2010 Hart District Council election

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2010 Hart District Council election

← 2008 6 May 2010 2011 →
12 of 35 seats to Hart District Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats CCH Seats before 17 10 6 Seats won 8 2 2 Seats after 20 10 5 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 18,293 9,514 4,773 Percentage 53.3 27.7 13.9
Results by Ward
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Conservative

The 2010 Hart District Council election took place on 6 May 2010, on the same day as the United Kingdom General Election. One third of the council was up for re-election, the Conservatives gained three seats, one from Community Campaign Hart and the two independent seats, whilst the Liberal Democrats remained on 10 seats. With an increase from 17 seats to 20, the Conservatives gained a majority and administration of the council, which had been under no overall control since 2005^[1][2].After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Conservative: 20
• Liberal Democrats: 10
• Community Campaign (Hart): 5

The Conservatives had last been in administration between 2000-2005, with the council remaining under no overall control until this election, albeit with the Conservatives remaining as the largest party. The 2010 election saw the Conservatives gain three seats, the Crondall seat from Community Campaign Hart, and Fleet Central and Hartley Wintney from independent councillors, whilst the Liberal Democrats made no gains or losses. As such, the Conservatives gained an overall majority of the council with 20 councillors.

Hart Local Election Result 2010

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	3	0	3		53.3	18,293
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	0			27.7	9,514
	CCH	1	0	1	1		13.9	4,773
	Independent	0	0	2	2	0	3.3	1,129
	Labour	0	0	0		0	1.3	436
	Monster Raving Loony	0	0	0		0	0.5	169

Church Crookham East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCH	Gill Butler	1,805	66.8
	Conservative	Brian Burchfield	896	33.2
Majority			909
Turnout			2,701
	CCH hold		Swing

Church Crookham West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CCH	Simon Ambler	1,909	65.3
	Conservative	James Pugmore	1,016	34.7
Majority			893
Turnout			2,925
	CCH hold		Swing

Crondall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Simmons	1,144	51.9
	CCH	John Bennison	1,059	48.1
Majority			85
Turnout			2,203
	Conservative gain from CCH		Swing

Fleet Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Gavin Evans	1,768	57.7
	Independent	Denis Gotel	1,129	36.8
	Monster Raving Loony	Howling Laud Hope	169	5.5
Majority			639
Turnout			3,066
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Fleet North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Parker	2,312	63.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mariken van Dolen	1,350	36.9
Majority			962
Turnout			3,662
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fleet Pondtail

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sharyn Wheale	1,922	69.6
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Baker	838	30.4
Majority			1,084
Turnout			1,930
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fleet West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Appleton	1,761	64.1
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Robinson	986	35.9
Majority			775
Turnout			2,747
	Conservative hold		Swing

Frogmore and Darby Green

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Harward	1,802	62.0
	Conservative	Eddie Bromhead	867	29.8
	Labour	John Davies	239	8.2
Majority			935
Turnout			2,908
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hartley Wintney

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tim Southern	1,572	54.0
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Bartlett	1,339	46.0
Majority			233
Turnout			2,911
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Hook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Glen	2,935	65.3
	Liberal Democrats	Kulwant Lit	1,559	21.7
Majority			4,494
Turnout			4,494
	Conservative hold		Swing

Long Sutton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Kennett	871	69.5
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony Over	382	30.5
Majority			489
Turnout			1,253
	Conservative hold		Swing

Yateley North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Ive	1,258	46.9
	Conservative	Richard Fielden	1,229	45.8
	Labour	Joyce Still	197	7.3
Majority			29
Turnout			2,684
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing