2006 Gosport Borough Council election

Elections to Gosport Council were held on 4 May 2006. Half of the council was up for election and the Conservative party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 17
• Liberal Democrat 9
• Labour 8

Election result

Gosport Local Election Result 2006

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	8	4	0	+4	47.1	26.6	5,701	+13.0
	Conservative	6	1	2	-1	35.3	45.1	9,644	-11.1
	Labour	3	0	3	-3	17.6	23.3	4,993	-3.9
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.9	1,054	+3.9

Ward results

Alverstoke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Edgar	1,193	76.2	−5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Frances Elsom	242	15.5	+15.5
	Labour	Sharon Dewar	131	8.4	−10.3
Majority			951	60.7	−1.9
Turnout			1,566
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anglesey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Austin Hicks	810	54.0	+54.0
	Conservative	Aleck Hayward	622	41.4	−34.5
	Labour	Paul Noakes	69	4.6	−19.5
Majority			188	12.6
Turnout			1,501
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Bridgemary North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Shaun Cully	809	67.8	+10.2
	Conservative	Margaret Ward	384	32.2	−10.2
Majority			425	35.6	+20.4
Turnout			1,193
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgemary South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Dennis Wright	703	61.9	+0.5
	Conservative	Pauline Taylor	433	38.1	−0.5
Majority			270	23.8	+1.0
Turnout			1,136
	Labour hold		Swing

Brockhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julia Salter	677	55.0	+24.7
	Conservative	Laura Elshaw	341	27.7	−25.8
	Labour	Joseph O'Gorman	156	12.7	−3.5
	Green	Staffieri	58	4.7	+4.7
Majority			336	27.3
Turnout			1,232
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Christchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Carr	585	49.0	+20.6
	Conservative	Michael Geddes	346	29.0	−15.3
	Labour	Alan Durrant	154	12.9	−14.4
	Green	Veronika Forster	108	9.1	+9.1
Majority			239	20.0
Turnout			1,193
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Elson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Ballard	648	48.6	+17.3
	Conservative	Keith Edwards	517	38.8	−8.2
	Green	Noelle Bradshaw	88	6.6	+6.6
	Labour	Louie Sykes	81	6.1	−1.5
Majority			131	9.8
Turnout			1,334
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Forton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Foster-Reed	556	48.4	+18.5
	Labour	Kenneth Searle	356	31.0	−9.5
	Conservative	Gary Elshaw	158	13.8	−15.8
	Green	Mark Vernon	78	6.8	+6.8
Majority			200	17.4
Turnout			1,148
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Champion	310	46.4	+17.4
	Labour	Victor Burt	152	22.8	−11.4
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Mudie	142	21.3	−15.5
	Green	Ian Maclennan	64	9.6	+9.6
Majority			168	23.6
Turnout			668
	Conservative hold		Swing

Hardway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Allen	625	45.8	−20.3
	Green	Andrea Smith	610	44.7	+27.6
	Labour	Michael Wilson	129	9.5	−7.3
Majority			15	1.1	−47.9
Turnout			1,364
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Kimber	1,106	84.4	+1.4
	Labour	Jess Cully	205	15.6	−1.4
Majority			901	68.8	+2.8
Turnout			1,311
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christopher Carter	1,410	85.9	+4.0
	Labour	Peter Bell	231	14.1	−4.0
Majority			1,179	71.8	+8.0
Turnout			1,641
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leesland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chegwyn	752	67.0	+18.1
	Conservative	Adam Burns	270	24.1	−11.0
	Labour	Michael O'Gorman	100	8.9	−7.1
Majority			482	42.9	+29.1
Turnout			1,122
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Peel Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Ward	806	57.4	−0.2
	Labour	Iris Binfield	597	42.6	+16.8
Majority			209	14.8	−17.0
Turnout			1,403
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Privett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Gill	743	54.1	+28.8
	Conservative	Lynn Hook	516	37.6	−25.4
	Labour	Jennifer Hall	115	8.4	−3.3
Majority			227	16.5
Turnout			1,374
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Rowner and Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sharon Mudie	403	41.3	+11.5
	Conservative	Joanne Watts	276	28.3	−6.3
	Labour	Peter Russell	248	25.4	−10.2
	Green	Rhiannon Thomas	48	4.9	+4.9
Majority			127	13.0
Turnout			975
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	June Cully	757	61.5	+7.3
	Conservative	Kathleen Stewart	331	26.9	−18.9
	Liberal Democrats	Dawn Kelly	143	11.6	+11.6
Majority			426	34.6	+26.2
Turnout			1,231
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• 2006 Gosport election result
• Ward results

Preceded by Gosport Council election 2004

Gosport local elections

Succeeded by Gosport Council election, 2008