Plymouth City Council elections explained

Plymouth City Council is the local authority for the a 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]}

Non-metropolitan district

Party in control

1973	29	37				Conservative
1976	27	39
1979	26	33		1
1983	23	34		3
1987	19	31	10
1991	41	19				Labour
1995	54	6

Unitary authority

Election summary

After 2003, the council was elected in thirds. The number of councillors for each party following each election is listed in the table.

!Election!Labour!Conservative!Liberal Democrats!UKIP!Green!Ind. All.!Independent

1997	47	13
2000	22	38
2003	36	18	3
2004	35	19	2
2006	28	25	3				1
2007	26	31
2008	20	37
2010	20	36					1
2011	25	31		1
2012	31	26
2014	30	24		3
2015	28	26		3
2016	27	27		3
2018	31	26
2019	31	25		1
2021	24	26					7
2022	24	24			1		8
2023	31	18			2	3	2

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

• 1973 Plymouth City Council election
• 1976 Plymouth City Council election
• 1979 Plymouth City Council election (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• 1983 Plymouth City Council election
• 1987 Plymouth City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• 1991 Plymouth City Council election
• 1995 Plymouth City Council election

Unitary authority elections

• 1997 Plymouth City Council election
• 2000 Plymouth City Council election
• 2003 Plymouth City Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)^{[5] [6] [7]}
• 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 Plymouth City Council election
• 2016 Plymouth City Council election^{[8] [9]}
• 2018 Plymouth City Council election
• 2019 Plymouth City Council election
• 2021 Plymouth City Council election
• 2022 Plymouth City Council election
• 2023 Plymouth City Council election
• 2024 Plymouth City Council election

By-elections

2022-2026

External links

• Plymouth City Council
• By-election results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Council compositions. The Elections Centre. 3 May 2016.
2. News: Plymouth . 22 September 2009 . . 19 April 2008.
3. The City of Plymouth (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978
4. The Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1985
5. legislation.gov.uk - The City of Plymouth (Electoral Changes) Order 2002. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
6. News: Local elections . 22 September 2009 . BBC News Online.
7. Web site: Council and democracy . 22 September 2009 . Plymouth City Council.
8. News: Labour lose their majority hold over Plymouth City Council. 8 May 2015. The Herald. 2 December 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150930050546/http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/Labour-lose-majority-Plymouth-City-Council/story-26465157-detail/story.html. 30 September 2015. dead.
9. Web site: About Plymouth City Council. Plymouth City Council. 2 December 2015.