2010 Plymouth City Council election

The 2010 Plymouth City Council election was held on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England.

The Conservative Party remained in control of the council with a reduced majority.

Background Plymouth City Council held local elections on 6 May 2010 along with councils across the United Kingdom as part of the 2010 local elections. The council elects its councillors in thirds, with nineteen being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.

Councillors defending their seats were previously elected in 2006. In that election, twelve Conservative candidates and seven Labour candidates were elected. This election followed a by-election in Ham, which resulted in a Labour hold.

The Conservative Party had control of the council ahead of this election, with 37 councillors and a majority of eight seats.

The Conservatives were defending 12 seats, the Labour Party 6 and the former Labour candidate, Andy Kerswell, was defending his seat in Efford and Lipson as an independent.

If the Labour Party was to regain the majority they held on the council until 2006, they needed to gain 11 seats, which they failed to do, although made two gains (one against a Conservative and the other against Andy Kerswell) despite a national swing against them.

Overall results

Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2006 election.

Seats up for election in 2010 Gains are shown by highlighting in the winning party's colours, comparing them to when these councillors were last up for election in 2006.

WardPrevious Councillor (2006)Previous Party (2006)Winning CouncillorWinning Party Budshead Grant Monahan Conservative Grant Monahan Conservative Compton Ted Fry Conservative Ted Fry Conservative Devonport William Stevens Labour Co-operative William Stevens Labour Co-operative Drake Steven Ricketts Conservative Steven Ricketts Conservative Efford and Lipson Andy Kerswell Labour Co-operative (later independent) David Haydon and Pauline Murphy Labour Eggbuckland Ian Bowyer Conservative Ian Bowyer Conservative Ham Ian Gordon Labour Ian Gordon Labour Honicknowle Pauline Purnell Labour Nicky Williams Labour Moor View Michael Foster Conservative

Mike Wright

Labour Peverell Martin Leaves Conservative Martin Leaves Conservative Plympton Chaddlewood Glenn Jordan Conservative Glenn Jordan Conservative Plympton St Mary David James Conservative David James Conservative Plymstock Dunstone VivienPengelly Conservative VivienPengelly Conservative Plymstock Radford Wendy Foster Conservative Wendy Foster Conservative St Budeaux Sally Letcher Labour Sally Bowie (née Letcher) Labour St Peter and The Waterfront Sue McDonald Labour Sue McDonald Labour Southway James Kirk Labour Co-operative Tom Browne Conservative Stoke Jill Dolan Conservative Jill Dolan Conservative Sutton and Mount Gould Mary Aspinall Labour Co-operative Mary Aspinall Labour Co-operative

Ward results

Budshead

Compton

Devonport

Drake

Efford and Lipson

Eggbuckland

Ham

Honicknowle

Moor View

Peverell

Plympton Chaddlewood

Plympton St Mary

Plymstock Dunstone

Plymstock Radford

St Budeaux

St Peter and the Waterfront

Southway

Stoke

Sutton and Mount Gould

2010 Plymouth City Council election

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