Plymouth City Council Plymouth City Council is the unitary authority for Plymouth, Devon. It has traditionally been controlled by Labour or the Conservatives. The council is currently in a state of no overall control, with the Conservatives governing as a minority a ...

is the local authority for the a

unitary authority A unitary authority is a local authority responsible for all local government functions within its area or performing additional functions that elsewhere are usually performed by a higher level of sub-national government or the national governmen ...

of Plymouth in

Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devo ...

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. Until 1 April 1998 it was a

non-metropolitan district Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially "shire districts", are a type of Districts of England, local government district in England. As created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties (colloquially ''shi ...

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Non-metropolitan district

Unitary authority

Election summary

After 2003, the council was elected in thirds. The number of councillors for each party following each election is listed in the table.

Party control

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1991 have been:

Council elections

Non-metropolitan district elections

* 1973 Plymouth City Council election * 1976 Plymouth City Council election * 1979 Plymouth City Council election (New ward boundaries) * 1983 Plymouth City Council election * 1987 Plymouth City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same) * 1991 Plymouth City Council election * 1995 Plymouth City Council election

Unitary authority elections

Result maps

File:Plymouth City Council election 1979 map.svg, 1979 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 1983 map.svg, 1983 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 1987 map.svg, 1987 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 1991 map.svg, 1991 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 1995 map.svg, 1995 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 1997 map.svg, 1997 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2000 map.svg, 2000 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2003 map.svg, 2003 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2004 map.svg, 2004 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2006 map.svg, 2006 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2007 map.svg, 2007 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2008 map.svg, 2008 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2010 map.svg, 2010 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2011 map.svg, 2011 results map File:Plymouth City council election 2012 map.svg, 2012 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2014 map.svg, 2014 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2015 map.svg, 2015 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2016 map.svg, 2016 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2018 map.svg, 2018 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2019 map.svg, 2019 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2021 map.svg, 2021 results map File:Plymouth City Council election 2022 map.svg, 2022 results map

Changes between elections

Unitary authority

2003 boundaries

In September 2017, the three UKIP councillors elected in 2014, Christopher Storer (Ham), John Riley (Honicknowle) and Maddie Bridgeman (Moor View), moved to the Conservatives.

References

External links

Plymouth City Council
{{Unitary authorities of England Council elections in Devon Politics of Plymouth, Devon Unitary authority elections in England