Portsmouth City Council election, 2018

Portsmouth City Council election, 2018
	3 May 2018
	3 May 2018
14 of 42 seats (One Third) to Portsmouth City Council; 21 seats needed for a majority
Council control before election; No overall control;	Council control after election ; No overall control;

Map of the results of the 2018 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in orange, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

The 2018 Portsmouth City Council election will take place on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council The 2018 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2018 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council.

14 of 42 seats were contested during this elections within the unitary authority.

After this year's local elections, the composition of the council is now (compared to the situation immediately prior to the election):

Party	Before Election	After Election	Change
Conservatives	20	19	-1
Liberal Democrats	15	16	+1
UKIP	2	0	-2
Labour	2	6	+4
Green Party	0	0	0
Independent	2	1	-1

The Statement of Persons Nominated was made on 6 April 2018 by Returning Officer David Williams.^[1]

Ward results

Baffins

Baffins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jeanette Smith	1,421	37.4	8.5
	Conservative	Terry Norton	1,285	33.8	12.9
	Labour	Liam Turish	794	20.9	4.2
	UKIP	Todd Sweeney	169	4.4	26.9
	Green	Bob Simmonds	132	3.5	N/A
Majority			136	3.6	N/A
Turnout			3,801	34.2	0.1
	Liberal Democrat gain from UKIP		Swing	17.7

Central Southsea

Central Southsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Fielding	1,721	44.1	28.3
	Liberal Democrat	Lee Hunt*	1,377	35.3	4.0
	Conservative	Prab Ghosh	627	16.1	1.3
	Green	Tim Sheerman-Chase	181	4.6	12.3
Majority			344	8.8	N/A
Turnout			3,906	36.0	5.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Claire Udy¹	844	33.9	10.2
	Liberal Democrat	Sarah Shreeve	729	29.3	1.3
	Conservative	Syed Haque	619	24.9	14.0
	Independent	Paul Godier*	155	5.7	26.1²
	Green	Sarah Gilbert	141	5.7	N/A
Majority			115	4.6
Turnout			2500	19.7	4.6
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing	5.8%

1: After nominations were closed, Udy resigned from the Labour Party citing a lack of support from the local party while under investigation by the National Executive Committee.^[2]^[3]
2: Godier's share compared to his performance under UKIP label in 2014.

Copnor

Copnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Ben Swann	1,355	46.8	16.6
	Labour	Mo Charles	824	28.5	7.5
	Liberal Democrat	Ross Campbell	423	14.6	1.1
	UKIP	Terry Chipperfield-Harrison	161	5.6	26.0
	Green	Ken Hawkins	130	4.5	N/A
Majority			531	18.4	N/A
Turnout			2,893	29.5	2.9
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Cosham

Cosham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Hannah Hockaday*	1614	52.7	21.7
	Labour	Graham Heaney	954	31.1	8.4
	Liberal Democrat	Helena Cole	213	7.0	9.0
	UKIP	Michael Jerome	173	5.6	18.4
	Independent	Peter Marcus	110	3.6	N/A
Majority			660	21.6	14.6
Turnout			3064	29.7	6.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton and Farlington

Drayton and Farlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Simon Bosher*	2588	67.3	14.3
	Labour	Sue Castillon	918	23.9	7.6
	Liberal Democrat	Paul Pritchard	340	8.8	1.5
Majority			1670	43.4	12.5
Turnout			3846	36.8	2.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastney and Craneswater

Eastney and Craneswater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Luke Stubbs*	1,763	43.6	3.9
	Labour	Luke Evans	1,144	28.3	18.8
	Liberal Democrat	Tracy McClure	969	23.9	4.4
	Green	Menno Groen	172	4.2	2.3
Majority			619	15.3	3.9
Turnout			4,060	42.0	2.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Fratton

Fratton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Tom Coles	1108	37.5	11.4
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Brown	1036	35.0	13.3
	Conservative	Tony Sarigul	543	18.4	1.2
	UKIP	Kevin Chippindall-Higgins	154	5.2	26.0
	Green	Mike Wines	114	3.9	N/A
Majority			72	2.5	N/A
Turnout			2955	28.5	1.4
	Labour gain from UKIP		Swing

Hilsea

Hilsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Frank Jonas*	1739	TBC	TBC
	Labour	Graham Mitchell	868	TBC	TBC
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Williams	224	TBC	TBC
	Green	Emma Murphy	199	TBC	TBC
Majority			TBC	TBC	TBC
Turnout			3030	29.3%	TBC
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Ben Dowling*	1656	42%	TBC
	Labour	Rajah Ghosh	1264	32%	TBC
	Conservative	Josh Ahmed	856	22%	TBC
	Green	Tamara Groen	193	5%	TBC
Majority			TBC	TBC	TBC
Turnout			4969	37	TBC
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Nelson

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Jason Fazackarley	1124	TBC	TBC
	Labour	Rumal Khan	768	TBC	TBC
	UKIP	Colin Galloway*	148	TBC	TBC
	Green	Duncan Robinson	136	TBC	TBC
	Conservative	Alicia Denny	625	TBC	TBC
Majority			TBC	TBC	TBC
Turnout			2801	27.2	TBC
	Liberal Democrat gain from UKIP		Swing

Paulsgrove

Paulsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Jo Hooper	1224	TBC	TBC
	Labour	David Horne	1100	TBC	TBC
	UKIP	Stuart Potter*	191	TBC	TBC
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Sutherland	165	TBC	TBC
Majority			TBC	TBC	TBC
Turnout			3680	26.5%	TBC
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

St Jude

St Jude
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Judith Smyth	1,270	36.4	24.5
	Conservative	Linda Symes*	1,165	33.4	2.9
	Liberal Democrat	Richard Adair	867	24.8	1.4
	Green	Chris Jolley	187	5.4	6.6
Majority			105	3	6.7
Turnout			3,496	38.2	2.7
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	13.7% Con to Lab

St Thomas

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Rob Wood*	1,195	34.6	1.2
	Conservative	Terry Henderson	1,055	30.4	0.4
	Labour	Sumel Chowdhury	1,049	30.4	15.5
	Green	Bekkie Kingsley-Smith	154	4.5	N/A
Majority			140	4	0.8
Turnout			3,463	33.3	0.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	0.4% LD to Con

References

↑ "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Portsmouth City Council. 6 April 2018.
↑ "Claire Udy Resignation". Claire Udy. 27 April 2018.
↑ "Claire Udy Statement". Claire Udy. 27 April 2018.

Preceded by Portsmouth City Council election, 2016	Portsmouth City Council elections	Succeeded by Portsmouth City Council election, 2019

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[1] "Statement of Persons Nominated" (PDF). Portsmouth City Council. 6 April 2018.

[2] "Claire Udy Resignation". Claire Udy. 27 April 2018.

[3] "Claire Udy Statement". Claire Udy. 27 April 2018.

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