Portsmouth City Council election, 2016

The 2016 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council.^[1] This took place on the same day as other local elections taking place around the UK, including the London Mayoral election and the Scottish and Welsh Parliament elections.

14 of 42 seats were contested during these elections within this unitary authority.

After this year's local elections, the composition of the council is now (compared to the situation immediately prior to the election):

Conservatives: 19 (0)
Liberal Democrats: 15 (+1)
UKIP: 4 (0)
Labour: 3 (0)
Independent: 1 (-1)

Election result

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 2012.

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2016
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	8	1	2	-1	57.1	29.3	12,795	-6.8
	Conservative	4	1	0	+1	28.6	27.5	12,016	-3.2
	Labour	2	1	1	0	14.2	23.9	10,439	-3.2
	UKIP	0	0	0	0	0	15.0	6,547	+15.0
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	1,817	+2.2
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	30	-2.7

Ward results

Baffins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Darren Sanders	1,759	47.5	-0.8
	Conservative	George Edgar	691	18.7	-4.2
	UKIP	Kevin Chippandall-Higgin	671	18.1	+18.1
	Labour	John Castillon	580	15.7	-2.1
Majority			1,068	28.8	+3.4
Turnout			3,701	33.5	+5.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	1.7% Con to LD

Central Southsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Pitt	1,364	40.9	-1.5
	Labour	Frank Minal	804	24.1	-1.6
	Green	Ian McCulloch	444	13.3	+3.7
	Conservative	Massoud Esmaili	401	12.0	-5.0
	UKIP	Derek Wareham	323	9.7	+9.7
Majority			560	16.8	+0.1
Turnout			3,336	32.4	+9.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	0.05% Lab to LD

Charles Dickens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Stephen Morgan	948	33.9	+2.2
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Foster	885	31.7	-14.4
	UKIP	Andrew Waters	543	19.4	+19.4
	Conservative	John Hill	287	10.3	-1.1
	Green	Hannah Dawson	130	4.7	-2.1
Majority			63	2.2	-12.2
Turnout			2,793	25.7	+4.5
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	8.3% LD to Lab

Copnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Neill Young	1,010	35.9	+3.6
	Labour	Rumal Khan	815	29.0	+6.5
	UKIP	Terry Chipperfield-Harrison	717	25.5	+25.5
	Liberal Democrat	Jaison Matewu	269	9.6	-11.4
Majority			195	6.9	-2.9
Turnout			2,811	28.4	+2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.5% Con to Lab

Cosham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jim Fleming	1,251	41.2	+11.0
	Labour	Graham Heaney	878	28.9	-3.0
	UKIP	Mel Todd	647	21.3	+21.3
	Liberal Democrat	Kirstine Impey	263	8.7	-24.6
Majority			373	12.3	+10.9
Turnout			3,039	29.3	-0.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing	7.0% Lab to Con

Drayton and Farlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Steve Wemyss	1,977	55.0	-5.0
	Labour	Andreas Bubel	733	20.4	-4.7
	UKIP	Loreley Lawrence	555	15.4	+15.4
	Liberal Democrat	Josh Dulberg	330	9.2	-5.7
Majority			1,244	34.6	-0.3
Turnout			3,595	35.4	+0.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	0.2% Con to Lab

Eastney and Craneswater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Matthew Winnington	1,599	43.3	-2.0
	Conservative	Susan Lloyd	1,278	34.6	-0.4
	Labour	Julian Wright	500	13.6	-1.7
	Green	Menno Groen	313	8.5	+8.5
Majority			321	8.7	-1.6
Turnout			3,690	39.3	+7.0
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	0.8% LD to Con

Fratton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	David Fuller	860	32.0	-17.6
	Labour	Thomas Coles	733	27.2	+1.8
	UKIP	Todd Sweeney	584	21.7	+21.7
	Conservative	Laurence Warren-West	354	13.2	-3.9
	Green	Martin Cox	160	5.9	+5.9
Majority			127	4.8	-19.4
Turnout			2,691	26.6	+6.3
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	9.7% LD to Lab

Hilsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Donna Jones	1,566	54.6	+10.2
	Labour	Silvi Veale	922	32.1	-9.6
	Liberal Democrat	Julie Spurgeon	380	13.2	-0.7
Majority			644	22.5	+19.8
Turnout			2,868	27.9	+1.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	9.9% Lab to Con

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Will Purvis	1,488	42.6	-9.5
	Labour	Alex Bentley	614	17.6	-6.9
	Conservative	Malcolm Chewter	563	16.1	-7.3
	UKIP	Robbie Robinson	559	16.0	+16.0
	Green	Kylie Barton	269	7.7	+7.7
Majority			874	25.0	-2.6
Turnout			3,493	33.5	+7.4
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	1.3% LD to Lab

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Leo Madden	1,118	40.4	+4.6
	Labour	Sue Castillon	617	22.3	-14.9
	UKIP	Barry Davies	595	21.5	+21.5
	Conservative	Ben Swann	438	15.8	-11.2
Majority			501	18.1	+16.7
Turnout			2,768	26.9	+3.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	9.8% Lab to LD

Paulsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	John Ferrett	995	41.3	-21.5
	UKIP	Mike Jerome	711	29.5	+29.5
	Conservative	Bill New	577	23.9	-4.6
	Liberal Democrat	Nicky Dodd	99	4.1	-4.6
	TUSC	Chris Pickett	30	1.2	+1.2
Majority			284	11.8	-22.5
Turnout			2,412	23.7	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	25.5% Lab to UKIP

St Jude
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Hugh Mason	1,264	39.7	-5.2
	Conservative	Sandra Stockdale	863	27.1	-7.6
	Labour	Tony Chafer	534	16.8	+1.0
	UKIP	Christopher Vaughan	275	8.6	+8.6
	Green	Ken Hawkins	249	7.8	+7.8
Majority			401	12.6	+2.4
Turnout			3,185	36.6	+6.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	1.2% Con to LD

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Tom Wood	1,117	34.2	-13.3
	Labour	Sumel Chowdhury	766	23.5	+8.8
	Conservative	Christine Sykes	760	23.3	-9.9
	UKIP	Jill Evans	367	11.3	+11.3
	Green	Gail Baird	252	7.7	+7.7
Majority			351	10.7	-3.6
Turnout			3,262	34.6	+7.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	11.1% LD to Lab

References

↑ "Guide to May 2016 elections in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland". BBC News. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

(2015 ←) United Kingdom local elections, 2016 (→ 2017)

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

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