2019_Plymouth_City_Council_election

2019 Plymouth City Council election

2019 Plymouth City Council election

2019 local election in Plymouth


The 2019 Plymouth City Council election was held on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England.

Quick Facts 19 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council 29 seats needed for a majority, First party ...

The Labour Party took control of the council after the 2018 election, with thirty-one members and a working majority. Labour defended nine seats, and the Conservatives defended ten. Labour won the election, winning ten of the nineteen seats up for election, with the Conservatives winning the other nine.

Background

Plymouth City Council held local elections on 2 May 2019 along with councils across England as part of the 2019 local elections. The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election each fourth year to correspond with councillors' four-year terms.[1][2] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2015. In that election, ten Conservative candidates and nine Labour candidates were elected.

Following the 2018 Plymouth City Council election, the council has been controlled by the Labour Party, initially with thirty-one councillors.

Labour held its seat in a subsequent by-election in Stoke ward, which took place in July 2018. As the councillor who stood down was elected in the same cycle as 2019, Jemima Laing, the winner of the by-election, was the incumbent up for re-election.[3] Kevin Neil, who was elected in 2018, was suspended from the Labour Party when a police investigation was launched into him. He continues to sit as an independent following the closure of the police investigation, pending an internal investigation by the party.[4]

Labour and the Conservatives contested all nineteen seats up for election, whilst the Liberal Democrats stood seventeen candidates and the UK Independence Party stood twelve.[5]

Overall results

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Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2015 election.

Ward results

Asterisks denote sitting councillors seeking re-election.

Budshead

Location of Budshead ward
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Compton

Location of Compton ward
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Devonport

Location of Devonport ward
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Drake

Location of Drake ward
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Efford and Lipson

Location of Efford and Lipson ward
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Eggbuckland

Location of Eggbuckland ward
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Ham

Location of Ham ward
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Honicknowle

Location of Honicknowle ward
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Moor View

Location of Moor View ward
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Peverell

Location of Peverell ward
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Plympton Erle

Location of Plympton Erle ward
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Plympton St Mary

Location of Plympton St Mary ward
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Plymstock Dunstone

Location of Plymstock Dunstone ward
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Plymstock Radford

Location of Plymstock Radford ward
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Southway

Location of Southway ward
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St Budeaux

Location of St Budeaux ward
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St Peter and the Waterfront

Location of St Peter and the Waterfront ward
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Stoke

Location of Stoke ward
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Sutton and Mount Gould

Location of Sutton and Mount Gould ward
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References

  1. "Local government structure and elections". GOV.UK. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  2. O'Leary, Miles (27 July 2018). "Labour hold Stoke ward seat in Plymouth by-election". plymouthherald. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
  3. Eve, Carl (25 September 2018). "Police investigation into suspended Labour councillor dropped". plymouthherald. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
  4. Oldfield, Edward (5 April 2019). "Every person standing for election in Plymouth listed". plymouthherald. Retrieved 10 April 2019.

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