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.[1][2][3]

After the election, the composition of the council was

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  1. ^ "Local elections: Gosport". BBC News. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Borough Council Election – 4th May 2006 – Results". Gosport Borough Council. 5 May 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
  3. ^ Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael (2012). Gosport Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012 (PDF). Plymouth: The Elections Centre. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
Preceded by
2004 Gosport Council election 		Gosport local elections Succeeded by
2008 Gosport Council election
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