2006 Portsmouth City Council election

Elections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 4 May 2006. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	7	3	1	+2	50.0	42.3	19,034	+4.3%
Liberal Democrats	5	1	1	0	35.7	33.6	15,122	-5.7%
Labour	2	0	2	-2	14.3	18.1	8,151	-2.6%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	1,435	+1.9%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	572	+1.3%
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	435	+1.0%
Respect	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	217	+0.5%

Ward results

Baffins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Darron Phillips	1,663	45.6	−1.0
	Conservative	Nigel Sizer	1,267	34.8	+2.0
	Labour	Victoria Fry	443	12.2	+0.4
	Green	Sarah Coote	271	7.4	−1.4
Majority			396	10.8	−3.0
Turnout			3,644	35.3	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Central Southsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Hunt	1,435	39.5	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Ireland	1,298	35.7	−3.3
	Labour	John Ferrett	470	12.9	−13.2
	Green	Betty Burns	428	11.8	+11.8
Majority			137	3.8
Turnout			3,631	36.4	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charles Dickens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Hancock	1,276	50.0	−2.4
	Labour	Keith Crabbe	583	22.8	−7.9
	Conservative	Michael Lowery	476	18.7	+1.8
	Respect	Lee Sprake	217	8.5	+8.5
Majority			693	27.2	+5.5
Turnout			2,552	26.4	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Copnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Park	1,470	46.4	−3.0
	Labour	Michelle Treacher	588	18.6	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Eddis	537	17.0	−11.5
	English Democrat	David Knight	435	13.7	+13.7
	Green	Anthony George	136	4.3	+4.3
Majority			882	27.8	+6.9
Turnout			3,166	32.5	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cosham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	April Windebank	1,781	54.5	+10.4
	Labour	Donna Abrahart	809	24.7	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Webb	680	20.8	−0.7
Majority			972	29.8	+20.2
Turnout			3,270	33.8	−3.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Drayton and Farlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Bosher	2,648	61.3	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Whittle	1,234	28.6	−13.8
	Labour	Andrew Silvester	438	10.1	−0.9
Majority			1,414	32.7	+28.4
Turnout			4,320	43.9	−4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastney and Craneswater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Stubbs	1,618	46.2	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Hall	1,601	45.7	+0.1
	Labour	Geoffrey Wade	286	8.2	−1.1
Majority			17	0.5
Turnout			3,505	37.6	−2.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Fratton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hancock	1,551	59.8	+6.7
	Conservative	Peter Ross	724	27.9	+6.1
	Labour	Peter Guthrie	318	12.3	−2.4
Majority			827	31.9	+0.6
Turnout			2,593	26.8	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hilsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Jonas	2,049	60.8	+9.5
	Labour	Thomas Blair	889	26.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Naylor	432	12.8	−9.5
Majority			1,160	34.4	+9.4
Turnout			3,370	34.5	+1.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Scott	1,386	41.3	−11.5
	Conservative	Hilary Collins	1,325	39.5	+8.6
	Green	Alan Bish	334	10.0	+10.0
	Labour	Kenneth Ferrett	310	9.2	−7.1
Majority			61	1.8	−20.1
Turnout			3,355	35.7	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jason Fazackarley	1,049	39.3	−0.6
	Conservative	Selina Corkerton	824	30.9	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Benn Berry	527	19.8	−6.3
	Green	Calum Kennedy	266	10.0	+10.0
Majority			225	8.4	+2.5
Turnout			2,666	27.1	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Paulsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Patey	1,336	49.7	+9.7
	Conservative	James Williams	922	34.3	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Dickinson	428	15.9	−3.8
Majority			414	15.4
Turnout			2,686	27.8	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

St Jude
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Symes	1,132	38.8	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Inkpen	1,044	35.8	−14.1
	Independent	Elaine Baker	572	19.6	+19.6
	Labour	Simon Payne	172	5.9	−4.6
Majority			88	3.0
Turnout			2,920	33.6	−1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jensen	1,465	44.6	−1.7
	Conservative	Sandra Theresa	1,363	41.5	−1.1
	Labour	Beverley Hancock	460	14.0	+3.9
Majority			102	3.1	−0.6
Turnout			3,288	35.8	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

Preceded by 2004 Portsmouth City Council election	Portsmouth City Council elections	Succeeded by 2007 Portsmouth City Council election