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Gosport 2024

Local elections held 2 May 2024.

14 ward races

15 seats

9 elected below the proportional quota

60.0% of seats below quota

How to read this page

Each race below shows the share of valid ballots the marginal elected candidate actually won, and compares it to the proportional quota: the share that would be needed to be guaranteed that seat under any proportional voting method (1 seats + 1). For a 1-seat ward the quota is 50%; for 2 seats, 33.3%; for 3 seats, 25%.

Where the actual winning share fell below the quota, we show the gap as points under par — the editorial indictment. Above-par results are just majority mandates and pass without comment. The voting method is the subject of every observation here. Named candidates appear as the public election record requires; the cause being audited is the voting method, not the individuals. See the methodology page for derivations.

If votes were counted by party

Across the 14 wards in this cycle, parties received the vote totals below. The proportional column shows what each party would have won if the 15 seats had been allocated to those vote totals in proportion (how, with caveats). The Δ column is the actual seat count minus the proportional seat count — positive numbers are parties First-Past-the-Post over-represented in this council, negative are parties it under-represented.

Party	Votes	Vote %	Seats won	% of seats	Proportional seats	Proportional %	Δ
Conservative and Unionist Party	8,644	43.9%	6	40.0%	7	46.7%	-1
Liberal Democrats	7,227	36.7%	8	53.3%	6	40.0%	+2
Labour Party	2,969	15.1%	1	6.7%	2	13.3%	-1
Green Party	489	2.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Reform UK	163	0.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Independent	107	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Heritage Party	79	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0
Total	19,678	100.0%	15	100.0%	15	100.0%	0

Vote share vs seats won

The top bar is each party's share of votes cast in this council. Below, one square per seat, coloured by the party that won it — first the actual First-Past-the-Post result, then what a proportional method would have produced from the same vote totals. Divergence between the bar and the actual grid is the indictment of the method.

Vote share

Actual seats

Proportional seats

Wards in this council

Sorted with the largest gap below the quota first. Click any ward to jump to its full result.

Grange and Alver Valley · 1 seat · won at 38.6% · +11.4 pts below quota
Harbourside and Town · 1 seat · won at 40.6% · +9.4 pts below quota
Hardway · 1 seat · won at 45.3% · +4.7 pts below quota
Brockhurst and Privett · 1 seat · won at 45.8% · +4.2 pts below quota
Lee East · 1 seat · won at 47.1% · +2.9 pts below quota
Rowner and Holbrook · 1 seat · won at 47.9% · +2.1 pts below quota
Forton · 1 seat · won at 47.9% · +2.1 pts below quota
Peel Common · 1 seat · won at 48.4% · +1.6 pts below quota
Bridgemary · 1 seat · won at 48.5% · +1.5 pts below quota
Leesland and Newtown · 1 seat · won at 50.1% · above quota
Alverstoke · 1 seat · won at 50.8% · above quota
Lee West · 2 seats · won at 35.1% · above quota
Elson · 1 seat · won at 54.2% · above quota
Anglesey · 1 seat · won at 59.8% · above quota

Race results

Grange and Alver Valley · single-seat

Marginal winner 38.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +11.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 860

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Jessop, T.	Conservative and Unionist Party	332	38.6%	Elected
2	Brown, J.	Labour Party	321	37.3%
3	Foster-Reed, C.	Liberal Democrats	207	24.1%

Electorate 4,446 · Ballots cast 860 · EC ward code E05014144 · Back to ward index

Harbourside and Town · single-seat

Marginal winner 40.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +9.4 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,146

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Durrant, A.	Labour Party	465	40.6%	Elected
2	Meenaghan, L.	Conservative and Unionist Party	435	38.0%
3	Critchley, M.	Independent	107	9.3%
4	Ewin, M.	Liberal Democrats	96	8.4%
5	Hawkins, K.	Green Party	43	3.8%

Electorate 3,678 · Ballots cast 1,146 · EC ward code E05014145 · Back to ward index

Hardway · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.3% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.7 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,381

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Cox, K.	Liberal Democrats	626	45.3%	Elected
2	Furlong, D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	527	38.2%
3	Davis, S.	Labour Party	158	11.4%
4	Sudworth, T.	Green Party	70	5.1%

Electorate 4,660 · Ballots cast 1,381 · EC ward code E05014146 · Back to ward index

Brockhurst and Privett · single-seat

Marginal winner 45.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +4.2 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,139

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Finn, T.	Liberal Democrats	522	45.8%	Elected
2	Beech, R.	Conservative and Unionist Party	362	31.8%
3	Bolger, R.	Labour Party	155	13.6%
4	Staffieri, J.	Green Party	100	8.8%

Electorate 4,257 · Ballots cast 1,139 · EC ward code E05014141 · Back to ward index

Lee East · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.9 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,615

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Bradley, K.	Liberal Democrats	760	47.1%	Elected
2	Batten, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	726	45.0%
3	Percival, C.	Labour Party	129	8.0%

Electorate 4,512 · Ballots cast 1,615 · EC ward code E05014147 · Back to ward index

Rowner and Holbrook · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,023

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Johnston, M.	Liberal Democrats	490	47.9%	Elected
2	Walker, G.	Conservative and Unionist Party	364	35.6%
3	Percival, C.	Labour Party	169	16.5%

Electorate 4,468 · Ballots cast 1,023 · EC ward code E05014151 · Back to ward index

Forton · single-seat

Marginal winner 47.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +2.1 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,087

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Chegwyn, P.	Liberal Democrats	521	47.9%	Elected
2	Bellord, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	240	22.1%
3	Bryant, T.	Labour Party	163	15.0%
4	Bergin, P.	Reform UK	163	15.0%

Electorate 4,573 · Ballots cast 1,087 · EC ward code E05014143 · Back to ward index

Peel Common · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.6 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,293

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Namdeo, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	626	48.4%	Elected
2	Marshall, S.	Liberal Democrats	525	40.6%
3	Stratton, D.	Labour Party	142	11.0%

Electorate 4,274 · Ballots cast 1,293 · EC ward code E05014150 · Back to ward index

Bridgemary · single-seat

Marginal winner 48.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference +1.5 pts below quota Valid ballots 1,176

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Maynard, B.	Liberal Democrats	570	48.5%	Elected
2	Jones, K.	Conservative and Unionist Party	450	38.3%
3	Williams, M.	Labour Party	156	13.3%

Electorate 4,518 · Ballots cast 1,176 · EC ward code E05014140 · Back to ward index

Leesland and Newtown · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.1 pts Valid ballots 1,494

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Westerby, J.	Liberal Democrats	749	50.1%	Elected
2	Uluiviti, P.	Conservative and Unionist Party	406	27.2%
3	Percival, H.	Labour Party	236	15.8%
4	Plested, M.	Green Party	103	6.9%

Electorate 5,223 · Ballots cast 1,494 · EC ward code E05014149 · Back to ward index

Alverstoke · single-seat

Marginal winner 50.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −0.8 pts Valid ballots 1,990

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Huggins, Z.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,010	50.8%	Elected
2	Earle, A.	Liberal Democrats	763	38.3%
3	Eaton, J.	Labour Party	217	10.9%

Electorate 4,948 · Ballots cast 1,990 · EC ward code E05014138 · Back to ward index

Lee West · 2-seat (bloc vote)

Marginal winner 35.1% Proportional quota 33.3% Difference −1.7 pts Valid ballots 2,720

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Hayes, D.	Conservative and Unionist Party	1,018	37.4%	Elected
2	Ricketts, S.	Conservative and Unionist Party	954	35.1%	Elected
3	Maynard-Seal, L.	Liberal Democrats	381	14.0%
4	Cruddas, A.	Labour Party	367	13.5%

Electorate 4,316 · Ballots cast 2,720 · EC ward code E05014148 · Back to ward index

Elson · single-seat

Marginal winner 54.2% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −4.2 pts Valid ballots 1,258

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Earle, R.	Liberal Democrats	682	54.2%	Elected
2	Neville, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	300	23.8%
3	Cully, J.	Labour Party	137	10.9%
4	Englefield, L.	Heritage Party	79	6.3%
5	Kelly, K.	Green Party	60	4.8%

Electorate 4,630 · Ballots cast 1,258 · EC ward code E05014142 · Back to ward index

Anglesey · single-seat

Marginal winner 59.8% Proportional quota 50.0% Difference −9.8 pts Valid ballots 1,496

Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Share	Elected
1	Scard, A.	Conservative and Unionist Party	894	59.8%	Elected
2	Sherman, D.	Liberal Democrats	335	22.4%
3	Hall, L.	Labour Party	154	10.3%
4	Kirkham, J.	Green Party	113	7.6%

Electorate 3,654 · Ballots cast 1,496 · EC ward code E05014139 · Back to ward index