Portsmouth City Council election, 2011

Map of the results of the 2011 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in orange, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

The 2011 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 5 May 2011 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. The election took place on the same day as a referendum on the parliamentary voting system, 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.^[1]

After the election, the composition of the council was:^[2]

• Liberal Democrats: 23
• Conservatives: 17
• Labour: 2

Election result

The only seats to change hands were Central Southsea and Nelson, both of which saw councillors who had previously defected to the Liberal Democrats from the Conservatives and Labour respectively retain their seats under the Liberal Democrat label. All comparisons are to the 2007 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2011
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Liberal Democrat	9	2	0	+2	64.3	32.9	16,850	-1.0%
	Conservative	4	0	1	-1	28.6	37.2	19,042	-3.4%
	Labour	1	0	1	-1	7.1	25.9	13,285	+10.0%
	English Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	1.9	986	-4.0%
	Green	0	0	0	0	0	0.9	486	-1.6%
	TUSC	0	0	0	0	0	0.8	411	+0.8%
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	0.3	149	-0.4%

Ward results

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 2007.

Baffins[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Lynne Stagg	1,824	41.5	-4.0
	Conservative	Daryn Brewer	1,251	28.5	-5.9
	Labour	Julian Wright	683	15.6	+6.0
	English Democrats	Ian Ducane	243	5.5	+0.2
	Green	Sarah Coote	216	4.9	-0.3
	Independent	David Tucker	149	3.4	+3.4
Majority			573	13.0	+0.9
Turnout			4,391	39.2	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	1.0% Con to LD

Central Southsea[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Margaret Adair	1,626	42.4	+13.0
	Labour	Rob Smith	1,059	27.6	+14.3
	Conservative	Massoud Esmaili	877	22.9	-14.7
	TUSC	Frances Pilling	234	6.1	+6.1
Majority			567	14.8	+14.8
Turnout			3,838	34.4	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing	0.7% LD to Lab

Charles Dickens[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Steven Wylie	1,082	35.9	-4.0
	Labour	Sarah Cook	958	31.8	+9.7
	Conservative	Matt Davies	670	22.3	+4.7
	Green	Russell Anderson	270	9.0	+3.6
Majority			124	4.1	-13.7
Turnout			3,011	25.0	+0.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	6.9% LD to Lab

Copnor[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert New	1,402	38.0	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat	Stephen Fletcher	1,094	29.7	+12.2
	Labour	Simon Payne	864	23.4	+4.5
	English Democrats	David Knight	302	8.2	-9.1
Majority			308	8.3	-19.1
Turnout			3,689	36.5	+8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.3% Con to LD

Cosham[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Mason	1,723	47.5	-1.5
	Labour	Graham Heaney	1,259	34.7	+10.8
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Pearson	620	17.1	+0.5
Majority			464	12.8	-12.3
Turnout			3,625	36.2	+6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.2% Con to Lab

Drayton and Farlington[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ken Ellcome	3,074	63.2	+3.8
	Labour	Paul Middleton	925	19.0	+9.4
	Liberal Democrat	Steve Lanson-Dale	555	11.4	-11.4
	English Democrats	Dave Ward	253	5.2	-3.0
Majority			2,149	44.2	+7.6
Turnout			4,865	47.7	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8% Con to Lab

Eastney and Craneswater[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Terry Hall	1,842	45.7	-9.1
	Conservative	Gerry Oldfield	1,369	33.9	-4.6
	Labour	Rosalie Ward	603	14.9	+8.3
	English Democrats	Peter Lawrence	188	4.7	+4.7
Majority			473	11.8	-4.5
Turnout			4,034	41.8	+3.7
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	2.3% LD to Con

Fratton[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Eleanor Scott	1,367	45.8	-10.2
	Labour	John Attrill	715	23.9	+11.4
	Conservative	Terry Judkins	710	23.8	+0.8
	TUSC	John Pickett	177	5.9	+5.9
Majority			652	21.9	-11.1
Turnout			2,986	27.9	+2.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	10.8 LD to Lab

Hilsea[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Thompson	1,990	55.2	-2.8
	Labour	Michelle Treacher	1,196	33.2	+11.2
	Liberal Democrat	Michelle Cole	393	10.9	0.0
Majority			794	22.0	-14.0
Turnout			3,606	35.0	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0% Con to Lab

Milton[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Gerald Vernon-Jackson	1,821	45.9	+2.6
	Conservative	Chris Hirst	1,267	31.9	-10.5
	Labour	Ken Ferrett	851	21.4	+15.3
Majority			554	14.0	+13.1
Turnout			3,969	38.3	-1.9
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	6.6% Con to LD

Nelson[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Leo Madden	1,240	38.2	+11.0
	Labour	John Ferrett	1,091	33.6	+1.7
	Conservative	Audrey Arnell	895	27.6	+0.6
Majority			149	4.6	+4.6
Turnout			3,248	31.5	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat gain from Labour		Swing	4.7% Lab to LD

Paulsgrove[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Horne	1,624	55.0	+8.3
	Conservative	Oliver Greenwood	980	33.2	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Will Purvis	334	11.3	+1.8
Majority			644	21.8	+6.6
Turnout			2,952	29.6	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3% Con to Lab

St Jude[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Andrewes	1,464	41.9	-5.1
	Conservative	Linda Symes	1,329	38.1	-5.9
	Labour	Craig Cameron	664	19.0	+10.0
Majority			135	3.8	+0.8
Turnout			3,492	38.5	+5.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	0.4% Con to LD

St Thomas[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Les Stevens	1,588	40.2	-7.4
	Conservative	Sandra Stockdale	1,505	38.1	-5.7
	Labour	John Lancaster	793	20.1	+11.5
Majority			83	2.1	-1.7
Turnout			3,950	35.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing	0.9% LD to Con

References

1. "Election 2011 - Portsmouth". BBC News. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
2. "Political composition of the council". Portsmouth.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-11-30.
3. "Baffins". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
4. "Central Southsea". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
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6. "Copnor". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
7. "Cosham". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
8. "Drayton & Farlington". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
9. "Eastney & Craneswater". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
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11. "Hilsea". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
12. "Milton". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
13. "Nelson". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
14. "Paulsgrove". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
15. "St Jude". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
16. "St Thomas". Portsmouth.gov.uk. 2011-05-10. Retrieved 2012-01-30.