2024 Gosport Borough Council election

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2024 Gosport Borough Council election
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15 out of 28 seats to Gosport Borough Council
15 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
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LeaderPeter ChegwynGraham BurgessJune Cully
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Seats before1610 [lower-alpha 1] 2
Seats after1511 [lower-alpha 2] 2
Leader before election

Peter Chegwyn
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Peter Chegwyn
Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Gosport Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. There were 15 seats up for election, being the usual half of the 28 members of Gosport Borough Council in Hampshire, plus a vacancy in Lee West ward. [1]

Contents

The council remained under Liberal Democrat majority control. [2]

Background

Gosport has historically been controlled by all 3 major parties. Labour controlled the council from its creation to 1976, when the Conservatives won a majority. [3] This lasted until 1990 when the council fell into no overall control, before being gained by the Liberal Democrats in 1991. [3] At the 1998 election, the council again fell into no overall control, and was gained by the Conservatives in 2010. [4]

The 2022 election was to elect all seats following boundary changes. In that election, the Liberal Democrats won a majority, with 16 seats and a 40.9% vote share. The Conservatives won 10 with 42.8%, and Labour won 2 with 11.7%. The 2024 election is for seats held by the candidate who were returned in 2022 with the second-highest number of votes. [5]

Previous council composition

After 2022 election Before 2024 election [6] After 2024 electionCurrent [7]
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Liberal Democrats 16 Liberal Democrats 16 Liberal Democrats 15 Liberal Democrats 15
Conservative 10 Conservative 9 Conservative 10 Conservative 10
Labour 2 Labour 2 Labour 2 Labour 3

Changes 2022–2024:

Results

Gosport Borough Council Election Result 2024
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 7
  Conservative 5
  Labour 1
  Green 0
  Heritage 0
  Independent 0
  Reform UK 0

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Alverstoke

Alverstoke [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Zoe Huggins* 1,010 50.8 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Adele Earle76338.3−0.7
Labour Jonathan Eaton21710.9+2.1
Turnout 1,990
Conservative hold Swing

Anglesey

Anglesey [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alan Scard* 894 59.8 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Deborah Sherman33522.4−6.3
Labour Linda Hall15410.3−6.7
Green James Kirkham1137.6N/A
Turnout 1,496
Conservative hold Swing

Bridgemary

Bridgemary [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Bob Maynard* 570 48.5 −2.5
Conservative Kath Jones45038.3+4.3
Labour Margaret Williams15613.3+2.6
Turnout 1,176
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brockhurst and Privett

Brockhurst and Privett [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Finn 522 45.8 −6.0
Conservative Robbie Beech36231.8±0.0
Labour Rick Bolger15513.6+2.0
Green Jane Staffieri1008.8N/A
Turnout 1,139
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Elson

Elson [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Earle* 682 54.2 −2.2
Conservative Alan Neville30023.8+1.3
Labour Jess Cully13710.9+0.8
Heritage Lisa Englefield796.3N/A
Green Kathryn Kelly604.8−2.9
Turnout 1,258
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Forton

Forton [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Chegwyn* 521 47.9 −10.0
Conservative Simon Bellord24022.1−3.5
Reform UK Paddy Bergin16315.0N/A
Labour Tynan Bryant16315.0−3.1
Turnout 1,087
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Grange and Alver Valley

Grange and Alver Valley [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Tony Jessop* 332 38.6 −0.6
Labour Jonathan Brown32137.3−0.2
Liberal Democrats Clive Foster-Reed20724.1−7.4
Turnout 860
Conservative hold Swing

Harbourside and Town

Harbourside and Town [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alan Durrant* 465 40.6 −7.6
Conservative Lesley Meenaghan43538.0+1.5
Independent Mike Critchley1079.3N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Ewin968.4−4.4
Green Ken Hawkins433.8N/A
Turnout 1,146
Labour hold Swing

Hardway

Hardway [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Cox* 626 45.3 −8.3
Conservative Diane Furlong52738.2+3.9
Labour Simon Davis15811.4+2.2
Green Tony Sudworth705.1N/A
Turnout 1,381
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lee East

Lee East [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Bradley* 760 47.1 −4.2
Conservative Angela Batten72645.0+7.2
Labour Chris Percival1298.0−3.1
Turnout 1,615
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lee West

Lee West (2) [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Dan Hayes 1,018 55.4 −13.9
Conservative Stevyn Ricketts 954 51.9 −11.1
Liberal Democrats Lizzie Maynard-Seal38120.7N/A
Labour Anne Cruddas36720.0−2.8
Turnout 1,843
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Leesland and Newtown

Leesland and Newtown [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Julie Westerby* 749 50.1 −4.9
Conservative Peceli Uluiviti40627.2+1.4
Labour Hilary Percival23615.8+3.3
Green Miles Plested1036.9−3.6
Turnout 1,494
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Peel Common

Peel Common [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Supriya Namdeo 626 48.4 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Marshall52540.6−11.8
Labour Daniel Stratton14211.0−6.4
Turnout 1,293
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Rowner and Holbrook

Rowner and Holbrook [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Murray Johnston* 490 47.9 ±0.0
Conservative Gary Walker36435.6−2.0
Labour Claire Percival16916.5+5.1
Turnout 1,023
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Including two vacant seats last held by the Conservatives.
  2. ↑ Including one vacant seat last held by the Conservatives.
  1. 1 2 Boothroyd, David. "In like Flintshire". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Brown, Kelly (3 May 2024). "Gosport Borough Council: Full election results for 2024 as the Conservatives buck a national trend". The News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Gosport Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  4. ↑ "Gosport - Vote 2010". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "The Gosport (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk , The National Archives, SI 2022/129, retrieved 4 April 2024
  6. ↑ "Your Councillors by Party". Gosport Borough Council. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Grange and Alver Valley by-election results". 6 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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  9. ↑ "Grange and Alver Valley by-election results". 6 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Gosport Borough Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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