Plymouth City Council elections

Plymouth City Council is the local authority for the unitary authority of Plymouth in Devon, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:[1][2]

Composition of the council[3]
Year Conservative Labour Liberal Democrats[a] Green[b] UKIP Reform UK Independents
& Others		 Council control
after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (66 seats)
1973 37 29 0 – – – 0 Conservative
1976 39 27 0 0 – – 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries (60 seats)
1979 33 26 0 0 – – 1[c] Conservative
1983 34 23 0 0 – – 3[d] Conservative
1987 31 19 10 0 – – 0 Conservative
1991 19 41 0 0 – – 0 Labour
1995 6 54 0 0 0 – 0 Labour
Plymouth becomes a unitary authority (60 seats)
1997 13 47 0 0 0 – 0 Labour
2000 38 22 0 0 0 – 0 Conservative
New ward boundaries (60 seats)
2003 18 36 3 0 0 – 0 Labour
2004 19 35 2 0 0 – 0 Labour
2006 25 28 3 0 0 – 1 No overall control
2007 31 26 0 0 0 – 0 Conservative
2008 37 20 0 0 0 – 0 Conservative
2010 36 20 0 0 0 – 1 Conservative
2011 31 25 0 0 0 – 0 Conservative
2012 26 31 0 0 0 – 0 Labour
2012 26 31 0 0 0 – 0 Labour
2014 24 30 0 0 3 – 0 Labour
2015 26 28 0 0 3 – 0 No overall control
2016 27 27 0 0 3 – 0 No overall control
2018 26 31 0 0 0 0 0 Labour
2019 25 31 0 0 1 0 0 Labour
2021 26 24 0 0 0 0 7 No overall control
2022 24 24 0 1 0 0 8 No overall control
2023 18 31 0 2 0 0 5[e] Labour
2024 7 42 0 2 0 0 6 Labour
2026 3 31 0 3 0 16 4 Labour

Result maps

By-elections

1997-2000

Honicknowle By-Election 7 August 1997[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,328 61.1 −11.3
Conservative 420 19.3 −8.3
Liberal Democrats 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[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,017 65.5 +4.8
Conservative 307 19.8 −2.3
Liberal Democrats 173 11.1 +11.1
Independent Democrat 56 3.6 −13.6
Majority 710 45.7
Turnout 1,553
Labour hold Swing

2000-2003

Mount Gould By-Election 2 May 2002 (2)[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,179
Labour 1,101
Liberal Democrats 590
Liberal Democrats 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[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour 1,253 55.7 +8.9
Conservative 715 31.8 −6.7
Liberal Democrats 282 12.5 +0.0
Majority 538 23.9
Turnout 2,250 25.5
Labour hold Swing

2003-2006

Southway By-Election 22 June 2006[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Kirk 1,624 43.3 +3.9
Conservative Brenda Brookshaw 1,517 40.5 +0.3
Liberal Democrats Terrance O'Connor 214 5.7 −14.7
BNP Liam Birck 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

2006-2010

Ham By-Election 3 September 2009[9]
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 Democrats 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

2010-2014

Southway By-Election 27 June 2013[10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jonny Morris 1,247 43.1 −8.2
UKIP Peter David Berrow 764 26.4 +4.6
Conservative David Alexander Downie 487 16.8 −10.0
Independent Dennis Law Silverwood 290 10.0 +10.0
Liberal Democrats Justin Dominic Stafford 82 2.8 +2.8
TUSC Ryan Aldred 22 22 0.8 +0.8
Majority 483
Turnout 29.24
Labour hold Swing

2018-2022

Stoke By-Election 26 July 2018[12][13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jemima Laing 1,427 52.8% +0.2%
Conservative Kathy Watkin 981 36.3% +2.8%
Liberal Democrats Connor Clarke 174 6.4% +1.4%
Active for Plymouth Iuliu Popescue 123 4.5% +4.5%
Majority
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

2022-2026

Moor View By-Election 12 January 2023[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Will Noble 1,415 53.2 +16.7
Conservative Andrea Johnson 877 33.0 −21.0
Independent Gavin Marshall 184 6.9 +6.9
Green Frank Hartkopf 87 3.3 −0.7
Liberal Democrats Colin Mackenzie 77 2.9 −1.5
TUSC Andrew White 18 0.7 −0.4
Majority 538 20.2
Turnout 2,658
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
Plympton Chaddlewood By-Election 12 January 2023[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Green Lauren McLay 653 44.9 −12.8
Conservative Ashley Ward 425 29.2 −5.7
Independent Andrew Hill 182 12.5 +12.5
Labour Lindsay Gilmour 147 10.1 +2.7
Liberal Democrats Mike Gillbard 33 2.3 +2.3
TUSC Benjamin Davy 15 1.0 +1.0
Majority 228 15.7
Turnout 1,455
Green gain from Conservative Swing
Efford and Lipson By-Election 15 June 2023[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Paul McNamara 1,204 58.8 −0.1
Conservative Will Jones 423 20.6 −1.0
Green Pat Bushell 196 9.6 −2.1
Liberal Democrats Alexander Primmer 80 3.9 −1.5
Independent Chaz Singh 69 3.4 +3.4
Heritage Darryl Ingram 54 2.6 +2.6
TUSC Neil Prentice 23 1.1 −1.3
Majority 781 38.1
Turnout 2,049
Labour hold Swing
Plymstock Dunstone By-Election 27 July 2023[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stefan Krizanac 1,072 33.2 −17.5
Conservative Julie Hunt 919 28.4 −1.7
Liberal Democrats Peter Edwards 596 18.4 +13.6
Independent Grace Stickland 480 14.9 +14.9
Green Bruce Robinson 97 3.0 −0.7
Heritage Darryl Ingram 55 1.7 +1.3
TUSC Jackie Hilton 12 0.4 −0.1
Majority 153 4.7
Turnout 3,231
Labour gain from Conservative Swing
St Peter and the Waterfront By-Election 27 July 2023[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alison Raynsford 1,126 48.0 +0.0
Conservative Ian Fleming 488 20.8 +2.6
Green Shayna Newham-Joynes 206 8.8 −1.8
Liberal Democrats Hugh Janes 175 7.5 +0.6
Reform Andy Gibbons 174 7.4 +3.1
Independent Chaz Singh 126 5.4 +5.4
TUSC Ryan Aldred 52 2.2 −0.8
Majority 638 27.2
Turnout 2,347
Labour hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Liberal Democrats, the Liberal Party and SDP (both of which participated in the Alliance).
  2. ↑ Includes totals for the predecessors of the Green Party of England and Wales, the Ecology Party and Green Party UK.
  3. ↑ 1 Independent Conservative
  4. ↑ 3 Independent Conservative
  5. ↑ 3 Independent Alliance, 2 Independents

References

  1. ↑ "Council compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Plymouth". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  3. ↑ "Composition calculator". Colin Rallings & Michael Thrasher. The Elections Centre, Plymouth University. Retrieved 14 May 2025.
  4. ↑ "Local Authority Byelecion Results - August 1997". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  5. ↑ "Local Authority Byelecion Results - September 1997". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Local Authority Byelecion Results - May 2002". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  7. ↑ "Local Authority Byelecion Results - May 2002". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  8. ↑ "Labour regains control of Plymouth city council". guardian.co.uk. London. 23 June 2006. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  9. ↑ "Ham by-election". Plymouth City Council. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
  10. ↑ "Local Authority Byelecion Results - June 2013". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  11. ↑ "Past election results". Plymouth City Council. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  12. ↑ "Labour hold Stoke ward seat in Plymouth by-election". Plymouth Herald. 27 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Local Authority Byelecion Results - July 2018". Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  14. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Moor View Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Plympton Chaddlewood Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Efford and Lipson Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — Plymstock Dunstone Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
  18. ↑ "Local Elections Archive Project — St Peter and the Waterfront Ward". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
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