Previous Year: | 2016 |
Election Name: | 2018 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election |
Next Election: | 2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2016 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2019 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Seats For Election: | 20 seats of 60 to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 31 |
Election Date: | 3 May 2018 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats Before1: | 33 |
Seats1: | 8 |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Seats After1: | 33 |
After Election: | Conservative |
Before Election: | Conservative |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Council control | |
Seats Before3: | 6 |
Seats Before2: | 20 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Seats2: | 9 |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats After2: | 21 |
Seats After3: | 5 |
The 2018 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect 20 members to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, as part of the wider local elections. The seats were last up for election in 2014. The councillor for Basing up for election this year, Onnalee Cubitt, had rejoined the Conservative Party prior to the election and held her seat as a Conservative.[1] [2]
The Conservative Party won a seat from the Liberal Democrats in Whitchurch, but themselves lost a seat in Winklebury to Labour. As a result, the number of Conservative seats was steady, with Labour having a net gain of one, and the Liberal Democrats a net loss of one. Independent councillor Ian Tiblury held the sole independent seat.[3]