Gosport Borough Council elections - candidate list in full

Leader at Gosport Borough Council Peter Chegwyn is standing for re-election as half of the 28 members will be elected, as well as a vacancy in Lee West ward.

The Conservative Party candidates have also been listed on nomination documents and will appear on ballot papers, as either ‘Local Conservatives’ or ‘The Conservative and Unionist Party’ this year,  and Labour candidates as either ‘Labour Party’ or ‘Labour and Co-operative Party’.

There are 52 candidates standing, broken down as 14 Liberal Democrats, 14 Labour Party, 13 Local Conservatives, six Green Party, two for The Conservative and Unionist Party, one for Reform UK, one for Heritage Party and an independent.

Elections in Gosport are by halves and are traditionally held on the first Thursday in May. Councillors are elected for a four-year term and one councillor per ward is up for election every other year.

Currently, there are 16 Liberal Democrats, nine Conservatives and two Labour councillors. After the 2022 election, there were 10 Conservative councillors but John Beavis (Conservative, Lee West) resigned last month leaving the seat empty until May’s election.

There will also be elections for Police and Crime Commissioner for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Police Area on May 2.

The nominated candidates for Gosport Borough Council elections are as follows by ward:

Alverstoke

Adele Louise Earle – Liberal Democrats

Jonathan James Eaton – Labour Party

Zoe Huggins – Local Conservatives

Anglesey

Linda Hall – Labour party

James Robert Kirkham – Green party

Alan David Scard – The Conservatives and Unionist Party

Deborah Clare Sherman – Liberal Democrats

Bridgemary

Kath Jones – Local Conservatives 

Bob Maynard – Liberal Democrats

Margaret Elizabeth Williams – Labour Party 

Brockhurst and Privett

Robbie George Beech – Local Conservatives

Rick Bolger – Labour Party 

Thomas Michael Finn – Liberal Democrats 

Jane Staffieri – Green Party

Elson

Jess Dylan Cully – Labour and Co-operative Party 

Richard Philip Earle – Liberal Democrats 

Lisa Grace Englefield – Heritage Party – Freedom. Family. Nation

Kathryn Shelagh Kelly – Green Party 

Alan Michael Neville- The Conservative and Unionist Party

Forton

Simon James Bellord – Local Conservatives 

Paddy Berin – Reform UK – Changing Politics for Good 

Tynan James Bryant – Labour Party 

Peter John Chegwyn – Liberal Democrats

Grange and Alver Valley

Jonathan Brown – Labour and Co-operative Party  

Clive Foster-Reed – Liberal Democrats 

Tony Jessop – Local Conservatives

Harbourside and Town

Mike Critchley – Independent 

Alan Durrant – Labour Party 

Mike Ewin- Liberal Democrats

Ken Hawkins – Green Party 

Lesley Meenaghan – Local Conservatives

Hardway

Kirsty Anne Cox – Liberal Democrats

Simon George Davis – Labour Party

Diane Hilda Furlong – Local Conservatives 

Tony Sudworth – Green party

Lee East

Angela Jayne Batten – Local Conservatives 

Kirsten Bradley – Liberal Democrats 

Chris Percival – Labour Party 

Lee West

Anne Marie Cruddas – Labour Party 

Dan Hayes – Local Conservatives 

Lizzie Maynard-Seal – Liberal Democrats

Stevyn Christopher Ricketts – Local Conservatives

Leesland and Newtown

Hilary Ruth Percival – Labour Party 

Miles Clifford Fletcher Plested – Green Party

Peceli Uluiviti – Local Conservatives 

Julie Karen Westerby – Liberal Democrats

Peel Common

Stephen James Marshall – Liberal Democrats 

Supriya Namedo – Local Conservatives 

Daniel Frank Stratton – Labour Party

Rowner and Holbrook

Murray Alexander Johnston – Liberal Democrats 

Claire Ruth Percival – Labour Party 

Gary David Walker – Local Conservatives