Elections to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. Elections took place in 20 of the 60 seats.^[1]

Quick Facts 21 of the 60 seats to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

2019 Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election

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21 of the 60 seats to Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ken Rhatigan Paul Harvey Gavin James Party Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Kingsclere Norden Eastrop Seats won 12 2 2
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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The Conservative Party lost two seats to the Liberal Democrats, whilst Labour held their incumbent seats. Whilst Labour remained the second largest party (and largest opposition party), the Liberal Democrats won more votes for the first time.

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

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Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council election 2019
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Conservative	12	3	60	19	33	55	14,838	47.75
	Liberal Democrats	4	2	20	3	7	11.66	8,044	25.80
	Labour	4	1	20	17	21	35	6,447	20.68
	Independent	0		0	1	1	1.66	1,117	3.58
	Green	0		0	0	0	0	616	1.97
	Women's Equality	0		0	0	0	0	63	0.20

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