# 2011 Portsmouth City Council election

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.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* 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 Democrats | 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 Democrat | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrat | Ian Ducane | 243 | 5.5 | +0.2 |
| | Green | Sarah Coote | 216 | 4.9 | −0.3 |
| | Independent | David Tucker | 149 | 3.4 | +3.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 573 | 13.0 | +0.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,391 | 39.2 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.0% Con to LD | |
Central Southsea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 567 | 14.8 | +14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,838 | 34.4 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 0.7% LD to Lab | |
Charles Dickens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 124 | 4.1 | −13.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,011 | 25.0 | +0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.9% LD to Lab | |
Copnor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Robert New | 1,402 | 38.0 | −8.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Fletcher | 1,094 | 29.7 | +12.2 |
| | Labour | Simon Payne | 864 | 23.4 | +4.5 |
| | English Democrat | David Knight | 302 | 8.2 | −9.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 308 | 8.3 | −19.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,689 | 36.5 | +8.2 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 10.3% Con to LD | |
Cosham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Lee Mason | 1,723 | 47.5 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Graham Heaney | 1,259 | 34.7 | +10.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Pearson | 620 | 17.1 | +0.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 464 | 12.8 | −12.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,625 | 36.2 | +6.4 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 6.2% Con to Lab | |
Drayton and Farlington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Ken Ellcome | 3,074 | 63.2 | +3.8 |
| | Labour | Paul Middleton | 925 | 19.0 | +9.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Lanson-Dale | 555 | 11.4 | −11.4 |
| | English Democrat | Dave Ward | 253 | 5.2 | −3.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,149 | 44.2 | +7.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,865 | 47.7 | +6.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 2.8% Con to Lab | |
Eastney and Craneswater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 Democrat | Peter Lawrence | 188 | 4.7 | +4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 473 | 11.8 | −4.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,034 | 41.8 | +3.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.3% LD to Con | |
Fratton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 652 | 21.9 | −11.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,986 | 27.9 | +2.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 10.8 LD to Lab | |
Hilsea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alistair Thompson | 1,990 | 55.2 | −2.8 |
| | Labour | Michelle Treacher | 1,196 | 33.2 | +11.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michelle Cole | 393 | 10.9 | 0.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 794 | 22.0 | −14.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,606 | 35.0 | +4.7 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 7.0% Con to Lab | |
Milton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 554 | 14.0 | +13.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,969 | 38.3 | −1.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 6.6% Con to LD | |
Nelson :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 149 | 4.6 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,248 | 31.5 | +5.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 4.7% Lab to LD | |
Paulsgrove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | David Horne | 1,624 | 55.0 | +8.3 |
| | Conservative | Oliver Greenwood | 980 | 33.2 | +1.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Purvis | 334 | 11.3 | +1.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 644 | 21.8 | +6.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,952 | 29.6 | +4.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 3.3% Con to Lab | |
St Jude :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 135 | 3.8 | +0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,492 | 38.5 | +5.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.4% Con to LD | |
St Thomas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | 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 | Majority | Majority | 83 | 2.1 | −1.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,950 | 35.3 | +0.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.9% LD to Con | |