Conservative Conservative The 2018 Gosport Borough Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Gosport Borough Council in England.
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.
[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.