The 2014 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council Basingstoke ( ) is the largest town in the county of Hampshire. It is situated in south-central England and lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon, at the far western edge of The North Downs. It is located north-east of Southam ...

in England. This was on the same day as other

local elections In many parts of the world, local elections take place to select office-holders in local government, such as mayors and councillors. Elections to positions within a city or town are often known as "municipal elections". Their form and conduct vary ...

. These elections were postponed from the usual first Thursday of May in order to coincide with the 2014 European Parliamentary Elections. 22 seats out of 60 seats were up for election. Due to the resignation of a councillor elected in 2012,

Brighton Hill Brighton Hill is a district of Basingstoke, England, that was formed around 1970 as part of the Town Centre Development Plan. The area is bounded to the west by the newer housing estate of Hatch Warren and by the A30. To the east of Brighton ...

South had two seats for re-election. The first-placed finisher was elected to a regular four-year term and the second-placed finisher was elected to serve until 2016. Another councillor had stood down in

Baughurst Baughurst is a village and civil parish in Hampshire, England. It is located west of the town of Tadley, north of Basingstoke. In the 2001 census it had a population of 2,473. The village is known for its feud with Tadley in the manufacture o ...

and

Tadley Tadley is a town and civil parish in the English county of Hampshire. During the 1950s and 1960s, the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), now known as AWE, became the area's largest employer, and many houses were built during this per ...

North, and thus a councillor was elected to fill out the 2011–15 term in that seat. The Conservatives had lost their majority on the council in 2013 due to defections, and since then had operated a minority administration. They lost a single seat (Buckskin) to Labour and continued their minority administration. In Basing, a councillor who had been elected as a Conservative in 2010 was re-elected as an independent.

Election Result

The Conservative Party performed best with a third of the vote share, but lost one seat to an independent. Labour retained their position as the largest opposition party, gaining three seats from the Liberal Democrats (Brookvale and Kings Furlong,

North and Brighton Hill South). As such, both the Conservatives and the Labour party won 8 seats in this election, but the Conservatives remained the largest party overall, with 29 seats compared to Labours 17. UKIP won their first elected seat on the council, gaining the second seat in Brighton Hill South that had been vacated by Labour. Alongside the one independent gain, Ian Tilbury held his seat in Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon.

Results by Ward

Basing

Baughurst and Tadley North By-election

Brighton Hill North

Brighton Hill South

Brookvale and Kings Furlong

Buckskin

Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne

Chineham

East Woodhay

Eastrop

Grove

Hatch Warren and Beggarwood

Kempshott

Norden

Oakley and North Waltham

Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon

Popley East

Popley West

South Ham

Whitchurch

Winklebury

References

2014 English local elections

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