2024 Portsmouth City Council election

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2024 Portsmouth City Council election
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14 out of 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council
22 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
LeaderSteve PittGeorge MadgwickCharlotte Gerada
Party Liberal Democrats Portsmouth Ind. Labour
Leader's seatMiltonPaulsgroveCentral Southsea
Seats before1868
Seats after1998
Seat changeIncrease2.svg1Increase2.svg3Steady2.svg
 Fourth partyFifth party
 
LeaderSimon BosherN/A
Party Conservative Independents (politician)
Leader's seatDrayton & FarlingtonN/A
Seats before82
Seats after42
Seat changeDecrease2.svg4Steady2.svg
Leader before election

Steve Pitt
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

Elected Leader

Steve Pitt
Liberal Democrats
No overall control

The 2024 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. 14 of the 42 members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire were elected.

Contents

The council remained in No overall control, being led by a Liberal Democrats minority administration. [1]

Background

Portsmouth was created as a unitary authority in 1997. Labour controlled the council from its creation until 2000, when the council fell into no overall control. [2] The Liberal Democrats first won the council in 2010, and held a majority until 2014. [3] The Conservatives ran the council as a minority administration, with support from UKIP, [4] until 2018, when the Liberal Democrats formed a minority administration which has governed Portsmouth since. [5] In the previous election, the Liberal Democrats won 7 seats (up 1) with 29.3% of the vote, Labour won 2 with 27.5%, the Conservatives won 1 (down 5) with 19.6%, the Portsmouth Independent Party won 3 (up 3) with 16.2%, and independents won 1 (up 1) with 2.1%.

The seats up for election in 2024 were last contested in 2021; because of the delay of all local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seats are up for election after 3 years rather than the usual 4. In that election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 36.0% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats lost 2 with 26.6%, Labour held their 2 seats up for election with 28.0%, and independents gained 1 with 3.7%.

Previous council composition

After 2023 election Before 2024 election [6] After 2024 election
PartySeatsPartySeatsPartySeats
Liberal Democrats 18 Liberal Democrats 18 Liberal Democrats 19
Conservative 8 Conservative 8 Conservative 4
Labour 7 Labour 8 Labour 8
Portsmouth Ind. 6 Portsmouth Ind. 6 Portsmouth Ind. 9
Independent 3 Independent 2 Independent 2

Changes:

Results

2024 Portsmouth City Council election
PartyThis electionFull councilThis election
SeatsNetSeats %OtherTotalTotal %VotesVotes %+/−
  Liberal Democrats 7Increase2.svg 150.0121945.212,49230.0Increase2.svg 0.7
  Portsmouth Ind. 4Increase2.svg 328.65921.49,57823.0Increase2.svg 6.8
  Labour 2Steady2.svg14.36819.011,55627.7Increase2.svg 0.2
  Conservative 1Decrease2.svg 47.1349.56,74516.2Decrease2.svg 3.4
  Independent 0Steady2.svg0224.800.0Decrease2.svg 2.1
  Green 0Steady2.svg0.0000.02,0504.5Decrease2.svg 0.1
  Reform UK 0Steady2.svg0.0000.04231.0Increase2.svg 0.4
  TUSC 0Steady2.svg0.0000.01970.5Increase2.svg 0.4

Ward results

The results for each ward were: [8]

Incumbents are marked with an asterisk:*

Baffins

Baffins
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Darren Sanders* 1,595 50.4 +8.2
Conservative Joseph Standen53917.0-1.1
Labour Mark Andrew Farwell50315.9+1.9
Portsmouth Ind. Brannen Sime3109.8-11.4
Green Bob Simmonds1735.5+1.2
TUSC Rachel Rebecca Nolan421.3N/A
Majority105633.4
Turnout 316228.4
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Central Southsea

Central Southsea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charlotte Rachel Gerada* 1,780 48.7 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Felix Totolici129835.5-11.7
Conservative Alison Hoare2376.5+0.9
Green Dillon Alexander Jarman2085.7+1.1
Portsmouth Ind. Paris-Jade Wilson1303.6+1.4
Majority48213.2
Turnout 365329.7
Labour hold Swing

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Raj Ghosh 907 45.0 +12.9
Liberal Democrats Renu Raj36818.3+4.4
Conservative Thomas Gosling31915.8+3.4
Portsmouth Ind. Jaime Angela Custerson24011.9N/A
Green Miles Plested1095.4+1.1
TUSC Chris Pickett723.6N/A
Majority53926.7
Turnout 201514.8
Labour hold Swing

Copnor

Copnor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Portsmouth Ind. Lee Matthew Tindal 1,111 39.5 -6.5
Conservative Lewis Mark David Gosling*74026.3+2.3
Labour Andy Butterworth64022.7+3.0
Liberal Democrats James Howitt1906.70.0
Green Tim Sheerman-Chase1354.8+1.1
Majority37113.2
Turnout 281629.0
Portsmouth Ind. gain from Conservative Swing

Cosham

Cosham
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Portsmouth Ind. Derek James North 1,149 37.8 +30.7
Labour Amanda Martin100933.2-13.2
Conservative Matthew Atkins*64121.1-15.6
Liberal Democrats Julie Ann Spurgeon1183.9-2.9
Green Josie McNally1003.3N/A
TUSC Nikki Doyle200.7N/A
Majority1404.6
Turnout 303730.1
Portsmouth Ind. gain from Conservative Swing

Drayton & Farlington

Drayton & Farlington
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Conservative Spencer Roy Gardner 1,389 37.8 -9.9
Portsmouth Ind. Benjamin Simon Portet126734.5+26.4
Labour Ian Martin Ayres69518.9-1.1
Liberal Democrats Claire Udy1935.3-12.6
Green Paul Bleachy1303.5-3.0
Majority1223.3
Turnout 367435.1
Conservative hold Swing

Eastney & Craneswater

Eastney & Craneswater
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Leigh Dorrington 1,156 31.1 -5.3
Labour Edward Batterbury101727.4-1.2
Portsmouth Ind. Jack Smith72519.5+17.1
Conservative Terry Henderson60416.3-6.9
Green Tamara Liloutee Barbara Groen2145.8+0.3
Majority1393.7
Turnout 371637.8
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative Swing

Fratton

Fratton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Stuart William Brown* 824 31.7 -6.4
Portsmouth Ind. Jacob Lee Short72927.9+11.3
Labour Steph Richards72827.9-2.5
Conservative Tim Edwards2088.0-1.0
Green Samet Menguc Chering-Alves1114.3-0.7
Majority953.8
Turnout 260024.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Hilsea

Hilsea
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Portsmouth Ind. Matthew William Stringer Cordy 1,493 54.7 -2.6
Conservative Charles Douglas53319.5-3.0
Labour Nicky Potts46116.9+4.2
Liberal Democrats Peter John Williams1485.4+0.9
Green Emma Louise Kimberley Murphy953.5+0.5
Majority96035.2
Turnout 273027.0
Portsmouth Ind. gain from Conservative Swing

Milton

Milton
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Kimberly Emma Barrett* 1,817 53.0 +6.4
Labour Arif Hasan Choudhury94927.7-9.0
Green Sarah Louise Shilling Gilbert2316.7+2.3
Conservative Stephen Alexander Gorys2206.4+0.1
Reform UK Rachel Faith Zimmer2146.2+3.8
Majority86825.3
Turnout 343132.5
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Nelson

Nelson
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Richard James Adair 903 37.1 -10.7
Portsmouth Ind. Gary Richard Fyles68728.2+20.4
Labour Robin Stanley Head50520.7-2.3
Conservative Erin May Hunt2239.2-5.7
Green Duncan Stuart Robinson994.1-1.5
TUSC Nick Doyle190.8-0.1
Majority2168.9
Turnout 243623.8
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Paulsgrove

Paulsgrove
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Portsmouth Ind. George David Madgwick* 1,561 63.7 +7.8
Conservative Thomas Christopher Hoare37515.3-4.2
Labour Patrick Charles Keefe35814.6-4.0
Green Ian David McCulloch843.4N/A
Liberal Democrats James Campbell722.9-3.0
Majority118648.4
Turnout 245024.2

St Jude

St Jude
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Laurence Mason* 1,266 40.5 +7.7
Labour Joshua Anthony Allen1,22139.0-0.9
Conservative Lee Kewell2829.0-3.4
Green Harry Bernard Mallinder1845.9-0.3
Portsmouth Ind. John Malcolm Hill1765.6-3.2
Majority451.4
Turnout 312933.6
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

St Thomas

St Thomas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Democrats Ian Holder* 1,199 42.1 -4.8
Labour Julian Thomas Lewis78327.5+3.6
Conservative David Michael Chandler43515.3-4.7
Reform UK Mark Zimmer2097.3N/A
Green Elliot Lee1776.2-0.3
TUSC John Burrows441.5N/A
Majority41614.6
Turnout 284725.2
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

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