WHITEHILL & Bordon Community Party leader Andy Tree edged out his Conservative rival Phillip Davies to win the town’s county seat by more than 900 votes on Friday.

But it was otherwise a clean-sweep for the Tories across East Hampshire, as the party held Alton Town, Alton Rural, Liphook, Headley & Grayshott, Petersfield Butser, Petersfield Hangers, and Catherington.

It comes as all of the 78 seats at the county council are up for grabs as county-wide elections are held every four years.

The picture across Hampshire as a whole is still unclear, however, with Winchester City Council forced to postpone its count until Saturday following a fire alarm at River Park Leisure Centre.

As of 9pm on Friday, the Conservatives had won 22 seats, Liberal Democrats eight, Labour one, independents one, and Whitehill & Bordon Community Party one.

East Hampshire (Hampshire County Council divisions) results:

* Petersfield Hangers Division – Russell Oppenheimer (Con)

* Petersfield Butser – Robert Moccata (Con)

* Whitehill, Bordon and Lindford – Andy Tree (Whitehill and Bordon Community Party)

* Bramshott and Liphook – Debra Curnow-Ford (Con)

* Catherington – Marje Harvey (Con)

* Alton Rural – Mark Kemp-Gee (Con)

* Alton Town – Andrew Joy (Con)

The East Hampshire District Council (EHDC) by-election for Bramshott & Liphook was won by Nick Sear (Con).

Conservative candidate Thomas Hanrahan has been elected to represent Grayshott on East Hampshire District Council.

And the Beech Neighbourhood Plan was passed by 293 votes to 32, with the referendum attracting an impressive turnout of 63 per cent.

For a more detailed breakdown of the county results, visit https://democracy.hants.gov.uk/mgElectionResults.aspx?ID=27&V=1&RPID=15582990

Full results, interviews and analysis to follow in next week’s Herald...