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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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. Liberal Democrat 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
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
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
Bridgemary North by-election, 30 November 2017 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hammond, Stephen Geoffrey64458%
Labour Fox, James Llewellyn25523%
Conservative Dickson, Richard James21219%
Turnout 1,11132%
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing
Brockhurst By-Election 30 May 2019 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Siobhan Mitchell48852 ???
Conservative Pecs Uluiviti21423 ???
Union & Sovereignty Simion James Bellford16517+17
Labour Kristy Anne Smillie808 ???
Majority40.3
Turnout 94726
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ The Borough of Gosport (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
  2. ↑ "Gosport". BBC Online . Retrieved 10 May 2008.
  3. ↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of Gosport (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Labour regains ground in local contests". guardian.co.uk . London. 13 September 2002. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Tories buck losing trend". guardian.co.uk . London. 22 August 2003. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  6. ↑ "Labour retains power in Gosport". The Portsmouth Evening News. 2 August 2007.
  7. ↑ "Lib Dems hold on to seats in Gosport by-election". The News . 10 July 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Election results for Bridgemary North". ww.gosport.gov.uk. Gosport Borough Council . Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  9. ↑ "Election results for Brockhurst, 30 May 2019". democracy.gosport.gov.uk. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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