2008 Gosport Borough Council election

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2008 Gosport Borough Council Election
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  2006 1 May 2008 2010  

17 of 35 seats to Gosport Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats before1798
Seats won1061
Seats after16144
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg5Decrease2.svg4
Popular vote11,6865,6723,353
Percentage53.125.815.2

Gosport UK local election 2008 map.svg

Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

Elections to Gosport Council in Hampshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

Contents

Before the election the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties had held power on the council with the casting vote of the mayor. [1] The election saw the Liberal Democrats close the gap with the Conservative party after making 5 gains, while the Labour party lost four of the five seats they had held. However following the election the Conservative party said that they would take charge of the council as they remained the largest party. [2]

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

Gosport Local Election Result 2008
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1034-158.853.111,686+8.0%
  Liberal Democrats 650+535.325.85,672-0.8%
  Labour 104-45.915.23,353-8.1%
  Green 000003.0669-1.9%
  UKIP 000002.3503+2.3%
  English Democrat 000000.6131+0.6%

Ward results

Alverstoke

Alverstoke
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Mark Hood1,17570.5−5.7
Liberal Democrats Graham Payne20012.0−3.5
UKIP Judith Smith1659.9+9.9
Labour Jennifer Hall1277.6−0.8
Majority97558.5−2.2
Turnout 1,66747.9
Conservative hold Swing

Anglesey

Anglesey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Forder71149.1−4.9
Conservative Brian Taylor66445.9+4.5
Labour Graham Hewitt725.0+0.4
Majority473.2−9.4
Turnout 1,44748.4
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Bridgemary North

Bridgemary North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Keith Edwards59452.2+20.0
Labour Kenneth Searle54447.8−20.0
Majority504.4
Turnout 1,13832.5
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Bridgemary South

Bridgemary South
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Michael Geddes62554.2+16.1
Labour Jill Wright52945.8−16.1
Majority968.4
Turnout 1,15432.0
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Brockhurst

Brockhurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Salter57147.5−7.5
Conservative Ivor Foster47639.6+11.9
Labour Michael O'Gorman816.7−6.0
Green Jane Satffieri746.2+1.5
Majority957.9−19.4
Turnout 1,20232.1
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Christchurch

Christchurch
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Richard Dickson50142.7+13.7
Liberal Democrats Heather Carr48741.6−7.4
UKIP Catherine Andrews685.8+5.8
Labour Paul Noakes615.2−7.7
Green Veronika Forster554.7−4.4
Majority141.1
Turnout 1,17234.7
Conservative hold Swing

Elson

Elson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Andrea Bailey58246.3−2.3
Conservative Lynn Hook51040.6+1.8
UKIP Francis Bridgewater1038.2+8.2
Labour Michael Madgwick614.9−1.2
Majority725.7−4.1
Turnout 1,25635.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Forton

Forton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Mervin Bradley44841.0−7.4
Labour Keith Farr39636.2+5.2
Conservative Peter Greenwood25022.9+9.1
Majority524.8−12.6
Turnout 1,09432.6
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

Grange

Grange
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Kim West35954.5+9.1
Liberal Democrats George Morby21632.8+11.5
Labour Alan Durrant599.0−13.8
Green Iain MacLennan253.8−5.8
Majority14321.7−1.9
Turnout 65917.7
Conservative hold Swing

Hardway

Hardway
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Peter Langdon79252.1+6.3
Green Andrea Smith47231.1−13.6
Labour Jess Cully18212.0+2.5
UKIP Darren Fells734.8+4.8
Majority32021.0+19.9
Turnout 1,51936.2
Conservative hold Swing

Lee East

Lee East
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Howard Burgess1,13271.7−12.7
Liberal Democrats Paul Keeley37323.6+23.6
Labour Peter Bell744.7−10.9
Majority75948.1−20.7
Turnout 1,57938.2
Conservative hold Swing

Lee West

Lee West
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative John Beavis1,69189.7+3.8
Labour Jill Whitcher19410.3−3.8
Majority1,49779.4+7.6
Turnout 1,88551.1
Conservative hold Swing

Leesland

Leesland
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats David Smith60448.2−18.8
Conservative George McAleese55544.3+20.2
Labour Vivienne O'Gorman947.5−1.4
Majority493.9−39.0
Turnout 1,25335.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Peel Common

Peel Common
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Stephen Philpott91368.1+10.4
Liberal Democrats John Bowles29121.7+21.7
Labour Joseph O'Gorman13610.1−32.5
Majority62246.4+31.6
Turnout 1,34040.4
Conservative hold Swing

Privett

Privett
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ingeborg Forder73449.6−4.5
Conservative Colin Jacobs67745.8+8.2
Labour DenniJohn Madgwick684.6−3.8
Majority573.812.7
Turnout 1,47944.7
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Rowner and Holbrook

Rowner and Holbrook
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Marcus Murphy34539.5+11.2
Liberal Democrats Michael Edwards21524.6−16.7
Labour John Train18320.9−4.5
English Democrat Robert Shaw13115.0+15.0
Majority13014.9
Turnout 87426.9
Conservative gain from Labour Swing

Town

Town
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diane Searle49238.0−23.5
Conservative Adam Burns42732.9+6.0
Liberal Democrats Cyril Simpson24018.5+6.9
UKIP Christine Harris947.3+7.3
Green Harry Haines433.3+3.3
Majority655.1−29.5
Turnout 1,29634.9
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. "Election 2008: Coalition on cards again as Gosport Lib Dems close gap". The News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  2. "Gosport Tories take power". The News. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 10 May 2008.
Preceded by
2006 Gosport Council election
Gosport local elections Succeeded by
2010 Gosport Council election