2011_Portsmouth_City_Council_election

2011 Portsmouth City Council election

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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.^[1]

Map of the results of the 2011 Portsmouth council election. Liberal Democrats in orange, Conservatives in blue and Labour in red.

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

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.

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	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%

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			573	13.0	+0.9
Turnout			4,391	39.2	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	1.0% Con to LD

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			567	14.8	+14.8
Turnout			3,838	34.4	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing	0.7% LD to Lab

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			124	4.1	-13.7
Turnout			3,011	25.0	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.9% LD to Lab

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			308	8.3	-19.1
Turnout			3,689	36.5	+8.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	10.3% Con to LD

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2011 Portsmouth City Council election

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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			464	12.8	-12.3
Turnout			3,625	36.2	+6.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	6.2% Con to Lab

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			2,149	44.2	+7.6
Turnout			4,865	47.7	+6.0
	Conservative hold		Swing	2.8% Con to Lab

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			473	11.8	-4.5
Turnout			4,034	41.8	+3.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	2.3% LD to Con

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			652	21.9	-11.1
Turnout			2,986	27.9	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	10.8 LD to Lab

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			794	22.0	-14.0
Turnout			3,606	35.0	+4.7
	Conservative hold		Swing	7.0% Con to Lab

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			554	14.0	+13.1
Turnout			3,969	38.3	-1.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	6.6% Con to LD

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			149	4.6	+4.6
Turnout			3,248	31.5	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	4.7% Lab to LD

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			644	21.8	+6.6
Turnout			2,952	29.6	+4.6
	Labour hold		Swing	3.3% Con to Lab

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			135	3.8	+0.8
Turnout			3,492	38.5	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.4% Con to LD

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			83	2.1	-1.7
Turnout			3,950	35.3	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	0.9% LD to Con