# 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.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
* 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 :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,109 | 15.4 | +4.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,169 | 65.6 | +30.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.0% Con to LD | |
Central Southsea :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,642 | 24.1 | +24.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,814 | 61.1 | +24.7 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 14.0% Con to LD | |
Charles Dickens :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,543 | 29.6 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,219 | 44.7 | +18.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.2% Lab to LD | |
Copnor :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 983 | 15.2 | −12.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,451 | 64.5 | +32.0 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 7.1% Con to LD | |
Cosham :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 926 | 15.0 | −14.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,159 | 62.4 | +28.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 7.4% Con to Lab | |
Drayton and Farlington :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 2,597 | 34.7 | +2.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,471 | 73.2 | +29.3 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.0% LD to Con | |
Eastney and Craneswater :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 162 | 2.6 | +2.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,182 | 66.2 | +28.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.1% LD to Con | |
Fratton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,778 | 31.6 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,627 | 54.6 | +27.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.1% LD to Con | |
Hilsea :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,450 | 23.1 | −11.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,273 | 62.3 | +27.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 5.7% Con to Lab | |
Milton :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 1,250 | 19.1 | +17.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,541 | 63.7 | +28.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 8.7% Con to LD | |
Nelson :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 750 | 13.6 | +13.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,529 | 55.0 | +27.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 16.6% Lab to LD | |
Paulsgrove :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 230 | 4.4 | −11.0 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,327 | 54.3 | +26.5 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 5.5% Lab to Con | |
St Jude :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 633 | 11.9 | +11.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,313 | 60.4 | +26.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 7.5% Con to LD | |
St Thomas :
| Party | 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 | Majority | Majority | 750 | 12.3 | +9.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,097 | 56.9 | +21.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 4.6% Con to LD | |