Gosport Borough Council elections

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Half of Gosport Borough Council in Hampshire, England is elected every two years. Until 2002 the council was elected by thirds.

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Council elections

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By-election results

1994-1998

Rowner By-Election 19 September 1996
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 90851.1
Conservative 62034.9
Liberal Democrats 24914.0
Majority28816.2
Turnout 1,77729.1
Labour hold Swing
Rowner By-Election 8 May 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 93148.9
Conservative 76340.1
Liberal Democrats 21011.0
Majority1688.8
Turnout 1,904
Labour hold Swing
Brockhurst By-Election 30 October 1997
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour 42736.1+7.8
Ind. Lib Dem 42335.8+35.8
Conservative 22118.7-2.6
Liberal Democrats 1119.4-41.0
Majority40.3
Turnout 1,182
Labour gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

1998-2002

Leesland By-Election 29 October 1998
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats 79757.2+22.2
Conservative 40228.9-6.4
Labour 19413.9-2.5
Majority39528.3
Turnout 1,39325.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Alverstoke By-Election 12 September 2002 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative 90765.6-3.0
Labour 41229.8+21.1
Liberal Democrats 634.5-18.2
Majority49535.8
Turnout 1,38239.6
Conservative hold Swing
Privett By-Election 21 August 2003 [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Colin Jacobs60348.4+7.7
Liberal Democrats Austin Hicks48538.9-7.8
Labour Gayle Batterbury15812.7+0.0
Majority1189.5
Turnout 1,24638.0
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

2002-2006

Town By-Election 2 August 2007 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Diane Searle48041.7-19.8
Conservative Adam Burns32027.8+0.9
Liberal Democrats Heather Carr20017.4+5.8
Independent Brian Hart716.2+6.2
English Democrat Robert Shaw504.3+4.3
Green Jane Staffieri312.7+2.7
Majority16013.9
Turnout 1,15232.5
Labour hold Swing
Brockhurst By-Election 9 July 2009 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Hylands562
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Mitchell-Smith523
Conservative Justin Henshaw364
Conservative Brian Taylor339
Green Claire Smith131
Labour Joe O'Gorman60
Labour Michael O'Gorman56
Turnout 2,03528.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

2014-2018

Bridgemary North By-Election 30 November 2017 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hammond64458.0+58.0
Labour James Fox25523.0-49.0
Conservative Richard Dickson21219.1-8.9
Majority38935.0
Turnout 1,111
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing

2018-2022

Brockhurst By-Election 30 May 2019 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Mitchell48851.5+10.3
Conservative Pecs Uluiviti21422.6-12.2
Union & Sovereignty Simion James Bellford16517.4+17.4
Labour Kristy Anne Smillie808.4-4.7
Majority27428.9
Turnout 947
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

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