2002 Gosport Borough Council Election

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All 34 seats toGosport Borough Council 18 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Labour Liberal Democrats Conservative Seats won 12 12 10 Popular vote 6,456 5,323 7,830 Percentage 32.8% 27.1% 39.8%
Council control before election No Overall Control Council control after election No Overall Control

Elections toGosport Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since thelast election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 4. The council stayed underno overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

• Labour 12
• Liberal Democrat 12
• Conservative 10

The table below only tallies the votes of thehighest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as thetop candidate methodand is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

• 2002 Gosport election result
• Ward results
• Gosport: Tories slide from first to third place^{[permanent dead link]}

• Gosport Borough Council elections
• 2002 English local elections
• 2000s in Hampshire

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