The 2012 Basingstoke and Deane Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council in Hampshire, England. 21 out of 60 seats were up for reelection; Popley East had two council seats up for reelection. The Conservative Party retained control of the council with 32 out of 60 seats, losing one seat to the Labour Party in Buckskin and losing another seat in Bramley and Sherfield to an Independent. Labour overtook the Liberal Democrats to become the largest opposition party and won two seats from them in Brighton Hill South and Brookvale and Kings Furlong.
Election result
Ward results Basing
Baughurst and Tadley North
Bramley and Sherfield
Brighton Hill South
Brookvale and Kings Furlong
Buckskin
Chineham
Hatch Warren and Beggarwood
Kempshott
Kingsclere
Norden
Oakley and North Waltham
Pamber and Silchester
Popley East Popley East had two seats up for re-election due to a vacancy. Thus, unlike the other wards, it elected councillors with plurality at-large voting rather than first past the post. If the top candidate method is used to gauge the number of votes for party (i.e. assuming the number of votes in support of a party is equal to the number of votes for its most popular candidate) instead of the raw vote, then the party's vote shares are: Labour 72.3%, Conservatives 16.2% and Liberal Democrats 11.4%. ]
Popley West
Rooksdown
Sherbourne St John
South Ham
Tadley South
Whitchurch
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