The 2015 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of

Portsmouth City Council Portsmouth City Council is the local authority of the city of Portsmouth, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Portsmouth has had a council since medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1997 the council ha ...

in England. This was on the same day as other

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. Following the elections, the Conservatives remained in control of the council, continuing to govern in a minority administration

Election results

Change in composition

After the 2015 local election, the political makeup of the council was as follows: These seats were then next contested in

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Results by ward

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

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. A "*" indicates that that councillor was re-elected.

References

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May 2015 in the United Kingdom

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