2019 Portsmouth City Council election

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2019 Portsmouth City Council election
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15 of the 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council [1]
22 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson Donna Jones Stephen Morgan
Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour
Leader's seatMiltonHilseaCharles Dickens
Last election4 (2015)9 (2015) +11 (2015)
Seats before17175
Seats won6
(18 total)		7
(16 total)		2
(6 total)
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg3Increase2.svg1
Popular vote13,96911,88611,966
Percentage29.2%24.9%25.0%
SwingIncrease2.svg9.5%Decrease2.svg9.4%Increase2.svg5.6%
Council control before election

No Overall Control

Council control after election

No Overall Control

Map showing the winner in each ward for the 2019 Portsmouth City Council election Portsmouth 2019 ward results.svg
Map showing the winner in each ward for the 2019 Portsmouth City Council election

Elections to Portsmouth City Council took place on Thursday 2 May 2019, alongside other local elections across the country. The seats contested in this election were last contested in 2015. The Conservative Party had 8 seats they were defending, the Liberal Democrats 5 and Labour 1 seat. A by-election occurred within the vacant Cosham seat from last years election, due to the sitting Conservative standing down. No party gained a majority from this election, and therefore the council remains under no overall control.

Contents

Following the election, the Liberal Democrat minority administration that was formed in 2018 continued in office. [2] Labour abstained on the vote for the council leader, with the Liberal Democrats winning the vote by virtue of being the single largest party.

Background

Elections to Portsmouth council since 2012 have proven to have volatile and changing results, with eleven of the city's fourteen wards voting for different parties each year. [3] Following the 2018 election in Portsmouth, in which one third of the council was elected, the UK Independence Party lost all of their seats. Gerald Vernon-Jackson became leader of the council. [4]

A Conservative councillor for Cosham who was elected, James Fleming, was forced to resign as he was not attending meetings due to long term sickness. This means that the Cosham ward will have two seats up for election. [5] The Conservatives also faced an internal inquiry during this campaign due to one of their former candidates claiming he was racially abused. [6]

Election results

Immediately ahead of this election, the composition of the council was:

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Liberal DemocratsLabourConservativeIV

After the election result, the composition of the council became:

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Liberal DemocratsLabourConservativeI

As the council is elected in thirds, one councillor for each of the 14 wards are elected each year. All comparisons in seats and swing are to the corresponding 2015 election.

2019 Portsmouth City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 6Increase2.svg 240.0121842.913,96929.2
  Conservative 7Decrease2.svg 346.791638.111,96624.9
  Labour 2Increase2.svg 113.34614.311,96625.1
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0.0224.800.0
  UKIP 0Steady2.svg0.0000.06,66414.0
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,7525.8
  NHA 0Steady2.svg0.0000.03440.7
  Veterans and People's 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01170.2
  Justice & Anti-Corruption 0Steady2.svg0.0000.0750.2

Results by ward

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 2015. An asterisk indicates the incumbent councillor.

Baffins

Baffins [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lynne Stagg* 1,649 45 +15
Conservative Ryan Brent77621-7
UKIP Todd Sweeney54715-7
Labour Kasey Clark47013-2
Green Bob Simmonds2407+2
Majority87324+22
Turnout 3,68233.1-30.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Central Southsea

Central Southsea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Suzy Horton* 1,760 46 +15
Labour Charlotte Gerada1,23532+16
Conservative Ruben Bell3289-13
Green Eloise Shavelar2687-14
UKIP Michael Nawrot2637-2
Majority52514+5
Turnout 3,85435.0
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Cal Corkery 1,023 40 +14
Liberal Democrats Mark Graham61924-1
UKIP Matthew Harvey50420-2
Conservative Ronnie Taffurelli-Hutchings25410-8
Green Sarah Gilbert1687±0
Majority40416+7
Turnout 2,56821.5-24.3
Labour hold Swing 14

Copnor

Copnor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Robert New* 1,064 37 -5
Labour Rumal Khan65823+1
UKIP Bill Haley54119-4
Liberal Democrats Ross Campbell36513+6
Green Ken Hawkins28610+5
Majority40614+5
Turnout 2,91429.8
Conservative hold Swing

Cosham

Cosham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Lee Mason* 1,082 34
Conservative Matthew Atkins 1,071 34
UKIP George Madgwick89929
Labour David Boxall75624
Labour Yahiya Chowdhury62720
Liberal Democrats Simon Sansbury42714
Liberal Democrats Helena Cole38312
NHA Veronika Wagner34411
Turnout 3,15331.0
Conservative hold Swing
Conservative hold Swing

Drayton & Farlington

Drayton & Farlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Terry Norton 1,927 55 -11
Labour Rebecca Light72921+3
UKIP Derek Jennings47113N/A
Liberal Democrats Delwar Baig40211+6
Majority1,19834-14
Turnout 3,52930.1
Conservative hold Swing

Eastney and Craneswater

Eastney and Craneswater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Linda Symes 1,406 34.9 -5.1
Liberal Democrats Jennie Brent* [8] 1,00324.9+1.9
Labour Luke Evans91022.6+10.6
UKIP Andrew Walters3659.1-4.9
Green Menno Groen2827.0+3.0
Justice & Anti-Corruption Steve Oldfield531.3
Majority40310.0-4.3
Turnout 4,01941.9-22.3
Conservative hold Swing

Fratton

Fratton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Dave Ashmore* 1,141 39 +13
Labour Trevor Morgan84429+9
UKIP Kevan Chippindall-Higgin39513-8
Green Tim Sheerman-Chase28910+3
Conservative Elliot Russell28810-12
Majority29710+5
Turnout 2,95728
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hilsea

Hilsea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Scott Harris* 1,058 39 -6
Labour Sue Castillon62722-2
UKIP Mark Roberts51818-2
Liberal Democrats Peter Williams38013+6
Green Emma Murphy27410+5
Majority43117-2
Turnout 2,857
Conservative hold Swing

Milton

Milton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Gerald Vernon-Jackson* 1,611 41 +7
Labour Paula Savage1,03626+12
UKIP Jenny Dobson54314-1
Conservative Stephen Gorys45712-13
Green Tamara Groen2767-4
Majority57515+6
Turnout 3,923
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Nelson

Nelson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Lee Hunt 1,125 43 +21
Labour Mo Quinn47218-5
UKIP Mike Jerome45618-6
Conservative Lewis Gosling37414-11
Green Duncan Robinson1767+3
Majority65325
Turnout 2,603
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Paulsgrove

Paulsgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Gemma New* 966 37 +4
Labour Isabelle Sene66926-6
UKIP Stuart Potter64725-1
Liberal Democrats Iain Sutherland2098+3
Green Robert Wilson1174±0
Majority29711+10
Turnout 2,608
Conservative hold Swing

St Jude

St Jude
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Graham Heaney 1,061 33 +18
Liberal Democrats Tracy McClure85126-1
Conservative Timothy Forer76624-10
Green Darren Fry31010-2
UKIP Ian Ducane2458-2
The Justice & Anti-Corruption PartyClaudiu-Bogdan Babii221N/A
Majority2107-1
Turnout 3,255
Labour gain from Conservative Swing 14

St Thomas

St Thomas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Chris Attwell 1,366 40 +13
Labour Sumel Chowdhury84925+9
Conservative Terry Henderson74722-10
UKIP Colin Galloway2708-4
Green Rebecca Kingsley-Smith1835-7
Majority51715+10
Turnout 3,415
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

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References

  1. ↑ Alongside the third of the council's 14 seats which are being contested, a by-election is taking place in Cosham for a Conservative standing down.
  2. ↑ "Liberal Democrats retain Portsmouth council leadership". BBC News. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Andrew Teale (28 April 2019). "Long Read: The 2019 Local Elections". Britain Elects. Archived from the original on 30 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Lib Dem Gerald Vernon-Jackson wins Portsmouth council leadership". BBC News . 15 May 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Ben Fishwick (26 March 2019). "Cosham councillor removed from Portsmouth council for not attending meetings". The News (Portsmouth) . JPIMedia . Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Rajeev Syal (26 April 2019). "Tories and Labour accused of racial discrimination in Portsmouth". The Guardian . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  7. ↑ "Election results for Baffins". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  8. ↑ "Councillor Jennie Brent Joins Liberal Democrats".
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