2000 Gosport Borough Council election

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Elections to Gosport Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29%.

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After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Gosport Local Election Result 2000
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 6+360.050.68,368
  Labour 3030.028.24,658
  Liberal Democrats 1-110.021.23,503
 Others0-2000

Ward results

Alverstoke
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Peter Gibson78652.9
Liberal Democrats Alexander Bone56838.2
Labour Brian Forhead1318.8
Majority21814.7
Turnout 1,48599
Anglesey
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Aleck Hayward1,31568.3
Liberal Democrats Clive Pearce47624.7
Labour Charis Jeffrey1357.0
Majority83943.6
Turnout 1,926
Conservative hold Swing
Bridgemary
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Marilyn Angus85469.3
Conservative Joanne Watts37930.7
Majority47538.6
Turnout 1,233
Labour hold Swing
Brockhurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour Jean Batterbury64844.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Chegwyn49133.4
Conservative John Burrowa33122.5
Majority15710.7
Turnout 1,470
Elson
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Bruce Rigg71148.1
Liberal Democrats David Smith54536.8
Labour Brian Leishman22315.1
Majority16611.3
Turnout 1,479
Hardway and Forton
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Roger Allen63442.8
Labour Kenneth Searle60140.5
Liberal Democrats Dale Low24816.7
Majority332.3
Turnout 1,483
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Lee
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Derek Kimber1,72177.7
Liberal Democrats David Fisher29213.2
Labour Paul Wilson-Schofield2019.1
Majority1,42964.5
Turnout 2,214
Conservative hold Swing
Leesland
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Liberal Democrats Julia Salter75650.1
Conservative Stephen Ward62241.2
Labour David Waite1328.7
Majority1348.9
Turnout 1,510
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Rowner
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Conservative Stephen Philpott1,01857.3
Labour Alan Durrant76042.7
Majority25814.6
Turnout 1,778
Conservative hold Swing
Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±
Labour June Cully97349.9
Conservative Richard Dickson85143.6
Liberal Democrats Amanda Seal1276.5
Majority1226.3
Turnout 1,951
Labour hold Swing

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Preceded by
1999 Gosport Council election 		Gosport local elections Succeeded by
2002 Gosport Council election
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