Portsmouth City Council elections

Portsmouth is a unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973-1990
	No overall control	1990-1995
	Labour	1995-1997

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1996-2000^[2]
	No overall control	2000-2009^[2]
	Liberal Democrats	2009-2014^[3]
	No overall control (Conservative Administration)	2014–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Portsmouth City Council election, 1973
Portsmouth City Council election, 1976
Portsmouth City Council election, 1979
Portsmouth City Council election, 1983 (New ward boundaries)^[4]
Portsmouth City Council election, 1984
Portsmouth City Council election, 1986
Portsmouth City Council election, 1987
Portsmouth City Council election, 1988
Portsmouth City Council election, 1990
Portsmouth City Council election, 1991
Portsmouth City Council election, 1992
Portsmouth City Council election, 1994
Portsmouth City Council election, 1995

Unitary authority elections

Portsmouth City Council election, 1996
Portsmouth City Council election, 1998
Portsmouth City Council election, 1999
Portsmouth City Council election, 2000
Portsmouth City Council election, 2002 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 3)^[5]^[6]
Portsmouth City Council election, 2003
Portsmouth City Council election, 2004
Portsmouth City Council election, 2006
Portsmouth City Council election, 2007
Portsmouth City Council election, 2008
Portsmouth City Council election, 2010
Portsmouth City Council election, 2011
Portsmouth City Council election, 2012
Portsmouth City Council election, 2014
Portsmouth City Council election, 2015

City result maps

2002 results map
2003 results map
2004 results map
2006 results map

By-election results

Drayton & Farlington by-election 1 September 2005^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Stephen Wemyss	2,148	50.9	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat	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

Fratton by-election 16 August 2007^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat 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 Democrat	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 Democrat	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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
1 2 "Portsmouth". BBC News Online. 2008-04-19. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
↑ "Lib Dems claim fourth defection". BBC News Online. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Portsmouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1979. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ "Portsmouth". * BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
↑ 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 January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
↑ "Fratton Ward by-election 2007 results". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
↑ "Nelson Ward by-election 2007 results". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
↑ "Copnor Ward by-election 2008 results". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 2009-08-31.

External links

Council elections in Hampshire

Hampshire County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017

Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

East Hampshire District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Eastleigh Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Fareham Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Gosport Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Hart District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Havant Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

New Forest District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Portsmouth City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Rushmoor Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Southampton City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Test Valley Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Winchester City Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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