# 2008 Gosport Borough Council election

Elections to Gosport Council in Hampshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Before the election the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties had held power on the council with the casting vote of the mayor. The election saw the Liberal Democrats close the gap with the Conservative party after making 5 gains, while the Labour party lost four of the five seats they had held. However following the election the Conservative party said that they would take charge of the council as they remained the largest party.
After the election, the composition of the council was
* Conservative 16
* Liberal Democrat 14
* Labour 4

## Election result

Gosport Local Election Result 2008 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Conservative | 10 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 58.8 | 53.1 | 11,686 | +8.0% |
| Liberal Democrats | 6 | 5 | 0 | +5 | 35.3 | 25.8 | 5,672 | -0.8% |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 5.9 | 15.2 | 3,353 | -8.1% |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 669 | -1.9% |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 503 | +2.3% |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.6 | 131 | +0.6% |

## Ward results
### Alverstoke

Alverstoke :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Mark Hood | 1,175 | 70.5 | −5.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Graham Payne | 200 | 12.0 | −3.5 |
| | UKIP | Judith Smith | 165 | 9.9 | +9.9 |
| | Labour | Jennifer Hall | 127 | 7.6 | −0.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 975 | 58.5 | −2.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,667 | 47.9 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Anglesey

Anglesey :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Forder | 711 | 49.1 | −4.9 |
| | Conservative | Brian Taylor | 664 | 45.9 | +4.5 |
| | Labour | Graham Hewitt | 72 | 5.0 | +0.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 47 | 3.2 | −9.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,447 | 48.4 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Bridgemary North

Bridgemary North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Keith Edwards | 594 | 52.2 | +20.0 |
| | Labour | Kenneth Searle | 544 | 47.8 | −20.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 50 | 4.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,138 | 32.5 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Bridgemary South

Bridgemary South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Michael Geddes | 625 | 54.2 | +16.1 |
| | Labour | Jill Wright | 529 | 45.8 | −16.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 96 | 8.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,154 | 32.0 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Brockhurst

Brockhurst :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Salter | 571 | 47.5 | −7.5 |
| | Conservative | Ivor Foster | 476 | 39.6 | +11.9 |
| | Labour | Michael O'Gorman | 81 | 6.7 | −6.0 |
| | Green | Jane Satffieri | 74 | 6.2 | +1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 95 | 7.9 | −19.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,202 | 32.1 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Christchurch

Christchurch :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Richard Dickson | 501 | 42.7 | +13.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Heather Carr | 487 | 41.6 | −7.4 |
| | UKIP | Catherine Andrews | 68 | 5.8 | +5.8 |
| | Labour | Paul Noakes | 61 | 5.2 | −7.7 |
| | Green | Veronika Forster | 55 | 4.7 | −4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 14 | 1.1 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,172 | 34.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Elson

Elson :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrea Bailey | 582 | 46.3 | −2.3 |
| | Conservative | Lynn Hook | 510 | 40.6 | +1.8 |
| | UKIP | Francis Bridgewater | 103 | 8.2 | +8.2 |
| | Labour | Michael Madgwick | 61 | 4.9 | −1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 72 | 5.7 | −4.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,256 | 35.8 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Forton

Forton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mervin Bradley | 448 | 41.0 | −7.4 |
| | Labour | Keith Farr | 396 | 36.2 | +5.2 |
| | Conservative | Peter Greenwood | 250 | 22.9 | +9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 52 | 4.8 | −12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,094 | 32.6 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Grange

Grange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Kim West | 359 | 54.5 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | George Morby | 216 | 32.8 | +11.5 |
| | Labour | Alan Durrant | 59 | 9.0 | −13.8 |
| | Green | Iain MacLennan | 25 | 3.8 | −5.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 143 | 21.7 | −1.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 659 | 17.7 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Hardway

Hardway :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Peter Langdon | 792 | 52.1 | +6.3 |
| | Green | Andrea Smith | 472 | 31.1 | −13.6 |
| | Labour | Jess Cully | 182 | 12.0 | +2.5 |
| | UKIP | Darren Fells | 73 | 4.8 | +4.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 320 | 21.0 | +19.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,519 | 36.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lee East

Lee East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Howard Burgess | 1,132 | 71.7 | −12.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Keeley | 373 | 23.6 | +23.6 |
| | Labour | Peter Bell | 74 | 4.7 | −10.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 759 | 48.1 | −20.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,579 | 38.2 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Lee West

Lee West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | John Beavis | 1,691 | 89.7 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | Jill Whitcher | 194 | 10.3 | −3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,497 | 79.4 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,885 | 51.1 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Leesland

Leesland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Smith | 604 | 48.2 | −18.8 |
| | Conservative | George McAleese | 555 | 44.3 | +20.2 |
| | Labour | Vivienne O'Gorman | 94 | 7.5 | −1.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 49 | 3.9 | −39.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,253 | 35.9 | |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |

### Peel Common

Peel Common :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Stephen Philpott | 913 | 68.1 | +10.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Bowles | 291 | 21.7 | +21.7 |
| | Labour | Joseph O'Gorman | 136 | 10.1 | −32.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 622 | 46.4 | +31.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,340 | 40.4 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | | |

### Privett

Privett :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ingeborg Forder | 734 | 49.6 | −4.5 |
| | Conservative | Colin Jacobs | 677 | 45.8 | +8.2 |
| | Labour | DenniJohn Madgwick | 68 | 4.6 | −3.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 57 | 3.8 | 12.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,479 | 44.7 | |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |

### Rowner and Holbrook

Rowner and Holbrook :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Marcus Murphy | 345 | 39.5 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Edwards | 215 | 24.6 | −16.7 |
| | Labour | John Train | 183 | 20.9 | −4.5 |
| | English Democrat | Robert Shaw | 131 | 15.0 | +15.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 130 | 14.9 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 874 | 26.9 | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Town

Town :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Diane Searle | 492 | 38.0 | −23.5 |
| | Conservative | Adam Burns | 427 | 32.9 | +6.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Cyril Simpson | 240 | 18.5 | +6.9 |
| | UKIP | Christine Harris | 94 | 7.3 | +7.3 |
| | Green | Harry Haines | 43 | 3.3 | +3.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 65 | 5.1 | −29.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,296 | 34.9 | |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |