# 2010 Gosport Borough Council election

Elections to Gosport Council in Hampshire, England were held on 6 May 2010. Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. The Conservatives made six gains, including in some wards that they had lost in the previous election, despite having a reduced vote share. The Liberal Democrats and Labour Party lost 5 and 1 seats respectively, with Labour seeing a large increase of the total vote share.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Conservative: 22
* Liberal Democrat: 9
* Labour: 3

## Election Result

Gosport Local Election Result 2010 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 12 | 6 | 0 | +6 | | 47.8 | 18,213 |
| Liberal Democrats | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | | 25.6 | 9,768 |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 1 | -1 | | 20.1 | 7,648 |
| UKIP | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 2.2 | 854 |
| English Democrat | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1.6 | 619 |
| Independent | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1.4 | 528 |
| Green | | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 1.2 | 452 |

## Ward Results
### Alverstoke

Alverstoke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Edgar | 1,576 | 63.5 | −5.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Dawn Kelly | 370 | 14.9 | +2.9 |
| | Labour | Graham Hewitt | 339 | 9.9 | +6.1 |
| | UKIP | Judith Smith | 136 | 5.5 | −4.4 |
| | Green | Linda Maclennan | 60 | 7.6 | +7.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1206 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Anglesey

Anglesey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alan Scard | 1,254 | 56.8 | +7.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Austin Hicks | 764 | 34.6 | −11.3 |
| | Labour | Michael Madgwick | 189 | 8.6 | +3.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 490 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Bridgemary North

Bridgemary North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Dennis Wright | 1002 | 47.4 |
| | Conservative | John Whyte | 733 | 34.6 |
| | English Democrat | Tony Rowan | 381 | 18.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 269 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Bridgemary South

Bridgemary South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Christopher Carter | 1154 | 57.6 |
| | Labour | Alan Durrant | 848 | 42.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 306 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Brockhurst

Brockhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Justin Henshaw | 918 | 41.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sharon Mude | 850 | 38.8 |
| | Labour | Michael O'Gorman | 331 | 15.1 |
| | Green | Jane Staffieri | 92 | 4.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 68 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | |

### Christchurch

Christchurch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Wayne Ronayne | 862 | 40.2 | −2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Morby | 777 | 36.3 | −5.3 |
| | Labour | John Hustler | 312 | 14.6 | +9.4 |
| | UKIP | Catherine Andrews | 191 | 8.9 | +3.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 85 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Elson

Elson :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Ballard | 1,049 | 45.5 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | Stephen Green | 907 | 39.3 | −1.3 |
| | Labour | Paul Noakes | 205 | 8.9 | +4.0 |
| | UKIP | John Bridgewater | 143 | 6.2 | −2.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 142 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Forton

Forton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Clive Foster-Reed | 789 | 39.9 | −1.1 |
| | Conservative | Peter Greenwood | 610 | 30.8 | −5.4 |
| | Labour | Keith Farr | 580 | 29.3 | +6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 179 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Grange

Grange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Tony Jessop | 641 | 42.8 | −11.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Woods | 594 | 39.6 | +6.8 |
| | Labour | James Fox | 204 | 13.6 | +3.6 |
| | Green | Fiona Maclennan | 60 | 4.0 | +0.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hardway

Hardway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Roger Allen | 1184 | 44.7 | −7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cyril Simpson | 799 | 30.2 | +30.2 |
| | Labour | Stephen Williams | 278 | 10.5 | −1.5 |
| | Green | Claire Smith | 240 | 9.1 | −22.00 |
| | UKIP | Darren Fells | 145 | 5.5 | +0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 385 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lee East

Lee East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Derek Kimber | 1,853 | 71.7 | −10.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Keeley | 766 | 25.3 | +1.7 |
| | Labour | Peter Bell | 412 | 4.7 | +8.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1087 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lee West

Lee West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Christopher Cater | 1,849 | 64.9 | −24.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Bailey | 698 | 24.5 | +24.5 |
| | Labour | Jill Whitcher | 302 | 10.6 | +0.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1151 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Leesland

Leesland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Chegwyn | 1016 | 48.2 | −0.3 |
| | Conservative | George McAleese | 872 | 41.1 | −3.2 |
| | Labour | Charis Noakes | 233 | 11.0 | +3.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 144 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Peel Common

Peel Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lynn Hook | 1,304 | 58.7 | −9.4 |
| | Labour | Paule Ripley | 483 | 21.7 | 0 |
| | Independent | John Bowles | 435 | 10.1 | '"`UNIQ−−ref−00000040−QINU`"' |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 821 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |
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### Privett

Privett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Colin Jacobs | 1062 | 45.6 | −0.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Keith Gill | 971 | 41.7 | −7.9 |
| | Labour | Joan Bateman | 297 | 12.7 | +8.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 91 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Rowner and Holbrook

Rowner and Holbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Lane | 753 | 44.1 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | John Train | 543 | 31.8 | +10.9 |
| | English Democrat | Bob Shaw | 174 | 10.2 | −4.8 |
| | UKIP | Jacob Campbell | 144 | 8.4 | +8.4 |
| | Independent | Jim McGookin | 93 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 210 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | | |

### Town

Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | June Cully | 1090 | 38.0 | +10.3 |
| | Conservative | Brian Taylor | 682 | 30.2 | −2.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Simpson | 325 | 14.4 | −4.1 |
| | UKIP | Chris Harris | 95 | 4.2 | −3.1 |
| | English Democrat | Fungus Adams | 64 | 2.8 | +2.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 408 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |