Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council
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Type
Type	Unitary authority council
Houses	Unicameral
Term limits	None
Leadership
Leader	Donna Jones, Conservative^[1] Since 3 June 2014
Lord Mayor	David Fuller, Lib Dem^[2] Since 17 May 2016
Chief Executive	David Williams
Structure
Conservative	19 / 42
Liberal Democrat	15 / 42
UKIP	4 / 42
Labour	2 / 42
Independent	2 / 42
Elections
Last election	Thursday 7th of May 2015
Website
Portsmouth City Council Website

Portsmouth City Council is the local authority of the city of Portsmouth. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority.

Powers and functions

The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, Portsmouth is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, Portsmouth City Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a county council it is a local education authority, responsible for social services, libraries and waste disposal.

Councillors

List of Portsmouth City Councillors by Ward ^[3]

Councillor	Political Party	Ward
Steve Hastings	Conservative	Baffins
Darren Sanders	Liberal Democrat	Baffins
Lynne Stagg	Liberal Democrat	Baffins
Suzy Horton	Liberal Democrat	Central Southsea
Lee Hunt	Liberal Democrat	Central Southsea
Phil Smith	Liberal Democrat	Central Southsea
Margaret Foster	Liberal Democrat	Charles Dickens
Paul Godier	Non Aligned Independent	Charles Dickens
Yahiya Chowdhury	Labour	Charles Dickens
Alicia Denny	UK Independence Party	Copnor
Robert New	Conservative	Copnor
Neill Young	Conservative	Copnor
Aiden Gray	Labour	Cosham
Hannah Hockaday	Conservative	Cosham
Lee Mason	Conservative	Cosham
Simon Bosher	Conservative	Drayton & Farlington
Ken Ellcome	Conservative	Drayton & Farlington
Steve Wemyss	Conservative	Drayton & Farlington
Jennie Brent	Conservative	Eastney & Craneswater
Luke Stubbs	Conservative	Eastney & Craneswater
Matthew Winnington	Liberal Democrat	Eastney & Craneswater
David Fuller	Liberal Democrat	Fratton
Dave Ashmore	Liberal Democrat	Fratton
Julie Swan	UK Independence Party	Fratton
Frank Jonas	Conservative	Hilsea
Donna Jones	Conservative	Hilsea
Scott Harris	Conservative	Hilsea
Ben Dowling	Liberal Democrat	Milton
Will Purvis	Liberal Democrat	Milton
Gerald Vernon-Jackson	Liberal Democrat	Milton
Leo Madden	Liberal Democrat	Nelson
Colin Galloway	UK Independence Party	Nelson
Ian Lyon	Conservative	Nelson
John Ferrett	Non Aligned Independent	Paulsgrove
Gemma New	Conservative	Paulsgrove
Stuart Potter	UK Independence Party	Paulsgrove
David Tompkins	Conservative	St Jude
Hugh Mason	Liberal Democrat	St Jude
Linda Symes	Conservative	St Jude
Ryan Brent	Conservative	St Thomas
Sandra Stockdale	Liberal Democrat	St Thomas
Rob Wood	Liberal Democrat	St Thomas

References

Unitary authorities of England

Districts	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Councils	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall Derby Durham Darlington East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isles of Scilly Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local elections	Bath and North East Somerset Bedford Blackburn with Darwen Blackpool Bournemouth Bracknell Forest Brighton and Hove Bristol Central Bedfordshire Cheshire East Cheshire West and Chester Cornwall County Durham Darlington Derby East Riding of Yorkshire Halton Hartlepool Herefordshire Isle of Wight Kingston upon Hull Leicester Luton Medway Middlesbrough Milton Keynes North East Lincolnshire North Lincolnshire North Somerset Northumberland Nottingham Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Reading Redcar and Cleveland Rutland Shropshire Slough Southampton Southend-on-Sea South Gloucestershire Stockton-on-Tees Stoke-on-Trent Swindon Telford and Wrekin Thurrock Torbay Warrington West Berkshire Wiltshire Windsor and Maidenhead Wokingham York

Local authorities in Hampshire

County council and unitary	Hampshire Portsmouth Southampton

District councils	Basingstoke & Deane East Hampshire Eastleigh Fareham Gosport Hart Havant New Forest Rushmoor Test Valley City of Winchester

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