Portsmouth Council election, 2008
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Elections to Portsmouth
Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. 14 seats will be up for election (1 from each of the 14 wards) and members were elected using the first-past-the-post
voting system.
After the 2007 election
the Lib Dems had 19 seats, Conservatives 17, Labour
5 and 1 Independent
.
Between the 2007 and 2008 elections, the LibDems gained a previously safe Conservative seat in a byelection and two Labour councillors became independents, as did one Conservative. So before the 2008 election the composition of the council was Lib Dems 20, Conservatives 15, Lab 3, Independent 4.
Portsmouth
Portsmouth is the second largest city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire on the south coast of England. Portsmouth is notable for being the United Kingdom's only island city; it is located mainly on Portsea Island...
Council were held on Thursday 1 May 2008. One third of the council was up for election. 14 seats will be up for election (1 from each of the 14 wards) and members were elected using the first-past-the-post
Plurality voting system
The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...
voting system.
After the 2007 election
Portsmouth Council election, 2007
Elections to Portsmouth Council were held on 3 May 2007. 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*Liberal Democrat 19*Conservative 17*Labour 5...
the Lib Dems had 19 seats, Conservatives 17, Labour
Labour Party (UK)
The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...
5 and 1 Independent
Independent (politician)
In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...
.
Between the 2007 and 2008 elections, the LibDems gained a previously safe Conservative seat in a byelection and two Labour councillors became independents, as did one Conservative. So before the 2008 election the composition of the council was Lib Dems 20, Conservatives 15, Lab 3, Independent 4.