2022 Gosport Borough Council election

Elections to Gosport Borough Council took place on the 5th May 2022 as part of the 2022 United Kingdom local elections.[1]

2022 Gosport Borough Council election

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All 28 seats to Gosport Borough Council
15 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
  Blank Blank Blank
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Last election 14 seats, 23.8% 19 seats, 50.6% 1 seat, 21.9%
Seats won 16 10 2
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 9 Increase 1
Popular vote 15,993 16,716 4,586
Percentage 40.9% 42.8% 11.7%
Swing Increase 17.1% Decrease 8.1% Decrease 10.2%

Winner of each seat at the 2022 Gosport Borough Council election

Council control before election


Conservative

Council control after election


Liberal Democrats

The Liberal Democrats gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.[2]

Background

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The whole council was up for election following a boundary review.[3] This reduced the size the council from 34 to 28.

The seats up had previously been elected in 2018 and 2021. The elections in 2018, saw the Liberal Democrats gain four seats: two from Conservatives, and one each from the Labour and UKIP. The Conservatives however gained the sole UKIP seat, retaining their majority on the council. The other half of seats were elected in 2021, when the Conservatives gained one seat from Labour. This left the council with a Conservative majority of four.

Summary

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Election result

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2022 Gosport Borough Council election
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Liberal Democrats 16 N/A N/A   2 57.1 40.9 15,993 +17.1
  Conservative 10 N/A N/A   9 35.7 42.8 16,716 –8.1
  Labour 2 N/A N/A   1 7.1 11.7 4,586 –10.2
  Green 0 N/A N/A   0.0 4.1 1,621 +1.4
  Reform UK 0 N/A N/A   0.0 0.2 93 N/A
  Independent 0 N/A N/A   0.0 0.2 75 –0.2

Ward results

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Alverstoke

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Alverstoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Kevin Casey 950 41.8 N/A
Conservative Zoe Huggins 937 41.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Adele Earle 885 39.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats William Charlton 821 36.1 N/A
Green Sam Pollard 446 19.6 N/A
Labour Jonathan Eaton 201 8.8 N/A
Turnout 2,272
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Anglesey

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Anglesey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Philip Raffaelli 904 57.2 N/A
Conservative Alan Scard 886 56.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Alison Charlton 453 28.7 N/A
Liberal Democrats Robert Salter 306 19.4 N/A
Labour Aretha Green 268 17.0 N/A
Turnout 1,581
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Bridgemary

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Bridgemary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Hammond 874 62.0 N/A
Liberal Democrats Bob Maynard 719 51.0 N/A
Conservative Kathy Jones 480 34.0 N/A
Conservative Supriya Namdeo 403 28.6 N/A
Labour Martyn Davis 151 10.7 N/A
Turnout 1,410
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Brockhurst and Privett

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Brockhurst and Privett
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Robert Hylands 798 59.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Stephen Marshall 698 51.8 N/A
Conservative Sean Blackman 429 31.8 N/A
Conservative Linda Batty 383 28.4 N/A
Labour Alison Mandrill 156 11.6 N/A
Turnout 1,347
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Elson

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Elson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Sue Ballard 1,020 66.2 N/A
Liberal Democrats Richard Earle 869 56.4 N/A
Conservative Natasha Hook 350 22.7 N/A
Conservative Alan Neville 347 22.5 N/A
Labour Emma Smith 156 10.1 N/A
Green Kathryn Kelly 119 7.7 N/A
Turnout 1,540
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Forton

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Forton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Mervin Bradley 706 61.4 N/A
Liberal Democrats Peter Chegwyn 666 57.9 N/A
Conservative Sue Desbois 294 25.6 N/A
Conservative Gary Walker 259 22.5 N/A
Labour Claire Percival 208 18.1 N/A
Turnout 1,150
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Grange and Alver Valley

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Grange and Alver Valley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Maggie Morgan 378 40.3 N/A
Conservative Tony Jessop 367 39.2 N/A
Labour Jonathan Brown 351 37.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Clive Foster-Reed 295 31.5 N/A
Labour Hilary Percival 285 30.4 N/A
Turnout 937
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Harbourside and Town

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Harbourside and Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Cully 751 57.8 N/A
Labour Alan Durrant 626 48.2 N/A
Conservative Lesley Meenaghan 474 36.5 N/A
Conservative Rob Thompson 374 28.8 N/A
Liberal Democrats Susan Ely 166 12.8 N/A
Independent Dale Fletcher 75 5.8 N/A
Turnout 1,300
Labour win (new seat)
Labour win (new seat)

Hardway

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Hardway
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Jamie Hutchison 882 55.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kirsty Cox 850 53.6 N/A
Conservative Diane Furlong 544 34.3 N/A
Conservative Kay Hallsworth 473 29.8 N/A
Labour Simon Davis 146 9.2 N/A
Turnout 1,587
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Leesland and Newtown

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Leesland and Newtown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Dawn Kelly 1,024 55.5 N/A
Liberal Democrats Julie Westerby 1,015 55.0 N/A
Conservative Chris Best 476 25.8 N/A
Conservative David Gary 426 23.1 N/A
Labour Charis Noakes 230 12.5 N/A
Green Miles Fletcher 193 10.5 N/A
Reform UK Aaron Pinder 93 5.0 N/A
Turnout 1,844
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lee East

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Lee East
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Graham Burgess 968 53.6 N/A
Liberal Democrats Kirsten Bradley 927 51.3 N/A
Conservative Ian Orr 683 37.8 N/A
Green Martin Suter 331 18.3 N/A
Labour Jess Cully 201 11.1 N/A
Turnout 1,807
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Lee West

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Lee West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Beavis 1,340 69.3 N/A
Conservative John Gledhill 1,219 63.0 N/A
Green Zoe Aspinall 532 27.5 N/A
Labour Anne Cruddas 440 22.8 N/A
Turnout 1,934
Conservative win (new seat)
Conservative win (new seat)

Peel Common

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Peel Common
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Philpott 848 53.1 N/A
Liberal Democrats Martin Pepper 837 52.4 N/A
Conservative Lynn Hook 610 38.2 N/A
Labour Daniel Stratton 277 17.4 N/A
Turnout 1,596
Conservative win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Rowner and Holbrook

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Rowner and Holbrook
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Herridge 600 49.3 N/A
Liberal Democrats Murray Johnston 582 47.9 N/A
Conservative Paddy Bergin 457 37.6 N/A
Conservative Marcus Murphy 457 37.6 N/A
Labour Paul Noakes 139 11.4 N/A
Turnout 1,216
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ "2022 Borough of Gosport Elections". Gosport.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Local Election Results: Find out who won seats to your council | Sky News". election.news.sky.com. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  3. ^ "Gosport Borough Council" (PDF). lgbce.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 April 2022.