2014 Hart District Council election

The 2014 Hart District Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Hart District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections, as well as the 2014 European Parliament elections. The election saw new boundaries, the first revision since 2002.[2]

2014 Hart District Council Election

22 May 2014
all 33 seats to Hart District Council 17 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats won 14 9   Third party Fourth party   Party Community Campaign Hart Independent Seats won 9 1
Results map of the composition of the three-member wards after the election
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election No overall control

Results Summary

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[3].

Hart District Council election, 2014

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	14	14	0	14	42.42		11,983
	Liberal Democrats	9	9	0	9	27.27		6,299
	Community Campaign Hart	9	9	0	9	27.27		5,340
	UKIP	0	0	0		0		2743
	Labour	0	0	0		0		2059
	Independent	1	1	0	1	3.03		1406
	Green			0		3.03		546

Ward Results

Blackwater and Hawley

Blackwater and Hawley Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Adrian Collett	1,376
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blewett	1,163
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Harward	987
	Conservative	Vivienne Gascoigne	680
	Labour Co-op	Les Lawrie	234
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Crookham East

Crookham East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Community Campaign Hart	Gill Butler	1,432
	Community Campaign Hart	James Radley	1,407
	Community Campaign Hart	Chris Axam	1,403
	Conservative	Helen Butler	727
	Conservative	Debbie Moss	585
	Conservative	Keith Kapri	470
	UKIP	Dawn Moors	389
	Labour	James Legget	188
	Labour	Ruth Williams	187
	Community Campaign Hart win (new seat)
	Community Campaign Hart win (new seat)
	Community Campaign Hart win (new seat)

Crookham West & Ewshot

Crookham West and Ewshot Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Community Campaign Hart	Jenny Radley	1,708
	Community Campaign Hart	Simon Ambler	1,591
	Community Campaign Hart	Tony Clarke	1,590
	Conservative	Anthony Barrell	671
	Conservative	Chris Simmons	654
	Conservative	Tim Davies	564
	Community Campaign Hart win (new seat)
	Community Campaign Hart win (new seat)
	Community Campaign Hart win (new seat)

Fleet Central

Fleet Central Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Community Campaign Hart	Alan Oliver	1,376
	Community Campaign Hart	Wendy Makepeace-Browne	1,591
	Community Campaign Hart	John Bennison	1,099
	Conservative	Gavin Evans	1057
	Conservative	Chris Butler	930
	Conservative	Akmal Gani	621
	UKIP	Robert Banks	442
	Labour	Peter Green	248
	Labour	Johnathan Hutchinson	179
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	121
	Community Campaign Hart win (new seat)
	Community Campaign Hart win (new seat)
	Community Campaign Hart win (new seat)

Fleet East

Fleet East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Sharyn Wheale	1,464
	Conservative	Ian Lewis	1,294
	Conservative	Stephen Parker	1,215
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Einchcomb	551
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Robinson	515
	UKIP	John Howe	460
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Walton	417
	Labour	John Gawthorpe	288
	Labour	Gerard Jones	232
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Fleet West

Fleet West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Woods	1,148
	Conservative	Steve Forster	1,066
	Conservative	Perdi Forset	1,050
	Community Campaign Hart	Harriet England	824
	Community Campaign Hart	Stephen Cantle	790
	UKIP	Gordon Smith	406
	Liberal Democrats	Ros Gordon	275
	Labour	James Hurst	249
	Liberal Democrats	Jeff Smith	218
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hartley Witney

Hartley Witney Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Tim Southern	1,576
	Conservative	Sara Kinnell	1,521
	Conservative	Anne Crampton	1,518
	Green	Francis Gantley	546
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Over	539
	UKIP	Altay Ali	537
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Hook

Hook Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	Robert Leeson	1,406
	Conservative	Mike Morris	1,215
	Conservative	Brian Burchfield	1,143
	Conservative	Jonathan Glen	1134
	UKIP	Ruth Hamilton	458
	UKIP	Richard Palmer	377
	Liberal Democrats	Marguerite Simpson	297
	Labour	Jacqueline Nabbs	271
	Labour	Beaumont Nabbs	243
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Odiham

Odiham Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ken Crookes	1,796
	Conservative	John Kennett	1,579
	Conservative	Stephen Gorys	1,436
	UKIP	Rob Blay	556
	Liberal Democrats	Antony Baines	517
	UKIP	Michelle Ali	509
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Yateley East

Yateley East Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bailey	1,436
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Cockarill	1,320
	Liberal Democrats	David Neighbour	1,107
	Conservative	John Burton	776
	UKIP	Sue Perkins	732
	Labour	Alistair Sutherland	274
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Yateley West

Yateley West Ward

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Myra Billings	1,308
	Liberal Democrats	Gerry Crisp	1,231
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Ive	1,226
	Conservative	Shawn Dickens	873
	Conservative	Kulwant Lit	806
	Labour	Joyce Still	307
	Labour	Thomas Hemmings	290
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

1. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
2. "The Hart (Electoral Changes) Order 2012". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
3. "Election results | Hart District Council". www.hart.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2020.