2012 Gosport Borough Council election

2012 Gosport Borough Council Election
17 of 35 seats to Gosport Borough Council; 18 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2012 Gosport Council election was held on 3 May 2012 to elect members of the Gosport Council in England.^[1] This was the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections.^[2] The Conservatives gained three seats from the Liberal Democrats, whilst Labour gained one seat each from the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Both Labour and the Conservatives saw an increased vote share, whilst the Liberal Democrats' vote share fell.

After the election the composition of the council was:

Conservative: 24
Labour: 5
Liberal Democrats: 5

Election Result

Gosport Local Election Result 2012
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	12	3	1	3		51.5	9,312	3.7
Labour	3	2	0	2		25.3	4,585	5.2
Liberal Democrats	2	0	4	4		17.9	3,242	17.9
UKIP		0	0		0	3.2	584	1.0
Green		0	0		0	1.0	185	0.2
Independent		0	0		0	0.8	137	0.6
BNP		0	0		0	0.3	48	0.3

Ward Results

Alverstoke

Alverstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Mark Hook	791	60.7	2.8
	Labour	James Fox	220	16.9	7.0
	UKIP	Judith Smith	194	14.9	9.4
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsten Ballard	99	7.60	7.3
Majority			571
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anglesey

Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Forder	854	78.4	11.6
	Liberal Democrats	Austin Hicks	254	20.3	14.3
	Labour	Belinda Baker	141	11.3	2.7
Majority			600
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Bridgemary North

Bridgemary North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Wright	708	62.9	15.5
	Conservative	Richard Bateman	418	37.1	2.5
Majority			290
Turnout
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Bridgemary South

Bridgemary South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Geddes	450	51.8	5.8
	Labour	Alan Durrant	418	48.2	5.8
Majority			269
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Brockhurst

Brockhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hylands	554	55.9	14.0
	Conservative	Laura Elshaw	277	28.0	8.8
	Labour	Hugh Reynolds	160	16.1	1.0
Majority			571
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Christchurch

Christchurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Dickson	406	38.8	1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Kelly	351	33.5	2.8
	Labour	Chris Noakes	165	15.8	1.2
	UKIP	Catherine Andrews	125	11.9	3
Majority			55
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elson

Elson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Craig Hazel	463	43.9	4.6
	Liberal Democrats	George Heaver	435	41.2	4.3
	Labour	Jess Cully	157	14.9	6
Majority			28
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Forton

Forton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Keith Farr	309	34.6	5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Pinder	287	32.2	7.7
	Conservative	Dale Fletcher	188	21.1	9.7
	UKIP	Andrew Rive	108	12.10
Majority			22
Turnout
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Grange

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Morgan	222	49.70	6.9
	Labour	Jane Bateman	131	29.3	15.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Keeley	94	21.0	18.6
Majority			91
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hardway

Hardway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Langdon	596	56.2	11.5
	Green	Andrea Smith	185	17.40	8.3
	Labour	Paule Ripley	154	14.5	4
	Liberal Democrats	Cyril Simpson	126	11.9	18.3
Majority			411
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee East

Lee East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Howard Burgess	866	66.70	5.0
	Labour	Graham Giles	325	25.00	20.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Bailey	107	8.2	13.8
Majority			541
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee West

Lee West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Beavis	1,340	82.4	17.5
	Labour	Jill Whitcher	286	17.60	7.0
Majority			1,054
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leesland

Leesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Diffey	507	49.90	1.7
	Conservative	George McAleese	293	28.8	12.3
	Labour	Michael Freestone	121	11.9	0.9
	Independent	David Smith	96	9.4	9.4
Majority			214
Turnout
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Peel Common

Peel Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Philpott	689	63.7	5.0
	Labour	Martyn Davis	236	21.8	0.1
	UKIP	Curtis Sinclair	157	14.5	14.5
Majority			453
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Privett

Privett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Keith Gill	685	63.4	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Bailey	203	18.8	22.9
	Labour	Terance Robbins	193	17.9	5.2
Majority			482
Turnout
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Rowner and Holbrook

Rowner and Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcus Murphy	310	42.1	2.0
	Labour	John Train	219	29.7	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sandra Carter	167	22.7	22.7
	Independent	James McGookin	41	5.6	5.6
Majority			91
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Town

Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Diane Searle	642	53.0	15.0
	Conservative	Abigail Thomson	464	38.3	8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Fungus Heather Carr	58	4.8	9.6
	BNP	Sunny Martin	48	4.0	4.0
Majority			178
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
^ "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Gosport". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

[BBC-1] "Local elections 2012". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

[2] "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Gosport". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

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