Local election results

Results

Aldershot Park Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
BRATOSIN Delian Marius	Labour Party	556
CRERAR Peter Ian Charles	The Conservative Party Candidate	269
HARVEY Sharon	Reform UK	678 (ELECTED)
MORRELL Sam	The Green Party	240
MORTIMER Thomas	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	24

Turnout: 35.7%

The above table is a summary of the Aldershot Park - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

Cherrywood Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
GRATTAN Clive Patrick	Labour Party	527
HIGGS Daryl	The Green Party	215
MCGUINNESS Sally	Reform UK	557 (ELECTED)
THAPA Anil	The Conservative Party Candidate	474

Turnout: 35.79%

The above table is a summary of the Cherrywood - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

Cove and Southwood Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
LANEY Martin	Reform UK	671
MILES Becky	Labour Party	481
TENNANT Martin John	The Conservative Party Candidate	719 (ELECTED)
WHYMAN Jill	Liberal Democrats	192
WILSON Andy	The Green Party	308

Turnout: 43.03%

The above table is a summary of the Cove and Southwood - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

Empress Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
O'DOWD-BOOTH Olive Jane	Liberal Democrats	284
RUDH Abjeet	The Conservative Party Candidate	557
SALISBURY Ryan	The Green Party	229
SHINGADIA Rohin	Reform UK	551
SLATER Nicky	Labour Party	728 (ELECTED)

Turnout: 46.5%

The above table is a summary of the Empress - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

Fernhill Ward

Along with the local election in Fernhill Ward, we also held a by-election for a new councillor.

This means that there were two councillors elected in Fernhill Ward, instead of one.

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
BLEWETT Brian Frederick	Liberal Democrats	338
GANI Akmal Hussain	The Conservative Party Candidate	714
JABBI Madi	Labour Party	278
JONES Barry	Labour Party	287
MATTHEWS Rob	Reform UK	798 (ELECTED)
SIMPSON Ian Michael Brumwell	Reform UK	723 (ELECTED)
THAYER Stephen James	The Green Party	251
WALTERS Angela Samantha	The Green Party	270

Turnout: 40.5%

The above table is a summary of the Fernhill - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

Knellwood Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
CRAGG Tad	Labour Party	419
CROSSLEY Jules	The Green Party	315
HILLIAR Alan	Liberal Democrats	476
MAKUNURA Mara	The Conservative Party Candidate	918 (ELECTED)
O'NEILL Amanda	Reform UK	759

Turnout: 51.5%

The above table is a summary of the Knellwood - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

Manor Park Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
ANDREWS Keri Ann	Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition	12
BELBASE Jib Narayan	The Conservative Party Candidate	891 (ELECTED)
NJENGA Catherine	Labour Party	572
RAI Julia	The Green Party	282
TRANTER Ken	Reform UK	623
TROTTER Mark	Liberal Democrats	171

Turnout: 46.8%

The above table is a summary of the Manor Park - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

North Town Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
RAI Jules	The Green Party	305
SPALL Sarah Joanne	Labour Party	903 (ELECTED)
WELLER Ken	Reform UK	764

Turnout: 39.1%

The above table is a summary of the North Town - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

Rowhill Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
BETSWORTH Kevin	Reform UK	768 (ELECTED)
BIRTWISTLE Simon James	The Conservative Party Candidate	401
CULSHAW Zack Jake	British Democrats	66
KHAN Fouzia	Labour Party	746
STAMP Nick	The Green Party	301

Turnout: 46.3%

The above table is a summary of the Rowhill - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

St John's Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
BELL Dave	Reform UK	719 (ELECTED)
MORRIS Fred	The Green Party	264
TRUSSLER Stuart	The Conservative Party Candidate	656
WARNER Julia Louise	Labour Party	558

Turnout: 44.11%

The above table is a summary of the St John's Ward - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

St Mark's Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
BARTLETT Edd	The Conservative Party Candidate	405
CARD Craig William	Liberal Democrats	603 (ELECTED)
DAY Alex	Labour Party	236
KHAN Zak	Green Party candidate	296
NOYCE Joey	Reform UK	591

Turnout: 38.9%

The above table is a summary of the St Mark's - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

Wellington Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
GURUNG Bishal	The Conservative Party Candidate	389
GURUNG Uttar	Labour Party	551 (ELECTED)
MARTIN Nadia Noelle	Independent	256
PATTERSON Lisa	Reform UK	459

Turnout: 31.7%

The above table is a summary of the Wellington - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

West Heath Ward

Candidate name	Description of candidate	Number of votes
ADEOLA Ade	The Conservative Party Candidate	661 (ELECTED)
FIROZ Jahangir	Labour Party	435
HARDING Chris	Reform UK	649
NEVILLE Ed	The Green Party	244
READ James Arnold	Liberal Democrats	132

Turnout: 45.07%

The above table is a summary of the West Heath - Declaration of result of poll - 7 May 2026.

Overall turnout for Rushmoor: 41.97%

Political balance of the council

Following these elections, we have updated our political balance of the council page showing Rushmoor's councillors by party.

Results of the Hampshire County Council elections

Please visit our Hampshire County Council election results page for details of the other elections that happened on 7 May.