2010 Portsmouth City Council election

2010 UK local government election

The 2010 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 6 May 2010 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. The election took place on the same day as a parliamentary general election, and one third of the council (14 seats) was up for election using the first-past-the-post voting system. The Liberal Democrats won a majority of the seats being contested, and remained in overall control of the council, which they had achieved following a series of defections to the party in 2009.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Election result

NB: All comparisons are to the 2006 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2010
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	8	3	0	+3	57.1	38.5	32,874	+4.9
Conservative	5	0	2	-2	35.7	36.8	31,469	-5.5
Labour	1	0	1	-1	7.1	19.4	16,578	+1.3
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	3.6	3,038	+2.6
Green	0	0	0	0	0	1.2	1,019	-2.0
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.6	508	-0.7

Ward results

NB: All comparisons are to the 2006 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.

Baffins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Darron Phillips	3,294	45.9	+0.3
	Conservative	Richard Smith	2,185	30.5	−4.3
	Labour	Barbara Spiegelhalter	1,070	14.9	+2.7
	English Democrat	Piers Goodwin	354	4.9	+4.9
	Green	Sarah Coote	234	3.3	−4.1
Majority			1,109	15.4	+4.6
Turnout			7,169	65.6	+30.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.0% Con to LD

Central Southsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lee Hunt	3,374	49.5	+13.8
	Conservative	Joan Payne	1,732	25.4	−14.1
	Labour	Keith Crabbe	974	14.3	+1.4
	Green	Lucy Maclennan	457	6.7	−5.1
	Independent	Derek Wareham	216	3.2	+3.2
Majority			1,642	24.1	+24.1
Turnout			6,814	61.1	+24.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	14.0% Con to LD

Charles Dickens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqui Hancock	2,655	50.9	+0.9
	Labour	John Ferrett	1,112	21.3	−1.5
	Conservative	Syed Haque	1,105	21.2	+2.5
	Independent	Leslie Cummings	292	5.6	+5.6
Majority			1,543	29.6	+2.4
Turnout			5,219	44.7	+18.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.2% Lab to LD

Copnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Park	2,729	42.3	−4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Fletcher	1,746	27.1	+10.1
	Labour	Michelle Treacher	1,462	22.7	+4.1
	English Democrat	David Knight	446	6.9	−6.8
Majority			983	15.2	−12.6
Turnout			6,451	64.5	+32.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.1% Con to LD

Cosham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	April Windebank	2,679	43.5	−11.0
	Labour	Graham Heaney	1,753	28.5	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Neil Munday	1,291	21.0	+0.2
	English Democrat	David Ward	378	6.1	+6.1
Majority			926	15.0	−14.8
Turnout			6,159	62.4	+28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.4% Con to Lab

Drayton and Farlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Bosher	4,247	56.8	−4.5
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Pearson	1,650	22.1	−6.5
	Labour	Andy Silvester	1,229	16.5	+6.4
	English Democrat	Greg Trechard	306	4.1	+4.1
Majority			2,597	34.7	+2.0
Turnout			7,471	73.2	+29.3
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.0% LD to Con

Eastney and Craneswater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Stubbs	2,704	43.7	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Winnington	2,542	41.1	−4.6
	Labour	Vicky Davies	663	10.7	+2.5
	English Democrat	Peter Lawrence	242	3.9	+3.9
Majority			162	2.6	+2.1
Turnout			6,182	66.2	+28.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	1.1% LD to Con

Fratton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hancock	3,301	58.7	−0.9
	Conservative	Terry Judkins	1,523	27.1	−0.8
	Labour	Nick Durrant	775	13.8	+1.5
Majority			1,778	31.6	−0.3
Turnout			5,627	54.6	+27.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.1% LD to Con

Hilsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Jonas	3,095	49.3	−11.5
	Labour	Margaret Gooch	1,645	26.2	−0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Chasta Cole	1,191	19.0	+6.2
	English Democrat	Barry Faust	304	4.8	+4.8
Majority			1,450	23.1	−11.3
Turnout			6,273	62.3	+27.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	5.7% Con to Lab

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Scott	3,238	49.5	+8.2
	Conservative	Stephen Rogers	1,988	30.4	−9.1
	Labour	Ken Ferrett	903	13.8	+4.6
	English Democrat	Ian Ducane	332	5.1	+5.1
Majority			1,250	19.1	+17.3
Turnout			6,541	63.7	+28.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	8.7% Con to LD

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Fazackarley	2,228	40.3	+20.5
	Labour	Sarah Cook	1,478	26.7	−12.6
	Conservative	Ian Lyon	1,477	26.7	−4.2
	English Democrat	Kevin Baker	308	5.6	+5.6
Majority			750	13.6	+13.6
Turnout			5,529	55.0	+27.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	16.6% Lab to LD

Paulsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Patey	2,134	40.1	−9.6
	Conservative	Fred Brimecome	1,904	35.7	+1.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Webb	880	16.5	+0.6
	English Democrat	Peter Fletcher	368	6.9	+6.9
Majority			230	4.4	−11.0
Turnout			5,327	54.3	+26.5
	Labour hold		Swing	5.5% Lab to Con

St Jude
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Eddis	2,485	46.8	+11.0
	Conservative	Linda Symes	1,852	34.9	−3.9
	Labour	Alwin Oliver	611	11.5	+5.6
	Green	Sean Sanders	328	6.2	+6.2
Majority			633	11.9	+11.9
Turnout			5,313	60.4	+26.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	7.5% Con to LD

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Rob Wood	2,999	49.2	+4.6
	Conservative	Sandra Stockdale	2,249	36.9	−4.6
	Labour	John Spiegelhalter	769	12.6	−1.4
Majority			750	12.3	+9.2
Turnout			6,097	56.9	+21.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.6% Con to LD

References

"Lib Dems claim fourth defection". BBC News. 27 January 2009. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Political composition of the council". Portsmouth.gov.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
"Baffins". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Central Southsea". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Charles Dickens". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Copnor". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Cosham". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Drayton and Farlington". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Eastney & Craneswater". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Fratton". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Hilsea". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Milton". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Nelson". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"Paulsgrove". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"St Jude". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
"St Thomas". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 16 June 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2012.

Preceded by
2008 Portsmouth City Council election

Portsmouth City Council elections

Succeeded by
2011 Portsmouth City Council election

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