Portsmouth City Council election, 2010

Map of the results of the 2010 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in orange, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

The 2010 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 6 May 2010 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. The election took place on the same day as a parliamentary general election, and one third of the council (14 seats) was up for election using the first-past-the-post voting system. The Liberal Democrats won a majority of the seats being contested, and remained in overall control of the council, which they had achieved following a series of defections to the party in 2009.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:^[2]

• Liberal Democrats: 24
• Conservatives: 16
• Labour: 2

Election result

NB: All comparisons are to the 2006 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2010
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	8	3	0	+3	57.1	38.5	32,874	+4.9
	Conservative	5	0	2	-2	35.7	36.8	31,469	-5.5
	Labour	1	0	1	-1	7.1	19.4	16,578	+1.3
	English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	3,038	+2.6
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1,019	-2.0
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	508	-0.7

Ward results

NB: All comparisons are to the 2006 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.

Baffins^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Darron Phillips	3,294	45.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Richard Smith	2,185	30.5	-4.3
	Labour	Barbara Spiegelhalter	1,070	14.9	+2.7
	English Democrat	Piers Goodwin	354	4.9	+4.9
	Green	Sarah Coote	234	3.3	-4.1
Majority			1,109	15.4	+4.6
Turnout			7,169	65.6	+30.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	2.0% Con to LD

Central Southsea^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Lee Hunt	3,374	49.5	+13.8
	Conservative	Joan Payne	1,732	25.4	-14.1
	Labour	Keith Crabbe	974	14.3	+1.4
	Green	Lucy Maclennan	457	6.7	-5.1
	Independent	Derek Wareham	216	3.2	+3.2
Majority			1,642	24.1	+24.1
Turnout			6,814	61.1	+24.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	14.0% Con to LD

Charles Dickens^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jacqui Hancock	2,655	50.9	+0.9
	Labour	John Ferrett	1,112	21.3	-1.5
	Conservative	Syed Haque	1,105	21.2	+2.5
	Independent	Leslie Cummings	292	5.6	+5.6
Majority			1,543	29.6	+2.4
Turnout			5,219	44.7	+18.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	1.2% Lab to LD

Copnor^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Michael Park	2,729	42.3	-4.1
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Fletcher	1,746	27.1	+10.1
	Labour	Michelle Treacher	1,462	22.7	+4.1
	English Democrat	David Knight	446	6.9	-6.8
Majority			983	15.2	-12.6
Turnout			6,451	64.5	+32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.1% Con to LD

Cosham^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	April Windebank	2,679	43.5	-11.0
	Labour	Graham Heaney	1,753	28.5	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	Neil Munday	1,291	21.0	+0.2
	English Democrat	David Ward	378	6.1	+6.1
Majority			926	15.0	-14.8
Turnout			6,159	62.4	+28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4% Con to Lab

Drayton and Farlington^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Simon Bosher	4,247	56.8	-4.5
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Pearson	1,650	22.1	-6.5
	Labour	Andy Silvester	1,229	16.5	+6.4
	English Democrat	Greg Trechard	306	4.1	+4.1
Majority			2,597	34.7	+2.0
Turnout			7,471	73.2	+29.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0% LD to Con

Eastney and Craneswater^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Luke Stubbs	2,704	43.7	-2.5
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Winnington	2,542	41.1	-4.6
	Labour	Vicky Davies	663	10.7	+2.5
	English Democrat	Peter Lawrence	242	3.9	+3.9
Majority			162	2.6	+2.1
Turnout			6,182	66.2	+28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1% LD to Con

Fratton^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Mike Hancock	3,301	58.7	-0.9
	Conservative	Terry Judkins	1,523	27.1	-0.8
	Labour	Nick Durrant	775	13.8	+1.5
Majority			1,778	31.6	-0.3
Turnout			5,627	54.6	+27.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	0.1% LD to Con

Hilsea^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frank Jonas	3,095	49.3	-11.5
	Labour	Margaret Gooch	1,645	26.2	-0.2
	Liberal Democrat	Chasta Cole	1,191	19.0	+6.2
	English Democrat	Barry Faust	304	4.8	+4.8
Majority			1,450	23.1	-11.3
Turnout			6,273	62.3	+27.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.7% Con to Lab

Milton^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Caroline Scott	3,238	49.5	+8.2
	Conservative	Stephen Rogers	1,988	30.4	-9.1
	Labour	Ken Ferrett	903	13.8	+4.6
	English Democrat	Ian Ducane	332	5.1	+5.1
Majority			1,250	19.1	+17.3
Turnout			6,541	63.7	+28.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	8.7% Con to LD

Nelson^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jason Fazackarley	2,228	40.3	+20.5
	Labour	Sarah Cook	1,478	26.7	-12.6
	Conservative	Ian Lyon	1,477	26.7	-4.2
	English Democrat	Kevin Baker	308	5.6	+5.6
Majority			750	13.6	+13.6
Turnout			5,529	55.0	+27.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	16.6% Lab to LD

Paulsgrove^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jim Patey	2,134	40.1	-9.6
	Conservative	Fred Brimecome	1,904	35.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Webb	880	16.5	+0.6
	English Democrat	Peter Fletcher	368	6.9	+6.9
Majority			230	4.4	-11.0
Turnout			5,327	54.3	+26.5
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5% Lab to Con

St Jude^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Eddis	2,485	46.8	+11.0
	Conservative	Linda Symes	1,852	34.9	-3.9
	Labour	Alwin Oliver	611	11.5	+5.6
	Green	Sean Sanders	328	6.2	+6.2
Majority			633	11.9	+11.9
Turnout			5,313	60.4	+26.8
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	7.5% Con to LD

St Thomas^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Wood	2,999	49.2	+4.6
	Conservative	Sandra Stockdale	2,249	36.9	-4.6
	Labour	John Spiegelhalter	769	12.6	-1.4
Majority			750	12.3	+9.2
Turnout			6,097	56.9	+21.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	4.6% Con to LD

References

1. "Lib Dems claim fourth defection". BBC News. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
2. "Political composition of the council". Portsmouth.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
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