2002 Gosport Borough Council election

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2002 Gosport Borough Council Election
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All 34 seats to Gosport Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won121210
Popular vote6,4565,3237,830
Percentage32.8%27.1%39.8%
Gosport UK local election 2002 map.svg
Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

Elections to Gosport Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 4. The council stayed under no overall control.

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election results

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

Gosport Local Election Result 2002
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Labour 12035.332.86,456
  Liberal Democrats 12+735.327.15,323
  Conservative 10-329.439.87,830
  UKIP 000.00.363

Ward results

Alverstoke

Alverstoke (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Edgar1,01067.42
Conservative Geoffrey Bartlett982
Liberal Democrats Josephine Jackson35023.64
Liberal Democrats Graham Payne311
Labour Christine Searle1389.21
Labour Jill Whitcher114
Majority 66044.05
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Anglesey

Anglesey (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Aleck Hayward69248.73
Conservative Mark Hook626
Liberal Democrats Tessa Bloodworth62023.66
Liberal Democrats Austin Hicks562
Labour Jennifer Hall1087.60
Labour John Madgwick85
Majority 725.07
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bridgemary North

Bridgemary North (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Shaun Cully81476.28
Labour Marilyn Angus795
Conservative Joanne Watts25323.71
Conservative Hugh Landels235
Majority 56152.57
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Bridgemary South

Bridgemary South (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Dennis Wright76771.21
Labour Jill Wright754
Conservative Henry Butchart31028.78
Conservative Karen Millinder298
Majority 45742.43
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Brockhurst

Brockhurst (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julia Salter49043.78
Liberal Democrats Michael Russell473
Conservative Josephine King32328.86
Conservative Ivor Foster314
Labour Graham Batterbury30627.34
Labour Robert Salter291
Majority 16714.92
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Christchurch

Christchurch (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Jackie Carr49940.17
Liberal Democrats Derek Francis476
Labour Philip Smith41133.09
Labour Alan Durant365
Conservative Richard Dickson33226.73
Conservative Phillip Clinton314
Majority 887.08
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Elson

Elson (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Edwards61654.41
Liberal Democrats Laura Elshaw594
Conservative Bruce Rigg38534.01
Conservative Karen Philpott354
Labour Elizabeth Bull13111.57
Labour Simon Bull127
Majority 2317.08
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Forton

Forton (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Kenneth Searle48846.47
Labour Keith Farr480
Liberal Democrats Amanda Seal38436.57
Liberal Democrats Dale Low316
Conservative Gaynor Holmes17816.95
Conservative David Craker173
Majority 1049.90
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Grange

Grange (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Alexander Bone37355.34
Liberal Democrats Monique Gravell344
Labour Nathaniel Gould20931.00
Labour Martyn Davis201
Conservative Carl Downing9213.64
Conservative Stephen Ward87
Majority 37355.34
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Hardway

Hardway (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Roger Allen52951.11
Conservative Peter Langdon500
Labour Brian Leishman29528.50
Labour Diane Searle294
Liberal Democrats Patricia Anderson14814.29
Liberal Democrats Michael Salter123
UKIP John Bowles636.08
Majority 23422.60
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Lee East

Lee East (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Derek Kimber60270.00
Conservative Howard Burgess584
Liberal Democrats David Fisher15518.02
Liberal Democrats David Robson145
Labour Sharon Boyd10311.97
Labour Peter Bell101
Majority 44751.97
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Lee West

Lee West (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Christopher Carter1,23377.69
Conservative Brian Taylor1,064
Labour William Methven35422.93
Labour Michael Madgwick272
Majority 55.38879
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Leesland

Leesland (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Chegwyn54851.31
Liberal Democrats David Smith507
Conservative Maureen Clarke26424.71
Labour Thomas Cheetham25623.97
Conservative Robert Perris247
Labour Paul Wilson-Suffield211
Majority 26.5926.59
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Peel Common

Peel Common (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Iris Binfield73857.79
Labour Peter Russell665
Conservative Stephen Philpott53942.20
Conservative Michael Geddes506
Majority 19915.58
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Privett

Privett (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Keith Gill62746.68
Liberal Democrats Michael Friend603
Conservative Peter Gibson54640.65
Conservative Denis King524
Labour James Fox17012.65
Labour Dennis Gough169
Majority 816.03
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Rowner and Holbrook

Rowner and Holbrook (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jean Batterbury40142.03
Labour John Train 387
Liberal Democrats Michael Fletcher37238.99
Liberal Democrats Stephen Cooke344
Conservative Nigel Gravells18118.97
Conservative Colin Jacobs163
Majority 293.03
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Town

Town (2)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour June Cully76760.44
Labour Neil Redrup 687
Conservative John Didymus36130.02
Conservative Michael Philpott346
Liberal Democrats Christina Allaway14111.11
Liberal Democrats Simon Seal114
Majority 40631.99
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

References

Preceded by
2000 Gosport Council election 		Gosport local elections Succeeded by
2004 Gosport Council election
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