Lib Dems gain across county

4.18.38pm UTC (GMT +0000) Mon 9th May 2005

The Liberal Democrats held the four seats they were defending in Hampshire at the General Election and made a significant advance in the County Council elections.

Hampshire County Council now has 45 Conservative councillors, 28 Lib Dems and just four Labour members.

Lib Dem candidates polled almost a quarter of a million votes across the county in the local elections last Thursday. At the last elections in 2001, the party won 19 seats on Hampshire County Council.

Full results of the County Council elections can be found at:

http://election.hants.gov.uk/hwelection.aspx?id=167

In the General Election, Sandra Gidley held Romsey, Mike Hancock held Portsmouth South, Mark Oaten held Winchester and Chris Huhne succeeded David Chidgey as MP for Eastleigh.