2022 Portsmouth City Council election

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.

2022 Portsmouth City Council election

5 May 2022
14 out of 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Con Leader Gerald Vernon-Jackson Simon Bosher Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Leader's seat Milton Drayton & Farlington Seats before 15 17 Seats won 5 2 Seats after 17 13 Seat change 2 4 Popular vote 11,882 12,037 Percentage 25.9% 26.2% Swing 0.6% 10.5%   Third party Fourth party   Lab PIP Leader George Fielding George Madgwick Party Labour PIP Leader's seat Central Southsea Paulsgrove Seats before 7 1 Seats won 5 2 Seats after 9 3 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 14,324 5,952 Percentage 31.2% 13.0 Swing 0.3% N/A
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)

Election results

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

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15	7	17	1	2
Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative	PI	P

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

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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