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The 2024 Gosport Borough Council election was held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. There were 15 seats up for election, being the usual half of the 28 members of Gosport Borough Council in Hampshire, plus a vacancy in Lee West ward.^[1]

The council remained under Liberal Democrat majority control.^[2]

Gosport has historically been controlled by all 3 major parties. Labour controlled the council from its creation to 1976, when the Conservatives won a majority.^[3] This lasted until 1990 when the council fell into no overall control, before being gained by the Liberal Democrats in 1991.^[3] At the 1998 election, the council again fell into no overall control, and was gained by the Conservatives in 2010.^[4]

The 2022 election was to elect all seats following boundary changes. In that election, the Liberal Democrats won a majority, with 16 seats and a 40.9% vote share. The Conservatives won 10 with 42.8%, and Labour won 2 with 11.7%. The 2024 election is for seats held by the candidate who were returned in 2022 with the second-highest number of votes.^[5]

After 2022 election			Before 2024 election[6]			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Liberal Democrats	16		Liberal Democrats	16		Liberal Democrats
	Conservative	10		Conservative	9		Conservative
	Labour	2		Labour	2		Labour

Changes 2022–2024:

• March 2024: John Beavis (Conservative) resigns; seat left vacant until 2024 election^[1]
• April 2024: Maggie Morgan (Conservative) dies; seat left vacant at time of May 2024 elections, with by-election subsequently arranged for 4 July 2024.^[7]

Gosport Borough Council Election Result 2024
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats				7
	Conservative				5
	Labour				1
	Green				0
	Heritage				0
	Independent				0
	Reform UK				0

An asterisk denotes an incumbent councillor seeking re-election.

Alverstoke^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Zoe Huggins*	1,010	50.8	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adele Earle	763	38.3	−0.7
	Labour	Jonathan Eaton	217	10.9	+2.1
Turnout			1,990
	Conservative hold		Swing

Anglesey^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Scard*	894	59.8	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Deborah Sherman	335	22.4	−6.3
	Labour	Linda Hall	154	10.3	−6.7
	Green	James Kirkham	113	7.6	N/A
Turnout			1,496
	Conservative hold		Swing

Bridgemary^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bob Maynard*	570	48.5	−2.5
	Conservative	Kath Jones	450	38.3	+4.3
	Labour	Margaret Williams	156	13.3	+2.6
Turnout			1,176
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Brockhurst and Privett^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Finn	522	45.8	−6.0
	Conservative	Robbie Beech	362	31.8	±0.0
	Labour	Rick Bolger	155	13.6	+2.0
	Green	Jane Staffieri	100	8.8	N/A
Turnout			1,139
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Elson^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Earle*	682	54.2	−2.2
	Conservative	Alan Neville	300	23.8	+1.3
	Labour	Jess Cully	137	10.9	+0.8
	Heritage	Lisa Englefield	79	6.3	N/A
	Green	Kathryn Kelly	60	4.8	−2.9
Turnout			1,258
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Forton^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Chegwyn*	521	47.9	−10.0
	Conservative	Simon Bellord	240	22.1	−3.5
	Reform UK	Paddy Bergin	163	15.0	N/A
	Labour	Tynan Bryant	163	15.0	−3.1
Turnout			1,087
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Grange and Alver Valley^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tony Jessop*	332	38.6	−0.6
	Labour	Jonathan Brown	321	37.3	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Clive Foster-Reed	207	24.1	−7.4
Turnout			860
	Conservative hold		Swing

Harbourside and Town^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alan Durrant*	465	40.6	−7.6
	Conservative	Lesley Meenaghan	435	38.0	+1.5
	Independent	Mike Critchley	107	9.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Ewin	96	8.4	−4.4
	Green	Ken Hawkins	43	3.8	N/A
Turnout			1,146
	Labour hold		Swing

Hardway^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsty Cox*	626	45.3	−8.3
	Conservative	Diane Furlong	527	38.2	+3.9
	Labour	Simon Davis	158	11.4	+2.2
	Green	Tony Sudworth	70	5.1	N/A
Turnout			1,381
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lee East^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirsten Bradley*	760	47.1	−4.2
	Conservative	Angela Batten	726	45.0	+7.2
	Labour	Chris Percival	129	8.0	−3.1
Turnout			1,615
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lee West (2)^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Dan Hayes	1,018	55.4	−13.9
	Conservative	Stevyn Ricketts	954	51.9	−11.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lizzie Maynard-Seal	381	20.7	N/A
	Labour	Anne Cruddas	367	20.0	−2.8
Turnout			1,843
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Leesland and Newtown^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Westerby*	749	50.1	−4.9
	Conservative	Peceli Uluiviti	406	27.2	+1.4
	Labour	Hilary Percival	236	15.8	+3.3
	Green	Miles Plested	103	6.9	−3.6
Turnout			1,494
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Peel Common^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Supriya Namdeo	626	48.4	+10.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Marshall	525	40.6	−11.8
	Labour	Daniel Stratton	142	11.0	−6.4
Turnout			1,293
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Rowner and Holbrook^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Murray Johnston*	490	47.9	±0.0
	Conservative	Gary Walker	364	35.6	−2.0
	Labour	Claire Percival	169	16.5	+5.1
Turnout			1,023
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing