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2008 Portsmouth Council Election
The 2008 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 1 May 2008 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council (14 seats) was up for election using the first-past-the-post voting system. The Conservatives won a majority of the seats being contested, while the council remained in no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Conservatives: 19 * Liberal Democrats: 19 *Labour: 2 *Independent: 2 Election result NB: All comparisons are to the 2004 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested. Ward results NB: All comparisons are to the 2004 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested. ReferencesPortsmouth City Council - 2008 local election results {{United Kingdom local elections, 2008 2008 Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portsmouth UK Local Election 2008 Map
Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most densely populated city in the United Kingdom, with a population last recorded at 208,100. Portsmouth is located south-west of London and south-east of Southampton. Portsmouth is mostly located on Portsea Island; the only English city not on the mainland of Great Britain. Portsea Island has the third highest population in the British Isles after the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. Portsmouth also forms part of the regional South Hampshire conurbation, which includes the city of Southampton and the boroughs of Eastleigh, Fareham, Gosport, Havant and Waterlooville. Portsmouth is one of the world's best known ports, its history can be traced to Roman times and has been a significant Royal Navy dockyard and base for centuries. Portsmouth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plurality Voting System
Plurality voting refers to electoral systems in which a candidate, or candidates, who poll more than any other counterpart (that is, receive a plurality), are elected. In systems based on single-member districts, it elects just one member per district and may also be referred to as first-past-the-post (FPTP), single-member plurality (SMP/SMDP), single-choice voting (an imprecise term as non-plurality voting systems may also use a single choice), simple plurality or relative majority (as opposed to an ''absolute majorit''y, where more than half of votes is needed, this is called ''majority voting''). A system which elects multiple winners elected at once with the plurality rule, such as one based on multi-seat districts, is referred to as plurality block voting. Plurality voting is distinguished from ''majority voting'', in which a winning candidate must receive an absolute majority of votes: more than half of all votes (more than all other candidates combined if each voter ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party and also known colloquially as the Tories, is one of the Two-party system, two main political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party. It is the current Government of the United Kingdom, governing party, having won the 2019 United Kingdom general election, 2019 general election. It has been the primary governing party in Britain since 2010. The party is on the Centre-right politics, centre-right of the political spectrum, and encompasses various ideological #Party factions, factions including One-nation conservatism, one-nation conservatives, Thatcherism, Thatcherites, and traditionalist conservatism, traditionalist conservatives. The party currently has 356 Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Members of Parliament, 264 members of the House of Lords, 9 members of the London Assembly, 31 members of the Scottish Parliament, 16 members of the Senedd, Welsh Parliament, 2 D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liberal Democrats (UK)
The Liberal Democrats (commonly referred to as the Lib Dems) are a liberal political party in the United Kingdom. Since the 1992 general election, with the exception of the 2015 general election, they have been the third-largest UK political party by the number of votes cast. They have 14 Members of Parliament in the House of Commons, 83 members of the House of Lords, four Members of the Scottish Parliament and one member in the Welsh Senedd. The party has over 2,500 local council seats. The party holds a twice-per-year Liberal Democrat Conference, at which party policy is formulated, with all party members eligible to vote, under a one member, one vote system. The party served as the junior party in a coalition government with the Conservative Party between 2010 and 2015; with Scottish Labour in the Scottish Executive from 1999 to 2007, and with Welsh Labour in the Welsh Government from 2000 to 2003 and from 2016 to 2021. In 1981, an electoral alliance was established b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a political party in the United Kingdom that has been described as an alliance of social democrats, democratic socialists and trade unionists. The Labour Party sits on the centre-left of the political spectrum. In all general elections since 1922, Labour has been either the governing party or the Official Opposition. There have been six Labour prime ministers and thirteen Labour ministries. The party holds the annual Labour Party Conference, at which party policy is formulated. The party was founded in 1900, having grown out of the trade union movement and socialist parties of the 19th century. It overtook the Liberal Party to become the main opposition to the Conservative Party in the early 1920s, forming two minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in the 1920s and early 1930s. Labour served in the wartime coalition of 1940–1945, after which Clement Attlee's Labour government established the National Health Service and expanded the welfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Independent (politician)
An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views that do not align with the platforms of any political party, and therefore choose not to affiliate with them. Some independent politicians may be associated with a party, perhaps as former members of it, or else have views that align with it, but choose not to stand in its name, or are unable to do so because the party in question has selected another candidate. Others may belong to or support a political party at the national level but believe they should not formally represent it (and thus be subject to its policies) at another level. In running for public office, independents sometimes choose to form a party or alliance with other independents, and may formally register their party or alliance. Even where the word "independent" is used, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Portsmouth Council Election
Elections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 10 June 2004. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. Overall turnout was 34.9%. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Liberal Democrat 20 *Conservative 15 *Labour 7 Election result Ward results References2004 Portsmouth election result {{United Kingdom local elections, 2004 2004
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Donna Jones (British Politician)
Donna Jones is a British Conservative Party politician who is the Hampshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Political career Jones was a councillor for Hilsea on Portsmouth City Council from 1 May 2008 to 6 May 2021. From June 2014 to June 2018, she was Leader of the council, taking over from Gerald Vernon-Jackson, a Liberal Democrat, when there was a change of political control. He returned to the job in 2018. While she was leader of the Conservative administration at Portsmouth council, Jones advised Portsmouth F.C. as strategic stadium development consultant. The council also launched an energy company, Victory Energy, which entered into a £100,000 sponsorship deal with Portsmouth F.C. In 2020 Victory Energy was wound up with losses of £3.5 million, following attempts by the council to sell the company. In the 2019 general election, while still serving as a councillor, Jones was the unsuccessful Conservative candidate in Portsmouth South. During the campaign, she receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2007 Portsmouth City Council Election
Elections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 3 May 2007. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Liberal Democrat 19 *Conservative 17 *Labour 5 *Independent 1 Election result Ward results Baffins Central Southsea Charles Dickens Copnor Cosham Drayton and Farlington Eastney and Craneswater Fratton Hilsea Milton Nelson Paulsgrove St Jude St Thomas References2007 Portsmouth election result [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portsmouth City Council Elections
Portsmouth City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district. Political control Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties: Non-metropolitan district Unitary authority Leadership The leaders of the council since 1994 have been: Council elections Non-metropolitan district elections *1973 Portsmouth City Council election * 1976 Portsmouth City Council election * 1979 Portsmouth City Council election * 1983 Portsmouth City Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1984 Portsmouth City Council election * 1986 Portsmouth City Council election * 1987 Portsmouth City Council election *1988 Portsmouth City Council election *1990 Portsmouth City Council election * 1991 Portsmouth City Council election * 1992 Portsmouth City Council election * 1994 Por ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010 Portsmouth City Council Election
The 2010 Portsmouth City Council election took place on Thursday 6 May 2010 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. The election took place on the same day as a 2010 United Kingdom general election, parliamentary general election, and one third of the council (14 seats) was up for election using the Plurality voting system, first-past-the-post voting system. The Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats won a majority of the seats being contested, and remained in overall control of the council, which they had achieved following a series of defections to the party in 2009. After the election, the composition of the council was: *Liberal Democrats (UK), Liberal Democrats: 24 *Conservative Party (UK), Conservatives: 16 *Labour Party (UK), Labour: 2 Election result NB: All comparisons are to the 2006 Portsmouth Council election, 2006 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested. Ward results NB: All comparisons are to the 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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