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]

Non-metropolitan district

Election		Conservative	Labour	Alliance/Liberal Democrats	Independent
1973	Conservative	28	17	0	3	48
1976	Conservative	31	14	0	3
1979	Conservative	31	14	0	3
1983	Conservative	25	11	1	2	39
1984	Conservative	25	11	1	2
1986	Conservative	23	10	5	1
1987	Conservative	24	9	5	1
1988	Conservative	25	8	5	1
1990	Conservative	21	12	5	1
1991	No overall control (Conservative administration)	19	13	6	1
1992	No overall control (Conservative administration)	17	14	7	1
1994	No overall control (Labour administration)	15	14	9	1
1995	No overall control (Labour administration)	11	18	10	0
1996	Labour	6	21	12	0

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1997–2000
	No overall control	2000–2009
	Liberal Democrats	2009–2014^[2]
	No overall control	2014–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1994 have been:^[3]

Councillor		From	To
Leo Madden	Labour	1994	2000
Ian Gibson	Conservative	2000	2001
Leo Madden	Labour	2001	2002
Frank Worley	Conservative	2002	2003
Phil Shaddock	Liberal Democrats	2003	22 Jun 2004
Gerald Vernon-Jackson	Liberal Democrats	22 Jun 2004	3 Jun 2014
Donna Jones	Conservative	3 Jun 2014	15 May 2018
Gerald Vernon-Jackson	Liberal Democrats	15 May 2018	16 May 2023
Steve Pitt	Liberal Democrats	16 May 2023

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Unitary authority elections

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

By-election results

2002-2006

Drayton & Farlington by-election 1 September 2005^[7]
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^[8]
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^[9]
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^[10]
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

References

^ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
^ "Lib Dems claim fourth defection". BBC News Online. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
^ "Council minutes". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Portsmouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
^ "Portsmouth". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Portsmouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ "Drayton & Farlington Ward By-election - 1 September 2005". Portsmouth City Council. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
^ "Fratton Ward by-election 2007 results". Portsmouth City Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
^ "Nelson Ward by-election 2007 results". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
^ "Copnor Ward by-election 2008 results". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

External links

[1] "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.

[defection-2] "Lib Dems claim fourth defection". BBC News Online. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

[3] "Council minutes". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[4] slation.gov.uk - The City of Portsmouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.

[noc-5] "Portsmouth". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

[6] slation.gov.uk - The City of Portsmouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2001. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[farlington-7] "Drayton & Farlington Ward By-election - 1 September 2005". Portsmouth City Council. Archived from the original on 7 January 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

[fratton-8] "Fratton Ward by-election 2007 results". Portsmouth City Council. Archived from the original on 14 May 2010. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

[nelson-9] "Nelson Ward by-election 2007 results". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

[copnor-10] "Copnor Ward by-election 2008 results". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 31 August 2009.

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