2016 Gosport Borough Council election

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2016 Gosport Borough Council Election
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  2014 5 May 2016 2018  

17 of 34 seats to Gosport Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour
Seats before2166
Seats won1052
Seats after1995
Seat changeDecrease2.svg2Increase2.svg3Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote10,3593,1934,826
Percentage52.916.324.6

Gosport UK local election 2016 map.svg

Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2016 Gosport Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Gosport Borough Council in England. [1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Liberal Democrats gained two seats from the Conservatives and one from Labour, but the Conservatives remained in an overall majority.

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After the election the composition of the council was:

Ward Results

Alverstoke

Anglesey

Anglesey
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Philip Raffaelli 922 74.6 Decrease2.svg7.2
Labour David Waite31425.4Increase2.svg7.2
Majority60841.2Decrease2.svg14.4
Conservative hold Swing

Bridgemary North

Bridgemary South

Brockhurst

Brockhurst
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Hylands 639 56.7 Increase2.svg21.6
Conservative Gary Walker31227.7Increase2.svg3.0
Labour James Fox1079.5Increase2.svg0.1
Green Jane Staffieri686.0Increase2.svg6.0
Majority32729.0Increase2.svg18.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Christchurch

Elson

Forton

Grange

Hardway

Lee East

Lee West

Leesland

Peel Common

Privett

Rowner and Holbrook

Town

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