Gosport Council election, 2004

Elections to Gosport Council were held on 10 June, 2004. Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was
*Conservative 15
*Labour 11
*Liberal Democrat 5
*Others 3

Election result

Election Summary Party
party = Conservative Party (UK)
seats = 10
gain = 4
loss = 0
net = +4
seats % = 58.8
votes % = 56.2
votes = 11,748
plus/minus = +16.2%Election Summary Party
party = Labour Party (UK)
seats = 5
gain = 0
loss = 1
net = -1
seats % = 29.4
votes % = 27.2
votes = 5,681
plus/minus = -5.7%Election Summary Party
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
seats = 2
gain = 0
loss = 3
net = -3
seats % = 11.8
votes % = 13.6
votes = 2,854
plus/minus = -13.4%Election Summary Party
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 2.0
votes = 426
plus/minus = +1.8%Election Summary Party
party = Green Party of England and Wales
seats = 0
gain = 0
loss = 0
net = 0
seats % = 0
votes % = 1.0
votes = 213
plus/minus = +1.0%

Ward results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Philip Clinton
votes = 1,323
percentage = 81.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Salter
votes = 304
percentage = 18.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,019
percentage = 62.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,627
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Mark Hook
votes = 1,034
percentage = 75.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jennifer Hall
votes = 328
percentage = 24.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 706
percentage = 51.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,362
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Martyn Davis
votes = 643
percentage = 57.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Joanne Watts
votes = 473
percentage = 42.4
change = Election box majority
votes = 170
percentage = 15.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,116
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jill Wright
votes = 727
percentage = 61.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robert Perris
votes = 457
percentage = 38.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 270
percentage = 22.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,184
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Ivor Foster
votes = 681
percentage = 53.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Michael Russell
votes = 385
percentage = 30.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = James Fox
votes = 206
percentage = 16.2
change = Election box majority
votes = 296
percentage = 23.2
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,272
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Richard Dickson
votes = 564
percentage = 44.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Austin Hicks
votes = 362
percentage = 28.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Diane Searle
votes = 348
percentage = 27.3
change = Election box majority
votes = 202
percentage = 15.9
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,274
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Bruce Rigg
votes = 624
percentage = 47.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Laura Elshaw
votes = 415
percentage = 31.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = Francis Bridgewater
votes = 167
percentage = 12.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Jill Whitcher
votes = 101
percentage = 7.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 209
percentage = 15.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,327
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Keith Farr
votes = 410
percentage = 40.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Gary Elshaw
votes = 303
percentage = 29.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Anna Oliver
votes = 300
percentage = 29.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 107
percentage = 10.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,013
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Nina Champion
votes = 239
percentage = 36.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Victor Burt
votes = 222
percentage = 34.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Hugh Landels
votes = 188
percentage = 29.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 17
percentage = 2.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 649
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Langdon
votes = 822
percentage = 66.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party of England and Wales
candidate = Andrea Smith
votes = 213
percentage = 17.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Bell
votes = 209
percentage = 16.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 609
percentage = 49.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,244
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Howard Burgess
votes = 966
percentage = 83.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Madgwick
votes = 198
percentage = 17.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 768
percentage = 66.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,164
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Brian Taylor
votes = 1,326
percentage = 81.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Madgwick
votes = 294
percentage = 18.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 1,032
percentage = 63.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,620
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = David Smith
votes = 529
percentage = 48.9
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Marjorie Bailey
votes = 380
percentage = 35.1
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Alan Durrant
votes = 173
percentage = 16.0
change = Election box majority
votes = 149
percentage = 13.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,082
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Liberal Democrats (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Stephen Philpott
votes = 896
percentage = 57.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Peter Russell
votes = 401
percentage = 25.8
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = United Kingdom Independence Party
candidate = John Bowles
votes = 259
percentage = 16.6
change = Election box majority
votes = 495
percentage = 31.8
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,556
percentage =
change = Election box gain with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
loser = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Colin Jacobs
votes = 865
percentage = 63.0
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Josephine Jackson
votes = 348
percentage = 25.3
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Dennis Gough
votes = 161
percentage = 11.7
change = Election box majority
votes = 517
percentage = 37.7
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,374
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Conservative Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = John Train
votes = 326
percentage = 35.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Thelma Morrison
votes = 317
percentage = 34.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Wayne Richards
votes = 273
percentage = 29.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 9
percentage = 1.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 916
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Neil Redrup
votes = 630
percentage = 54.2
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Michael Geddes
votes = 532
percentage = 45.8
change = Election box majority
votes = 98
percentage = 8.4
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,162
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

References

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/vote2004/locals/html/3695.stm 2004 Gosport election result]
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/area/uk/loc04/Pages/gosport/results.pdf Ward results]

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