The city and

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has 20 electoral wards. Of which seven are Labour, nine are

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and the remaining four are mixed. Each ward has three member representatives except

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Chaddlewood and Plympton Erle, which have two. 31 members represent the Labour Party, 25 represent the

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and 1 being Independent making a combined total of 57 member representatives. The wards fall into one of three constituencies that make up

: Moor View, Sutton and Devonport and

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. The constituency of South West Devon extends beyond Plymouth with wards in

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outside of Plymouth unitary authority's boundaries.

Wards

References

* * {{cite web, url=http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/wards, title=Plymouth wards, publisher=

City Council, accessdate=2008-07-20, url-status=dead, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080609082326/http://www.plymouth.gov.uk/wards, archivedate=2008-06-09 Wards of Devon Politics of Plymouth, Devon