Local Councillors are elected by the community to decide how the council should carry out its various activities. They represent public interest as well as individuals living within the ward in which he or she has been elected to serve a term of office.
They have regular contact with the general public through council meetings, telephone calls or surgeries. Surgeries provide an opportunity for any ward resident to go and talk their councillor face to face and these take place on a regular basis.
Councillors are not paid a salary for their work, but they do receive allowances. By law, all members of the Council are required to complete a declaration of interest form, the details of which are published annually.
To find your councillor please use the below links:
Charles Dickens
Labour
Fratton
Liberal Democrat
Cabinet Member for Environmental Services
Cosham
Conservative
St Thomas
Liberal Democrat
Milton
Liberal Democrat
Cabinet Member for Climate Change and Greening the City
Drayton & Farlington
Conservative
Leader of the Conservative Group
Drayton & Farlington
Conservative
Drayton & Farlington
Conservative
Deputy Leader of the Conservative Group
Fratton
Liberal Democrat
Eastney & Craneswater
Liberal Democrat
Fratton
Labour
Lord Mayor
Charles Dickens
Independent
Group Leader
Copnor
Portsmouth Independents Party
Paulsgrove
Portsmouth Independents Party
Nelson
Liberal Democrat
Deputy Lord Mayor
Central Southsea
Labour
Central Southsea
Labour
Leader of the Labour Group
Copnor
Conservative
St Jude
Labour
Deputy Leader of the Labour Group
St Thomas
Liberal Democrat
Cabinet Member for Safety in the Community
Central Southsea
Liberal Democrat
Deputy Group Leader; Cabinet Member for Children, Families & Education
Nelson
Liberal Democrat
Cabinet Member for Resources
St Thomas
Liberal Democrat
Baffins
Liberal Democrat
Nelson
Liberal Democrat
Paulsgrove
Portsmouth Independents Party
Paulsgrove
Portsmouth Independents Party
Group Leader
St Jude
Liberal Democrat
Cabinet Member for Planning Policy & City Development
Charles Dickens
Independent
Deputy Group Leader
Baffins
Liberal Democrat
Milton
Liberal Democrat
Leader of the Council (with portfolio responsibility for Culture, Leisure & Economic Development)
Baffins
Liberal Democrat
Cabinet Member for Housing and Tackling Homelessness
Cosham
Labour
Hilsea
Portsmouth Independents Party
Deputy Group Leader
Eastney & Craneswater
Conservative
St Jude
Non Aligned Independent
Hilsea
Portsmouth Independents Party
Copnor
Conservative
Cosham
Labour
Milton
Liberal Democrat
Cabinet Member for Transport
Hilsea
Conservative
Eastney & Craneswater
Liberal Democrat
Cabinet Member for Community Wellbeing, Health & Care