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15 out of 28 seats toGosport Borough Council 15 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2024 Gosport Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside theother 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 ofGosport Borough Council inHampshire, plus a vacancy in Lee West ward.[1]
The council remained underLiberal Democrat majority control.[2]
Gosport has historically been controlled by all 3 major parties.Labour controlled the council from its creation to1976, when theConservatives won a majority.[3] This lasted until 1990 when the council fell intono overall control, before being gained by theLiberal Democrats in1991.[3] At the1998 election, the council again fell into no overall control, and was gained by the Conservatives in2010.[4]
The2022 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]
| After2022 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:
| 2024 Gosport Borough Council election | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
| Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 8 |  1 | 53.3 | 7 | 15 | 53.6 | 7,227 | 36.7 | –4.2 | |
| Conservative | 6 |  1 | 40.0 | 5 | 11 | 39.3 | 8,644 | 43.9 | +1.1 | |
| Labour | 1 |  | 6.7 | 1 | 2 | 7.1 | 2,969 | 15.1 | +3.4 | |
| Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 489 | 2.5 | –1.6 | |
| Reform | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 163 | 0.8 | +0.6 | |
| Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 107 | 0.5 | +0.3 | |
| Heritage | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 79 | 0.4 | N/A | |
An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.
| 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Chegwyn* | 521 | 47.9 | −10.0 | |
| Conservative | Simon Bellord | 240 | 22.1 | −3.5 | |
| Reform | Paddy Bergin | 163 | 15.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Tynan Bryant | 163 | 15.0 | −3.1 | |
| Turnout | 1,087 | ||||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | ||||
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| 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 Democratshold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jonathan Brown | 749 | 38.6 | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | Robbie George Beech | 639 | 32.9 | −5.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clive Foster-Reed | 307 | 15.8 | −8.7 | |
| Independent | Dale Fletcher | 243 | 13 | N/A | |
| Majority | 110 | 6.3 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 1,938 | 44 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,509 | ||||
| Labourgain fromConservative | Swing | 2.6 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lesley Meenaghan | 445 | 48.5 | +10.5 | |
| Labour | Tynan Bryant | 255 | 27.8 | –12.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mike Ewin | 108 | 11.8 | +3.4 | |
| Reform | Paddy Bergin | 85 | 9.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Dale Fletcher | 13 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Heritage | Lisa Englefield | 11 | 1.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 190 | 20.7 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 917 | 25.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,679 | ||||
| Conservativegain fromLabour | Swing | 11.7 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reform | Paul Carter | 604 | 42.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen James Marshall | 575 | 40.5 | −8 | |
| Conservative | Kath Jones | 207 | 14.6 | −23.7 | |
| Labour | Claire Percival | 35 | 2.5 | −10.8 | |
| Turnout | 1,421 | 32% | |||
| Reformgain fromLiberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
The by-election was caused by the death of Liberal Democrat councillor Bob Maynard on 22 November 2025.
