# 2012 Portsmouth City Council election

The 2012 Portsmouth City Council elections took place on Thursday 3 May 2012 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council (14 seats) was contested using the first-past-the-post voting system. The ruling Liberal Democrats won a majority of the seats being contested, and remained in overall control of the council.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* Liberal Democrats: 26
* Conservatives: 12
* Labour: 4

## Election result

All comparisons are to the 2008 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were last elected.
Portsmouth Local Election Result 2012 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 9 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 64.3 | 36.1 | 13,956 | +0.8 |
| Conservative | 3 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 21.4 | 30.7 | 11,892 | -13.6 |
| Labour | 2 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 14.3 | 27.1 | 10,495 | +13.9 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 1,093 | +2.8 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 782 | +0.8 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 487 | 0.0 |

## 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 2008.
Baffins :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders | 1,518 | 48.3 | +7.6 |
| | Conservative | Jonathan Kemp | 720 | 22.9 | −18.3 |
| | Labour | Barbara Spiegelhalter | 560 | 17.8 | +9.7 |
| | Green | Sarah Coote | 344 | 10.9 | +6.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 798 | 25.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,142 | 27.9 | −6.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 13.0% Con to LD | |
Central Southsea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Phil Smith | 1,192 | 42.4 | +1.5 |
| | Labour | Rob Smith | 722 | 25.7 | +15.9 |
| | Conservative | Kevan Chippindall-Higgin | 476 | 16.9 | −15.4 |
| | Green | Lucy MacLennan | 270 | 9.6 | +1.6 |
| | TUSC | Frances Pilling | 151 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 470 | 16.7 | +8.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,811 | 23.3 | −9.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 7.2% LD to Lab | |
Charles Dickens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Foster | 1,135 | 46.1 | +1.1 |
| | Labour | Sarah Cook | 782 | 31.7 | +13.4 |
| | Conservative | Luke Franks | 282 | 11.4 | −9.9 |
| | Green | Russell Anderson | 168 | 6.8 | +6.8 |
| | TUSC | Aron Fielder | 96 | 3.9 | +3.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 353 | 14.4 | −9.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,463 | 21.2 | −2.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.2% LD to Lab | |
Copnor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Neill Young | 828 | 32.3 | −15.3 |
| | Labour | John Spiegelhalter | 576 | 22.5 | +10.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Bentley | 539 | 21.0 | −9.7 |
| | Independent | Malcolm Hey | 487 | 19.0 | +19.0 |
| | TUSC | Mick Tosh | 131 | 5.1 | +5.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 252 | 9.8 | −7.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,561 | 25.5 | −5.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 13.0% Con to Lab | |
Cosham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Aiden Grey | 1,019 | 33.3 | +21.2 |
| | Labour | Graham Heaney | 976 | 31.9 | +10.6 |
| | Conservative | Jim Fleming | 924 | 30.2 | −25.9 |
| | TUSC | Simon Wade | 141 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 43 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,060 | 29.9 | −1.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 23.6% Con to LD | |
Drayton and Farlington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Steve Wemyss | 2,110 | 60.0 | −0.1 |
| | Labour | Terry King | 885 | 25.1 | +18.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Suzy Horton | 524 | 14.9 | −11.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,225 | 34.9 | +1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,519 | 34.6 | −7.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 14.8% LD to Lab | |
Eastney and Craneswater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Winnington | 1,400 | 45.3 | −1.4 |
| | Conservative | Terry Henderson | 1,080 | 35.0 | −11.3 |
| | Labour | Rosalie Ward | 474 | 15.3 | +8.6 |
| | TUSC | Ben Norman | 136 | 4.4 | +4.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 320 | 10.3 | +9.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,090 | 32.3 | −4.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 5.0% Con to LD | |
Fratton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Fuller | 1,091 | 49.6 | −6.0 |
| | Labour | Geoff Wade | 558 | 25.4 | +16.1 |
| | Conservative | Perry Taylor | 376 | 17.1 | −9.3 |
| | TUSC | John Pickett | 173 | 7.9 | +7.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 533 | 24.2 | −5.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,198 | 20.3 | −4.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 11.1% LD to Lab | |
Hilsea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Donna Jones | 1,207 | 44.4 | −16.3 |
| | Labour | Sue Castillon | 1,133 | 41.7 | +22.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Simon Dodd | 379 | 13.9 | +1.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 74 | 2.7 | −39.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,719 | 26.3 | −4.1 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 19.6% Con to Lab | |
Milton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Purvis | 1,402 | 52.1 | +10.3 |
| | Labour | Michelle Treacher | 658 | 24.5 | +18.9 |
| | Conservative | Joan Payne | 631 | 23.4 | −24.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 744 | 27.6 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,691 | 26.1 | −13.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 17.5% Con to LD | |
Nelson :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Ken Ferrett | 920 | 37.2 | +8.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ben French | 886 | 35.8 | +6.7 |
| | Conservative | James Williams | 668 | 27.0 | −4.3 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 34 | 1.4 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,474 | 23.5 | −3.7 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 6.6% Con to Lab | |
Paulsgrove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Ferrett | 1,370 | 62.8 | +23.5 |
| | Conservative | Matt Davies | 622 | 28.5 | −31.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Roger Inkpen | 191 | 8.7 | −1.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 748 | 34.3 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,183 | 21.8 | −3.7 |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | 27.6% Con to Lab | |
St Jude :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Mason | 1,247 | 44.9 | −1.7 |
| | Conservative | David Tompkins | 966 | 34.7 | −7.8 |
| | Labour | Julian Wright | 439 | 15.8 | +9.0 |
| | TUSC | Andy Waterman | 128 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 281 | 10.2 | +6.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,780 | 29.9 | −3.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 3.1% Con to LD | |
St Thomas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sandra Stockdale | 1,433 | 47.5 | +1.4 |
| | Conservative | Angus Ross | 1,002 | 33.2 | −12.0 |
| | Labour | Taj Uddin | 442 | 14.7 | +6.6 |
| | TUSC | Billy Perry | 137 | 4.5 | +4.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 431 | 14.3 | +13.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,014 | 27.5 | −5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.7% Con to LD | |