Gosport Borough Council election, 2002

Elections to Gosport Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 4. The council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Labour 12
• Liberal Democrat 12
• Conservative 10

Election result

Gosport Local Election Result 2002
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12			0	35.3	32.9	12,454	+4.7%
	Liberal Democrat	12			+7	35.3	27.0	10,235	+5.8%
	Conservative	10			-3	29.4	40.0	15,147	-10.6%
	UKIP	0			0	0	0.2	63	+0.2%

Ward results

Alverstoke (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Edgar	1,010
	Conservative	Geoffrey Bartlett	982
	Liberal Democrat	Josephine Jackson	350
	Liberal Democrat	Graham Payne	311
	Labour	Christine Searle	138
	Labour	Jill Whitcher	114
Turnout			2,905

Anglesey (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Aleck Hayward	692
	Conservative	Mark Hook	626
	Liberal Democrat	Tessa Bloodworth	620
	Liberal Democrat	Austin Hicks	562
	Labour	Jennifer Hall	108
	Labour	John Madgwick	85
Turnout			2,693

Bridgemary North (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaun Cully	814
	Labour	Marilyn Angus	795
	Conservative	Joanne Watts	253
	Conservative	Hugh Landels	235
Turnout			2,097

Bridgemary South (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Wright	767
	Labour	Jill Wright	754
	Conservative	Henry Butchart	310
	Conservative	Karen Millinder	298
Turnout			2,129

Brockhurst (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Julia Salter	490
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Russell	473
	Conservative	Josephine King	323
	Conservative	Ivor Foster	314
	Labour	Graham Batterbury	306
	Labour	Robert Salter	291
Turnout			2,197

Christchurch (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Jackie Carr	499
	Liberal Democrat	Derek Francis	476
	Labour	Philip Smith	411
	Labour	Alan Durant	365
	Conservative	Richard Dickson	332
	Conservative	Phillip Clinton	314
Turnout			2,397

Elson (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Edwards	616
	Liberal Democrat	Laura Elshaw	594
	Conservative	Bruce Rigg	385
	Conservative	Karen Philpott	354
	Labour	Elizabeth Bull	131
	Labour	Simon Bull	127
Turnout			2,207

Forton (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Searle	488
	Labour	Keith Farr	480
	Liberal Democrat	Amanda Seal	384
	Liberal Democrat	Dale Low	316
	Conservative	Gaynor Holmes	178
	Conservative	David Craker	173
Turnout			2,019

Grange (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander Bone	373
	Liberal Democrat	Monique Gravell	344
	Labour	Nathaniel Gould	209
	Labour	Martyn Davis	201
	Conservative	Carl Downing	92
	Conservative	Stephen Ward	87
Turnout			1,306

Hardway (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Allen	529
	Conservative	Peter Langdon	500
	Labour	Brian Leishman	295
	Labour	Diane Searle	294
	Liberal Democrat	Patricia Anderson	148
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Salter	123
	UKIP	John Bowles	63
Turnout			1,952

Lee East (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Kimber	602
	Conservative	Howard Burgess	584
	Liberal Democrat	David Fisher	155
	Liberal Democrat	David Robson	145
	Labour	Sharon Boyd	103
	Labour	Peter Bell	101
Turnout			1,690

Lee West (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Carter	1,233
	Conservative	Brian Taylor	1,064
	Labour	William Methven	354
	Labour	Michael Madgwick	272
Turnout			2,921

Leesland (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Chegwyn	548
	Liberal Democrat	David Smith	507
	Conservative	Maureen Clarke	264
	Labour	Thomas Cheetham	256
	Conservative	Robert Perris	247
	Labour	Paul Wilson-Suffield	211
Turnout			2,033

Peel Common (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Iris Binfield	738
	Labour	Peter Russell	665
	Conservative	Stephen Philpott	539
	Conservative	Michael Geddes	506
Turnout			2,448

Privett (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Keith Gill	627
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Friend	603
	Conservative	Peter Gibson	546
	Conservative	Denis King	524
	Labour	James Fox	170
	Labour	Dennis Gough	169
Turnout			2,639

Rowner and Holbrook (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Batterbury	401
	Labour	John Train	387
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Fletcher	372
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Cooke	344
	Conservative	Nigel Gravells	181
	Conservative	Colin Jacobs	163
Turnout			1,848

Town (2)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Cully	767
	Labour	Neil Redrup	687
	Conservative	John Didymus	361
	Conservative	Michael Philpott	346
	Liberal Democrat	Christina Allaway	141
	Liberal Democrat	Simon Seal	114
Turnout			2,416

References

• 2002 Gosport election result
• Ward results
• Gosport: Tories slide from first to third place

Preceded by Gosport Council election, 2000

Gosport local elections

Succeeded by Gosport Council election, 2004