One-third of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England, is elected each year, followed by one year without election. From 1979, the council had 15 three-member wards, reduced to 14 wards in 2002 and 13 in 2012. Each ward elects 3 of the 39 councillors, one in each election year, for a term of four years, except in years when ward boundaries are changed when all councillors are elected for terms depending on their position in the poll.[1]
Since the current ward boundaries came in for the 2012 election, the composition of Rushmoor Borough Council has been:[2]
| Election | Conservative | Labour | Liberal Democrats | UKIP | Independent | Vacant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 24 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Current[3] | 15 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |