2010 Portsmouth City Council 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.^[1]

Map of the results of the 2010 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in orange, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

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

• Liberal Democrats: 24
• Conservatives: 16
• Labour: 2

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

Party		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^[3]

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^[4]

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^[5]

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^[6]

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^[7]

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^[8]

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^[9]

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^[10]

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^[11]

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^[12]

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^[13]

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^[14]

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^[15]

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^[16]

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