2002 Gosport Borough Council election
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Elections to Gosport Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 4. The council stayed under no overall control.
After the election, the composition of the council was
- Labour 12
- Liberal Democrat 12
- Conservative 10
Election result[]
The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 12 | 0 | 35.3 | 32.8 | 6456 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | 12 | +7 | 35.3 | 27.1 | 5,323 | ||||
Conservative | 10 | -3 | 29.4 | 39.8 | 7,830 | ||||
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 63 |
Ward results[]
Alverstoke[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Peter Edgar | 1,010 | 67.42 | ||
Conservative | Geoffrey Bartlett | 982 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Josephine Jackson | 350 | 23.64 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Payne | 311 | |||
Labour | Christine Searle | 138 | 9.21 | ||
Labour | Jill Whitcher | 114 | |||
Majority | 660 | 44.05 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Anglesey[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Aleck Hayward | 692 | 48.73 | ||
Conservative | Mark Hook | 626 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Tessa Bloodworth | 620 | 23.66 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Austin Hicks | 562 | |||
Labour | Jennifer Hall | 108 | 7.60 | ||
Labour | John Madgwick | 85 | |||
Majority | 72 | 5.07 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bridgemary North[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Shaun Cully | 814 | 76.28 | ||
Labour | Marilyn Angus | 795 | |||
Conservative | Joanne Watts | 253 | 23.71 | ||
Conservative | Hugh Landels | 235 | |||
Majority | 561 | 52.57 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bridgemary South[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Dennis Wright | 767 | 71.21 | ||
Labour | Jill Wright | 754 | |||
Conservative | Henry Butchart | 310 | 28.78 | ||
Conservative | Karen Millinder | 298 | |||
Majority | 457 | 42.43 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Brockhurst[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Julia Salter | 490 | 43.78 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Russell | 473 | |||
Conservative | Josephine King | 323 | 28.86 | ||
Conservative | Ivor Foster | 314 | |||
Labour | Graham Batterbury | 306 | 27.34 | ||
Labour | Robert Salter | 291 | |||
Majority | 167 | 14.92 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Christchurch[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Jackie Carr | 499 | 40.17 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Derek Francis | 476 | |||
Labour | Philip Smith | 411 | 33.09 | ||
Labour | Alan Durant | 365 | |||
Conservative | Richard Dickson | 332 | 26.73 | ||
Conservative | Phillip Clinton | 314 | |||
Majority | 88 | 7.08 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Elson[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Edwards | 616 | 54.41 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Laura Elshaw | 594 | |||
Conservative | Bruce Rigg | 385 | 34.01 | ||
Conservative | Karen Philpott | 354 | |||
Labour | Elizabeth Bull | 131 | 11.57 | ||
Labour | Simon Bull | 127 | |||
Majority | 231 | 7.08 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Forton[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Kenneth Searle | 488 | 46.47 | ||
Labour | Keith Farr | 480 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Amanda Seal | 384 | 36.57 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Dale Low | 316 | |||
Conservative | Gaynor Holmes | 178 | 16.95 | ||
Conservative | David Craker | 173 | |||
Majority | 104 | 9.90 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Grange[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Bone | 373 | 55.34 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Monique Gravell | 344 | |||
Labour | Nathaniel Gould | 209 | 31.00 | ||
Labour | Martyn Davis | 201 | |||
Conservative | Carl Downing | 92 | 13.64 | ||
Conservative | Stephen Ward | 87 | |||
Majority | 373 | 55.34 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Hardway[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Roger Allen | 529 | 51.11 | ||
Conservative | Peter Langdon | 500 | |||
Labour | Brian Leishman | 295 | 28.50 | ||
Labour | Diane Searle | 294 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Anderson | 148 | 14.29 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Salter | 123 | |||
UKIP | John Bowles | 63 | 6.08 | ||
Majority | 234 | 22.60 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Lee East[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Derek Kimber | 602 | 70.00 | ||
Conservative | Howard Burgess | 584 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Fisher | 155 | 18.02 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Robson | 145 | |||
Labour | Sharon Boyd | 103 | 11.97 | ||
Labour | Peter Bell | 101 | |||
Majority | 447 | 51.97 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Lee West[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Carter | 1,233 | 77.69 | ||
Conservative | Brian Taylor | 1,064 | |||
Labour | William Methven | 354 | 22.93 | ||
Labour | Michael Madgwick | 272 | |||
Majority | 55.38 | 879 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Leesland[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Peter Chegwyn | 548 | 51.31 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 507 | |||
Conservative | Maureen Clarke | 264 | 24.71 | ||
Labour | Thomas Cheetham | 256 | 23.97 | ||
Conservative | Robert Perris | 247 | |||
Labour | Paul Wilson-Suffield | 211 | |||
Majority | 26.59 | 26.59 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Peel Common[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Iris Binfield | 738 | 57.79 | ||
Labour | Peter Russell | 665 | |||
Conservative | Stephen Philpott | 539 | 42.20 | ||
Conservative | Michael Geddes | 506 | |||
Majority | 199 | 15.58 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Privett[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Keith Gill | 627 | 46.68 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Friend | 603 | |||
Conservative | Peter Gibson | 546 | 40.65 | ||
Conservative | Denis King | 524 | |||
Labour | James Fox | 170 | 12.65 | ||
Labour | Dennis Gough | 169 | |||
Majority | 81 | 6.03 | |||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) |
Rowner and Holbrook[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jean Batterbury | 401 | 42.03 | ||
Labour | John Train | 387 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Michael Fletcher | 372 | 38.99 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Cooke | 344 | |||
Conservative | Nigel Gravells | 181 | 18.97 | ||
Conservative | Colin Jacobs | 163 | |||
Majority | 29 | 3.03 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Town[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | June Cully | 767 | 60.44 | ||
Labour | Neil Redrup | 687 | |||
Conservative | John Didymus | 361 | 30.02 | ||
Conservative | Michael Philpott | 346 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Christina Allaway | 141 | 11.11 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Simon Seal | 114 | |||
Majority | 406 | 31.99 | |||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
References[]
- 2002 Gosport election result
- Ward results
- Gosport: Tories slide from first to third place[permanent dead link]
Preceded by 2000 Gosport Council election |
Gosport local elections | Succeeded by 2004 Gosport Council election |
Categories:
- Gosport Borough Council elections
- 2002 English local elections
- 2000s in Hampshire