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2008 Portsmouth City Council election

2008 UK local government election

2008 Portsmouth City Council election

2008 UK local government election

Results by ward

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. The Conservatives won a majority of the seats being contested, while the council remained in no overall control.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

  • Conservatives: 19
  • Liberal Democrats: 19
  • Labour: 2
  • Independent: 2

Election result

NB: All comparisons are to the 2004 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.

|seats % = 57.1 |votes % = 44.3 |plus/minus = +6.3 |seats % = 42.9 |votes % = 35.3 |plus/minus = -4.0 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 13.2 |plus/minus = -7.5 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 4.2 |plus/minus = +4.2 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.3 |plus/minus = +1.3 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 1.2 |plus/minus = -0.1 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.4 |plus/minus = +0.4 |seats % = 0.0 |votes % = 0.1 |plus/minus = +0.1

Ward results

NB: All comparisons are to the 2004 local elections, at which the same tranche of seats were contested.

References

Portsmouth City Council – 2008 local election results

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References

  1. "Political composition of the council". Portsmouth.gov.uk.
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