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* Labour readmitted to Judith Smyth<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Josh |title=Portsmouth Labour councillor is suspended from party following complaint |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/portsmouth-labour-councillor-is-suspended-from-party-following-complaint-3939271?r=8915 |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=The News |date=1 December 2022}}</ref>

* Labour readmitted to Judith Smyth<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wright |first1=Josh |title=Portsmouth Labour councillor is suspended from party following complaint |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/portsmouth-labour-councillor-is-suspended-from-party-following-complaint-3939271?r=8915 |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=The News |date=1 December 2022}}</ref>

* Reform during in 2025 gained 6 Councilors defecting from the [[Portsmouth Independent Party]]

* Reform during in 2025 gained 6 Councilors defecting from the [[Portsmouth Independent Party]]

* Reform on 25 October 2025 won it first seat through a bi election victory by Cllr Joe Standen

* Reform on October 2025 won it first seat through a bi election victory by Cllr Joe Standen

==Results summary==

==Results summary==


Latest revision as of 09:46, 25 October 2025

Local election in Portsmouth, England

2024 Portsmouth City Council election

Winner of each seat at the 2024 Portsmouth City Council election


The 2024 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 2 May 2024, alongside the other local elections in the United Kingdom on the same day. 14 of the 42 members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire were elected.

The council remained under no overall control, being led by a Liberal Democrat minority administration.[1]

Portsmouth was created as a unitary authority in 1997. Labour controlled the council from its creation until 2000, when the council fell into no overall control.[2] The Liberal Democrats first won the council in 2010, and held a majority until 2014.[3] The Conservatives ran the council as a minority administration, with support from UKIP,[4] until 2018, when the Liberal Democrats formed a minority administration which has governed Portsmouth since.[5] In the previous election, the Liberal Democrats won 7 seats (up 1) with 29.3% of the vote, Labour won 2 with 27.5%, the Conservatives won 1 (down 5) with 19.6%, the Portsmouth Independent Party won 3 (up 3) with 16.2%, and independents won 1 (up 1) with 2.1%.

The seats up for election in 2024 were last contested in 2021; because of the delay of all local elections due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seats are up for election after 3 years rather than the usual 4. In that election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 36.0% of the vote, the Liberal Democrats lost 2 with 26.6%, Labour held their 2 seats up for election with 28.0%, and independents gained 1 with 3.7%.

Previous council composition

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Changes after the main elections:

  • Labour readmitted to Judith Smyth[7]
  • Reform during in 2025 gained 6 Councilors defecting from the Portsmouth Independent Party
  • Reform on 24 October 2025 won it first seat through a bi election victory by Cllr Joe Standen[8]

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 2021. An asterisk indicates the incumbent councillor. The results for each ward were:[9]

Incumbents are marked with an asterisk:*

Drayton & Farlington

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Eastney & Craneswater

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Paulsgrove (23rd Oct 2025)

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A by-election was called following the resignation of Cllr Brian Madgwick on health grounds.[10]

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