Hart 2024

Local elections held 2 May 2024.

11 ward races

12 seats

6 elected below the proportional quota

50.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 11 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 12 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (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 in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party	10,005	36.7%	4	33.3%	5	41.7%	-1
Liberal Democrats	8,269	30.3%	5	41.7%	4	33.3%	+1
CCH	5,073	18.6%	3	25.0%	2	16.7%	+1
Labour Party	2,447	9.0%	0	0.0%	1	8.3%	-1
Green Party	812	3.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Homeland Party	355	1.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Reform UK	218	0.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
THE OFFICIAL MONSTER RAVING LO	91	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	27,270	100.0%	12	100.0%	12	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

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Fleet East · 2 seats · won at 23.8% · +9.5 pts below quota
Hartley Wintney · 1 seat · won at 44.4% · +5.6 pts below quota
Hook · 1 seat · won at 44.6% · +5.4 pts below quota
Fleet Central · 1 seat · won at 45.4% · +4.6 pts below quota
Fleet West · 1 seat · won at 45.9% · +4.1 pts below quota
Odiham · 1 seat · won at 58.7% · above quota
Yateley East · 1 seat · won at 59.6% · above quota
Blackwater and Hawley · 1 seat · won at 60.5% · above quota
Crookham East · 1 seat · won at 60.6% · above quota
Crookham West and Ewshot · 1 seat · won at 67.4% · above quota
Yateley West · 1 seat · won at 75.2% · above quota

Race results

Fleet East · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 23.8% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference +9.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 4,557

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Khepar, D.	Liberal Democrats	1,155	25.3%	Elected
2	Taylor, D.	Liberal Democrats	1,086	23.8%	Elected
3	May, E.	Conservative and Unionist Party	893	19.6%
4	Wright, J.	Conservative and Unionist Party	867	19.0%
5	Munt, K.	Green Party	294	6.5%
6	Wainhouse, V.	Labour Party	262	5.7%

Electorate 6,177 · Ballots cast 4,557 · EC ward code E05009356 · Back to ward index

Hartley Wintney · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,632

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Crampton, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,168	44.4%	Elected
2	Fontana, D.	Liberal Democrats	848	32.2%
3	Robertson, R.	Homeland Party	355	13.5%
4	Christie, A.	Labour Party	261	9.9%

Electorate 7,310 · Ballots cast 2,632 · EC ward code E05009358 · Back to ward index

Hook · single-seat

Marginal winner 44.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +5.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,464

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Coburn, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,098	44.6%	Elected
2	Razzaq, S.	Liberal Democrats	754	30.6%
3	Affleck-Cruise, A.	Labour Party	405	16.4%
4	Hutton, J.	Green Party	207	8.4%

Electorate 7,529 · Ballots cast 2,464 · EC ward code E05009359 · Back to ward index

Fleet Central · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,432

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Jones, R.	CCH	1,103	45.4%	Elected
2	Fang, R.	Conservative and Unionist Party	854	35.1%
3	Perkins, A.	Labour Party	384	15.8%
4	Hope, H.	THE OFFICIAL MONSTER RAVING LO	91	3.7%

Electorate 6,668 · Ballots cast 2,432 · EC ward code E05009355 · Back to ward index

Fleet West · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 2,505

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Forster, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,149	45.9%	Elected
2	Rozier, W.	CCH	1,101	44.0%
3	Seth, Z.	Labour Party	255	10.2%

Electorate 6,805 · Ballots cast 2,505 · EC ward code E05009357 · Back to ward index

Odiham · single-seat

Marginal winner 58.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −8.7 pts Valid ballots 2,159

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Highley, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,267	58.7%	Elected
2	Over, T.	Liberal Democrats	470	21.8%
3	Mosesson, L.	Green Party	230	10.7%
4	Jones, B.	Labour Party	192	8.9%

Electorate 6,497 · Ballots cast 2,159 · EC ward code E05009360 · Back to ward index

Yateley East · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.6 pts Valid ballots 2,141

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Cockarill, G.	Liberal Democrats	1,275	59.6%	Elected
2	Boon, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	393	18.4%
3	Lloyd-Jones, T.	Reform UK	218	10.2%
4	Wiltshire, R.	Labour Party	174	8.1%
5	Park, C.	Green Party	81	3.8%

Electorate 6,661 · Ballots cast 2,141 · EC ward code E05009361 · Back to ward index

Blackwater and Hawley · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.5 pts Valid ballots 1,787

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Brown, A.	Liberal Democrats	1,082	60.5%	Elected
2	Perkins, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	419	23.4%
3	Bidwell, C.	Labour Party	286	16.0%

Electorate 6,384 · Ballots cast 1,787 · EC ward code E05009352 · Back to ward index

Crookham East · single-seat

Marginal winner 60.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −10.6 pts Valid ballots 2,092

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Radley, J.	CCH	1,268	60.6%	Elected
2	Thorne, M.	Conservative and Unionist Party	596	28.5%
3	Mellor, M.	Labour Party	228	10.9%

Electorate 5,855 · Ballots cast 2,092 · EC ward code E05009353 · Back to ward index

Crookham West and Ewshot · single-seat

Marginal winner 67.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −17.4 pts Valid ballots 2,374

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Collins, T.	CCH	1,601	67.4%	Elected
2	Bulgin, B.	Conservative and Unionist Party	773	32.6%

Electorate 8,044 · Ballots cast 2,374 · EC ward code E05009354 · Back to ward index

Yateley West · single-seat

Marginal winner 75.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −25.2 pts Valid ballots 2,127

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Crisp, G.	Liberal Democrats	1,599	75.2%	Elected
2	Moss, D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	528	24.8%

Electorate 6,667 · Ballots cast 2,127 · EC ward code E05009362 · Back to ward index