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Portsmouth City Council election, 2014

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Date
  
22 May 2014

Portsmouth City Council election, 2014

Location
  
Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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The 2014 Portsmouth City Council elections took place on Thursday 22 May 2014 to elect members of Portsmouth City Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council's seats were contested using the first-past-the-post voting system, alongside elections to the European Parliament. The ruling Liberal Democrat group lost control of the council to No overall control, with UKIP making 6 gains to win their first seats on the Council.

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After the election, the composition of the council was:

  • Liberal Democrats - 18 (-5)
  • Conservatives - 12 (0)
  • UKIP - 6 (+6)
  • Labour - 4 (-1)

    • 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 2010.

  • - Hancock share compared to his performance under Liberal Democrat label in 2010.

    • References

    Portsmouth City Council election, 2014 Wikipedia
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