Plymouth City Council elections

Plymouth is a unitary authority in Devon, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[1]^[2]

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control		Years
	Conservative	1973-1991
	Labour	1991-1998

Unitary authority

Party in control		Years
	Labour	1997-2000
	Conservative	2000-2003
	Labour	2003-2007
	Conservative	2007-2012
	Labour	2012-2015
	No overall control	2015–present

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

Plymouth City Council election, 1973
Plymouth City Council election, 1976
Plymouth City Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Plymouth City Council election, 1983
Plymouth City Council election, 1987 (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
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)^[5]^[6]^[7]
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^[8]^[9]

By-election results

Honicknowle By-Election 7 August 1997
Party		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		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		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		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^[10]
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^[11]
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 compositions". The Elections Centre. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
↑ "Plymouth". BBC News Online. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
↑ The City of Plymouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
↑ The Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1985
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The City of Plymouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 22 September 2009.
↑ "Council and democracy". Plymouth City Council. 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.
↑ "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.

External links

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 2017

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

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