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

Quick Facts 20 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council 29 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

2010 Plymouth City Council election^[1]

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20 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Vivien Pengelly Tudor Evans None Party Conservative Labour Independent Last election 37 20 0 Seats before 37 18 2 Seats won 11 9 0 Seats after 36 20 1 Seat change 1 2 1 Popular vote 38,972 32,767 2,024 Percentage 35.4% 29.8% 1.8%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2010 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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

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.^[2][3]

Councillors defending their seats were previously elected in 2006. In that election, twelve Conservative candidates and seven Labour candidates were elected.^[4] This election followed a by-election in Ham, which resulted in a Labour hold.^[5]

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.

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2010 Plymouth City Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	11	0	1	1	55.0	35.4	38,972	4.2
	Labour	9	1	0	1	45.0	29.8	32,767	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	20.9	23,031	1.4
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	9.8	10,792	3.5
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	2.0	2,170	2.0
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	1.8	2,024	0.7
	BNP	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	312	New
	Vivamus	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	23	New
Total		20						110,091

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

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

• List of wards in Plymouth