Portsmouth City Council

Portsmouth City Council
Type
Type	Unitary authority
Leadership
Lord Mayor	Jason Fazackarley, Liberal Democrat since 14 May 2024[1]
Leader	Steve Pitt, Liberal Democrat since 16 May 2023
Chief Executive	Natalie Brahma-Pearl since 2023
Structure
Seats	42 councillors
Political groups	Administration(19)   Liberal Democrats (19) Opposition (23)   PIP (9)   Labour (8)   Conservative (4)   Independent (2)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2 May 2024
Next election	7 May 2026
Motto
Heaven's Light Our Guide
Meeting place
Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, PO1 2AJ
Website
www.portsmouth.gov.uk

Portsmouth City Council is the local authority of the city of Portsmouth, in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, England. Portsmouth has had a council since medieval times, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1997 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Hampshire County Council.

The council has been under no overall control since 2014, being run by a minority Liberal Democrat administration since 2018. The council meets at the Guildhall and has its main offices in the adjoining Civic Offices.