2016 Portsmouth City Council election
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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.
Quick Facts 14 of 42 seats (One Third) to Portsmouth City Council 22 seats needed for a majority, First party ...
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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):
- Conservatives: 19 (0)
- Liberal Democrats: 15 (+1)
- UKIP: 4 (0)
- Labour: 3 (0)
- Independent: 1 (-1)
Following the election, the Conservative minority administration that had governed Portsmouth since 2014 continued in office.[2][3]