Plymouth City Council elections

One third of Plymouth City Council in England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 57 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1997–2000
	Conservative	2000–2003
	Labour	2003–2006
	No overall control	2006
	Labour	2006–2007
	Conservative	2007–2012
	Labour	2012–present^{[lower-alpha 1]}

↑ Labour lost their majority at the 2015 election, although remained the administers by being the largest party.^[3]^[4]

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Plymouth City Council election, 1973
Plymouth City Council election, 1976
Plymouth City Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[5]
Plymouth City Council election, 1983
Plymouth City Council election, 1987 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[6]
Plymouth City Council election, 1991
Plymouth City Council election, 1995

Unitary authority elections

Plymouth City Council election, 1997
Plymouth City Council election, 1998
Plymouth City Council election, 2000
Plymouth City Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)^[7]^[8]
Plymouth City Council election, 2004
Plymouth City Council election, 2006
Plymouth City Council election, 2007
Plymouth City Council election, 2008
Plymouth City Council election, 2010
Plymouth City Council election, 2011
Plymouth City Council election, 2012
Plymouth City Council election, 2014
Plymouth City Council election, 2015

By-election results

Honicknowle By-Election 7 August 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,328	61.1	-11.3
	Conservative		420	19.3	-8.3
	Liberal Democrat		344	15.8	+15.8
	Independent		67	3.1	+3.1
	Independent Democrat		14	0.6	+0.6
Majority			908	41.8
Turnout			2,173	23.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Ham By-Election 25 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,017	65.5	+4.8
	Conservative		307	19.8	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat		173	11.1	+11.1
	Independent Democrat		56	3.6	-13.6
Majority			710	45.7
Turnout			1,553
	Labour hold		Swing

Mount Gould By-Election 2 May 2002 (2)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,179
	Labour		1,101
	Liberal Democrat		590
	Liberal Democrat		566
	Conservative		464
	Conservative		449
	Green		120
	Green		119
	UKIP		51
Turnout			4,639	29.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Budeaux By-Election 2 May 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,253	55.7	+8.9
	Conservative		715	31.8	-6.7
	Liberal Democrat		282	12.5	+0.0
Majority			538	23.9
Turnout			2,250	25.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Southway By-Election 22 June 2006^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Kirk	1,624	43.3	+3.9
	Conservative	Brenda Brookshaw	1,517	40.5	+0.3
	Liberal Democrat	Terrance O'Connor	214	5.7	-14.7
	BNP	Liam Birch	200	5.3	+5.3
	UKIP	Thomas Williams	139	3.7	+3.7
	Green	Raymond Tuohy	53	1.4	+1.4
Majority			107	2.8
Turnout			3,747	40.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Ham By-Election 3 September 2009^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Tuohy	1,243	44.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Nigel Churchill	676	23.9	-15.7
	UKIP	Andrew Leigh	442	15.6	+15.6
	Independent	Margaret Storer	204	7.2	+7.2
	Liberal Democrat	Rebecca Trimnell	181	6.4	-6.8
	BNP	Adrian Romilly	82	2.9	+2.9
Majority			567	20.1
Turnout			2,828	29.0
	Labour hold		Swing

References

↑ "Council and democracy". Plymouth City Council. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
↑ "Plymouth". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
↑ "Labour lose their majority hold over Plymouth City Council". The Herald. 8 May 2015. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
↑ "About Plymouth City Council". Plymouth City Council. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
↑ The City of Plymouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
↑ The Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1985
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Plymouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Labour regains control of Plymouth city council". London: guardian.co.uk. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
↑ "Ham by-election". Plymouth City Council. Retrieved 22 September 2009.

By-election results

External links

Plymouth City Council

Council elections in Devon

Devon County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

East Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Exeter City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Mid Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Plymouth City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1998 2000 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Hams District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Teignbridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Torbay Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Torridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Devon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

Unitary authorities of England

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