2024 Portsmouth City Council election
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The 2024 Portsmouth City Council election is scheduled to be held on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom being held on the same day. 14 of the 42 members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire will be elected.
Background[edit]
Portsmouth was created as a unitary authority in 1997. Labour controlled the council from its creation until 2000, when the council fell into no overall control.[1] The Liberal Democrats first won the council in 2010, and held a majority until 2014.[2] The Conservatives ran the council as a minority administration, with support from UKIP,[3] until 2018, when the Liberal Democrats formed a minority administration which has governed Portsmouth since.[4] In the previous election, the Liberal Democrats won 7 seats (up 1) with 29.3% of the vote, Labour won 2 with 27.5%, the Conservatives won 1 (down 5) with 19.6%, the Portsmouth Independent Party won 3 (up 3) with 16.2%, and independents won 1 (up 1) with 2.1%.
The seats up for election in 2024 were last contested in 2021; because of the delay of all local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seats are up for election after 3 years rather than the usual 4. In that election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 36.0% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats lost 2 with 26.6%, Labour held their 2 seats up for election with 28.0%, and independents gained 1 with 3.7%.
Previous council composition[edit]
| After 2023 election | Before 2024 election[5] | After 2024 election | ||||||
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| Party | Seats | Party | Seats | Party | Seats | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 18 | Liberal Democrats | 18 | Liberal Democrats | ||||
| Conservative | 8 | Conservative | 8 | Conservative | ||||
| Labour | 7 | Labour | 8 | Labour | ||||
| Portsmouth Ind. | 6 | Portsmouth Ind. | 6 | Portsmouth Ind. | ||||
| Independent | 3 | Independent | 2 | Independent | ||||
Changes:
- Judith Smyth readmitted to Labour[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Portsmouth City Council Election Results 1996-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Ex-council leader runs for Mike Hancock's Portsmouth seat". BBC News. 29 August 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Conservatives continue running Portsmouth City Council". BBC News. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Lib Dem Gerald Vernon-Jackson wins Portsmouth council leadership". BBC News. 15 May 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Your Councillors by Party". Portsmouth City Council. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ Wright, Josh (1 December 2022). "Portsmouth Labour councillor is suspended from party following complaint". The News. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
