2004 Gosport Borough Council election

Elections to Gosport Council were held on 10 June 2004. Half of the council was up for election, and the council stayed under no overall control.

Map of the results of the 2004 Gosport council election. Conservatives in blue, Labour in red and Liberal Democrats in yellow.

After the election, the composition of the council was

• Conservative 15
• Labour 11
• Liberal Democrat 5
• Others 3

Election result

Gosport Local Election Result 2004

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	10	4	0	+4	58.8	56.2	11,748	+16.2%
	Labour	5	0	1	-1	29.4	27.2	5,681	-5.7%
	Liberal Democrats	2	0	3	-3	11.8	13.6	2,854	-13.4%
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	426	+1.8%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	213	+1.0%

Ward results

Alverstoke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Philip Clinton	1,323	81.3
	Labour	Robert Salter	304	18.7
Majority			1,019	62.6
Turnout			1,627
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anglesey

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Mark Hook	1,034	75.9
	Labour	Jennifer Hall	328	24.1
Majority			706	51.8
Turnout			1,362
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgemary North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Martyn Davis	643	57.6
	Conservative	Joanne Watts	473	42.4
Majority			170	15.2
Turnout			1,116
	Labour hold		Swing

Bridgemary South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jill Wright	727	61.4
	Conservative	Robert Perris	457	38.6
Majority			270	22.8
Turnout			1,184
	Labour hold		Swing

Brockhurst

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ivor Foster	681	53.5
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Russell	385	30.3
	Labour	James Fox	206	16.2
Majority			296	23.2
Turnout			1,272
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Christchurch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Richard Dickson	564	44.3
	Liberal Democrats	Austin Hicks	362	28.4
	Labour	Diane Searle	348	27.3
Majority			202	15.9
Turnout			1,274
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Elson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Bruce Rigg	624	47.0
	Liberal Democrats	Laura Elshaw	415	31.3
	UKIP	Francis Bridgewater	167	12.6
	Labour	Jill Whitcher	101	7.6
Majority			209	15.7
Turnout			1,327
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Forton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Keith Farr	410	40.5
	Liberal Democrats	Gary Elshaw	303	29.9
	Conservative	Anna Oliver	300	29.6
Majority			107	10.6
Turnout			1,013
	Labour hold		Swing

Grange

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	Nina Champion	239	36.8
	Labour	Victor Burt	222	34.2
	Conservative	Hugh Landels	188	29.0
Majority			17	2.6
Turnout			649
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hardway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Peter Langdon	822	66.1
	Green	Andrea Smith	213	17.1
	Labour	Peter Bell	209	16.8
Majority			609	49.0
Turnout			1,244
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Howard Burgess	966	83.0
	Labour	John Madgwick	198	17.0
Majority			768	66.0
Turnout			1,164
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lee West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Brian Taylor	1,326	81.9
	Labour	Michael Madgwick	294	18.1
Majority			1,032	63.8
Turnout			1,620
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leesland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrats	David Smith	529	48.9
	Conservative	Marjorie Bailey	380	35.1
	Labour	Alan Durrant	173	16.0
Majority			149	13.8
Turnout			1,082
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Peel Common

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Philpott	896	57.6
	Labour	Peter Russell	401	25.8
	UKIP	John Bowles	259	16.6
Majority			495	31.8
Turnout			1,556
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Privett

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Colin Jacobs	865	63.0
	Liberal Democrats	Josephine Jackson	348	25.3
	Labour	Dennis Gough	161	11.7
Majority			517	37.7
Turnout			1,374
	Conservative hold		Swing

Rowner & Holbrook

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Train	326	35.6
	Conservative	Thelma Morrison	317	34.6
	Liberal Democrats	Wayne Richards	273	29.8
Majority			9	1.0
Turnout			916
	Labour hold		Swing

Town

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Neil Redrup	630	54.2
	Conservative	Michael Geddes	532	45.8
Majority			98	8.4
Turnout			1,162
	Labour hold		Swing

References

• 2004 Gosport election result
• Ward results

Preceded by 2002 Gosport Council election

Gosport local elections

Succeeded by 2006 Gosport Council election