2014 Gosport Borough Council election

The 2014 Gosport Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Gosport Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. UKIP gained its first representation on the council, with the Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and UKIP each gaining a seat from the Conservatives; whilst they had a reduced majority, the Conservatives remained in administration.

2014 Gosport Borough Council Election

22 May 2014
17 of 35 seats to Gosport Borough Council 18 seats needed for a majority
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Seats before 24 5 Seats won 9 4 Seats after 21 6 Seat change 3 1 Popular vote 9,651 2,688 Percentage 46.0% 12.8%   Party Labour UKIP Seats before 5 0 Seats won 3 1 Seats after 6 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 5,040 3,426 Percentage 24.0% 16.3%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

Election Result

Gosport Local Election Result 2014

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	9	0	3	3		46.0	9,651	5.5
	Liberal Democrats	4	1	0	1		12.8	2,688
	Labour	3	1	0	1		24.0	5,040	1.3
	UKIP	1	1	0	1		16.3	3,426
	Green		0	0		0	0.5	111	0.5
	Independent		0	0		0	0.4	82

Ward Results

Alverstoke

Alverstoke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Edgar	1,048	67.91	7.2
	Labour	Jean Batterbury	495	32.08	15.2
Majority			553	35.83
Turnout			1,543
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anglesey

Anglesey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Scard	1,059	81.83	3.4
	Labour	Belinda Baker	235	18.16	6.9
Majority			824	63.67
Turnout			1,294
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgemary North

Bridgemary North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Wright	829	71.46	8.6
	Conservative	Lara Geddes	331	28.53	8.6
Majority			498	42.93
Turnout			1,160
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgemary South

Bridgemary South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Batty	563	49.12	8.6
	UKIP	Adrian Tomlinson	323	28.18	28.18
	Conservative	Christopher Carter	260	22.68	55.7
Majority			240	20.94
Turnout			1,146
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Brockhurst

Brockhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Austin Hicks	415	35.08	20.8
	Conservative	Diane Furlong	292	24.68	3.3
	UKIP	Scott Myers	283	23.92	23.9
	Labour	Alan Durrant	111	9.38	6.7
	Independent	Dale Fletcher	82	6.93	6.93
Majority			123	10.39
Turnout			1183
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Christchurch

Christchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Wayne Ronayne	423	34.14	4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Kelly	407	32.84	0.7
	UKIP	Catherine Andrews	273	22.03	10.1
	Labour	Chris Noakes	137	11.05	4.8
Majority			16	1.29
Turnout
	Conservative hold		Swing

Elson

Elson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ballard	662	54.57	10.7
	Conservative	Deborah Grant	273	22.5	21.4
	UKIP	Megan Parks	218	18.0	18.0
	Labour	Peter Batty	60	4.94	10.0
Majority			389	32.06
Turnout			1,213
	Conservative hold		Swing

Forton

Forton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Foster-Reed	334	35.60	3.4
	UKIP	Andrew Rice	251	26.75	14.7
	Conservative	Philip Raffaelii	208	22.17	1.1
	Labour	Luke Smith	145	15.45	19.1
Majority			83	8.84
Turnout			938
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange

Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Jessop	359	48.18	1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Eduardo Goncalves	280	37.58	16.6
	Labour	David Smith	106	14.22	15.1
Majority			79	10.60
Turnout			745
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hardway

Hardway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Allen	857	69.67	13.5
	Labour	Robin Young	373	30.32	15.8
Majority			484	64.96
Turnout			745
	Labour hold		Swing

Lee East

Lee East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Batemann	997	61.35	5.3
	UKIP	Lavinia Seymour	362	22.27	22.27
	Labour	James Fox	155	9.53	15.5
	Green	Graham Smith	111	6.83	6.83
Majority			635	39.07
Turnout			1,625
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee West

Lee West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Carter	1,251	67.76	14.6
	UKIP	John Semour	373	20.20	20.20
	Labour	Jill Whitcher	222	12.02	5.6
Majority			878	47.56
Turnout			1,846
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leesland

Leesland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chegwyn	590	54.12	4.2
	Conservative	Zoe Chegwyn	367	33.66	4.9
	Labour	Michael Madgwick	133	12.20	0.3
Majority			223	20.45
Turnout			1,090
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Peel Common

Peel Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lynn Hook	689	50.08	13.6
	UKIP	Paul Tomlinson	391	31.73	16.2
	Labour	Martyn Davis	224	18.18	3.6
Majority			226	18.34
Turnout			1,232
	Conservative hold		Swing

Privett

Privett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ingeborg Forder	725	57.08	6.3
	UKIP	Timothy Apps	349	27.48	27.48
	Labour	Terance Robbins	196	15.43	2.5
Majority			376	29.60
Turnout			1,270
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rowner and Holbrook

Rowner and Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UKIP	Patrick Bergin	320	35.51	35.51
	Conservative	Natasha Hook	317	35.18	6.9
	Labour	Kyle Allen	264	29.30	0.4
Majority			3	0.33
Turnout			901
	UKIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Town

Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Cully	792	59.01	6.0
	UKIP	David Tinman	283	21.08	17.2
	Conservative	George McAleese	267	19.89	18.4
Majority			509	37.92
Turnout			1,342
	Labour hold		Swing

References

1. "England council results". BBC News. Retrieved 23 May 2014.