Election Name: | 2008 Gosport Borough Council Election |
Next Year: | 2010 |
Seats For Election: | 17 of 35 seats to Gosport Borough Council |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2006 Gosport Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2006 |
Next Election: | 2010 Gosport Borough Council election |
Majority Seats: | 18 |
Percentage1: | 53.1 |
Before Election: | No Overall Control |
Election Date: | 1 May 2008 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 10 |
Seats Before1: | 17 |
Country: | England |
Popular Vote1: | 11,686 |
Seat Change1: | 1 |
Seats2: | 6 |
Seats After1: | 16 |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats After2: | 14 |
Seats After3: | 4 |
Seats Before3: | 8 |
Seats Before2: | 9 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Popular Vote2: | 5,672 |
Percentage2: | 25.8 |
Seats3: | 1 |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Seat Change3: | 4 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Popular Vote3: | 3,353 |
Percentage3: | 15.2 |
Council control | |
After Election: | No Overall Control |
Elections to Gosport Council in Hampshire, England were held on 1 May 2008. Half of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.
Before the election the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties had held power on the council with the casting vote of the mayor.[1] The election saw the Liberal Democrats close the gap with the Conservative party after making 5 gains, while the Labour party lost four of the five seats they had held. However following the election the Conservative party said that they would take charge of the council as they remained the largest party.[2]
After the election, the composition of the council was