| Election Name: | 2022 Portsmouth City Council election |
| Country: | Portsmouth |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2021 Portsmouth City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Portsmouth City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | 14 out of 42 seats to Portsmouth City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 22 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2022 |
| Party1: | Liberal Democrats (UK) |
| Leader1: | Gerald Vernon-Jackson |
| Leaders Seat1: | Milton |
| Seats1: | 5 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Seats Before1: | 15 |
| Seats After1: | 17 |
| Popular Vote1: | 11,882 |
| Percentage1: | 25.9% |
| Swing1: | 0.6% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Simon Bosher |
| Leaders Seat2: | Drayton & Farlington |
| Seats2: | 2 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Seats Before2: | 17 |
| Seats After2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 12,037 |
| Percentage2: | 26.2% |
| Swing2: | 10.5% |
| Image4: | Lab |
| Party4: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader4: | George Fielding |
| Leaders Seat4: | Central Southsea |
| Seats4: | 5 |
| Seat Change4: | 2 |
| Seats Before4: | 7 |
| Seats After4: | 9 |
| Popular Vote4: | 14,324 |
| Percentage4: | 31.2% |
| Swing4: | 0.3% |
| Image5: | PIP |
| Party5: | Portsmouth Independent Party |
| Leader5: | George Madgwick |
| Leaders Seat5: | Paulsgrove |
| Seats5: | 2 |
| Seat Change5: | 2 |
| Seats Before5: | 1 |
| Seats After5: | 3 |
| Popular Vote5: | 5,952 |
| Percentage5: | 13.0 |
| Swing5: | N/A |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | No Overall Control (Lib Dem minority) |
| After Election: | No Overall Control (Lib Dem minority) |
Elections to Portsmouth City Council took place on Thursday 5 May 2022, alongside other local elections across the country. The seats contested in this election were last contested in 2018. The Conservative Party had 6 seats they were defending, while the Democrats and Labour were both defending 4 seats. No party gained a majority from this election, and therefore the council remains under no overall control, with the Democrats continuing to run the council in a minority.[1] [2]
Immediately ahead of this election, the composition of the council was:
| 15 | 7 | 17 | 1 | 2 | |
After the election result, the composition of the council became:
| 17 | 9 | 13 | 3 | |
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 2018. An asterisk indicates the incumbent councillor.