Gosport Council election, 2000

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Elections to Gosport Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

[edit] Election result

Gosport Local Election Result 2000
Party Seats Gains Losses Net Gain/Loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/-
  Conservative 6 +3 60.0 50.6 8,368
  Labour 3 0 30.0 28.2 4,658
  Liberal Democrat 1 -1 10.0 21.2 3,503
  Others 0 -2 0 0 0

[edit] Ward results

Alverstoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Gibson 786 52.9
Liberal Democrat Alexander Bone 568 38.2
Labour Brian Forhead 131 8.8
Majority 218 14.7
Turnout 1,485
Anglesey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aleck Hayward 1,315 68.3
Liberal Democrat Clive Pearce 476 24.7
Labour Charis Jeffrey 135 7.0
Majority 839 43.6
Turnout 1,926
Conservative hold Swing
Bridgemary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marilyn Angus 854 69.3
Conservative Joanne Watts 379 30.7
Majority 475 38.6
Turnout 1,233
Labour hold Swing
Brockhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Batterbury 648 44.1
Liberal Democrat Peter Chegwyn 491 33.4
Conservative John Burrowa 331 22.5
Majority 157 10.7
Turnout 1,470
Elson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bruce Rigg 711 48.1
Liberal Democrat David Smith 545 36.8
Labour Brian Leishman 223 15.1
Majority 166 11.3
Turnout 1,479
Hardway and Forton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Allen 634 42.8
Labour Kenneth Searle 601 40.5
Liberal Democrat Dale Low 248 16.7
Majority 33 2.3
Turnout 1,483
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Lee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Kimber 1,721 77.7
Liberal Democrat David Fisher 292 13.2
Labour Paul Wilson-Schofield 201 9.1
Majority 1,429 64.5
Turnout 2,214
Conservative hold Swing
Leesland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrat Julia Salter 756 50.1
Conservative Stephen Ward 622 41.2
Labour David Waite 132 8.7
Majority 134 8.9
Turnout 1,510
Liberal Democrat hold Swing
Rowner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Philpott 1,018 57.3
Labour Alan Durrant 760 42.7
Majority 258 14.6
Turnout 1,778
Conservative hold Swing
Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Cully 973 49.9
Conservative Richard Dickson 851 43.6
Liberal Democrat Amanda Seal 127 6.5
Majority 122 6.3
Turnout 1,951
Labour hold Swing

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Preceded by
Gosport Council election 1999		 Gosport local elections Succeeded by
Gosport Council election 2002