Portsmouth City Council Portsmouth City Council is the local authority of the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government s ...

is the local authority for the

unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...

Portsmouth 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 dens ...

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

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. Until 1 April 1997 it was a

non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shire counties'') in a two-tier arrangement. Non-m ...

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the

Local Government Act 1972 The Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales on 1 April 1974. It was one of the most significant Acts of Parliament to be passed by the Heath Gov ...

, 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 The 1973 Portsmouth City Council election was held on 10 May 1973 as part of the first elections to the new local authorities established by the Local Government Act 1972 in England and Wales. 48 councillors were elected from 16 electoral divisi ...

* 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 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

1990 Portsmouth City Council election Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 '' Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the ...

* 1991 Portsmouth City Council election * 1992 Portsmouth City Council election * 1994 Portsmouth City Council election * 1995 Portsmouth City Council election * 1996 Portsmouth City Council election

Unitary authority elections

* 1998 Portsmouth City Council election * 1999 Portsmouth City Council election * 2000 Portsmouth City Council election * 2002 Portsmouth City Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 3)legislation.gov.uk
The City of Portsmouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2001
Retrieved on 4 October 2015. * 2003 Portsmouth City Council election * 2004 Portsmouth City Council election * 2006 Portsmouth City Council election * 2007 Portsmouth City Council election *

2008 Portsmouth City 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. Th ...

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 genera ...

* 2011 Portsmouth City Council election * 2012 Portsmouth City Council election *

2014 Portsmouth City Council election The 2014 Portsmouth City Council elections took place on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council's seats were contested using the first-past-the-post voting system, alongsi ...

* 2015 Portsmouth City Council election * 2016 Portsmouth City Council election * 2018 Portsmouth City Council election * 2019 Portsmouth City Council election * 2021 Portsmouth City Council election

City result maps

File:Portsmouth UK local election 2002 map.svg, 2002 results map File:Portsmouth UK local election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map File:Portsmouth UK local election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map File:Portsmouth UK local election 2006 map.svg, 2006 results map File:Portsmouth UK local election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map File:Portsmouth UK local election 2008 map.svg, 2008 results map File:Portsmouth UK local election 2010 map.svg, 2010 results map File:Portsmouth UK local election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map File:Portsmouth UK local election 2012 map.svg, 2012 results map File:Portsmouth UK local election 2014 map (v2).svg, 2014 results map File:Portsmouth 2015 ward map.svg, 2015 results map File:Portsmouth 2016 results map.svg, 2016 results map File:Portsmouth 2018.svg, 2018 results map File:Portsmouth 2019 ward results.svg, 2019 results map File:Portsmouth CC election 2021.svg, 2021 results map

By-election results

References

External links

Portsmouth City Council
{{Unitary authorities of England Council elections in Hampshire Elections in Portsmouth Unitary authority elections in England