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Elections to Gosport Council in Hampshire, England were held on 6 May 2010. [1] [2] Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The Conservatives made six gains, including in some wards that they had lost in the previous election, despite having a reduced vote share. The Liberal Democrats and Labour Party lost 5 and 1 seats respectively, with Labour seeing a large increase of the total vote share.
After the election, the composition of the council was
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Conservative | 12 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 47.8 | 18,213 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 25.6 | 9,768 | |||
Labour | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 20.1 | 7,648 | |||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.2 | 854 | ||||
English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 | 619 | ||||
Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 528 | ||||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 452 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Peter Edgar | 1,576 | 63.5 | -5.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dawn Kelly | 370 | 14.9 | +2.9 | |
Labour | Graham Hewitt | 339 | 9.9 | +6.1 | |
UKIP | Judith Smith | 136 | 5.5 | -4.4 | |
Green | Linda Maclennan | 60 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Majority | 1206 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alan Scard | 1,254 | 56.8 | +7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Austin Hicks | 764 | 34.6 | -11.3 | |
Labour | Michael Madgwick | 189 | 8.6 | +3.6 | |
Majority | 490 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dennis Wright | 1002 | 47.4 | ||
Conservative | John Whyte | 733 | 34.6 | ||
English Democrat | Tony Rowan | 381 | 18.0 | ||
Majority | 269 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Carter | 1154 | 57.6 | ||
Labour | Alan Durrant | 848 | 42.4 | ||
Majority | 306 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Justin Henshaw | 918 | 41.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Sharon Mude | 850 | 38.8 | ||
Labour | Michael O'Gorman | 331 | 15.1 | ||
Green | Jane Staffieri | 92 | 4.2 | ||
Majority | 68 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Wayne Ronayne | 862 | 40.2 | -2.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Morby | 777 | 36.3 | -5.3 | |
Labour | John Hustler | 312 | 14.6 | +9.4 | |
UKIP | Catherine Andrews | 191 | 8.9 | +3.1 | |
Majority | 85 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Susan Ballard | 1,049 | 45.5 | -0.8 | |
Conservative | Stephen Green | 907 | 39.3 | -1.3 | |
Labour | Paul Noakes | 205 | 8.9 | +4.0 | |
UKIP | John Bridgewater | 143 | 6.2 | -2.0 | |
Majority | 142 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Clive Foster-Reed | 789 | 39.9 | -1.1 | |
Conservative | Peter Greenwood | 610 | 30.8 | -5.4 | |
Labour | Keith Farr | 580 | 29.3 | +6.4 | |
Majority | 179 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Jessop | 641 | 42.8 | -11.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Julie Woods | 594 | 39.6 | +6.8 | |
Labour | James Fox | 204 | 13.6 | +3.6 | |
Green | Fiona Maclennan | 60 | 4.0 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 47 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Roger Allen | 1184 | 44.7 | -7.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Cyril Simpson | 799 | 30.2 | +30.2 | |
Labour | Stephen Williams | 278 | 10.5 | -1.5 | |
Green | Claire Smith | 240 | 9.1 | -22.00 | |
UKIP | Darren Fells | 145 | 5.5 | +0.7 | |
Majority | 385 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Derek Kimber | 1,853 | 71.7 | -10.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Paul Keeley | 766 | 25.3 | +1.7 | |
Labour | Peter Bell | 412 | 4.7 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 1087 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Cater | 1,849 | 64.9 | -24.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Bailey | 698 | 24.5 | +24.5 | |
Labour | Jill Whitcher | 302 | 10.6 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 1151 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chegwyn | 1016 | 48.2 | -0.3 | |
Conservative | George McAleese | 872 | 41.1 | -3.2 | |
Labour | Charis Noakes | 233 | 11.0 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 144 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lynn Hook | 1,304 | 58.7 | -9.4 | |
Labour | Paule Ripley | 483 | 21.7 | ||
Independent | John Bowles [note 1] | 435 | 10.1 | [note 1] | |
Majority | 821 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Colin Jacobs | 1062 | 45.6 | -0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Gill | 971 | 41.7 | -7.9 | |
Labour | Joan Bateman | 297 | 12.7 | +8.1 | |
Majority | 91 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael Lane | 753 | 44.1 | +4.6 | |
Labour | John Train | 543 | 31.8 | +10.9 | |
English Democrat | Bob Shaw | 174 | 10.2 | -4.8 | |
UKIP | Jacob Campbell | 144 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
Independent | Jim McGookin | 93 | 5.4 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 210 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | June Cully | 1090 | 38.0 | +10.3 | |
Conservative | Brian Taylor | 682 | 30.2 | -2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Simpson | 325 | 14.4 | -4.1 | |
UKIP | Chris Harris | 95 | 4.2 | -3.1 | |
English Democrat | Fungus Adams | 64 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Majority | 408 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Labour hold | Swing |
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