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The 2023 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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14 out of 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council 22 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The council remained under no overall control, being led by a Liberal Democrat minority administration.[2]
Immediately after the election the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Gerald Vernon-Jackson, announced he was stepping down from the role. He was replaced at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2023 by Steve Pitt.[3]
The overall results were:[4]
2023 Portsmouth City Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | This election | Full council | This election | |||||||
Seats | Net | Seats % | Other | Total | Total % | Votes | Votes % | +/− | ||
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 1 | 50.0% | 11 | 18 | 42.9% | 12,682 | 29.3% | 0.1 | |
Labour | 2 | 14.3% | 5 | 7 | 16.7 | 11,904 | 27.5% | 2.2 | ||
Conservative | 1 | 5 | 7.1% | 7 | 8 | 19.0% | 8,464 | 19.6% | 5.5 | |
PIP | 3 | 3 | 21.4% | 3 | 6 | 14.3% | 6,995 | 16.2% | New | |
Independent | 1 | 1 | 7.1% | 2 | 3 | 7.1% | 910 | 2.1% | New | |
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,902 | 4.4% | 1.4 | ||||
Reform UK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 244 | 0.6% | New | ||||
NHA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 86 | 0.2% | 0.5 | ||||
TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0.1% |
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 2019. An asterisk indicates the incumbent councillor. The results for each ward were:[5][6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Leonie Oliver | 1,475 | 42.2 | 2.6 | |
PIP | Paul Oakley-Cleife | 740 | 21.2 | New | |
Conservative | Joe Standen | 632 | 18.1 | 3.0 | |
Labour | Mark Farwell | 488 | 14.0 | 1.2 | |
Green | Bob Simmonds | 152 | 4.3 | 2.2 | |
Majority | 735 | 21.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,497 | 31.6 | |||
Registered electors | 11,047 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Suzy Horton* | 1,816 | 47.2 | 1.5 | |
Labour | Joshua Allen | 1,551 | 40.3 | 8.3 | |
Conservative | Alicia Denny | 214 | 5.6 | 2.9 | |
Green | Menno Groen | 178 | 4.6 | 2.4 | |
PIP | Lee Tindal | 86 | 2.2 | New | |
Majority | 265 | 6.9 | |||
Turnout | 3845 | 32.7 | |||
Registered electors | 11,763 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Cal Corkery* | 910 | 37.4 | New | |
Labour | Raj Ghosh | 780 | 32.1 | 7.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Yahiya Chowdhury | 337 | 13.9 | 10.1 | |
Conservative | Terry Henderson | 301 | 12.4 | 2.5 | |
Green | Ian McCulloch | 104 | 4.3 | 2.2 | |
Majority | 130 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,432 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Raymond Dent | 1,391 | 46.0 | New | |
Conservative | Spencer Gardner | 725 | 24.0 | 12.5 | |
Labour | Arif Choudhury | 597 | 19.7 | 2.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nicky Dodd | 202 | 6.7 | 5.8 | |
Green | Ben Warner | 112 | 3.7 | 2.8 | |
Majority | 666 | 22.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,027 | ||||
Registered electors | |||||
PIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Mary Vallely | 1,362 | 46.4 | 24.8 | |
Conservative | Lee Mason* | 1,078 | 36.7 | 5.9 | |
PIP | Tom Oulds1 | 208 | 7.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | David Fuller | 200 | 6.8 | }5.4 | |
NHA | Veronika Wagner | 86 | 2.9 | 6.9 | |
Majority | 284 | 9.7% | |||
Turnout | 2,934 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,218 | ||||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing |
1: After nominations were closed, Oulds was suspended by the Portsmouth Independents following "unacceptable" message on social media.[7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Hannah Brent | 1,654 | 47.7 | 6.9 | |
Labour | Pooja Jha | 693 | 20.0 | 0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Adair | 620 | 17.9 | 6.5 | |
PIP | Jaime Custerson | 280 | 8.1 | New | |
Green | Mervyn Harvey | 224 | 6.5 | New | |
Majority | 961 | 27.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,471 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,518 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Peter Candlish | 1,385 | 36.4 | 11.4 | |
Labour | Jane Shepherd | 1,088 | 28.6 | 6.0 | |
Conservative | Stephen Gorys | 881 | 23.2 | 11.8 | |
Green | Tamara Groen | 209 | 5.5 | 1.5 | |
Reform UK | Mark Zimmer | 148 | 3.9 | New | |
PIP | Jenny Dobson | 93 | 2.4 | New | |
Majority | 297 | 7.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,804 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,698 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Dave Ashmore* | 1,051 | 38.1 | 0.5 | |
Labour | Aimee-Louise Gwyther | 840 | 30.4 | 1.9 | |
PIP | Jacob Short | 457 | 16.6 | New | |
Conservative | Peter Ross | 248 | 9.0 | 0.7 | |
Green | Samet Alves | 139 | 5.0 | 4.8 | |
TUSC | Chris Pickett | 24 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 211 | 7.6 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Emily Strudwick | 1,867 | 57.3 | New | |
Conservative | Scott Payter-Harris* | 734 | 22.5 | 14.5 | |
Labour | Mariam Daniel | 413 | 12.7 | 9.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Williams | 146 | 4.5 | 8.8 | |
Green | Emma Murphy | 99 | 3.0 | 6.6 | |
Majority | 1,133 | 34.8 | |||
Turnout | 3,259 | 32.6 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
PIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Gerald Vernon-Jackson* | 1,872 | 46.6 | 1.1 | |
Labour | Paula Savage | 1,552 | 38.7 | 12.3 | |
Conservative | Jack Smith | 252 | 6.3 | 5.3 | |
Green | Sarah Gilbert | 176 | 4.4 | 2.6 | |
Reform UK | Rachel Zimmer | 96 | 2.4 | New | |
PIP | Gemma Hammond | 67 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 320 | 8 | |||
Turnout | 4015 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,539 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Lee Hunt* | 1,033 | 47.8 | 4.6 | |
Labour | Robin Head | 498 | 23.0 | 4.9 | |
Conservative | Kerryanne Swann | 323 | 14.9 | 0.5 | |
PIP | Henry Thorpe | 169 | 7.8 | New | |
Green | Duncan Robinson | 121 | 5.6 | 1.2 | |
TUSC | Nicholas Doyle | 19 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 2,163 | 21.78 | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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PIP | Chris Dike | 1,279 | 55.9 | New | |
Conservative | Charlie Douglas | 446 | 19.5 | 17.5 | |
Labour | Eloise Hadenham | 425 | 18.6 | 7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Catherine Cole | 136 | 5.9 | 2.1 | |
Majority | 833 | 36.4 | |||
Turnout | |||||
Registered electors | |||||
PIP gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Graham Heaney* | 1,288 | 39.9 | 7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Martin Northern | 1,058 | 32.8 | 6.7 | |
Conservative | David Chandler | 400 | 12.4 | 11.1 | |
PIP | Richard Peckham | 283 | 8.8 | New | |
Green | Harry Mallinder | 201 | 6.2 | 3.3 | |
Majority | 230 | 7.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,230 | ||||
Registered electors | 9,206 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Chris Attwell* | 1,351 | 46.9 | 6.9 | |
Labour | Edward Batterbury | 689 | 23.9 | 1.0 | |
Conservative | Paul Sweeney | 576 | 20.0 | 1.9 | |
Green | Elliott Lee | 187 | 6.5 | 0.9 | |
PIP | George Miles | 75 | 2.6 | New | |
Majority | 662 | 23.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,878 | ||||
Registered electors | 10,927 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
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