hartley Wintney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anne Crampton* 1,168 44.4 −10.2
Liberal Democrats Deborah Fontana 848 32.2 +9.6
Homeland Party Roger Robertson 355 13.5 N/A
Labour Alex Christie 261 9.9 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,632 36.20
Conservative hold Swing

Hook

Hook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Selena Coburn* 1,045 43.3 +5.4
Liberal Democrats Shamraz Razzaq 754 31.3 N/A
Labour Amanda Affleck-Cruise 405 16.8 +0.7
Green Joseph Hutton 207 8.6 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,411 32.94
Conservative hold Swing

Odiham

Odiham
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Highley 1,267 58.7 −3.1
Liberal Democrats Tony Over 470 21.8 +2.3
Green Lars Mosesson 230 10.7 +0.1
Labour Ben Jones 192 8.9 +0.8
Majority
Turnout 2,159 33.38
Conservative hold Swing

Yateley East

Yateley East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Graham Cockarill* 1,275 59.6 −0.9
Conservative Andrew Boon 393 18.4 −8.3
Reform UK Trevor Lloyd-Jones 218 10.2 +5.9
Labour Robbie Wiltshire 174 8.1 −0.4
Green Cathy Park 81 3.8 N/A
Majority
Turnout 2,141 32.23
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Yateley West

Yateley West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mark Vernon 1,599 75.2 +14.6
Conservative Richard Martin 528 24.8 −0.7
Majority
Turnout 2,127 32.32
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ Including one vacant seat in Fleet East last held by the Liberal Democrats.
  1. ^ "Voting and elections | Hart District Council". www.hart.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
  2. ^ Van Klaveren, Tom (3 May 2024). "Hart Local Election results 2024 as Lib Dems and CCH make modest gains from Conservatives". Surrey Live. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ "2 May 2024: Election results | Hart District Council". www.hart.gov.uk. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  4. ^ van Klaveren, Tom (3 May 2024). "Hart Local Election results 2024 as Lib Dems and CCH make modest gains from Conservatives". Surrey Live. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Hart results". BBC News. 3 May 2024.

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