2002 Gosport Borough Council election

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

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.

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

• 2002 Gosport election result
• Ward results
• Gosport: Tories slide from first to third place

Preceded by 2000 Gosport Council election

Gosport local elections

Succeeded by 2004 Gosport Council election