Election Name: | 2014 Gosport Borough Council Election |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Seats For Election: | 17 of 35 seats to Gosport Borough Council |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2012 Gosport Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2012 |
Next Election: | 2016 Gosport Borough Council election |
Majority Seats: | 18 |
Percentage1: | 46.0% |
Before Election: | Conservative |
Election Date: | 22 May 2014 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 9 |
Seats Before1: | 24 |
Country: | England |
Popular Vote1: | 9,651 |
Seat Change1: | 3 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seats After1: | 21 |
Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats After2: | 6 |
Seats After4: | 6 |
Seats Before4: | 5 |
Seats Before2: | 5 |
Seat Change2: | 1 |
Popular Vote2: | 2,688 |
Percentage2: | 12.8% |
Seats4: | 3 |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Seat Change4: | 1 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Popular Vote4: | 5,040 |
Percentage4: | 24.0% |
Party5: | UK Independence Party |
Seats After5: | 1 |
Seats Before5: | 0 |
Seats5: | 1 |
Seat Change5: | 1 |
Popular Vote5: | 3,426 |
Percentage5: | 16.3% |
Council control | |
After Election: | Conservative |
The 2014 Gosport Borough Council election took place on 22 May 2014 to elect members of Gosport Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. UKIP gained its first representation on the council, with the Labour, the Liberal Democrats, and UKIP each gaining a seat from the Conservatives; whilst they had a reduced majority, the Conservatives remained in administration.