Election Name: | 2015 Portsmouth City Council election |
Country: | Portsmouth |
Type: | Parliamentary |
Ongoing: | no |
Party Colour: | yes |
Previous Election: | 2014 Portsmouth City Council election |
Previous Year: | 2014 |
Next Election: | 2016 Portsmouth City Council election |
Next Year: | 2016 |
Seats For Election: | 14 of the 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council |
Majority Seats: | 22 |
Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Seats1: | 9 |
Seat Change1: | 5 |
Seats Before1: | 4 |
Popular Vote1: | 30,193 |
Percentage1: | 34.3% |
Party2: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
Seats2: | 4 |
Seat Change2: | 5 |
Seats Before2: | 9 |
Popular Vote2: | 17,342 |
Percentage2: | 19.7% |
Party3: | Labour Party (UK) |
Seats3: | 1 |
Seat Change3: | 0 |
Seats Before3: | 1 |
Popular Vote3: | 17,060 |
Percentage3: | 19.4% |
Council control | |
Posttitle: | Council control after election |
Before Election: | No Overall Control |
After Election: | No Overall Control |
The 2015 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections.
Following the elections, the Conservatives remained in control of the council, continuing to govern in a minority administration
After the 2015 local election, the political makeup of the council was as follows:[2] These seats were then next contested in 2019.
Party | Number of councillors |
---|---|
Labour | 4 |
Conservative | 19 |
Liberal Democrats | 14 |
UKIP | 4 |
Green | 0 |
Independent | 1 |
Comparisons for the purpose of determining a gain, hold or loss of a seat, and for all percentage changes, are to the last time these specific seats were up for election in 2011. A "*" indicates that that councillor was re-elected.