2010 Gosport Borough Council election

2010 Gosport Borough Council Election
17 of 35 seats to Gosport Borough Council; 18 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No Overall Control;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

Elections to Gosport Council in Hampshire, England were held on 6 May 2010.^[1]^[2] Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The Conservatives made six gains, including in some wards that they had lost in the previous election, despite having a reduced vote share. The Liberal Democrats and Labour Party lost 5 and 1 seats respectively, with Labour seeing a large increase of the total vote share.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

[1]

[2]

	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Votes %	Votes
Conservative	12	6	0	6	47.8	18,213
Liberal Democrats	3	0	5	5	25.6	9,768
Labour	2	0	1	1	20.1	7,648
UKIP	0	0	0		2.2	854
English Democrat	0	0	0		1.6	619
Independent	0	0	0		1.4	528
Green	0	0	0		1.2	452

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Edgar	1,576	63.5	−5.0
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Kelly	370	14.9	+2.9
	Labour	Graham Hewitt	339	9.9	+6.1
	UKIP	Judith Smith	136	5.5	−4.4
	Green	Linda Maclennan	60	7.6	+7.6
Majority			1206
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Scard	1,254	56.8	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats	Austin Hicks	764	34.6	−11.3
	Labour	Michael Madgwick	189	8.6	+3.6
Majority			490
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Dennis Wright	1002	47.4
	Conservative	John Whyte	733	34.6
	English Democrat	Tony Rowan	381	18.0
Majority			269
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Christopher Carter	1154	57.6
	Labour	Alan Durrant	848	42.4
Majority			306
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

2010 Gosport Borough Council election

Ward results

Alverstoke

Anglesey

Bridgemary North

Bridgemary South

Brockhurst

Christchurch

Elson

Forton

Grange

Hardway

Lee East

Lee West

Leesland

Peel Common

Privett

Rowner and Holbrook

Town

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Justin Henshaw	918	41.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Mude	850	38.8
	Labour	Michael O'Gorman	331	15.1
	Green	Jane Staffieri	92	4.2
Majority			68
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Ronayne	862	40.2	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	George Morby	777	36.3	−5.3
	Labour	John Hustler	312	14.6	+9.4
	UKIP	Catherine Andrews	191	8.9	+3.1
Majority			85
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ballard	1,049	45.5	−0.8
	Conservative	Stephen Green	907	39.3	−1.3
	Labour	Paul Noakes	205	8.9	+4.0
	UKIP	John Bridgewater	143	6.2	−2.0
Majority			142
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Foster-Reed	789	39.9	−1.1
	Conservative	Peter Greenwood	610	30.8	−5.4
	Labour	Keith Farr	580	29.3	+6.4
Majority			179
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Jessop	641	42.8	−11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Woods	594	39.6	+6.8
	Labour	James Fox	204	13.6	+3.6
	Green	Fiona Maclennan	60	4.0	+0.2
Majority			47
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Allen	1184	44.7	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Cyril Simpson	799	30.2	+30.2
	Labour	Stephen Williams	278	10.5	−1.5
	Green	Claire Smith	240	9.1	−22.00
	UKIP	Darren Fells	145	5.5	+0.7
Majority			385
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Kimber	1,853	71.7	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Keeley	766	25.3	+1.7
	Labour	Peter Bell	412	4.7	+8.9
Majority			1087
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Cater	1,849	64.9	−24.8
	Liberal Democrats	James Bailey	698	24.5	+24.5
	Labour	Jill Whitcher	302	10.6	+0.6
Majority			1151
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chegwyn	1016	48.2	−0.3
	Conservative	George McAleese	872	41.1	−3.2
	Labour	Charis Noakes	233	11.0	+3.5
Majority			144
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Hook	1,304	58.7	−9.4
	Labour	Paule Ripley	483	21.7	0
	Independent	John Bowles^{[note 1]}	435	10.1	'"`UNIQ−−ref−0000004E−QINU`"'
Majority			821
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rowner and Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Lane	753	44.1	+4.6
	Labour	John Train	543	31.8	+10.9
	English Democrat	Bob Shaw	174	10.2	−4.8
	UKIP	Jacob Campbell	144	8.4	+8.4
	Independent	Jim McGookin	93	5.4	+5.4
Majority			210
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Cully	1090	38.0	+10.3
	Conservative	Brian Taylor	682	30.2	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Simpson	325	14.4	−4.1
	UKIP	Chris Harris	95	4.2	−3.1
	English Democrat	Fungus Adams	64	2.8	+2.8
Majority			408
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Jacobs	1062	45.6	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Gill	971	41.7	−7.9
	Labour	Joan Bateman	297	12.7	+8.1
Majority			91
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

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