2018 Gosport Borough Council election

2018 Gosport Borough Council Election
17 of 34 seats to Gosport Borough Council; 18 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

The 2018 Gosport Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Gosport Borough Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Liberal Democrats gain four seats: two from Labour, and one each from the Conservatives and UKIP. This reduced the Conservative Majority to one, remaining in control of the council, whilst UKIP lost their sole seat, in the Rowner and Holbrook ward.

Voter ID trial

Gosport was one of five boroughs in England operating a voter ID trial, whereby voters had to bring a form of identification with them in order to vote.^[2] There was some criticism of the pilot by local politicians ahead of the vote,^[3] and in the event 54 people were unable to vote as a result of the trial.^[4] The Electoral Commission concluded from the study that "our findings suggest that the 2018 local elections in Gosport were not significantly affected by the voter ID pilot in either its impact on voters or on the administration of the poll. However, it is important to be cautious when drawing conclusions from this pilot about the impact of any wider application of voter ID."^[5]

Results

Gosport Borough 2018^[6]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	8	1	2	1	44.4	51.8	10,673	1.1
Liberal Democrats	9	4	0	4	50.0	22.9	4,710	6.6
Labour	1	0	2	2	5.6	22.4	4,608	2.2
Green	0	0	0		0.0	2.3	477	0.3
Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	77
UKIP	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.3	63	2.9

Ward results

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Alverstoke

Alverstoke
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kevin Casey	1,145	78.8	3.5
	Labour	Jonathan Eaton	308	21.2	3.5
Majority			837	57.6	7.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anglesey

Anglesey
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Scard	1,011	71.3	3.3
	Labour	Paul Noakes	327	28.7	3.3
Majority			684	42.6	6.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgemary North

Bridgemary North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Pepper	574	53.1	53.1
	Conservative	Peter Batty	278	25.7	2.3
	Labour	Alan Durrant	228	21.1	50.9
Majority			296	27.4	16.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Bridgemary South

Bridgemary South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Batty	445	43.2	10.3
	Labour	James Fox	300	29.2	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Marshall	284	27.6	27.6
Majority			145	14.0	7.0
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Brockhurst

Brockhurst
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Austin Hicks	452	41.2	15.5
	Conservative	Simon Bellord	381	34.8	7.1
	Labour	Stephanie Brazier	144	13.1	3.6
	UKIP	David Foster	63	5.7	5.7
	Green	Jane Staffieri	56	5.1	0.9
Majority			72	6.4	22.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Christchurch

Christchurch
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Westerby	575	45.5	1.5
	Conservative	Wayne Ronayne	403	31.9	4.4
	Labour	Chris Percival	285	22.6	5.9
Majority			172	13.6	2.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Elson

Elson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ballard	703	61.5	6.7
	Conservative	Craig Hazel	304	26.6	8.1
	Independent	Alan Neville	77	6.7	6.7
	Labour	Emma Smith	59	5.2	5.3
Majority			399	34.9	14.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Forton

Forton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Foster-Reed	411	46.4	12.4
	Conservative	Gary Walker	254	28.7	9.7
	Labour	Daniel Smith	180	20.3	0.8
	Green	Monica Cassidy	40	4.5	4.5
Majority			157	17.7	3.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange

Grange
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Jessop	485	62.5	22.4
	Labour	Hetty Ollivant	198	25.5	9.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Pyle	93	12.0	7.3
Majority			287	37.0	21.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hardway

Hardway
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Hutchison	718	52.0	24.9
	Conservative	Roger Allen	522	37.8	18.2
	Labour	Mark Smith	142	10.3	6.6
Majority			196	14.2	14.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Lee East

Lee East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Piers Bateman	1,133	71.9	0.1
	Labour	Caroline Osborne	443	28.1	9.7
Majority			690	43.8	9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee West

Lee West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Carter	1,447	80.8	3.4
	Labour	Jill Whitcher	344	19.2	7.4
Majority			1,103	61.6	4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leesland

Leesland
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chegwyn	544	46.1	3.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Herridge	439	37.2	5.3
	Conservative	Rebecca Stares	370	31.4	1.6
	Conservative	Natasha Hook	336	28.5	4.5
	Green	Sam Pollard	222	18.8	6.8
	Labour	Alison Mandrill	151	12.8	0.3
	Labour	Charis Noakes	119	10.1	2.4
	Green	David Sekules	106	9.0	3.0
Majority			69	5.8	3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Peel Common

Peel Common
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Hook	883	74.7	3.4
	Labour	Martyn Davis	299	25.3	3.4
Majority			584	49.4	6.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Privett

Privett
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sean Blackman	752	63.4	7.4
	Labour	Annelies James	276	23.3	5.9
	Green	Russell Thomas	159	13.4	13.4
Majority			476	40.1	1.5
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rowner and Holbrook

Rowner and Holbrook
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Murray Johnston	356	43.7	43.7
	Conservative	Patrick Bergin	349	42.8	6.0
	Labour	Tim Ryan	110	13.5	8.2
Majority			7	0.9	18.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from UKIP		Swing

Town

Town
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Cully	814	61.4	10.6
	Conservative	Lesley Meenaghan	511	38.6	2.1
Majority			303	22.8	8.6
	Labour hold		Swing

References

^ "Local elections: Your guide to the vote in England". BBC News. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
^ "England voter ID trial 'a solution in search of a problem'". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ Percival, Richard (18 September 2017). "REVEALED: Gosport borough to Introduce ID for voters in elections from 2018 and other Hampshire borough's could soon follow". Southern Daily Echo. Southampton.
^ "Voter ID: 340 did not vote after failing to show documents". BBC News. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ Electoral Commission (2018). Gosport May 2018 voter identification pilot evaluation (PDF) (Report).
^ "Gosport Borough Council". BBC. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
^ "2018 Gosport Borough Council Elections". Gosport Borough Council. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

[BBC-1] "Local elections: Your guide to the vote in England". BBC News. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

[Guardian-2] "England voter ID trial 'a solution in search of a problem'". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

[3] Percival, Richard (18 September 2017). "REVEALED: Gosport borough to Introduce ID for voters in elections from 2018 and other Hampshire borough's could soon follow". Southern Daily Echo. Southampton.

[BBC_News-4] "Voter ID: 340 did not vote after failing to show documents". BBC News. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

[5] Electoral Commission (2018). Gosport May 2018 voter identification pilot evaluation (PDF) (Report).

[BBC_-_Gosport_Borough_Council-6] "Gosport Borough Council". BBC. Retrieved 28 March 2019.

[Gosport_Borough_Council-7] "2018 Gosport Borough Council Elections". Gosport Borough Council. Retrieved 10 February 2019.

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