Gosport local elections
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Half of Gosport Council in Hampshire, England is elected every two years. Until 2002 the council was elected by thirds.
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[edit] Political control
| Party in control | Years |
|---|---|
| Labour | 1973 - 1976 |
| Conservative | 1976 - 1990 |
| No overall control | 1990 - 1991 |
| Liberal Democrats | 1991 - 1997 |
| No overall control | 1997 - 2004 |
| Conservative | 2004 - 2006 |
| No overall control | 2006 - present |
[edit] Council elections
Gosport Council election, 1998
Gosport Council election, 1999
Gosport Council election, 2000
Gosport Council election, 2002 (whole council elected after boundary changes)[1]
Gosport Council election, 2004
Gosport Council election, 2006
Gosport Council election, 2008
[edit] By-election results
| Rowner By-Election 19 September 1996 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 908 | 51.1 | |||
| Conservative | 620 | 34.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 249 | 14.0 | |||
| Majority | 288 | 16.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,777 | 29.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Rowner By-Election 8 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 931 | 48.9 | |||
| Conservative | 763 | 40.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrat | 210 | 11.0 | |||
| Majority | 168 | 8.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,904 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Brockhurst By-Election 30 October 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | 427 | 36.1 | +7.8 | ||
| Independent Liberal Democrat | 423 | 35.8 | +35.8 | ||
| Conservative | 221 | 18.7 | -2.6 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 111 | 9.4 | -41.0 | ||
| Majority | 4 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,182 | ||||
| Labour gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Leesland By-Election 29 October 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | 797 | 57.2 | +22.2 | ||
| Conservative | 402 | 28.9 | -6.4 | ||
| Labour | 194 | 13.9 | -2.5 | ||
| Majority | 395 | 28.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,393 | 25.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
| Alverstoke By-Election 12 September 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 907 | 65.6 | -3.0 | ||
| Labour | 412 | 29.8 | +21.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 63 | 4.5 | -18.2 | ||
| Majority | 495 | 35.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,382 | 39.6 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Privett By-Election 21 August 2003 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Colin Jacobs | 603 | 48.4 | +7.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Austin Hicks | 485 | 38.9 | -7.8 | |
| Labour | Gayle Batterbury | 158 | 12.7 | +0.0 | |
| Majority | 118 | 9.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,246 | 38.0 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat | Swing | ||||
| Town By-Election 2 August 2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Diane Searle | 480 | 41.7 | -19.8 | |
| Conservative | Adam Burns | 320 | 27.8 | +0.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Heather Carr | 200 | 17.4 | +5.8 | |
| Independent | Brian Hart | 71 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
| English Democrats | Robert Shaw | 50 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
| Green | Jane Staffieri | 31 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Majority | 160 | 13.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,152 | 32.5 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
- ^ Gosport. BBC Online. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
