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.
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.
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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 2002 Gosport Borough Council Election 2000 Gosport Borough Council election 2 May 2002 2004 All 35 seats to Gosport Borough Council18 seats needed for a majority First party Second party Third party Party Labour Liberal Democrats ConservativeSeats won 12 12 10Popular vote 6 456 5 323 7 830Percentage 32 8 27 1 39 8Council control before electionNo Overall Control Council control after election No Overall ControlAfter the election the composition of the council was Labour 12 Liberal Democrat 12 Conservative 10Contents 1 Election result 2 Ward results 2 1 Alverstoke 2 2 Anglesey 2 3 Bridgemary North 2 4 Bridgemary South 2 5 Brockhurst 2 6 Christchurch 2 7 Elson 2 8 Forton 2 9 Grange 2 10 Hardway 2 11 Lee East 2 12 Lee West 2 13 Leesland 2 14 Peel Common 2 15 Privett 2 16 Rowner and Holbrook 2 17 Town 3 ReferencesElection result EditThe table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward This is known as thetop 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 63Ward results EditAlverstoke Edit Alverstoke 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Peter Edgar 1 010 67 42Conservative Geoffrey Bartlett 982Liberal Democrats Josephine Jackson 350 23 64Liberal Democrats Graham Payne 311Labour Christine Searle 138 9 21Labour Jill Whitcher 114Majority 660 44 05Conservative win new seat Conservative win new seat Anglesey Edit Anglesey 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Aleck Hayward 692 48 73Conservative Mark Hook 626Liberal Democrats Tessa Bloodworth 620 23 66Liberal Democrats Austin Hicks 562Labour Jennifer Hall 108 7 60Labour John Madgwick 85Majority 72 5 07Conservative win new seat Conservative win new seat Bridgemary North Edit Bridgemary North 2 Party Candidate Votes Labour Shaun Cully 814 76 28Labour Marilyn Angus 795Conservative Joanne Watts 253 23 71Conservative Hugh Landels 235Majority 561 52 57Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Bridgemary South Edit Bridgemary South 2 Party Candidate Votes Labour Dennis Wright 767 71 21Labour Jill Wright 754Conservative Henry Butchart 310 28 78Conservative Karen Millinder 298Majority 457 42 43Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Brockhurst Edit Brockhurst 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Julia Salter 490 43 78Liberal Democrats Michael Russell 473Conservative Josephine King 323 28 86Conservative Ivor Foster 314Labour Graham Batterbury 306 27 34Labour Robert Salter 291Majority 167 14 92Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Christchurch Edit Christchurch 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Jackie Carr 499 40 17Liberal Democrats Derek Francis 476Labour Philip Smith 411 33 09Labour Alan Durant 365Conservative Richard Dickson 332 26 73Conservative Phillip Clinton 314Majority 88 7 08Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Elson Edit Elson 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Keith Edwards 616 54 41Liberal Democrats Laura Elshaw 594Conservative Bruce Rigg 385 34 01Conservative Karen Philpott 354Labour Elizabeth Bull 131 11 57Labour Simon Bull 127Majority 231 7 08Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Forton Edit Forton 2 Party Candidate Votes Labour Kenneth Searle 488 46 47Labour Keith Farr 480Liberal Democrats Amanda Seal 384 36 57Liberal Democrats Dale Low 316Conservative Gaynor Holmes 178 16 95Conservative David Craker 173Majority 104 9 90Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Grange Edit Grange 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Alexander Bone 373 55 34Liberal Democrats Monique Gravell 344Labour Nathaniel Gould 209 31 00Labour Martyn Davis 201Conservative Carl Downing 92 13 64Conservative Stephen Ward 87Majority 373 55 34Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Hardway Edit Hardway 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Roger Allen 529 51 11Conservative Peter Langdon 500Labour Brian Leishman 295 28 50Labour Diane Searle 294Liberal Democrats Patricia Anderson 148 14 29Liberal Democrats Michael Salter 123UKIP John Bowles 63 6 08Majority 234 22 60Conservative win new seat Conservative win new seat Lee East Edit Lee East 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Derek Kimber 602 70 00Conservative Howard Burgess 584Liberal Democrats David Fisher 155 18 02Liberal Democrats David Robson 145Labour Sharon Boyd 103 11 97Labour Peter Bell 101Majority 447 51 97Conservative win new seat Conservative win new seat Lee West Edit Lee West 2 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Christopher Carter 1 233 77 69Conservative Brian Taylor 1 064Labour William Methven 354 22 93Labour Michael Madgwick 272Majority 55 38 879Conservative win new seat Conservative win new seat Leesland Edit Leesland 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Peter Chegwyn 548 51 31Liberal Democrats David Smith 507Conservative Maureen Clarke 264 24 71Labour Thomas Cheetham 256 23 97Conservative Robert Perris 247Labour Paul Wilson Suffield 211Majority 26 59 26 59Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Peel Common Edit Peel Common 2 Party Candidate Votes Labour Iris Binfield 738 57 79Labour Peter Russell 665Conservative Stephen Philpott 539 42 20Conservative Michael Geddes 506Majority 199 15 58Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Privett Edit Privett 2 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Democrats Keith Gill 627 46 68Liberal Democrats Michael Friend 603Conservative Peter Gibson 546 40 65Conservative Denis King 524Labour James Fox 170 12 65Labour Dennis Gough 169Majority 81 6 03Liberal Democrats win new seat Liberal Democrats win new seat Rowner and Holbrook Edit Rowner and Holbrook 2 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jean Batterbury 401 42 03Labour John Train 387Liberal Democrats Michael Fletcher 372 38 99Liberal Democrats Stephen Cooke 344Conservative Nigel Gravells 181 18 97Conservative Colin Jacobs 163Majority 29 3 03Labour win new seat Labour win new seat Town Edit Town 2 Party Candidate Votes Labour June Cully 767 60 44Labour Neil Redrup 687Conservative John Didymus 361 30 02Conservative Michael Philpott 346Liberal Democrats Christina Allaway 141 11 11Liberal Democrats Simon Seal 114Majority 406 31 99Labour win new seat Labour win new seat References Edit2002 Gosport election result Ward results Gosport Tories slide from first to third place permanent dead link Preceded by2000 Gosport Council election Gosport local elections Succeeded by2004 Gosport Council election Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 Gosport Borough Council election amp oldid 1144014310, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
