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
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.