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.[1][2]

2022 Portsmouth City Council election

← 2021 5 May 2022 2023 →

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 Increase 2 Decrease 4
Popular vote 11,882 12,037
Percentage 25.9% 26.2%
Swing Increase 0.6% Decrease 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 Increase 2 Increase 2
Popular vote 14,324 5,952
Percentage 31.2% 13.0
Swing Decrease 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Labour's approach to running the council in the coming year - Portsmouth Labour Party". 20 May 2022.
  2. ^ @portsmouthld (17 May 2022). "Portsmouth continues with Democrats administration for the City Council 2022/23" (Tweet) – via Twitter.