14 of 42 seats (One Third) to Portsmouth City Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Leader
Gerald Vernon-Jackson
Donna Jones
Party
Liberal Democrats
Conservative
Leader's seat
Milton
Hilsea
Seats won
8 (15 total)
4 (19 total)
Seat change
1
1
Popular vote
12,795
12,016
Percentage
29.3%
27.3%
Swing
9.6%
7.1%
Third party
Fourth party
Leader
John Ferrett
Colin Galloway
Party
Labour
UKIP
Leader's seat
Paulsgrove
Nelson
Seats won
2 (4 total)
0 (4 total)
Seat change
Popular vote
10,439
6,547
Percentage
23.9%
15.0%
Swing
4.5%
1.7%
Council control before election
No overall control
Council control after election
No overall control
Map of the results of the 2016 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in orange, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.
The 2016 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council.[1] This took place on the same day as other local elections taking place around the UK, including the London Mayoral election, Scottish Parliament and Welsh Assembly elections.
14 of 42 seats were contested during these elections within this unitary authority.
After this year's local elections, the composition of the council is now (compared to the situation immediately prior to the election):
Following the election, the Conservative minority administration that had governed Portsmouth since 2014 continued in office.[2][3]
Election result
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 2012.