2014 Portsmouth City Council election

Map of the results of the 2014 Portsmouth City Council election. UKIP in purple, Conservatives in blue, Liberal Democrats in orange and Labour in red.

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.

After the election, the composition of the council was:

Following the elections, a Conservative minority administration was formed, replacing the previous Liberal Democrat majority that had governed Portsmouth since 2009. This administration was formed with the support of Labour and UKIP [1][2][3]

  1. ^ "Conservatives chosen to run Portsmouth City Council". BBC News. 3 June 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Donna Jones: Portsmouth is going from strength to strength with the Conservatives". Conservative Home. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Conservatives continue running Portsmouth City Council". BBC News. 20 May 2015. Retrieved 11 March 2021.