2018 Gosport Borough Council election explained

Election Name:2018 Gosport Borough Council Election
Next Year:2021
Seats For Election:17 of 34 seats to Gosport Borough Council
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2016 Gosport Borough Council election
Previous Year:2016
Next Election:2021 Gosport Borough Council election
Majority Seats:18
Percentage1:22.9
Before Election:Conservative
Election Date:3 May 2018
Party1:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Seats1:9
Seats Before1:9
Country:England
Popular Vote1:4,710
Seat Change1:4
Seats2:8
Seats After1:14
Party3:Labour Party (UK)
Seats After2:18
Seats After3:2
Seats Before3:4
Seats Before2:19
Seat Change2:1
Popular Vote2:10,673
Percentage2:51.8
Seats3:1
Posttitle:Council control after election
Seat Change3:2
Party2:Conservative Party (UK)
Popular Vote3:4,608
Percentage3:22.4
Council control
After Election:Conservative

The 2018 Gosport Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Gosport Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The election saw the Liberal Democrats gain four seats: two from Labour, and one each from the Conservatives and UKIP. This reduced the Conservative Majority to one, remaining in control of the council, whilst UKIP lost their sole seat, in the Rowner and Holbrook ward.

Voter ID trial

Gosport was one of five boroughs in England operating a voter ID trial, whereby voters had to bring a form of identification with them in order to vote.[2] There was some criticism of the pilot by local politicians ahead of the vote,[3] and in the event 54 people were unable to vote as a result of the trial.[4] The Electoral Commission concluded from the study that "our findings suggest that the 2018 local elections in Gosport were not significantly affected by the voter ID pilot in either its impact on voters or on the administration of the poll. However, it is important to be cautious when drawing conclusions from this pilot about the impact of any wider application of voter ID."[5]

Ward results

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Town

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Local elections: Your guide to the vote in England . 25 January 2019 . BBC News.
  2. Web site: England voter ID trial 'a solution in search of a problem' . 28 March 2019 . The Guardian.
  3. News: Richard . Percival . REVEALED: Gosport borough to Introduce ID for voters in elections from 2018 and other Hampshire borough's could soon follow . . Southampton . 18 September 2017.
  4. Web site: Voter ID: 340 did not vote after failing to show documents . 28 March 2019 . BBC News.
  5. . Gosport May 2018 voter identification pilot evaluation . 2018.
  6. Web site: 2018 Gosport Borough Council Elections . 10 February 2019 . Gosport Borough Council.