2018 Gosport Borough Council election

2018 Gosport Borough Council Election

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17 of 34 seats to Gosport Borough Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Seats before 9 19 4 Seats won 9 8 1 Seats after 14 18 2 Seat change 4 1 2 Popular vote 4,710 10,673 4,608 Percentage 22.9 51.8 22.4
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

The 2018 Gosport Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Gosport Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Liberal Democrats gain four seats: two from Labour, and one each from the Conservatives and UKIP. This reduced the Conservative Majority to one, remaining in control of the council, whilst UKIP lost their sole seat, in the Rowner and Holbrook ward.

Voter ID trial[]

Gosport was one of five boroughs in England operating a 'voter ID' trial, whereby voters had to bring a form of identification with them in order to vote.^[2] There was some criticism of the pilot by local politicians ahead of the vote,^[3] and in the event 44 people were unable to vote as a result of the trial.^[4] The Electoral Commission concluded from the study that 'our findings suggest that the 2018 local elections in Gosport were not significantly affected by the voter ID pilot in either its impact on voters or on the administration of the poll. However, it is important to be cautious when drawing conclusions from this pilot about the impact of any wider application of voter ID.'^[5]

Results[]

Gosport Borough 2018^[6]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	8	1	2	1	44.4	51.8	10,673	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	9	4	0	4	50.0	22.9	4,710	6.6
	Labour	1	0	2	2	5.6	22.4	4,608	2.2
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	2.3	477	0.3
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	77
	UKIP	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.3	63	2.9

Ward Results[]

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Alverstoke[]

Alverstoke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Casey	1,145	78.8	3.5
	Labour	Jonathan Eaton	308	21.2	3.5
Majority			837	57.6	7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anglesey[]

Anglesey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Scard	1,011	71.3	3.3
	Labour	Paul Noakes	327	28.7	3.3
Majority			684	42.6	6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgemary North[]

Bridgemary North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Pepper	574	53.1	53.1
	Conservative	Peter Batty	278	25.7	2.3
	Labour	Alan Durrant	228	21.1	50.9
Majority			296	27.4	16.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Bridgemary South[]

Bridgemary South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Batty	445	43.2	10.3
	Labour	James Fox	300	29.2	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Marshall	284	27.6	27.6
Majority			145	14.0	7.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brockhurst[]

Brockhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Austin Hicks	452	41.2	15.5
	Conservative	Simon Bellord	381	34.8	7.1
	Labour	Stephanie Brazier	144	13.1	3.6
	UKIP	David Foster	63	5.7	5.7
	Green	Jane Staffieri	56	5.1	0.9
Majority			72	6.4	22.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Christchurch[]

Christchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Westerby	575	45.5	1.5
	Conservative	Wayne Ronayne	403	31.9	4.4
	Labour	Chris Percival	285	22.6	5.9
Majority			172	13.6	2.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Elson[]

Elson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ballard	703	61.5	6.7
	Conservative	Craig Hazel	304	26.6	8.1
	Independent	Alan Neville	77	6.7	6.7
	Labour	Emma Smith	59	5.2	5.3
Majority			399	34.9	14.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Forton[]

Forton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Foster-Reed	411	46.4	12.4
	Conservative	Gary Walker	254	28.7	9.7
	Labour	Daniel Smith	180	20.3	0.8
	Green	Monica Cassidy	40	4.5	4.5
Majority			157	17.7	3.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange[]

Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Jessop	485	62.5	22.4
	Labour	Hetty Ollivant	198	25.5	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Pyle	93	12.0	7.3
Majority			287	37.0	21.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hardway[]

Hardway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Hutchison	718	52.0	24.9
	Conservative	Roger Allen	522	37.8	18.2
	Labour	Mark Smith	142	10.3	6.6
Majority			196	14.2	14.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Lee East[]

Lee East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Piers Bateman	1,133	71.9	0.1
	Labour	Caroline Osborne	443	28.1	9.7
Majority			690	43.8	9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee West[]

Lee West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Carter	1,447	80.8	3.4
	Labour	Jill Whitcher	344	19.2	7.4
Majority			1,103	61.6	4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leesland[]

Leesland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chegwyn	544	46.1	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Herridge	439	37.2	5.3
	Conservative	Rebecca Stares	370	31.4	1.6
	Conservative	Natasha Hook	336	28.5	4.5
	Green	Sam Pollard	222	18.8	6.8
	Labour	Alison Mandrill	151	12.8	0.3
	Labour	Charis Noakes	119	10.1	2.4
	Green	David Sekules	106	9.0	3.0
Majority			69	5.8	3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Peel Common[]

Peel Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Hook	883	74.7	3.4
	Labour	Martyn Davis	299	25.3	3.4
Majority			584	49.4	6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Privett[]

Privett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Blackman	752	63.4	7.4
	Labour	Annelies James	276	23.3	5.9
	Green	Russell Thomas	159	13.4	13.4
Majority			476	40.1	1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rowner and Holbrook[]

Rowner and Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Murray Johnston	356	43.7	43.7
	Conservative	Patrick Bergin	349	42.8	6.0
	Labour	Tim Ryan	110	13.5	8.2
Majority			7	0.9	18.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing

Town[]

Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Cully	814	61.4	10.6
	Conservative	Lesley Meenaghan	511	38.6	2.1
Majority			303	22.8	8.6
	Labour hold		Swing

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