What parties, councillors and MPs in Portsmouth have proposed, and what happened to it. Each record gives the same facts: who proposed it, who could deliver it, what the money covers, the outcome and what has happened since. A pledge or campaign is a promise, not a decision.
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Adopted measures also appear in the delivery tracker under the body that delivers them, credited to whoever first proposed them. Facts Count’s own proposals are in the action plan.
Budget amendments: Full Council budget meeting, 24 February 2026
Recorded votes on each party’s amendment. The minutes name how each councillor voted but give no totals, so these totals are counted from the names.
Download the records: CSV. Checked against the original minutes, agendas and party pages on 10 November 2026.
14 records
Budget amendmentAdopted
Labour group amendment to the 2026/27 capital programme
Proposed by
Proposed by Labour group Cllr Charlotte Gerada
Where and when
Full Council budget meeting, 24 February 2026
What was proposed
Add four local schemes to the 2026/27 capital programme: a raised zebra crossing on Lawrence Road (£90,000 towards a £120,000 scheme, the rest from neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy), traffic calming on Highbury Grove (£56,000), five deployable CCTV cameras for Charles Dickens ward (£35,000), and £30,000 more for play equipment, taking accessible play improvements to £80,000.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council
The money
Capital, £211,000 in total. Paid for by moving £201,000 from the City Centre Road scheme and £10,000 from the DLTC Urban Spaces inclusive design budget, so no new money was added.
Outcome
26 for · 0 against · 15 abstained (counted from the named votes)
Conservative group amendment to the 2026/27 capital programme
Proposed by
Proposed by Conservative group Cllr Simon Bosher
Where and when
Full Council budget meeting, 24 February 2026
What was proposed
Add seven small schemes to the 2026/27 capital programme: redecoration and refurbishment at Anchorage Lodge (£20,000), repairs and security shutters at Drayton Park (£14,500), a feasibility study for a one-way system on Kensington Road and Chelmsford Road (£6,000), benches on Allaway Avenue (£5,000), a dog gate at College Park (£5,000), bollards at Canoe Lake (£5,000) and a bin at the Drayton Road shops (£1,000).
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council
The money
Capital, £56,500 in total. Paid for by reducing the Horsea Lane allotments toilet (£10,000), Southsea Rose Gardens (£10,000), Cumberland House museum (£10,000) and City Centre Road (£26,500) budgets.
Outcome
17 for · 0 against · 24 abstained (counted from the named votes)
A fully accurate and maintained HMO register for Portsmouth
Proposed by
Proposed by Cllr Carl Inman and Cllr Raymond Dent Cllr Carl Inman (proposer); Cllr Raymond Dent (seconder)
Where and when
Full Council, 13 October 2026, item 11a
What was proposed
Ask the council’s housing and planning leads to review how they reconcile and publish information about licensed HMOs (shared houses), and report the outcome of any review to an appropriate council body within six months.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council (private sector housing and planning services)
Proposed by Cllr Darren Sanders and Cllr Steve Pitt (Liberal Democrats) Cllr Darren Sanders (proposer); Cllr Steve Pitt (seconder)
Where and when
Full Council, 10 November 2026, item 10c
What was proposed
Welcome the government’s extra rough sleeping funding for Portsmouth, endorse the Rough Sleeping Programme 2026-29 presented to the housing Cabinet member on 4 November, and ask the government for further action, including raising Local Housing Allowance at least in line with inflation every year.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council (the programme); UK Government (Local Housing Allowance)
The money
Refers to £3,168,330 of government Rough Sleeping Programme funding over three years, 2026/27 to 2028/29. This is separate from the £4,101,246 homelessness, rough sleeping and domestic abuse grant for 2026/27; the two should not be added together.
Outcome
No outcome published yet.
What has happened since
Due to be debated on 10 November 2026. No outcome had been published when this was checked.
Note: The motion describes the £3.168m as covering “the next 2 years”; the government allocation and the council’s 4 November report both cover three financial years, the last two provisional.
Reform UK group amendment: a smaller council tax rise
Proposed by
Proposed by Reform UK group
Where and when
Full Council budget meeting, 24 February 2026
What was proposed
Raise council tax by 3.49% (1.49% general and the 2% adult social care precept) instead of 4.99%; add a veterans’ hardship fund of £50,000 in each of 2026/27 and 2027/28; and give £100,000 of children’s activity grants in 2026/27, £20,000 each to the John Pounds, Fratton, Buckland and Stamshaw centres and the Stacy Centre.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council
The money
Revenue. The amendment would have cut £1,821,000 from the Civic Futures budget alongside the lower council tax rise.
Outcome
9 for · 28 against · 4 abstained (counted from the named votes)
Green Party candidates: affordable and social housing
Proposed by
Proposed by Portsmouth Green Party
Where and when
Candidate statements on the party website · 10 November 2026
What was proposed
Candidate statements include support for affordable and socially rented housing rather than expensive homes that do not meet local need (for example, the Paulsgrove candidate). Other statements mention better housing in general terms.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council and housing providers
The money
No costs given.
Outcome
Election pledge: not put to a council vote.
What has happened since
Candidate statements, not party policy decisions or council decisions.
Note: The page is undated; the date shown is when it was read.
Source: Our Candidates ↗, Paulsgrove: Ian McCulloch. Checked 10 November 2026.
Speak up for banking services across the city, especially in North End and Southsea.
Who can deliver it
Banks (commercial decisions); the council and MPs can only make representations
The money
No costs given.
Outcome
Campaign: not put to a council vote.
What has happened since
A campaign, not a decision.
Note: The page is undated; the date shown is when it was read.
Source: Our Campaigns ↗, Local Campaigns: Banking on our Future. Checked 10 November 2026.
Not linked to a What matters issue.
CampaignNot a decision
Liberal Democrats: Hands Off Portsmouth
Proposed by
Proposed by Portsmouth Liberal Democrats
Where and when
Party campaign page · 10 November 2026
What was proposed
Oppose merging Portsmouth into a larger council during local government reorganisation, so that it remains its own city.
Who can deliver it
UK Government (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government) decides reorganisation
The money
No costs given.
Outcome
Campaign: not put to a council vote.
What has happened since
On 29 October 2026 the government said decisions for Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton had been withdrawn in September and are under review, with an outcome promised by early next year. Written statement HCWS432: Local Government Reorganisation ↗
Note: The page is undated; the date shown is when it was read.
Build more genuinely affordable homes, including social housing; continue to challenge the spread of HMOs to keep communities mixed and balanced; more council-owned temporary accommodation; cheaper and more frequent buses; hardship support; more CCTV and accessible play equipment.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council, with bus operators for bus services
The money
No costs given.
Outcome
Election pledge: not put to a council vote.
What has happened since
A pledge, not a decision. CCTV and accessible play also appear in Labour’s budget amendment adopted on 24 February 2026, before the pledges were published.
Portsmouth Green Party manifesto, section 4 · 8 April 2026
What was proposed
Redesign the bus map to serve where people work and learn, including Portsmouth College, Anchorage Park and the International Port. The manifesto’s stated long-term aim is a publicly owned bus network.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council with the bus operators in the Enhanced Partnership
The money
No costs given.
Outcome
Manifesto proposal: not put to a council vote.
What has happened since
A manifesto proposal, not a decision.
Source: Our Manifesto ↗, Section 4, “the public transport revolution”: Route Rescue. Checked 10 November 2026.
Proposed by Stephen Morgan MP and Amanda Martin MP
Where and when
HMO Community Forum at Mayfield School · 5 August 2025
What was proposed
Brought residents together on concerns about HMOs (shared houses) and published HMO action packs: how to identify and report an HMO, what to expect from the council and how to escalate a concern.
Who can deliver it
Portsmouth City Council (planning and licensing); MPs do not decide HMO licensing
The money
No costs given.
Outcome
MP action: not put to a council vote.
What has happened since
Information and advocacy, not a decision.
Note: The article cites a council estimate that HMOs rose from about 3,920 in 2018 to nearly 6,000 in 2023; that figure was not checked at the council source. The action packs themselves were not opened.
Healthwatch recommendations on access barriers in Portsmouth
Proposed by
Proposed by Healthwatch Portsmouth (with the University of Portsmouth)
Where and when
Commissioned research report · 27 March 2024
What was proposed
Offer non-digital ways to reach services, including free phones at community centres; tell patients they can ask for a face-to-face GP appointment and offer advance booking and timed call-backs; set out clear mental health pathways; expand NHS dental lists; keep housing applications available offline; update employers’ disability training.
Who can deliver it
NHS Hampshire and Isle of Wight, GP practices, Portsmouth City Council and employers
The money
No costs given
Outcome
External recommendation: not put to a council vote.
What has happened since
Presented to a Health and Wellbeing Board development session in November 2024 and to the Integrated Care Partnership joint committee in January 2025 (Healthwatch’s account). A presentation is not adoption. Part 3 led to the community helpdesks funded by the P3 Board from December 2025. The challenges Portsmouth residents are facing: parts 1, 2 and 3 ↗
Note: Qualitative study: conversations with 18 residents and an event with 6 people from a resident support group (2023). It explains barriers; it does not measure how common they are.
