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

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