The 2026 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election was held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect 18 of 54 members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.[1][2]
Background
In 2024, the council remained under no overall control.[3] The council was governed as a joint administration of the Independent Forum group and the Liberal Democrats. The former consisted of the Basingstoke & Deane Independents, other independents, the Green Party and the All In Party. The latter was the local successor to the Women's Equality Party after the dissolution of the national party in 2024.
Council composition
| After 2024 election | Before 2026 election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | ||
| Conservative | 16 | Conservative | 13 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 11 | Liberal Democrats | 11 | ||
| B&DI | 10 | B&DI | 11 | ||
| Labour | 11 | Labour | 10 | ||
| Green | 2 | Green | 2 | ||
| Reform | 0 | Reform | 1 | ||
| All In | Did not exist | All In | 1 | ||
| Independent | 3 | Independent | 4 | ||
| Vacant | N/A | Vacant | 1 | ||
| Women's Equality | 1 | Women's Equality | Dissolved | ||
Changes 2024–2026:
- May 2024: Samir Kotecha (Conservative) leaves party to sit as an independent[4]
- November 2024: Women’s Equality Party dissolved – Stacy Hart sits as an independent[5]
- April 2025:
- October 2025: Paul Miller (Conservative) joins Reform[8]
- November 2025: David McIntyre (Conservative) resigns – seat left vacant until 2026 election[9]
Election results
| 2026 Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Conservative | 3 |  2 |
17.6 | 8 | 11 | 21.2 | 13,456 | 21.1 | –8.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 4 |  |
23.5 | 7 | 11 | 21.2 | 9,931 | 15.6 | –2.6 | |
| B&DI | 4 | 1 |
17.6 | 7 | 10 | 19.2 | 8,101 | 12.7 | +0.4 | |
| Labour | 2 | |
11.8 | 8 | 10 | 19.2 | 7,130 | 11.2 | –11.3 | |
| Reform | 2 |  2 |
11.8 | 1 | 3 | 5.8 | 15,755 | 24.7 | +23.9 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
5.9 | 2 | 3 | 5.8 | 3,276 | 5.1 | ±0.0 | |
| Green | 1 | |
5.9 | 1 | 2 | 3.8 | 5,101 | 8.0 | +3.4 | |
| All In | 1 | 1 |
5.9 | 1 | 2 | 3.8 | 999 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Ward results
Basing & Upton Grey
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kate Tuck* | 2,116 | 49.2 | –3.2 | |
| Reform | Annie Kemkaren | 908 | 21.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Shantha Weerasiri | 648 | 15.1 | –11.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Lilleker | 429 | 10.0 | +3.9 | |
| Labour | Kieran Sidley | 202 | 4.7 | –9.8 | |
| Majority | 1,208 | 28.1 | +1.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,312 | 52.4 | +15.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,231 | ||||
| Independent hold | |||||
Bramley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&DI | Tony Durrant* | 1,188 | 38.4 | –8.1 | |
| Reform | Christopher Horwood | 768 | 24.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Johnson | 570 | 18.4 | –18.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Evans | 434 | 14.0 | +9.2 | |
| Labour | Adam Coulthard | 132 | 4.3 | –8.0 | |
| Majority | 420 | 13.6 | +3.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,109 | 43.0 | +8.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,169 | ||||
| B&DI hold | |||||
Brighton Hill
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Andrea Bowes* | 1,007 | 34.4 | –14.6 | |
| Reform | Keith Vaughan | 892 | 30.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Shibaji Shrestha | 515 | 17.6 | –16.7 | |
| Green | Carolyn Davison-Roper | 284 | 9.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Edward Norman | 231 | 7.9 | –3.6 | |
| Majority | 115 | 3.9 | –10.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,946 | 39.2 | +9.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,511 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Brookvale & Kings Furlong
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Bikram Banerjee | 852 | 27.1 | –3.9 | |
| Conservative | Kishor Patel | 629 | 20.0 | –12.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Shaw | 583 | 18.5 | –7.6 | |
| Green | Ashlynn Butler | 568 | 18.1 | +11.7 | |
| Reform | Alan Stone | 513 | 16.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 223 | 7.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 3,158 | 40.6 | +5.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,760 | ||||
| Labour Co-op gain from Green | Swing | 4.5 |
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Chineham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green | Michael Blackberry | 1,134 | 31.8 | –6.4 | |
| Reform | Greggory Wilkinson | 943 | 26.4 | +21.0 | |
| Conservative | Ricardo Ferreira | 926 | 25.9 | –10.5 | |
| Labour | Ruth Kellaway | 321 | 9.0 | –6.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael McKay | 246 | 6.9 | +2.6 | |
| Majority | 191 | 5.4 | +3.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,579 | 42.3 | +10.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,443 | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | 13.7 |
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Eastrop & Grove
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | John McKay* | 1,527 | 47.8 | –13.6 | |
| Reform | Jay Bailey | 765 | 24.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Niamh Harrison | 346 | 10.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Nick Bates | 323 | 10.1 | –4.7 | |
| Labour | Lilly Beeson | 232 | 7.3 | –11.1 | |
| Majority | 762 | 23.8 | –19.2 | ||
| Turnout | 3,206 | 44.1 | +12.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,273 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Evingar
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Samuel Carr* | 1,637 | 46.5 | –6.3 | |
| Reform | Garald Smith | 796 | 22.6 | N/A | |
| Green | Christopher Whitehead | 504 | 14.3 | –0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Erica Shaw | 419 | 11.9 | –6.4 | |
| Labour | Robert Thomas | 167 | 4.7 | –2.8 | |
| Majority | 841 | 23.9 | –10.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,537 | 47.1 | +13.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,495 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Hatch Warren & Beggarwood
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All In | Dani Davies | 999 | 29.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Stephen Reid | 966 | 28.7 | +3.7 | |
| Reform | Spencer Cleary | 841 | 25.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Matthew Evans | 321 | 9.5 | –2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Blackmore-Squires | 237 | 7.0 | +3.6 | |
| Majority | 33 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 3,378 | 44.1 | +7.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,654 | ||||
| All In gain from B&DI | |||||
Kempshott & Buckskin
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Val Elliott | 1,016 | 29.1 | –17.4 | |
| Reform | Mark Knight | 1,011 | 29.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Harrison Manners | 503 | 14.4 | +8.6 | |
| Labour | Catherine Hopkins | 422 | 12.1 | –16.8 | |
| B&DI | Samir Kotecha* | 290 | 8.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Benson-Wilson | 245 | 7.0 | –3.5 | |
| Majority | 5 | 0.1 | –17.5 | ||
| Turnout | 3,496 | 42.6 | +12.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,206 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
Norden
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&DI | Linda Hynan | 1,269 | 48.5 | –4.9 | |
| Reform | Matthew Cooper | 522 | 20.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Jack Wadge-Stacey | 389 | 14.9 | –12.8 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Tate | 276 | 10.6 | –0.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Scott Lawrence | 159 | 6.1 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 747 | 28.5 | +2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 2,632 | 36.5 | +8.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,198 | ||||
| B&DI hold | |||||
Oakley & The Candovers
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&DI | Alex Rowley | 1,756 | 43.1 | –1.8 | |
| B&DI | Marc Connor* | 1,280 | 31.4 | –13.5 | |
| Conservative | Sherrie de Kiguchi | 1,145 | 28.1 | –8.0 | |
| Reform | Christopher Aldous | 1,019 | 25.0 | N/A | |
| Reform | Martin Street | 856 | 21.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Taylor Parnell | 831 | 20.4 | –15.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Hannah Cooper | 381 | 9.3 | +2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Cooper | 318 | 7.8 | +0.6 | |
| Labour | Bronwyn Phillips | 286 | 7.0 | –4.9 | |
| Labour | Michael Stockwell | 280 | 6.9 | –5.0 | |
| Turnout | 4,261 | 48.7 | +9.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,746 | ||||
| B&DI hold | |||||
| B&DI gain from Conservative | |||||
Popley
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Ellen Hynes | 1,032 | 38.8 | –27.6 | |
| Reform | Duncan Stone | 803 | 30.2 | N/A | |
| Green | Ty Murray | 383 | 14.4 | +10.4 | |
| Conservative | Satya Sookhun | 274 | 10.3 | –3.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Berwick-Gooding | 171 | 6.4 | –3.4 | |
| Majority | 229 | 8.6 | –44.2 | ||
| Turnout | 2,672 | 34.9 | +12.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,665 | ||||
| Labour gain from B&DI | |||||
Sherborne St John & Rooksdown
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Karl Rand | 1,084 | 33.4 | –13.2 | |
| Reform | John Naldrett | 756 | 23.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Bradley Phillips | 485 | 14.9 | –23.0 | |
| Green | Elle Green | 453 | 13.9 | +8.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ryan Hickling | 269 | 8.3 | +1.8 | |
| Independent | Nick Robinson | 201 | 6.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 328 | 10.1 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 3,261 | 37.6 | +9.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,658 | ||||
| Conservative hold | |||||
South Ham
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Steven Trumm | 864 | 34.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Tony Jones* | 560 | 22.0 | –35.6 | |
| Independent | Zena Lindsay | 406 | 16.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Lilly Turner | 367 | 14.4 | –9.4 | |
| Green | Joseph Hutton | 207 | 8.1 | +4.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Madeline Hussey | 138 | 5.4 | –2.2 | |
| Majority | 304 | 12.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,549 | 33.9 | +9.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,502 | ||||
| Reform gain from Labour | |||||
Tadley & Pamber
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Slimin* | 1,497 | 38.3 | –11.4 | |
| Reform | Lyn Roberts | 1,179 | 30.1 | +22.1 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Richards | 788 | 20.1 | –14.7 | |
| Green | Kelly Jones | 307 | 7.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | Wayne Terry | 141 | 3.6 | –3.9 | |
| Majority | 318 | 8.2 | –6.7 | ||
| Turnout | 3,929 | 45.0 | +12.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,722 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 16.8 |
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Tadley North, Kingsclere & Baughurst
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kerry Morrow* | 1,408 | 37.0 | –2.1 | |
| Reform | Charlotte Robinson | 1,036 | 27.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Bruce Buckland | 988 | 25.9 | –0.7 | |
| Green | Elliott Gardiner | 255 | 6.7 | N/A | |
| Labour | Daniel Reah | 123 | 3.2 | –6.6 | |
| Majority | 372 | 9.8 | –2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 3,822 | 44.6 | +10.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,565 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | |||||
Whitchurch, Overton & Laverstoke
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B&DI | Chloe Ashfield* | 2,318 | 58.0 | –6.2 | |
| Reform | Victoria Harber | 681 | 17.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Kieran McDermott | 442 | 11.1 | –2.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lucy Sloane-Williams | 390 | 9.8 | +2.0 | |
| Labour | Margaret Gallagher | 165 | 4.1 | –6.9 | |
| Majority | 1,637 | 41.0 | –9.7 | ||
| Turnout | 4,008 | 49.2 | +12.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 8,144 | ||||
| B&DI hold | |||||
Winklebury & Manydown
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Christina Jordan | 602 | 27.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Abigail Compton-Burnett | 553 | 25.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | Cait Fuller | 505 | 22.9 | –19.4 | |
| Conservative | Mike Patchett | 315 | 14.3 | –26.5 | |
| Green | Bill Farrington | 157 | 7.1 | +1.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Wendy McKay | 73 | 3.3 | –2.6 | |
| Majority | 49 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 2,211 | 40.5 | +9.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,451 | ||||
| Reform gain from Labour | |||||
References
- ↑ "Council vote to go ahead with 2026 local elections". Basingstoke Gazette. 22 December 2025. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "'Democracy is precious': Councillors' plea to ministers over elections delay". Basingstoke Gazette. 20 January 2026. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Basingstoke & Deane result - Local Elections 2024". BBC News. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Revolution in Runnymede". LocalCouncils.co.uk.
- ↑ Walker, Peter (17 November 2024). "Women's Equality party members vote to dissolve organisation". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Longdendale lights up for Reform". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ↑ Boothroyd, David. "Two steps forward, one back". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ↑ Rooks-Taylor, Matt (7 October 2025). "'I will probably lose a few friends' - former mayor joins Reform UK". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
- ↑ Crossman, Lola (14 November 2025). "Ward councillor steps down due to 'growing work and family commitments'". Basingstoke Gazette. Retrieved 9 February 2026.
