Basingstoke and Deane

Every election cycle we have data for, most recent first.

8 cycles in our data

31.9% all-time seats elected below the quota (60 of 188)

13.8% all-time seats unfairly awarded (26 of 188 across 8 cycles)

Cycles

Council composition as of 2026

55 councillors, by party. One square per seat. Source: opencouncildata annual snapshot — reflects the council at the end of 2026 (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Hover any seat for the party.

Most recent election (2026)

In 2026, 19 seats were up across 18 wards. The table below shows what each party actually won — alongside what they would have won if the 19 seats had been shared in proportion to votes received (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented; negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Reform UK	15,755	24.8%	2	10.5%	5	26.3%	-3
Conservative Party	13,456	21.2%	3	15.8%	4	21.1%	-1
Liberal Democrats	9,931	15.6%	4	21.1%	3	15.8%	+1
Basingstoke & Deane Independents	8,101	12.7%	5	26.3%	3	15.8%	+2
Labour Party	6,930	10.9%	2	10.5%	2	10.5%	0
Green Party	5,101	8.0%	1	5.3%	1	5.3%	0
Independent	3,276	5.2%	1	5.3%	1	5.3%	0
The All In Party	999	1.6%	1	5.3%	0	0.0%	+1
Total	63,549	100.0%	19	100.0%	19	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Full ward-by-ward results for 2026 →

Composition history

One row per opencouncildata annual snapshot — the council at the end of each year (after that year's elections, by-elections and defections). Newest first; hover any seat for the party.

2026

2025

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

2016

Ward by ward

Each row is a ward, each column a cycle. Each cell shows the top-of-poll candidate's party (swatch) and their share of valid ballots. Wards are matched by name across cycles — boundary reviews can mean a ward of the same name is a slightly different area in a later cycle.

Ward	2016	2018	2019	2021	2022	2023	2024	2026
Basing	64%	69%	50%
Basing and Upton Grey				76%	62%	64%	52%	49%
Baughurst and Tadley North	55%		49%
Bramley				66%	54%	47%	46%	38%
Bramley and Sherfield	54%		56%
Brighton Hill				41%	42%	40%	49%	37%
Brighton Hill North		36%	48%
Brighton Hill South	33%	50%
Brookvale and Kings Furlong	43%	45%		42%	39%	38%	33%	27%
Buckskin	45%	52%
Burghclere, Highclere and St Mary Bourne		73%	67%
Chineham	48%	73%	67%	71%	51%	40%	38%	32%
East Woodhay		72%
Eastrop		51%	50%
Eastrop and Grove				63%	59%	62%	61%	48%
Evingar				78%	55%	53%	53%	46%
Grove		63%	70%
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood	57%	67%	52%	66%	31%	40%	59%	30%
Kempshott	64%	67%	61%
Kempshott and Buckskin				63%	45%	45%	46%	29%
Kingsclere	68%		56%
Norden	63%	66%	64%	53%	48%	59%	53%	49%
Oakley and North Waltham	72%	63%	61%
Oakley and the Candovers				73%	51%	36%	45%	43%
Overton, Laverstoke and Steventon		54%	47%
Pamber and Silchester	78%		70%
Popley				50%	40%	64%	66%	39%
Popley East	57%	65%
Popley West	65%	63%
Rooksdown	70%
Sherborne St John	79%
Sherborne St John and Rooksdown				71%	46%	47%	47%	33%
South Ham	52%	53%	57%	55%	56%	59%	58%	34%
Tadley and Pamber				59%	44%	43%	50%	38%
Tadley Central			47%
Tadley North, Kingsclere and Baughurst				60%	52%	47%	39%	37%
Tadley South	63%		58%
Upton Grey and the Candovers			73%
Whitchurch	38%	40%
Whitchurch, Overton and Laverstoke				59%	68%	54%	64%	58%
Winklebury		49%	64%
Winklebury and Manydown				54%	48%	53%	42%	27%