2000 Gosport Borough Council election

Elections to Gosport Council were held on 4 May 2000. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 29%.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result
Gosport Local Election Result 2000
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Conservative 6 +3 60.0 50.6 8,368
  Labour 3 0 30.0 28.2 4,658
  Liberal Democrats 1 -1 10.0 21.2 3,503
  Others 0 -2 0 0 0

Ward results
Alverstoke
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Gibson 786 52.9
Liberal Democrats Alexander Bone 568 38.2
Labour Brian Forhead 131 8.8
Majority 218 14.7
Turnout 1,485 99
Anglesey
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Aleck Hayward 1,315 68.3
Liberal Democrats Clive Pearce 476 24.7
Labour Charis Jeffrey 135 7.0
Majority 839 43.6
Turnout 1,926
Conservative hold Swing
Bridgemary
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Marilyn Angus 854 69.3
Conservative Joanne Watts 379 30.7
Majority 475 38.6
Turnout 1,233
Labour hold Swing
Brockhurst
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jean Batterbury 648 44.1
Liberal Democrats Peter Chegwyn 491 33.4
Conservative John Burrowa 331 22.5
Majority 157 10.7
Turnout 1,470
Elson
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Bruce Rigg 711 48.1
Liberal Democrats David Smith 545 36.8
Labour Brian Leishman 223 15.1
Majority 166 11.3
Turnout 1,479
Hardway and Forton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Roger Allen 634 42.8
Labour Kenneth Searle 601 40.5
Liberal Democrats Dale Low 248 16.7
Majority 33 2.3
Turnout 1,483
Conservative gain from Labour Swing
Lee
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Derek Kimber 1,721 77.7
Liberal Democrats David Fisher 292 13.2
Labour Paul Wilson-Schofield 201 9.1
Majority 1,429 64.5
Turnout 2,214
Conservative hold Swing
Leesland
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Julia Salter 756 50.1
Conservative Stephen Ward 622 41.2
Labour David Waite 132 8.7
Majority 134 8.9
Turnout 1,510
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Rowner
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Philpott 1,018 57.3
Labour Alan Durrant 760 42.7
Majority 258 14.6
Turnout 1,778
Conservative hold Swing
Town
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour June Cully 973 49.9
Conservative Richard Dickson 851 43.6
Liberal Democrats Amanda Seal 127 6.5
Majority 122 6.3
Turnout 1,951
Labour hold Swing

References
Preceded by
1999 Gosport Council election		 Gosport local elections Succeeded by
2002 Gosport Council election
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