2002 Gosport Borough Council election

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.

2002 Gosport Borough Council Election
2 May 2002
All 35 seats to Gosport Borough Council
18 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative
Seats won 12 12 10
Popular vote 6,456 5,323 7,830
Percentage 32.8 27.1 39.8
Council control before election

No Overall Control

 Council control after election

No Overall Control

After the election, the composition of the council was

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.

Gosport Local Election Result 2002
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
Alverstoke (2)
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
Anglesey (2)
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
Bridgemary North (2)
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
Bridgemary South (2)
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
Brockhurst (2)
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
Christchurch (2)
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
Elson (2)
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
Forton (2)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
Grange (2)
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
Hardway (2)
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
Lee East (2)
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
Lee West (2)
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
Leesland (2)
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
Peel Common (2)
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
Privett (2)
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
Rowner and Holbrook (2)
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
Town (2)
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
Preceded by
2000 Gosport Council election		 Gosport local elections Succeeded by
2004 Gosport Council election
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