2004 Rushmoor Borough Council election
The 2004 Rushmoor Council election took place on 10 June 2004 to elect members of Rushmoor Borough Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. After the election, the composition of the council was: Conservative 24 Liberal Democrat 12 Labour 5 Independent 1 Campaign 14 seats were contested in the election–a third of the council–with the Conservatives defending 9, the Liberal Democrats 3 and Labour 2. Apart from candidates from the Conservative, Liberal Democrat, Labour, Green and English Democrat parties which had stood candidates in the 2003 election, there were also 3 members of the British National Party standing in Rushmoor for the first time. They stood in 3 Farnborough wards, Fernhill, Grange and Mayfield. 2 independent candidates also contested the election. Rosemary Possee stood as an independent in Empress ward, where she had previously served as a councillor for the Conservatives before being de-selected, challenging the official Conservative candidate Patricia Hodge. The other independent candidate, taxi driver Roger Watkins, stood in Wellington ward. Watkins was investigated by the police over claims that some signatures on his nomination form had not been made by