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2023 Portsmouth City Council election

The 2023 Portsmouth City Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. This was on the same day as other local elections across England.

The council remained under no overall control, being led by a Liberal Democrat minority administration.

Immediately after the election the Liberal Democrat leader of the council, Gerald Vernon-Jackson, announced he was stepping down from the role. He was replaced at the subsequent annual council meeting on 16 May 2023 by Steve Pitt.

Summary

Election result

The overall results were:

Ward results

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 2019. An asterisk indicates the incumbent councillor. The results for each ward were:

Baffins

Central Southsea

Charles Dickens

Copnor

Cosham

1: After nominations were closed, Oulds was suspended by the Portsmouth Independents following "unacceptable" message on social media.

Drayton and Farlington

Eastney and Craneswater

Fratton

Hilsea

Milton

Nelson

Paulsgrove

St Jude

St Thomas

References