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2024 Gosport Borough Council election

2024 Gosport Borough Council election
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15 out of 28 seats to Gosport Borough Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Leader Peter Chegwyn Graham Burgess June Cully
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Seats before 16 10[a] 2
Seats after 15 11[b] 2
Results by ward, including by-election in Lee West
Leader before election

Peter Chegwyn
Liberal Democrats

Leader after election

Peter Chegwyn
Liberal Democrats

The 2024 Gosport Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. There were 15 seats up for election, being the usual half of the 28 members of Gosport Borough Council in Hampshire, plus a vacancy in Lee West ward.[1]

The council remained under Liberal Democrat majority control.[2]

Background

Gosport has historically been controlled by all 3 major parties. Labour controlled the council from its creation to 1976, when the Conservatives won a majority.[3] This lasted until 1990 when the council fell into no overall control, before being gained by the Liberal Democrats in 1991.[3] At the 1998 election, the council again fell into no overall control, and was gained by the Conservatives in 2010.[4]

The 2022 election was to elect all seats following boundary changes. In that election, the Liberal Democrats won a majority, with 16 seats and a 40.9% vote share. The Conservatives won 10 with 42.8%, and Labour won 2 with 11.7%. The 2024 election is for seats held by the candidate who were returned in 2022 with the second-highest number of votes.[5]

Previous council composition

After 2022 election Before 2024 election[6] After 2024 election Current[7]
Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats Party Seats
Liberal Democrats 16 Liberal Democrats 16 Liberal Democrats 15 Liberal Democrats 15
Conservative 10 Conservative 9 Conservative 10 Conservative 10
Labour 2 Labour 2 Labour 2 Labour 3

Changes 2022–2024:

  • March 2024: John Beavis (Conservative) resigns; seat left vacant until 2024 election[1]
  • April 2024: Maggie Morgan (Conservative) dies; seat left vacant at time of May 2024 elections, with by-election subsequently arranged for 4 July 2024.[8]
  • July 2024: Jonathan Brown (Labour) wins Grange and Alver Valley seat in July 2024 by-election[9]

Results

Gosport Borough Council Election Result 2024
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Liberal Democrats 7
  Conservative 5
  Labour 1
  Green 0
  Heritage 0
  Independent 0
  Reform UK 0

Ward results

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Alverstoke

Alverstoke[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Zoe Huggins* 1,010 50.8 +9.6
Liberal Democrats Adele Earle 763 38.3 −0.7
Labour Jonathan Eaton 217 10.9 +2.1
Turnout 1,990
Conservative hold Swing

Anglesey

Anglesey[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Alan Scard* 894 59.8 +3.8
Liberal Democrats Deborah Sherman 335 22.4 −6.3
Labour Linda Hall 154 10.3 −6.7
Green James Kirkham 113 7.6 N/A
Turnout 1,496
Conservative hold Swing

Bridgemary

Bridgemary[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Bob Maynard* 570 48.5 −2.5
Conservative Kath Jones 450 38.3 +4.3
Labour Margaret Williams 156 13.3 +2.6
Turnout 1,176
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Brockhurst and Privett

Brockhurst and Privett[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Thomas Finn 522 45.8 −6.0
Conservative Robbie Beech 362 31.8 ±0.0
Labour Rick Bolger 155 13.6 +2.0
Green Jane Staffieri 100 8.8 N/A
Turnout 1,139
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Elson

Elson[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Richard Earle* 682 54.2 −2.2
Conservative Alan Neville 300 23.8 +1.3
Labour Jess Cully 137 10.9 +0.8
Heritage Lisa Englefield 79 6.3 N/A
Green Kathryn Kelly 60 4.8 −2.9
Turnout 1,258
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Forton

Forton[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Peter Chegwyn* 521 47.9 −10.0
Conservative Simon Bellord 240 22.1 −3.5
Reform UK Paddy Bergin 163 15.0 N/A
Labour Tynan Bryant 163 15.0 −3.1
Turnout 1,087
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Grange and Alver Valley

Grange and Alver Valley[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Tony Jessop* 332 38.6 −0.6
Labour Jonathan Brown 321 37.3 −0.2
Liberal Democrats Clive Foster-Reed 207 24.1 −7.4
Turnout 860
Conservative hold Swing

Harbourside and Town

Harbourside and Town[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alan Durrant* 465 40.6 −7.6
Conservative Lesley Meenaghan 435 38.0 +1.5
Independent Mike Critchley 107 9.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Mike Ewin 96 8.4 −4.4
Green Ken Hawkins 43 3.8 N/A
Turnout 1,146
Labour hold Swing

Hardway

Hardway[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Cox* 626 45.3 −8.3
Conservative Diane Furlong 527 38.2 +3.9
Labour Simon Davis 158 11.4 +2.2
Green Tony Sudworth 70 5.1 N/A
Turnout 1,381
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lee East

Lee East[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Bradley* 760 47.1 −4.2
Conservative Angela Batten 726 45.0 +7.2
Labour Chris Percival 129 8.0 −3.1
Turnout 1,615
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Lee West

Lee West (2)[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Dan Hayes 1,018 74.9 +5.5
Conservative Stevyn Ricketts 954 70.1 +7.1
Liberal Democrats Lizzie Maynard-Seal 381 28.0 N/A
Labour Anne Cruddas 367 27.0 +4.2
Turnout 1,360
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Leesland and Newtown

Leesland and Newtown[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julie Westerby* 749 50.1 −4.9
Conservative Peceli Uluiviti 406 27.2 +1.4
Labour Hilary Percival 236 15.8 +3.3
Green Miles Plested 103 6.9 −3.6
Turnout 1,494
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Peel Common

Peel Common[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Supriya Namdeo 626 48.4 +10.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Marshall 525 40.6 −11.8
Labour Daniel Stratton 142 11.0 −6.4
Turnout 1,293
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Rowner and Holbrook

Rowner and Holbrook[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Murray Johnston* 490 47.9 ±0.0
Conservative Gary Walker 364 35.6 −2.0
Labour Claire Percival 169 16.5 +5.1
Turnout 1,023
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Including two vacant seats last held by the Conservatives.
  2. ^ Including one vacant seat last held by the Conservatives.
  1. ^ a b Boothroyd, David. "In like Flintshire". LocalCouncils.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  2. ^ Brown, Kelly (3 May 2024). "Gosport Borough Council: Full election results for 2024 as the Conservatives buck a national trend". The News. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Gosport Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Gosport - Vote 2010". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  5. ^ "The Gosport (Electoral Changes) Order 2022", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2022/129, retrieved 4 April 2024
  6. ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Gosport Borough Council. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Grange and Alver Valley by-election results". 6 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  8. ^ Davey, Matt (1 June 2024). "By-election announced in Gosport after death of councillor". Daily Echo. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Grange and Alver Valley by-election results". 6 July 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Gosport Borough Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
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