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词条 Portsmouth City Council
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  1. Powers and functions

  2. Political composition

  3. Councillors and wards

  4. See also

  5. References

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| leader1_type = Lord Mayor
| leader1 = Cllr Lee Mason
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| election1 = 15 May 2018
| leader2_type = Leader of the Council
| leader2 = Cllr Gerald Vernon-Jackson {{Post-nominals|country=UK|CBE}}
| party2 = Liberal Democrat
| election2 = 15 May 2018
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| leader3 = David Williams
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Administration (17)

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Confidence and Supply (5)

{{Color box|{{Labour Party (UK)/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} Labour (5)

Opposition (20)

{{Color box|{{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} Conservative (17)

{{Color box|{{Independent/meta/color}}|border=darkgray}} Independent (3)


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Portsmouth City Council is the local authority of the city of Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. It is a unitary authority, having the powers of a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. It provides a full range of local government services including Council Tax billing, libraries, social services, processing planning applications, waste collection and disposal, and it is a local education authority.

Powers and functions

The local authority derives its powers and functions from the Local Government Act 1972 and subsequent legislation. For the purposes of local government, Portsmouth is within a non-metropolitan area of England. As a unitary authority, Portsmouth City Council has the powers and functions of both a non-metropolitan county and district council combined. In its capacity as a district council it is a billing authority collecting Council Tax and business rates, it processes local planning applications, it is responsible for housing, waste collection and environmental health. In its capacity as a unitary council it is a local education authority, responsible for social services, libraries, and waste disposal.

Political composition

Portsmouth City Council consists of 42 councillors with one third of the council being elected every four years, electing one out of three councillors for each of the city's 14 wards.

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Party in control
Non-metropolitan district
Conservative 1973-1990[1]
No overall control 1990-1995
Labour 1995-1997
Unitary authority
Labour 1996-2000
No overall control 2000-2009[2][3]
Liberal Democrats 2009-2014[4]
No overall control (Conservative Administration) 2014–2018[5]
No overall control (Liberal Democrat Administration) 2018–present[6]

Councillors and wards

List of Portsmouth city councillors by ward:[7]

WardCouncillorTerm in
office		Notes
BaffinsLynne Stagg 2015-19 Cabinet Member for Traffic & Transportation.
BaffinsDarren Sanders 2016-20 Sanders was his party's candidate in the 2001, 2010, 2015, and 2017 General Elections in the Portsmouth North constituency, and his party's candidate in the 2005 general election in the Streatham constituency. Cabinet Member for Housing.
BaffinsJeanette Smith 2018-22 Cabinet Member for Resources.
Central SouthseaSuzy Horton 2015-19 Cabinet Member for Education.
Central SouthseaSteve Pitt 2016-20 Cabinet Member for Culture, Leisure and Sport & Deputy Leader.
Central SouthseaGeorge Fielding 2018-22
Charles DickensYahiya Chowdhury 2015-19
Charles DickensStephen Morgan 2016-20 Labour Party group leader, Member of Parliament for Portsmouth South
Charles DickensClaire Udy 2018-22
CopnorRobert New 2015-19
CopnorNeill Young 2016-20
CopnorBen Swann 2018-22
CoshamLee Mason 2015-19 Lord Mayor of Portsmouth[8]
CoshamJames Fleming 2016-20
CoshamHannah Hockaday 2018-22
Drayton & FarlingtonKen Ellcome 2015-19
Drayton & FarlingtonSteve Wemyss 2016-20
Drayton & FarlingtonSimon Bosher 2018-22
Eastney & CraneswaterJennie Brent 2015-19
Eastney & CraneswaterMatthew Winnington 2016-20 Winnington was his party's candidate for the Fareham constituency in the 2015 and 2017 General Elections. Cabinet Member for Health, Wellbeing and Social Care.
Eastney & CraneswaterLuke Stubbs 2018-22 Deputy Conservative Group Leader.
FrattonDave Ashmore 2015-19 Cabinet Member for Environment and Community Safety.
FrattonDavid Fuller 2016-20 Deputy Lord Mayor
FrattonTom Coles 2018-22
HilseaScott Payter-Harris 2015-19
HilseaDonna Jones 2016-20 Conservative group and former Leader of the Council from 2014 to 2018.[9]
HilseaFrank Jonas BEM 2018-22
MiltonGerald Vernon-Jackson
CBE		 2015-19 Liberal Democrats group leader and leader of the council since 2018. Vernon-Jackson was his party's candidate for Portsmouth South in the 2015 and 2017 General Elections. Former Portsmouth Council Leader from 2004 to 2014.
MiltonWill Purvis 2016-20
MiltonBen Dowling 2018-22 Cabinet Member for Planning, Regeneration and Economic Development.
NelsonIan Lyon 2015-19
NelsonLeo Madden 2016-20Former Leader of the Council from 1994-2000, and again from 2001-2002.
NelsonJason Fazackarley 2018-22
PaulsgroveGemma New 2015-19
PaulsgroveJohn Ferrett 2016-20 Former leader of the Labour group; although a member of Renew Britain,[10] Ferrett sits as a Non Aligned Independent.[11]
PaulsgroveJo Hooper 2018-22
St JudeDavid Tompkins 2015-19
St JudeHugh Mason 2016-20
St JudeJudith Smyth 2018-22
St ThomasRyan Brent 2015-19
St ThomasTom Wood 2016-20
St ThomasRob Wood 2018-22 Cabinet Member for Children and Families.

See also

  • Portsmouth City Council elections

References

1. ^{{cite web |title=Portsmouth City Council Election Results 1973-1995 |url=http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Portsmouth-1973-1995.pdf |publisher=The Elections Centre, Plymouth University |date=June 2015}}
2. ^{{cite news |title=Portsmouth Local Elections 2007 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/vote2007/councils/html/mr.stm |publisher=BBC News Online |date=4 May 2007}}
3. ^{{cite news |title=Portsmouth Local Elections 2008 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/bsp/hi/elections/local_council/08/html/mr.stm |publisher=BBC News Online |date=2 May 2008}}
4. ^{{cite news |title=Lib Dems claim fourth defection |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hampshire/7853233.stm |publisher=BBC News Online |date=27 January 2009}}
5. ^{{cite news |title=Conservatives continue running Portsmouth City Council |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-32807572 |publisher=BBC News Online |date=20 May 2015}}
6. ^{{cite news |title=Gerald Vernon-Jackson replaces Donna Jones as Portsmouth City Council leader |url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/gerald-vernon-jackson-replaces-donna-jones-as-portsmouth-city-council-leader-1-8498819 |publisher=Portsmouth News |date=15 May 2018}}
7. ^{{cite web |title=Your Councillors by Ward |url=http://democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?FN=WARD&VW=LIST&PIC=0 |publisher=Portsmouth City Council |date=3 May 2018}}
8. ^{{cite web |title=The current Lord Mayor of Portsmouth |url=https://www.portsmouth.gov.uk/ext/the-council/lord-mayor/the-current-lord-mayor-of-portsmouth |publisher=Portsmouth City Council |date= 15 May 2018}}
9. ^{{cite web |title=Councillor Donna Jones |url=http://democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=135 |publisher=Portsmouth City Council |date=3 June 2014}}
10. ^{{cite news | last = Cotterill | first = Tom | title = Former Portsmouth Labour leader joins anti-Brexit Renew party | url = https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/politics/former-portsmouth-labour-leader-joins-anti-brexit-renew-party-1-8486419 | work = The News | location = Portsmouth | date = 3 May 2018 | access-date = 2 October 2018}}
11. ^{{cite web |title=Councillor John Ferrett |url=https://democracy.portsmouth.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=120 |publisher=Portsmouth City Council |access-date=2 October 2018}}
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