Plymouth local elections

One third of Plymouth Unitary Council in England is elected each year, followed by one year without election. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 57 councillors have been elected from 20 wards.^[1]

1 Political control
2 Council elections
3 By-election results
4 References
5 External links

Political control

Since 1997 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Labour	1997–2000
Conservative	2000–2003
Labour	2003–2006
No overall control	2006
Labour	2006–2007
Conservative	2007–2012
Labour	2012 – present

Council elections

Plymouth Council election, 1998
Plymouth Council election, 2000
Plymouth Council election, 2003 (whole council elected after boundary changes reduced the number of seats by 3)^[3]
Plymouth Council election, 2004
Plymouth Council election, 2006
Plymouth Council election, 2007
Plymouth Council election, 2008
Plymouth Council election, 2010
Plymouth Council election, 2011
Plymouth Council election, 2012

By-election results

Honicknowle By-Election 7 August 1997
Party		Candidate	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		Candidate	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		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,179
	Labour		1,101
	Liberal Democrat		590
	Liberal Democrat		566
	Conservative		464
	Conservative		449
	Green		120
	Green		119
style="background-color: ; width: 5px;" \|	UKIP		51
Turnout			4,639	29.9
	Labour hold		Swing
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

St Budeaux By-Election 2 May 2002
Party		Candidate	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^[4]
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
style="background-color: ; width: 5px;" \|	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^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tina Tuohy	1,243	44.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Nigel Churchill	676	23.9	-15.7
style="background-color: ; width: 5px;" \|	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

By-election results

External links

Plymouth Council

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