Portsmouth City Council elections

Portsmouth City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1]

Composition of the council[2]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] PIP UKIP Independents
& Others 		Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (48 seats)
1973 28 17 0 – – 3 Conservative
1976 31 14 0 – – 3 Conservative
1979 31 14 0 – – 3 Conservative
New ward boundaries (39 seats)
1983 25 11 1 – – 2 Conservative
1984 25 11 1 – – 2 Conservative
1986 23 10 5 – – 1 Conservative
1987 24 9 5 – – 1 Conservative
1988 25 8 5 – – 1 Conservative
1990 21 12 5 – – 1 Conservative
1991 19 13 6 – – 1 No overall control
1992 17 14 7 – – 1 No overall control
1994 15 14 9 – 0 1 No overall control
1995 11 18 10 – 0 0 Labour
1996 6 21 12 – 0 0 Labour
1998 8 21 10 – 0 0 Labour
1999 10 20 9 – 0 0 Labour
2000 '16 15 8 – 0 0 No overall control
New ward boundaries (42 seats)
2002 15 14 13 – 0 0 No overall control
2003 15 11 16 – 0 0 No overall control
2004 15 7 20 – 0 0 No overall control
2006 16 5 21 – 0 0 No overall control
2007 17 5 19 – 0 0 No overall control
2008 19 2 19 – 0 2 No overall control
2010 16 2 23 – 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2011 17 2 23 – 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2012 12 4 26 – 0 0 Liberal Democrats
2014 12 4 19 – 6 1 No overall control
2015 17 4 14 – 6 1 No overall control
2016 19 4 15 – 4 1 No overall control
2018 19 6 16 – 0 1 No overall control
2019 16 6 18 – 0 2 No overall control
2021 16 7 15 – 0 4 No overall control
2022 13 9 17 3 0 0 No overall control
2023 8 7 18 6 0 3 No overall control
2024 4 8 19 9 0 2 No overall control

City result maps

  • 2002 results map
  • 2003 results map
  • 2004 results map
  • 2006 results map
  • 2007 results map
  • 2008 results map
  • 2010 results map
  • 2011 results map
  • 2012 results map
  • 2014 results map
  • 2015 results map
  • 2016 results map
  • 2018 results map
  • 2019 results map
  • 2021 results map
  • 2022 results map
  • 2023 results map
  • 2024 results map

By-election results

2002–2006

Drayton & Farlington by-election 1 September 2005[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Stephen Wemyss 2,148 50.9 +4.2
Liberal Democrats Patrict Whittle 1,973 46.7 +4.3
English Democrat David Knight 102 2.4 +2.4
Majority 175 4.2
Turnout 4,223 43.0
Conservative hold Swing

2006–2010

Fratton by-election 16 August 2007[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats David Fuller 1,196 58.6 +2.6
Conservative Gerry Oldfield 496 24.3 +1.3
Labour Simon Payne 144 7.1 −5.4
English Democrat David Knight 131 6.4 −2.1
Green Sean Sanders 56 2.7 +2.7
Independent Mark Austin 17 0.8 +0.8
Majority 700 34.3 +1.3
Turnout 2,040 20.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing
Nelson by-election 27 September 2007[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sarah Cook 791 35.0 +3.2
Conservative Jim Fleming 682 30.2 +3.3
Liberal Democrats Alex Naylor 548 24.2 −2.9
UKIP Michelle Essery 90 4.0 +4.0
Green Calum Kennedy 78 3.5 −2.9
English Democrat Clive Percy 71 3.1 −4.4
Majority 109 4.8
Turnout 2,260 22.4
Labour hold Swing
Copnor by-election 7 February 2008[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Andy Fraser 1,835 55.8 +38.4
Conservative Jim Fleming 904 27.5 −18.6
Labour Terry O'Brien 349 10.6 −8.2
English Democrat David Knight 117 3.6 −13.6
UKIP Michelle Essery 57 1.7 +1.7
Independent Mark Austin 28 0.9 +0.9
Majority 931 28.3
Turnout 3,290 33.9
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

See also

Non-metropolitan district elections
Unitary authority elections

Notes

  1. ^ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).

References

  1. ^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  3. ^ "Drayton & Farlington Ward By-election – 1 September 2005". Portsmouth City Council. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  4. ^ "Fratton Ward by-election 2007 results". Portsmouth City Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  5. ^ "Nelson Ward by-election 2007 results". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  6. ^ "Copnor Ward by-election 2008 results". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  7. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Portsmouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Portsmouth". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  9. ^ legislation.gov.uk – The City of Portsmouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
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