2011 Portsmouth City Council election

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Map of the results of the 2011 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in orange, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red. Portsmouth UK local election 2011 map.svg
Map of the results of the 2011 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in orange, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

The 2011 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. The election took place on the same day as a referendum on the parliamentary voting system, and one third of the council (14 seats) was up for election using the first-past-the-post voting system. The Liberal Democrats won a majority of the seats being contested, and remained in overall control of the council. [1]

Contents

After the election, the composition of the council was: [2]

Election result

The only seats to change hands were Central Southsea and Nelson, both of which saw councillors who had previously defected to the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives and Labour respectively retain their seats under the Liberal Democrat label. All comparisons are to the 2007 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2011
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Liberal Democrats 920+264.332.916,850-1.0%
  Conservative 401-128.637.219,042-3.4%
  Labour 101-17.125.913,285+10.0%
  English Democrat 000001.9986-4.0%
  Green 000000.9486-1.6%
  TUSC 000000.8411+0.8%
  Independent 000000.3149-0.4%

Ward results

Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, is to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2007.

Baffins [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Stagg1,82441.5−4.0
Conservative Daryn Brewer1,25128.5−5.9
Labour Julian Wright68315.6+6.0
English Democrat Ian Ducane2435.5+0.2
Green Sarah Coote2164.9−0.3
Independent David Tucker1493.4+3.4
Majority57313.0+0.9
Turnout 4,39139.2+5.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 1.0% Con to LD
Central Southsea [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Margaret Adair1,62642.4+13.0
Labour Rob Smith1,05927.6+14.3
Conservative Massoud Esmaili87722.9−14.7
TUSC Frances Pilling2346.1+6.1
Majority56714.8+14.8
Turnout 3,83834.4+0.3
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing 0.7% LD to Lab
Charles Dickens [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Steven Wylie1,08235.9−4.0
Labour Sarah Cook95831.8+9.7
Conservative Matt Davies67022.3+4.7
Green Russell Anderson2709.0+3.6
Majority1244.1−13.7
Turnout 3,01125.0+0.1
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 6.9% LD to Lab
Copnor [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert New1,40238.0−8.3
Liberal Democrats Stephen Fletcher1,09429.7+12.2
Labour Simon Payne86423.4+4.5
English Democrat David Knight3028.2−9.1
Majority3088.3−19.1
Turnout 3,68936.5+8.2
Conservative hold Swing 10.3% Con to LD
Cosham [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lee Mason1,72347.5−1.5
Labour Graham Heaney1,25934.7+10.8
Liberal Democrats Steve Pearson62017.1+0.5
Majority46412.8−12.3
Turnout 3,62536.2+6.4
Conservative hold Swing 6.2% Con to Lab
Drayton and Farlington [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Ken Ellcome3,07463.2+3.8
Labour Paul Middleton92519.0+9.4
Liberal Democrats Steve Lanson-Dale55511.4−11.4
English Democrat Dave Ward2535.2−3.0
Majority2,14944.2+7.6
Turnout 4,86547.7+6.0
Conservative hold Swing 2.8% Con to Lab
Eastney and Craneswater [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Terry Hall1,84245.7−9.1
Conservative Gerry Oldfield1,36933.9−4.6
Labour Rosalie Ward60314.9+8.3
English Democrat Peter Lawrence1884.7+4.7
Majority47311.8−4.5
Turnout 4,03441.8+3.7
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 2.3% LD to Con
Fratton [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Eleanor Scott1,36745.8−10.2
Labour John Attrill71523.9+11.4
Conservative Terry Judkins71023.8+0.8
TUSC John Pickett1775.9+5.9
Majority65221.9−11.1
Turnout 2,98627.9+2.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 10.8 LD to Lab
Hilsea [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Alistair Thompson1,99055.2−2.8
Labour Michelle Treacher1,19633.2+11.2
Liberal Democrats Michelle Cole39310.90.0
Majority79422.0−14.0
Turnout 3,60635.0+4.7
Conservative hold Swing 7.0% Con to Lab
Milton [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gerald Vernon-Jackson1,82145.9+2.6
Conservative Chris Hirst1,26731.9−10.5
Labour Ken Ferrett85121.4+15.3
Majority55414.0+13.1
Turnout 3,96938.3−1.9
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 6.6% Con to LD
Nelson [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Leo Madden1,24038.2+11.0
Labour John Ferrett1,09133.6+1.7
Conservative Audrey Arnell89527.6+0.6
Majority1494.6+4.6
Turnout 3,24831.5+5.2
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour Swing 4.7% Lab to LD
Paulsgrove [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour David Horne1,62455.0+8.3
Conservative Oliver Greenwood98033.2+1.7
Liberal Democrats Will Purvis33411.3+1.8
Majority64421.8+6.6
Turnout 2,95229.6+4.6
Labour hold Swing 3.3% Con to Lab
St Jude [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Michael Andrewes1,46441.9−5.1
Conservative Linda Symes1,32938.1−5.9
Labour Craig Cameron66419.0+10.0
Majority1353.8+0.8
Turnout 3,49238.5+5.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 0.4% Con to LD
St Thomas [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Les Stevens1,58840.2−7.4
Conservative Sandra Stockdale1,50538.1−5.7
Labour John Lancaster79320.1+11.5
Majority832.1−1.7
Turnout 3,95035.3+0.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing 0.9% LD to Con

References

  1. ↑ "Election 2011 – Portsmouth". BBC News. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  2. ↑ "Political composition of the council". Portsmouth.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 16 September 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Baffins". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Central Southsea". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Charles Dickens". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  6. ↑ "Copnor". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Cosham". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 8 May 2012. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Drayton & Farlington". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Eastney & Craneswater". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  10. ↑ "Fratton". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  11. ↑ "Hilsea". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  12. ↑ "Milton". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  13. ↑ "Nelson". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  14. ↑ "Paulsgrove". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 9 May 2011. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  15. ↑ "St Jude". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
  16. ↑ "St Thomas". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 10 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
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