Rushmoor is a local government district and borough in Hampshire, England. It covers the towns of Aldershot and Farnborough.

It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the borough of Aldershot and the Farnborough urban district.

The borough took its name from Rushmoor Arena, a military showground constructed at Rushmoor Bottom in 1923. In May 2000, a referendum was held to on whether to change the name of the borough. Two alternative names were suggested in place of Rushmoor: Aldershot and Farnborough or Farnborough and Aldershot. In the event, more than 81% of those who voted chose to retain the name, on a turnout of 29%.

Rushmoor's population has grown from 1,366 in 1801, through 39,616 in 1901 to over 90,000 in 2001.

In 2006, Rushmoor gained a Silver Gilt award in the South and South East in Bloom awards.

Rushmoor is twinned with Oberursel in Germany, Meudon in France and Sulechów in Poland.

Elections to the council are held in three out of every four years, with one third of the seats on the council being elected at each election. Since 1973 the council has either been under Conservative overall control, or no party has had a majority. Since the 2000 election the Conservatives have had a majority, with the last election in 2011 resulting in the council having 32 Conservative, 4 Liberal Democrat and 6 Labour councillors.. Since then, two Conservative councillors have defected to the United Kingdom Independence Party.

Oli Silk (born on March 7, 1979 in London,UK) is a British smooth jazz keyboardist, Producer and Composer.

Oli began playing the keyboards at age 11. In the late 1990s, he teamed up with college friend Danny Sugar and they released two albums under the name Sugar and Silk.

In 2006, Oli made his debut at the Catalina Island JazzTrax Festival, and later that year he was named 'Debut Artist of the Year' by Smooth Jazz News magazine and Art Good's Jazztrax.com. Also in that year, his song "Easy Does It" hit #19 on Billboard’s R&R Smooth Jazz chart.

In 2009 his song "Chill Or Be Chilled" reached #3 on Billboard's R&R Smooth Jazz chart, and #5 on Billboard's Top Smooth Jazz Songs 2009 chart.

Oli has also been nominated for "International Artist Of The Year 2010" by the American Smooth Jazz Awards .

Oli frequently tours the USA with his own band, and as keyboardist for many other Jazz artists including The Sax Pack, Jackiem Joyner, Cindy Bradley, Peter White, Marc Antoine and Chuck Loeb. He also tours Europe with pop vocalist Anastacia, playing keyboards as part of her band.

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