Gosport Borough Council election, 2000

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

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

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

References

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