Election Name: | 2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election |
Country: | England |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2018 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2018 |
Next Election: | 2021 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election |
Next Year: | 2021 |
Seats For Election: | 21 of the 60 seats to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council |
Majority Seats: | 31 |
Election Date: | 2 May 2019 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Leader1: | Ken Rhatigan |
Leaders Seat1: | Kingsclere |
Seats1: | 12 |
Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
Leader2: | Paul Harvey |
Leaders Seat2: | Norden |
Seats2: | 2 |
Party3: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Leader3: | Gavin James |
Leaders Seat3: | Eastrop |
Seats3: | 2 |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | Conservative |
After Election: | Conservative |
Elections to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. Elections took place in 20 of the 60 seats.[1]
The Conservative Party lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats, whilst Labour held their incumbent seats. Whilst Labour remained the second largest party (and largest opposition party), the Liberal Democrats won more votes for the first time.
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.