2002 Gosport Borough Council election explained

Election Name:2002 Gosport Borough Council Election
Before Election:No Overall Control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Council control
Percentage3:39.8
Popular Vote3:7,830
Seats3:10
Party3:Conservative Party (UK)
Percentage2:27.1
Popular Vote2:5,323
Seats2:12
Party2:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Percentage1:32.8
Popular Vote1:6,456
Country:England
Seats1:12
Party1:Labour Party (UK)
Election Date:2 May 2002
Majority Seats:18
Seats For Election:All 35 seats to Gosport Borough Council
Next Year:2004
Next Election:2004 Gosport Borough Council election
Previous Year:2000 Gosport Borough Council election
Previous Election:2000 Gosport Borough Council election
Party Colour:yes
Ongoing:no
Type:Parliamentary
After Election:No Overall Control

Elections to Gosport Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 4. The council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was

Election result

The table below only tallies the votes of the highest polling candidate for each party within each ward. This is known as the top candidate method and is often used for multi-member plurality elections.

Ward results

Town

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