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

• Conservative 13
• Labour 11
• Liberal Democrat 6

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

• 2000 Gosport election result
• Ward results
• Mayor loses as poll tide turns blue