2022 Portsmouth City Council election
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14 out of 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council 22 seats needed for a majority |
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Winner of each seat at the 2022 Portsmouth City Council election |
Council control before election No Overall Control (Lib Dem minority) | Council control after election No Overall Control (Lib Dem minority) | |
Elections to Portsmouth City Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2022, alongside other local elections across the country. The seats contested in this election were last contested in 2018. The Conservative Party had 6 seats they were defending, while the Democrats and Labour were both defending 4 seats. No party gained a majority from this election, and therefore the council remains under no overall control, with the Democrats continuing to run the council in a minority.[1][2]
Election results
Immediately ahead of this election, the composition of the council was:
↓ 15 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 |
Liberal Democrats | Labour | Conservative | PI | P |
After the election result, the composition of the council became:
↓ 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 |
Liberal Democrats | Labour | Conservative | PI |
Results summary
2022 Portsmouth City Council election |
Party | This election | Full council | This election |
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 5 | 1 | 35.7 | 12 | 17 | 40.5 | 11,882 | 25.9 | 0.6 |
| Conservative | 2 | 4 | 14.3 | 11 | 13 | 31.0 | 12,037 | 26.2 | 10.5 |
| Labour | 5 | 1 | 35.7 | 4 | 9 | 21.4 | 14,324 | 31.2 | 0.3 |
| PIP | 2 | 2 | 14.3 | 1 | 3 | 7.1 | 5,952 | 13.0 | N/A |
| Green | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1,498 | 3.3 | 0.4 |
| Independent | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 135 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| TUSC | 0 | | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 73 | 0.2 | N/A |
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 2018. An asterisk indicates the incumbent councillor.
Baffins
Baffins Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Abdul Kadir | 1,391 | 36.9 | -0.5 |
| PIP | Paul Oakley-Cleife | 760 | 20.2 | N/A |
| Conservative | Charlie Douglas | 757 | 20.1 | -13.7 |
| Labour | Jason Christopher | 568 | 15.1 | -5.8 |
| Green | Bob Simmonds | 155 | 4.1 | 0.6 |
| Independent | Jeanette Smith* | 135 | +3.6 | N/A |
Majority | 631 | 16.7 | +13.1 |
Turnout | 3,788 | 34.3 | +0.2 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Central Southsea
Central Southsea Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | George Fielding* | 1,849 | 47.9 | +3.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sarah Shreeve | 1,410 | 36.5 | +1.2 |
| Conservative | Jack Jackson | 411 | 10.6 | -5.5 |
| Green | Menno Groen | 193 | 5.0 | +1.6 |
Majority | 439 | 11.4 | +2.6 |
Turnout | 3,878 | 32.9 | +3.1 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Yinka Adeniran | 1,216 | 49.5 | +15.6 |
| Conservative | Renu Raj | 451 | 18.3 | -6.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Maria Cole | 379 | 15.4 | -13.9 |
| PIP | Chris Dike | 370 | 15.0 | N/A |
| TUSC | Chris Pickett | 43 | 1.7 | N/A |
Majority | 765 | 31.2 | |
Turnout | 2,469 | 18.5 | -1.2 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Copnor
Copnor Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Ben Swann* | 1,062 | 33.9 | -12.9 |
| PIP | Raymond Dent | 922 | 29.4 | N/A |
| Labour | Mary Vallely | 664 | 21.2 | -7.3 |
| Green | Tim Sheerman-Chase | 280 | 8.9 | +4.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Candlish | 203 | 6.5 | -8.1 |
Majority | 140 | 4.5 | -13.9 |
Turnout | 3,138 | 32.2 | +2.8 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Cosham
Cosham Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Asghar Shah | 1,639 | 47.7 | +16.6 |
| Conservative | Hannah Hockaday* | 1,410 | 41.0 | -11.7 |
| PIP | Mike Jerome | 207 | 6.0 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats | Helena Cole | 180 | 5.2 | -1.8 |
Majority | 229 | 6.7 | |
Turnout | 3,454 | 33.6 | 3.9 |
| Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Drayton & Farlington
Drayton & Farlington Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Conservative | Simon Bosher* | 1,987 | 54.2 | -13.1 |
| Labour | Pooja Jha | 831 | 22.7 | +1.2 |
| PIP | Tom Oulds | 472 | 12.9 | N/A |
| Liberal Democrats | Delwar Baig | 376 | 10.3 | +1.5 |
Majority | 1,156 | 31.5 | -11.9 |
Turnout | 3,676 | 35.1 | -1.7 |
| Conservative hold | Swing | | |
Eastney & Craneswater
Eastney & Craneswater Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Matthew Winnington | 1,380 | 34.0 | +10.1 |
| Conservative | Scott Green | 1,112 | 27.4 | -16.2 |
| Labour | Craig Withey | 995 | 24.5 | -3.8 |
| PIP | Lee Tindal | 575 | 14.2 | N/A |
Majority | 268 | 6.6 | |
Turnout | 4,079 | 42.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Fratton
Fratton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Tom Coles* | 1,214 | 43.5 | +6.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | David Fuller | 1,094 | 39.2 | +4.2 |
| Conservative | Paul Sweeney | 484 | 17.3 | -1.1 |
Majority | 120 | 4.3 | 1.8 |
Turnout | 2,813 | 26.5 | -2.0 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
Hilsea
Hilsea Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| PIP | Russell Simpson | 1,097 | 35.6 | N/A |
| Conservative | Frank Jonas* | 1,075 | 34.8 | -22.6 |
| Labour | Julian Lewis | 624 | 20.2 | -8.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Williams | 173 | 5.6 | -1.8 |
| Green | Emma Murphy | 116 | 3.8 | -2.8 |
Majority | 22 | 0.8 | |
Turnout | 3,091 | 30.6 | +1.3 |
| PIP gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
Milton
Milton Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Pitt | 1,651 | 40.3 | +1.4 |
| Labour | Paula Savage | 1,613 | 39.4 | +7.6 |
| Conservative | David Chandler | 630 | 15.4 | -6.2 |
| Green | Sarah Gilbert | 198 | 4.8 | -0.1 |
Majority | 38 | 0.9 | -9.0 |
Turnout | 4,121 | 39.2 | -2.6 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Nelson
Nelson Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Jason Fazackarley* | 1,109 | 46.2 | +6.1 |
| Labour | Aimee-Louise Geyther | 584 | 24.8 | -2.6 |
| Conservative | Spencer Gardner | 539 | 22.5 | +0.3 |
| Green | Duncan Robinson | 128 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| TUSC | Nick Doyle | 30 | 1.3 | N/A |
Majority | 525 | 21.4 | +8.7 |
Turnout | 2,401 | 23.3 | +3.9 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
Paulsgrove
Paulsgrove Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| PIP | Brian Madgwick | 1,549 | 55.6 | N/A |
| Conservative | Andy Macfarlane | 719 | 25.8 | -19.9 |
| Labour | Raj Ghosh | 406 | 14.6 | +26.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Nicky Dodd | 112 | 4.0 | -2.6 |
Majority | 830 | 29.8 | |
Turnout | 2,796 | 27.5 | +1.1 |
| PIP gain from Conservative | Swing | | |
St. Jude
St. Jude Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Labour | Judith Smyth* | 1,360 | 40.2 | +3.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Martin Northern | 1,161 | 34.4 | +9.6 |
| Conservative | Alicia Denny | 617 | 18.3 | -15.1 |
| Green | Ian McCulloch | 241 | 7.1 | +1.7 |
Majority | 199 | 5.8 | +2.8 |
Turnout | 3,397 | 36.6 | +1.6 |
| Labour hold | Swing | | |
St. Thomas
St. Thomas Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Jeffery | 1,263 | 42.2 | +7.6 |
| Conservative | Robert Johnson | 783 | 26.2 | -4.2 |
| Labour | Joshua Allen | 761 | 25.4 | -5.0 |
| Green | Elliott Lee | 187 | 6.2 | +1.7 |
Majority | 480 | 16.0 | +11.8 |
Turnout | 3,006 | 27.6 | -5.7 |
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | | |
References
- ^ "Labour's approach to running the council in the coming year - Portsmouth Labour Party". 20 May 2022.
- ^ @portsmouthld (17 May 2022). "Portsmouth continues with Democrats administration for the City Council 2022/23" (Tweet) – via Twitter.