# 2016 Portsmouth City Council election

The 2016 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council. 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.
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.

## Election result

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 2012.
Portsmouth Local Election Result 2016 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 57.1 | 29.3 | 12,795 | -6.8 |
| Conservative | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 28.6 | 27.5 | 12,016 | -3.2 |
| Labour | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14.2 | 23.9 | 10,439 | -3.2 |
| UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.0 | 6,547 | +15.0 |
| Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 1,817 | +2.2 |
| TUSC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 30 | -2.7 |

## Ward results

Baffins :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Darren Sanders* | 1,759 | 47.5 | −0.8 |
| | Conservative | George Edgar | 691 | 18.7 | −4.2 |
| | UKIP | Kevin Chippandall-Higgin | 671 | 18.1 | +18.1 |
| | Labour | John Castillon | 580 | 15.7 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,068 | 28.8 | +3.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,701 | 33.5 | +5.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.7% Con to LD | |
Central Southsea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Steve Pitt | 1,364 | 40.9 | −1.5 |
| | Labour | Frank Minal | 804 | 24.1 | −1.6 |
| | Green | Ian McCulloch | 444 | 13.3 | +3.7 |
| | Conservative | Massoud Esmaili | 401 | 12.0 | −5.0 |
| | UKIP | Derek Wareham | 323 | 9.7 | +9.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 560 | 16.8 | +0.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,336 | 32.4 | +9.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.05% Lab to LD | |
Charles Dickens :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Stephen Morgan | 948 | 33.9 | +2.2 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Margaret Foster* | 885 | 31.7 | −14.4 |
| | UKIP | Andrew Waters | 543 | 19.4 | +19.4 |
| | Conservative | John Hill | 287 | 10.3 | −1.1 |
| | Green | Hannah Dawson | 130 | 4.7 | −2.1 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 63 | 2.2 | −12.2 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,793 | 25.7 | +4.5 |
| | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Labour gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 8.3% LD to Lab | |
Copnor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Neill Young* | 1,010 | 35.9 | +3.6 |
| | Labour | Rumal Khan | 815 | 29.0 | +6.5 |
| | UKIP | Terry Chipperfield-Harrison | 717 | 25.5 | +25.5 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Jaison Matewu | 269 | 9.6 | −11.4 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 195 | 6.9 | −2.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,811 | 28.4 | +2.9 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 1.5% Con to Lab | |
Cosham :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Jim Fleming | 1,251 | 41.2 | +11.0 |
| | Labour | Graham Heaney | 878 | 28.9 | −3.0 |
| | UKIP | Mel Todd | 647 | 21.3 | +21.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kirstine Impey | 263 | 8.7 | −24.6 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 373 | 12.3 | +10.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,039 | 29.3 | −0.6 |
| | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | 7.0% Lab to Con | |
The incumbent councillor, Aiden Grey, was elected as a Liberal Democrat but defected to Labour six months after his election.
Drayton and Farlington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Steve Wemyss* | 1,977 | 55.0 | −5.0 |
| | Labour | Andreas Bubel | 733 | 20.4 | −4.7 |
| | UKIP | Loreley Lawrence | 555 | 15.4 | +15.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Josh Dulberg | 330 | 9.2 | −5.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,244 | 34.6 | −0.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,595 | 35.4 | +0.8 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 0.2% Con to Lab | |
Eastney and Craneswater :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Matthew Winnington* | 1,599 | 43.3 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | Susan Lloyd | 1,278 | 34.6 | −0.4 |
| | Labour | Julian Wright | 500 | 13.6 | −1.7 |
| | Green | Menno Groen | 313 | 8.5 | +8.5 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 321 | 8.7 | −1.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,690 | 39.3 | +7.0 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 0.8% LD to Con | |
Fratton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Fuller* | 860 | 32.0 | −17.6 |
| | Labour | Thomas Coles | 733 | 27.2 | +1.8 |
| | UKIP | Todd Sweeney | 584 | 21.7 | +21.7 |
| | Conservative | Laurence Warren-West | 354 | 13.2 | −3.9 |
| | Green | Martin Cox | 160 | 5.9 | +5.9 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 127 | 4.8 | −19.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,691 | 26.6 | +6.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 9.7% LD to Lab | |
Hilsea :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Donna Jones* | 1,566 | 54.6 | +10.2 |
| | Labour | Silvi Veale | 922 | 32.1 | −9.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Julie Spurgeon | 380 | 13.2 | −0.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 644 | 22.5 | +19.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,868 | 27.9 | +1.6 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | 9.9% Lab to Con | |
Milton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Purvis* | 1,488 | 42.6 | −9.5 |
| | Labour | Alex Bentley | 614 | 17.6 | −6.9 |
| | Conservative | Malcolm Chewter | 563 | 16.1 | −7.3 |
| | UKIP | Robbie Robinson | 559 | 16.0 | +16.0 |
| | Green | Kylie Barton | 269 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 874 | 25.0 | −2.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,493 | 33.5 | +7.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.3% LD to Lab | |
Nelson :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leo Madden | 1,118 | 40.4 | +4.6 |
| | Labour | Sue Castillon | 617 | 22.3 | −14.9 |
| | UKIP | Barry Davies | 595 | 21.5 | +21.5 |
| | Conservative | Ben Swann | 438 | 15.8 | −11.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 501 | 18.1 | +16.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,768 | 26.9 | +3.4 |
| | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 9.8% Lab to LD | |
Paulsgrove :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Ferrett* | 995 | 41.3 | −21.5 |
| | UKIP | Mike Jerome | 711 | 29.5 | +29.5 |
| | Conservative | Bill New | 577 | 23.9 | −4.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nicky Dodd | 99 | 4.1 | −4.6 |
| | TUSC | Chris Pickett | 30 | 1.2 | +1.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 284 | 11.8 | −22.5 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,412 | 23.7 | +1.9 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | 25.5% Lab to UKIP | |
St Jude :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Mason* | 1,264 | 39.7 | −5.2 |
| | Conservative | Sandra Stockdale | 863 | 27.1 | −7.6 |
| | Labour | Tony Chafer | 534 | 16.8 | +1.0 |
| | UKIP | Christopher Vaughan | 275 | 8.6 | +8.6 |
| | Green | Ken Hawkins | 249 | 7.8 | +7.8 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 401 | 12.6 | +2.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,185 | 36.6 | +6.6 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 1.2% Con to LD | |
St Thomas :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Liberal Democrats | Tom Wood | 1,117 | 34.2 | −13.3 |
| | Labour | Sumel Chowdhury | 766 | 23.5 | +8.8 |
| | Conservative | Christine Sykes | 760 | 23.3 | −9.9 |
| | UKIP | Jill Evans | 367 | 11.3 | +11.3 |
| | Green | Gail Baird | 252 | 7.7 | +7.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 351 | 10.7 | −3.6 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,262 | 34.6 | +7.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats hold | Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 11.1% LD to Lab | |