2022 Portsmouth City Council election

2022 Portsmouth City Council election
14 out of 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council; 22 seats needed for a majority
	Winner of each seat at the 2022 Portsmouth City Council election
Council control before election; No Overall Control; (Lib Dem minority);	Council control after election ; No Overall Control; (Lib Dem minority);

Elections to Portsmouth City Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2022, alongside other local elections across the country. The seats contested in this election were last contested in 2018. The Conservative Party had 6 seats they were defending, while the Liberal Democrats and Labour were both defending 4 seats. No party gained a majority from this election, and therefore the council remains under no overall control, with the Liberal Democrats continuing to run the council in a minority.^[1]^[2]

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15	7	17	1	2
Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative	PI	P

17	9	13	3
Liberal Democrats	Labour	Conservative	PI

2022 Portsmouth City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
Party		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Liberal Democrats	5	1	35.7	12	17	40.5	11,882	25.9	0.6
	Conservative	2	4	14.3	11	13	31.0	12,037	26.2	10.5
	Labour	5	1	35.7	4	9	21.4	14,324	31.2	0.3
	PIP	2	2	14.3	1	3	7.1	5,952	13.0	N/A
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,498	3.3	0.4
	Independent	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	135	0.3	0.3
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	73	0.2	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul Kadir	1,391	36.9	−0.5
	PIP	Paul Oakley-Cleife	760	20.2	N/A
	Conservative	Charlie Douglas	757	20.1	−13.7
	Labour	Jason Christopher	568	15.1	−5.8
	Green	Bob Simmonds	155	4.1	0.6
	Independent	Jeanette Smith*	135	3.6	N/A
Majority			631	16.7	+13.1
Turnout			3,788	34.3	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Fielding*	1,849	47.9	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah Shreeve	1,410	36.5	+1.2
	Conservative	Jack Jackson	411	10.6	−5.5
	Green	Menno Groen	193	5.0	+1.6
Majority			439	11.4	+2.6
Turnout			3,878	32.9	+3.1
	Labour hold		Swing

2022 Portsmouth City Council election

Results summary

Ward results

Baffins

Central Southsea

Charles Dickens

Copnor

Cosham

Drayton & Farlington

Eastney & Craneswater

Fratton

Hilsea

Milton

Nelson

Paulsgrove

St. Jude

St. Thomas

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yinka Adeniran	1,216	49.5	+15.6
	Conservative	Renu Raj	451	18.3	−6.6
	Liberal Democrats	Maria Cole	379	15.4	−13.9
	PIP	Chris Dike	370	15.0	N/A
	TUSC	Chris Pickett	43	1.7	N/A
Majority			765	31.2
Turnout			2,469	18.5	−1.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ben Swann*	1,062	33.9	−12.9
	PIP	Raymond Dent	922	29.4	N/A
	Labour	Mary Vallely	664	21.2	−7.3
	Green	Tim Sheerman-Chase	280	8.9	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Candlish	203	6.5	−8.1
Majority			140	4.5	−13.9
Turnout			3,138	32.2	+2.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Asghar Shah	1,639	47.7	+16.6
	Conservative	Hannah Hockaday*	1,410	41.0	−11.7
	PIP	Mike Jerome	207	6.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Helena Cole	180	5.2	−1.8
Majority			229	6.7
Turnout			3,454	33.6	3.9
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Bosher*	1,987	54.2	−13.1
	Labour	Pooja Jha	831	22.7	+1.2
	PIP	Tom Oulds	472	12.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Delwar Baig	376	10.3	+1.5
Majority			1,156	31.5	−11.9
Turnout			3,676	35.1	−1.7
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Winnington	1,380	34.0	+10.1
	Conservative	Scott Green	1,112	27.4	−16.2
	Labour	Craig Withey	995	24.5	−3.8
	PIP	Lee Tindal	575	14.2	N/A
Majority			268	6.6
Turnout			4,079	42.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Coles*	1,214	43.5	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	David Fuller	1,094	39.2	+4.2
	Conservative	Paul Sweeney	484	17.3	−1.1
Majority			120	4.3	1.8
Turnout			2,813	26.5	−2.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PIP	Russell Simpson	1,097	35.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Frank Jonas*	1,075	34.8	−22.6
	Labour	Julian Lewis	624	20.2	−8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Williams	173	5.6	−1.8
	Green	Emma Murphy	116	3.8	−2.8
Majority			22	0.8
Turnout			3,091	30.6	+1.3
	PIP gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Pitt	1,651	40.3	+1.4
	Labour	Paula Savage	1,613	39.4	+7.6
	Conservative	David Chandler	630	15.4	−6.2
	Green	Sarah Gilbert	198	4.8	−0.1
Majority			38	0.9	−9.0
Turnout			4,121	39.2	−2.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Fazackarley*	1,109	46.2	+6.1
	Labour	Aimee-Louise Geyther	584	24.8	−2.6
	Conservative	Spencer Gardner	539	22.5	+0.3
	Green	Duncan Robinson	128	5.3	−0.4
	TUSC	Nick Doyle	30	1.3	N/A
Majority			525	21.4	+8.7
Turnout			2,401	23.3	+3.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PIP	Brian Madgwick	1,549	55.6	*N/A*
	Conservative	Andy Macfarlane	719	25.8	−19.9
	Labour	Raj Ghosh	406	14.6	+26.4
	Liberal Democrats	Nicky Dodd	112	4.0	−2.6
Majority			830	29.8
Turnout			2,796	27.5	+1.1
	PIP gain from Conservative		Swing

St. Jude
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judith Smyth*	1,360	40.2	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Northern	1,161	34.4	+9.6
	Conservative	Alicia Denny	617	18.3	−15.1
	Green	Ian McCulloch	241	7.1	+1.7
Majority			199	5.8	+2.8
Turnout			3,397	36.6	+1.6
	Labour hold		Swing

St. Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Jeffery	1,263	42.2	+7.6
	Conservative	Robert Johnson	783	26.2	−4.2
	Labour	Joshua Allen	761	25.4	−5.0
	Green	Elliott Lee	187	6.2	+1.7
Majority			480	16.0	+11.8
Turnout			3,006	27.6	−5.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

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