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2009 Hampshire County Council election

2009 UK local government election

Field	Value
election_name	2009 Hampshire County Council election
country	England
type	Parliamentary
ongoing	no
party_colour	yes
previous_election	2005 Hampshire County Council election
previous_year	2005
next_election	Hampshire County Council, 2013
next_year	2013
seats_for_election	All 78 seats to Hampshire County Council
majority_seats	40
election_date	4 June 2009
party1	Conservative Party (UK)
seats1	51
seat_change1	5
swing1
party2	Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats2	25
seat_change2	3
map_image	Hampshire wards 2009.svg
map_caption	2009 local election results in Hampshire
title	Council control
posttitle	Council control after election
before_election	Conservative
after_election	Conservative

An election to Hampshire County Council took place on 4 June 2009 as part of the 2009 United Kingdom local elections, having been delayed from 7 May, to coincide with elections to the European Parliament. 78 councillors were elected from 75 electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2005. Elections in Portsmouth and Southampton do not coincide with this set, being unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2009 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections, although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.

Summary

The election saw the Conservatives retain control of the council and increase their majority from 14 seats to 24 seats. As the largest opposition party, the Liberal Democrats lost seats overall, while Labour were reduced to holding just one seat (Basingstoke North). The Community Campaign in Hart also won a seat in Church Crookham and Ewshot.

Results

|seats % = 65.4 |votes % = 47.72 |plus/minus = +4.03 |seats % = 32.1 |votes % = 32.89 |plus/minus = -3.12 |seats % = 1.3 |votes % = 7.07 |plus/minus = -10.25 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 5.92 |plus/minus = +5.17 |seats % = 1.3 |votes % = 6.40 |plus/minus = +4.17 |}

|seats % = 1.3 |votes % = 0.95 |plus/minus = N/A |seats % = 0 |votes % = 5.92 |plus/minus = +5.17 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 1.86 |plus/minus = +1.25 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 1.72 |plus/minus = +0.28 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 1.04 |plus/minus = +0.97 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.49 |plus/minus = +0.38 |seats % = 0 |votes % = 0.34 |plus/minus = N/A |}

Results by district

Hampshire County Council is split into 11 Districts, each district is further split into wards, the following are the results for these wards.

Basingstoke and Deane

[[Basingstoke and Deane

Eastleigh

East Hampshire

[[East Hampshire

Fareham

Gosport

[[Gosport

Hart

Havant

New Forest

Rushmoor

[[Rushmoor

Test Valley

[[Test Valley

Winchester

References

(28 March 2013). "Elections in Hampshire County Council". Hampshire County Council.
(13 October 2011). "The Representation of the People (Form of Canvass) (England and Wales) Regulations 2006, Schedule Part 1". Legislation.gov.uk.
"I have two homes. Can I register at both addresses?". The Electoral Commission.
(19 April 2009). "Hampshire". [[BBC News Online]].
"State of the Parties". Hampshire County Council.
"Overall State of the Parties". Hampshire County Council.

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