| Election Name: | 2015 Plymouth City Council election |
| Type: | Parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Party Colour: | yes |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Plymouth City Council election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Plymouth City Council election |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Seats For Election: | 19 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council |
| Majority Seats: | 29 |
| Election Date: | 7 May 2015 |
| Party1: | Labour Party (UK) |
| Seats Before1: | 30 |
| Seats1: | 9 |
| Seat Change1: | 2 |
| Seats After1: | 28 |
| Popular Vote1: | 36,521 |
| Percentage1: | 31.1% |
| Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Leader2: | Ian Bowyer |
| Seats Before2: | 24 |
| Seats2: | 10 |
| Seat Change2: | 2 |
| Seats After2: | 26 |
| Popular Vote2: | 44,388 |
| Percentage2: | 37.8% |
| Party3: | UKIP |
| Leader3: | None |
| Seats Before3: | 3 |
| Seats3: | 0 |
| Seats After3: | 3 |
| Popular Vote3: | 23,404 |
| Percentage3: | 19.9% |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Council control | |
| Posttitle: | Council control after election |
| Before Election: | Labour |
| After Election: | No overall control |
The 2015 Plymouth City Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England.
The Labour Party lost its narrow majority, resulting in no party having overall control.
Plymouth City Council held local elections on 7 May 2015 along with councils across the United Kingdom as part of the 2015 local elections.[1] 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.[2] [3]
Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2011. In that election, twelve Labour candidates and eight Conservative candidates were elected. Two Labour candidates had been elected in St Peter and the Waterfront due to a by-election coinciding with the council election, only one of whom was defending their seat in this election.[4]
|-| colspan=2 style="text-align: right; margin-right: 1em" | Total| style="text-align: right;" | 19| colspan=5 || style="text-align: right;" | 117,348| style="text-align: right;" |
Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2011 election.
The Labour Party lost their majority on the council, leaving the council under no overall control.[5]
After the previous election, the composition of the council was:[6]
| 30 | 24 | 3 | |
| Labour | Conservative | UKIP |
After this election, the composition of the council was:
| 28 | 26 | 3 | |
| Labour | Conservative | UKIP |
Asterisks denote sitting councillors seeking re-election.
The Labour Party lost control of the council, remaining the largest party with one seat short of an overall majority.[7]