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Elections to Portsmouth City 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:

Election result

Portsmouth Local Election Result 2007
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Liberal Democrats	7	1	1	0	50.0	33.9	14,706	+0.3%
Conservative	5	1	0	+1	35.7	40.6	17,611	-1.7%
Labour	2	0	0	0	14.3	15.9	6,909	-2.2%
English Democrat	0	0	0	0	0	5.9	2,563	+4.9%
Green	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	1,069	-0.7%
Independent	0	0	1	-1	0	0.7	300	-0.6%
Respect	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	207	0.0%

Ward results

Baffins

Baffins
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lynne Stagg	1,601	45.5	−0.1
	Conservative	Jim Fleming	1,211	34.4	−0.4
	Labour	Vicky Fry	337	9.6	−2.6
	English Democrat	Stephen Male	188	5.3	+5.3
	Green	Sarah Coote	183	5.2	−2.2
Majority			390	11.1	+0.3
Turnout			3,520	33.7	−1.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Central Southsea

Central Southsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Adair	1,284	37.6	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Debbie Tomes	1,003	29.4	−6.3
	Labour	Donna Abrahart	456	13.3	+0.4
	Green	Betty Burns	374	10.9	−0.9
	Independent	Mark Austin	300	8.8	+8.8
Majority			281	8.2	+4.4
Turnout			3,417	34.1	−2.3
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Wylie	967	39.9	−10.1
	Labour	Keith Crabbe	535	22.1	−0.7
	Conservative	Gerald Oldfield	427	17.6	−1.1
	Respect	Lee Sprake	207	8.5	+0.0
	English Democrat	David Farley	158	6.5	+6.5
	Green	Darren Curtis	130	5.4	+5.4
Majority			432	17.8	−9.4
Turnout			2,424	24.9	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Copnor

Copnor
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alan Langford	1,289	46.3	−0.1
	Labour	Simon Payne	525	18.9	+0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Beryl Wright	488	17.5	+0.5
	English Democrat	David Knight	482	17.3	+3.6
Majority			764	27.4	−0.4
Turnout			2,784	28.3	−4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cosham

Cosham
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lee Mason	1,439	49.0	−5.5
	Labour	Andy Silvester	701	23.9	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Webb	488	16.6	−4.2
	English Democrat	David Ward	307	10.5	+10.5
Majority			783	25.1	−4.7
Turnout			2,935	29.8	−4.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Drayton and Farlington

Drayton and Farlington
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robin Sparshatt	2,453	59.4	−1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Patrick Whittle	944	22.8	−5.8
	Labour	Sarah Cook	396	9.6	−0.5
	English Democrat	Alan Wakeford	339	8.2	+8.2
Majority			1,509	36.6	+3.9
Turnout			4,132	41.7	−2.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Eastney and Craneswater

Eastney and Craneswater
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Terry Hall	1,961	54.8	+9.1
	Conservative	Mike Lowery	1,378	38.5	−7.7
	Labour	John Ferrett	237	6.6	−1.6
Majority			583	16.3
Turnout			3,576	38.1	+0.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Fratton

Fratton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Eleanor Scott	1,391	56.0	−3.8
	Conservative	Angus Ross	571	23.0	−4.9
	Labour	Simon Bramwell	310	12.5	+0.2
	English Democrat	Richard Glew	212	8.5	+8.5
Majority			820	33.0	+1.1
Turnout			2,484	25.4	−1.4
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Hilsea

Hilsea
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Alistair Thompson	1,736	58.0	−2.8
	Labour	Michelle Treacher	660	22.0	−4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Phillip Smith	325	10.9	−1.9
	English Democrat	Alan Green	273	9.1	+9.1
Majority			1,076	36.0	+1.6
Turnout			2,994	30.3	−4.2
	Conservative hold		Swing

Milton

Milton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Gerald Vernon-Jackson	1,681	43.3	+2.0
	Conservative	Sarah Dinenage	1,644	42.4	+2.9
	Labour	Ken Ferrett	235	6.1	−3.1
	Green	Alan Bish	214	5.5	−4.5
	English Democrat	Matthew Clark	104	2.7	+2.7
Majority			37	0.9	−0.9
Turnout			3,878	40.2	+4.5
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Nelson

Nelson
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Leo Madden	840	31.9	−7.4
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Naylor	717	27.2	+7.4
	Conservative	Selina Corkerton	711	27.0	−3.9
	English Democrat	Kevin Baker	199	7.6	+7.6
	Green	Calum Kennedy	168	6.4	−3.6
Majority			123	4.7	−3.7
Turnout			2,635	26.3	−0.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Paulsgrove

Paulsgrove
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Horne	1,135	46.7	−3.0
	Conservative	James Williams	765	31.5	−2.8
	English Democrat	Clive Percy	301	12.4	+12.4
	Liberal Democrats	Jason Nelson	230	9.5	−6.4
Majority			370	15.2	−0.2
Turnout			2,431	25.0	−2.8
	Labour hold		Swing

St Jude

St Jude
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Butler	1,341	47.0	+11.2
	Conservative	Jackie Ciccarone	1,258	44.0	+5.2
	Labour	Alwin Oliver	257	9.0	+3.1
Majority			83	3.0
Turnout			2,856	33.0	−0.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

St Thomas

St Thomas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Les Stevens	1,569	47.6	+3.0
	Conservative	Sandra Theresa	1,445	43.8	+2.3
	Labour	John Speigelhalter	285	8.6	−5.4
Majority			124	3.8	+0.7
Turnout			3299	34.8	−1.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

References

2007 Portsmouth election result
Ward results Archived 26 September 2011 at the UK Government Web Archive
Portsmouth: Lib Dems hang on

Preceded by 2006 Portsmouth City Council election	Portsmouth City Council elections	Succeeded by 2008 Portsmouth City Council election

2007 Portsmouth City Council election