Election Name: | 2016 Gosport Borough Council Election |
Next Year: | 2018 |
Seats For Election: | 17 of 34 seats to Gosport Borough Council |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2014 Gosport Borough Council election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2018 Gosport Borough Council election |
Majority Seats: | 18 |
Percentage1: | 52.9 |
Before Election: | Conservative |
Election Date: | 5 May 2016 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 10 |
Seats Before1: | 21 |
Country: | England |
Popular Vote1: | 10,359 |
Seat Change1: | 2 |
Seats2: | 5 |
Seats After1: | 19 |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats After2: | 9 |
Seats After3: | 5 |
Seats Before3: | 6 |
Seats Before2: | 6 |
Seat Change2: | 3 |
Popular Vote2: | 3,193 |
Percentage2: | 16.3 |
Seats3: | 2 |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Seat Change3: | 1 |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Popular Vote3: | 4,826 |
Percentage3: | 24.6 |
Council control | |
After Election: | Conservative |
The 2016 Gosport Borough Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Gosport Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The Liberal Democrats gained two seats from the Conservatives and one from Labour, but the Conservatives remained in an overall majority.
After the election the composition of the council was: