2007 Plymouth City Council election explained

Election Name:2007 Plymouth City Council election[1]
Type:Parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Party Colour:yes
Previous Election:2006 Plymouth City Council election
Previous Year:2006
Next Election:2008 Plymouth City Council election
Next Year:2008
Seats For Election:19 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council
Majority Seats:29
Election Date:3 May 2007
Party1:Conservative Party (UK)
Last Election1:25
Seats Before1:26
Seats1:11
Seat Change1:5
Seats After1:31
Popular Vote1:28,199
Percentage1:43.1%
Party2:Labour Party (UK)
Last Election2:28
Seats Before2:29
Seats2:8
Seat Change2:3
Seats After2:26
Popular Vote2:19,591
Percentage2:29.9%
Party3:Liberal Democrats (UK)
Last Election3:3
Seats Before3:2
Seats3:0
Seat Change3:2
Seats After3:0
Popular Vote3:9,959
Percentage3:15.2%
Map Size:300px
Council control
Posttitle:Council control after election
Before Election:Labour
After Election:Conservative

The 2007 Plymouth City Council election was held on 3 May 2007 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party gained control of the council from the Labour Party.[2] [3]

Overall results

|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 19| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 65,458| style="text-align: right;" |

Ward results

Devonport

Note: The seat was won for Labour the previous time it was contested in 2003, by Bernard Brotherton who subsequently defected to the Liberal Democrats.[4]

Sutton and Mount Gould

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: English local elections 2007 - Plymouth . BBC News.
  2. Web site: Local elections 2007. parliament.uk.
  3. Web site: Local Election Results 2007. Andrew Teale.
  4. Web site: Plymouth City Council - Councillors and Committees. https://web.archive.org/web/20070310072155/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/modgov?modgovlink=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plymouth.gov.uk%2FmgInternet%2FmgMemberIndex.asp. dead. Plymouth City Council. 10 March 2007. 20 May 2020.