Portsmouth City Council elections

Portsmouth City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Portsmouth in Hampshire, England. Until 1 April 1997 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Non-metropolitan district

Unitary authority

Non-metropolitan district elections

 * 1973 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1976 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1979 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1983 Portsmouth City Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 1984 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1986 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1987 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1988 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1990 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1991 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1992 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1994 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1995 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1996 Portsmouth City Council election

Unitary authority elections

 * 1998 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 1999 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2000 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2002 Portsmouth City Council election (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 3)
 * 2003 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2004 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2006 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2007 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2008 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2010 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2011 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2012 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2014 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2015 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2016 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2018 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2019 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2021 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2022 Portsmouth City Council election
 * 2023 Portsmouth City Council election