| Election Name: | 2011 Plymouth City Council election[1] |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2010 Plymouth City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2012 Plymouth City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2012 |
| Seats For Election: | 20 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 29 |
| Election Date: | 5 May 2011 |
| Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader1: | Vivien Pengelly |
| Last Election1: | 36 |
| Seats Before1: | 36 |
| Seats1: | 8 |
| Seat Change1: | 5 |
| Seats After1: | 31 |
| Popular Vote1: | 28,219 |
| Percentage1: | 40.5% |
| Party2: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Tudor Evans |
| Last Election2: | 20 |
| Seats Before2: | 20 |
| Seats2: | 12 |
| Seat Change2: | 5 |
| Seats After2: | 25 |
| Popular Vote2: | 28,340 |
| Percentage2: | 40.7% |
| Party3: | UK Independence Party |
| Leader3: | None |
| Last Election3: | 0 |
| Seats Before3: | 1 |
| Seats3: | 1 |
| Seats After3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 8,176 |
| Percentage3: | 11.7% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Conservative |
| After Election: | Conservative |
The 2011 Plymouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2011 to elect members to Plymouth City Council in England. One third of the council was up for election, in addition to a by-election, making twenty seats in total. The previous election produced a majority for the Conservative Party. The election resulted in Labour gaining 5 seats with Conservatives retaining control.[2]
Plymouth City Council held local elections on 5 May 2011 as part of the 2011 local elections.[3] The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[4] [5] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2007. In that election, eleven Conservative candidates and eight Labour candidates were elected.[6]
Ahead of this election, the Conservatives had controlled the council for four years, with the main opposition being the Labour Party.
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 20| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 69,715| style="text-align: right;" |
Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2007 election.
The Conservatives maintained their overall majority on the council, though reduced from six seats to two.
After the previous election, the composition of the council was:
| 36 | 20 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Labour | Ind |
Immediately before the election, the composition of the council was:
| 36 | 20 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Labour | UKIP |
After this election, the composition of the council was:
| 31 | 25 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Labour | UKIP |