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 d ...

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

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe ...

. 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- ...

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

Unitary authority elections

2016 Portsmouth City Council election The 2016 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council. This took place on the same day as other 2016 United Kingdom local elections, local elections taking place around the UK, including t ...

* 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