2006 Portsmouth City Council election

Elections to Portsmouth City Council were held on 4 May 2006. 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:

Election result

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2006
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Conservative	7	3	1	+2	50.0	42.3	19,034	+4.3%
Liberal Democrats	5	1	1	0	35.7	33.6	15,122	-5.7%
Labour	2	0	2	-2	14.3	18.1	8,151	-2.6%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	3.2	1,435	+1.9%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0	1.3	572	+1.3%
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	435	+1.0%
Respect	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	217	+0.5%

Ward results

Baffins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Darron Phillips	1,663	45.6	−1.0
	Conservative	Nigel Sizer	1,267	34.8	+2.0
	Labour	Victoria Fry	443	12.2	+0.4
	Green	Sarah Coote	271	7.4	−1.4
Majority			396	10.8	−3.0
Turnout			3,644	35.3	−1.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Central Southsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Hunt	1,435	39.5	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Ireland	1,298	35.7	−3.3
	Labour	John Ferrett	470	12.9	−13.2
	Green	Betty Burns	428	11.8	+11.8
Majority			137	3.8
Turnout			3,631	36.4	−3.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Charles Dickens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jacqueline Hancock	1,276	50.0	−2.4
	Labour	Keith Crabbe	583	22.8	−7.9
	Conservative	Michael Lowery	476	18.7	+1.8
	Respect	Lee Sprake	217	8.5	+8.5
Majority			693	27.2	+5.5
Turnout			2,552	26.4	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Copnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Michael Park	1,470	46.4	−3.0
	Labour	Michelle Treacher	588	18.6	−3.5
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Eddis	537	17.0	−11.5
	English Democrat	David Knight	435	13.7	+13.7
	Green	Anthony George	136	4.3	+4.3
Majority			882	27.8	+6.9
Turnout			3,166	32.5	+0.6
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cosham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	April Windebank	1,781	54.5	+10.4
	Labour	Donna Abrahart	809	24.7	−9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Webb	680	20.8	−0.7
Majority			972	29.8	+20.2
Turnout			3,270	33.8	−3.3
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Drayton and Farlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Bosher	2,648	61.3	+14.6
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Whittle	1,234	28.6	−13.8
	Labour	Andrew Silvester	438	10.1	−0.9
Majority			1,414	32.7	+28.4
Turnout			4,320	43.9	−4.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastney and Craneswater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Luke Stubbs	1,618	46.2	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Theresa Hall	1,601	45.7	+0.1
	Labour	Geoffrey Wade	286	8.2	−1.1
Majority			17	0.5
Turnout			3,505	37.6	−2.4
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Fratton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Hancock	1,551	59.8	+6.7
	Conservative	Peter Ross	724	27.9	+6.1
	Labour	Peter Guthrie	318	12.3	−2.4
Majority			827	31.9	+0.6
Turnout			2,593	26.8	−2.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hilsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Jonas	2,049	60.8	+9.5
	Labour	Thomas Blair	889	26.4	+0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Naylor	432	12.8	−9.5
Majority			1,160	34.4	+9.4
Turnout			3,370	34.5	+1.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Scott	1,386	41.3	−11.5
	Conservative	Hilary Collins	1,325	39.5	+8.6
	Green	Alan Bish	334	10.0	+10.0
	Labour	Kenneth Ferrett	310	9.2	−7.1
Majority			61	1.8	−20.1
Turnout			3,355	35.7	−1.1
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jason Fazackarley	1,049	39.3	−0.6
	Conservative	Selina Corkerton	824	30.9	−3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Benn Berry	527	19.8	−6.3
	Green	Calum Kennedy	266	10.0	+10.0
Majority			225	8.4	+2.5
Turnout			2,666	27.1	−0.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Paulsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Patey	1,336	49.7	+9.7
	Conservative	James Williams	922	34.3	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Harry Dickinson	428	15.9	−3.8
Majority			414	15.4
Turnout			2,686	27.8	+1.5
	Labour hold		Swing

St Jude
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Symes	1,132	38.8	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Roger Inkpen	1,044	35.8	−14.1
	Independent	Elaine Baker	572	19.6	+19.6
	Labour	Simon Payne	172	5.9	−4.6
Majority			88	3.0
Turnout			2,920	33.6	−1.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Jensen	1,465	44.6	−1.7
	Conservative	Sandra Theresa	1,363	41.5	−1.1
	Labour	Beverley Hancock	460	14.0	+3.9
Majority			102	3.1	−0.6
Turnout			3,288	35.8	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

References

Preceded by 2004 Portsmouth City Council election	Portsmouth City Council elections	Succeeded by 2007 Portsmouth City Council election

2006 Portsmouth City Council election

Election result

Ward results

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