
The2011 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. The election took place on the same day as areferendum on the parliamentary voting system, and one third of the council (14 seats) was up for election using thefirst-past-the-post voting system. TheLiberal Democrats won a majority of the seats being contested, and remained in overall control of the council.[1]
After the election, the composition of the council was:[2]
The only seats to change hands were Central Southsea and Nelson, both of which saw councillors who had previously defected to the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives and Labour respectively retain their seats under the Liberal Democrat label. All comparisons are to the2007 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 64.3 | 32.9 | 16,850 | -1.0% | |
| Conservative | 4 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 28.6 | 37.2 | 19,042 | -3.4% | |
| Labour | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 7.1 | 25.9 | 13,285 | +10.0% | |
| English Democrat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.9 | 986 | -4.0% | |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 486 | -1.6% | |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 411 | +0.8% | |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 149 | -0.4% | |
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 in2007.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lynne Stagg | 1,824 | 41.5 | −4.0 | |
| Conservative | Daryn Brewer | 1,251 | 28.5 | −5.9 | |
| Labour | Julian Wright | 683 | 15.6 | +6.0 | |
| English Democrat | Ian Ducane | 243 | 5.5 | +0.2 | |
| Green | Sarah Coote | 216 | 4.9 | −0.3 | |
| Independent | David Tucker | 149 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| Majority | 573 | 13.0 | +0.9 | ||
| Turnout | 4,391 | 39.2 | +5.5 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | 1.0% Con to LD | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Margaret Adair | 1,626 | 42.4 | +13.0 | |
| Labour | Rob Smith | 1,059 | 27.6 | +14.3 | |
| Conservative | Massoud Esmaili | 877 | 22.9 | −14.7 | |
| TUSC | Frances Pilling | 234 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| Majority | 567 | 14.8 | +14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,838 | 34.4 | +0.3 | ||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromConservative | Swing | 0.7% LD to Lab | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Steven Wylie | 1,082 | 35.9 | −4.0 | |
| Labour | Sarah Cook | 958 | 31.8 | +9.7 | |
| Conservative | Matt Davies | 670 | 22.3 | +4.7 | |
| Green | Russell Anderson | 270 | 9.0 | +3.6 | |
| Majority | 124 | 4.1 | −13.7 | ||
| Turnout | 3,011 | 25.0 | +0.1 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | 6.9% LD to Lab | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Robert New | 1,402 | 38.0 | −8.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Fletcher | 1,094 | 29.7 | +12.2 | |
| Labour | Simon Payne | 864 | 23.4 | +4.5 | |
| English Democrat | David Knight | 302 | 8.2 | −9.1 | |
| Majority | 308 | 8.3 | −19.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3,689 | 36.5 | +8.2 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | 10.3% Con to LD | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Lee Mason | 1,723 | 47.5 | −1.5 | |
| Labour | Graham Heaney | 1,259 | 34.7 | +10.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Pearson | 620 | 17.1 | +0.5 | |
| Majority | 464 | 12.8 | −12.3 | ||
| Turnout | 3,625 | 36.2 | +6.4 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | 6.2% Con to Lab | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ken Ellcome | 3,074 | 63.2 | +3.8 | |
| Labour | Paul Middleton | 925 | 19.0 | +9.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Lanson-Dale | 555 | 11.4 | −11.4 | |
| English Democrat | Dave Ward | 253 | 5.2 | −3.0 | |
| Majority | 2,149 | 44.2 | +7.6 | ||
| Turnout | 4,865 | 47.7 | +6.0 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | 2.8% Con to Lab | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Terry Hall | 1,842 | 45.7 | −9.1 | |
| Conservative | Gerry Oldfield | 1,369 | 33.9 | −4.6 | |
| Labour | Rosalie Ward | 603 | 14.9 | +8.3 | |
| English Democrat | Peter Lawrence | 188 | 4.7 | +4.7 | |
| Majority | 473 | 11.8 | −4.5 | ||
| Turnout | 4,034 | 41.8 | +3.7 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | 2.3% LD to Con | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Eleanor Scott | 1,367 | 45.8 | −10.2 | |
| Labour | John Attrill | 715 | 23.9 | +11.4 | |
| Conservative | Terry Judkins | 710 | 23.8 | +0.8 | |
| TUSC | John Pickett | 177 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
| Majority | 652 | 21.9 | −11.1 | ||
| Turnout | 2,986 | 27.9 | +2.5 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | 10.8 LD to Lab | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Alistair Thompson | 1,990 | 55.2 | −2.8 | |
| Labour | Michelle Treacher | 1,196 | 33.2 | +11.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Michelle Cole | 393 | 10.9 | 0.0 | |
| Majority | 794 | 22.0 | −14.0 | ||
| Turnout | 3,606 | 35.0 | +4.7 | ||
| Conservativehold | Swing | 7.0% Con to Lab | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Gerald Vernon-Jackson | 1,821 | 45.9 | +2.6 | |
| Conservative | Chris Hirst | 1,267 | 31.9 | −10.5 | |
| Labour | Ken Ferrett | 851 | 21.4 | +15.3 | |
| Majority | 554 | 14.0 | +13.1 | ||
| Turnout | 3,969 | 38.3 | −1.9 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | 6.6% Con to LD | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Leo Madden | 1,240 | 38.2 | +11.0 | |
| Labour | John Ferrett | 1,091 | 33.6 | +1.7 | |
| Conservative | Audrey Arnell | 895 | 27.6 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 149 | 4.6 | +4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 3,248 | 31.5 | +5.2 | ||
| Liberal Democratsgain fromLabour | Swing | 4.7% Lab to LD | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | David Horne | 1,624 | 55.0 | +8.3 | |
| Conservative | Oliver Greenwood | 980 | 33.2 | +1.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Will Purvis | 334 | 11.3 | +1.8 | |
| Majority | 644 | 21.8 | +6.6 | ||
| Turnout | 2,952 | 29.6 | +4.6 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | 3.3% Con to Lab | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Michael Andrewes | 1,464 | 41.9 | −5.1 | |
| Conservative | Linda Symes | 1,329 | 38.1 | −5.9 | |
| Labour | Craig Cameron | 664 | 19.0 | +10.0 | |
| Majority | 135 | 3.8 | +0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 3,492 | 38.5 | +5.5 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | 0.4% Con to LD | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Les Stevens | 1,588 | 40.2 | −7.4 | |
| Conservative | Sandra Stockdale | 1,505 | 38.1 | −5.7 | |
| Labour | John Lancaster | 793 | 20.1 | +11.5 | |
| Majority | 83 | 2.1 | −1.7 | ||
| Turnout | 3,950 | 35.3 | +0.5 | ||
| Liberal Democratshold | Swing | 0.9% LD to Con | |||
| Preceded by 2010 Portsmouth City Council election | Portsmouth City Council elections | Succeeded by 2012 Portsmouth City Council election |