The 2018 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. The election was won by the Labour Party, who gained enough seats to achieve an overall majority and took control of the council.
A coalition of Conservative and UK Independence Party (UKIP) councillors had taken control of the council after the 2016 election, with thirty members in total and a working majority. The three UKIP councillors defected to the Conservative Party in September 2017, giving the Conservatives overall control of the council. The Conservative Party defended twelve seats and Labour defended seven.
Plymouth City Council held local elections on 3 May 2018 along with councils across England as part of the 2018 local elections.[1] The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year.[2][3] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2014. In that election, nine Conservative candidates, seven Labour candidates and three UKIP candidates were elected.[4]
In September 2017, the three councillors elected as UKIP candidates defected to the Conservative Party.[5] Following the 2016 Plymouth City Council election, the council had been controlled by a coalition of Conservative and UKIP councillors, with thirty members between them.[6] Following the defections of the UKIP councillors, the Conservative Party held an overall majority, with thirty councillors compared to Labour's twenty-seven.
The Local Government Chronicle described Labour as 'well placed to regain control' by winning the seats won by UKIP councillors in 2014.[7] Rob Ford in the Guardian wrote that a Labour victory in Plymouth would help the party 'demonstrate strength in critical English swing areas'.[8] The election was the first in which the Liberal Democrats fielded a candidate in every ward in Plymouth since 2010.[9][4]
Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2014 election.
The Labour Party won an overall majority on the council, with 31 of the council's 57 councillors. The party had last had a majority on the council in 2015.[10] Plymouth was the only council Labour gained control of from the Conservatives in the 2018 local elections.[11]
Following this election, the Labour group had a majority of councillors. This meant that Labour group leader Tudor Evans became the new leader of Plymouth City Council. Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn visited Plymouth to celebrate the result.[10] Outgoing council leader Ian Bowyer remained leader of the Conservative group.[13]
Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor ViewJohnny Mercer said that the result was due to Plymouth voters believing that defence funding was reducing under the Conservatives.[14] Defeated Drake councillor Steve Ricketts wrote that his defeat was due to students voting Labour.[15]
The Herald described the election as voters deserting UKIP, with Plymouth returning to a two-party political system. The newspaper also emphasised Sima Davarian-Dehsorkhe as the best-performing Liberal Democrat candidate, winning more than 10% of the vote in Plymstock Dunstone.[16]
Labour held its seat in a subsequent by-election in Stoke ward, which took place in July 2018.[17]
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The 2018 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England The election was won by the Labour Party who gained enough seats to achieve an overall majority and took control of the council 2018 Plymouth City Council election 2016 3 May 2018 2019 19 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council29 seats needed for a majorityTurnout35 1 First party Second party Leader Tudor Evans Ian BowyerParty Labour ConservativeLast election 27 27Seats before 27 30Seats won 11 8Seats after 31 26Seat change 4 4Popular vote 28 554 29 004Percentage 44 0 44 7 Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2018 Plymouth City Council elections Council control before electionConservative Council control after election LabourA coalition of Conservative and UK Independence Party UKIP councillors had taken control of the council after the 2016 election with thirty members in total and a working majority The three UKIP councillors defected to the Conservative Party in September 2017 giving the Conservatives overall control of the council The Conservative Party defended twelve seats and Labour defended seven Contents 1 Background 2 Overall results 3 Ward results 3 1 Budshead 3 2 Compton 3 3 Devonport 3 4 Drake 3 5 Efford and Lipson 3 6 Eggbuckland 3 7 Ham 3 8 Honicknowle 3 9 Moor View 3 10 Peverell 3 11 Plympton Chaddlewood 3 12 Plympton St Mary 3 13 Plymstock Dunstone 3 14 Plymstock Radford 3 15 Southway 3 16 St Budeaux 3 17 St Peter and the Waterfront 3 18 Stoke 3 19 Sutton and Mount Gould 4 Aftermath 5 ReferencesBackground editPlymouth City Council held local elections on 3 May 2018 along with councils across England as part of the 2018 local elections 1 The council elects its councillors in thirds with a third being up for election every year for three years with no election in the fourth year 2 3 Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2014 In that election nine Conservative candidates seven Labour candidates and three UKIP candidates were elected 4 In September 2017 the three councillors elected as UKIP candidates defected to the Conservative Party 5 Following the 2016 Plymouth City Council election the council had been controlled by a coalition of Conservative and UKIP councillors with thirty members between them 6 Following the defections of the UKIP councillors the Conservative Party held an overall majority with thirty councillors compared to Labour s twenty seven The Local Government Chronicle described Labour as well placed to regain control by winning the seats won by UKIP councillors in 2014 7 Rob Ford in the Guardian wrote that a Labour victory in Plymouth would help the party demonstrate strength in critical English swing areas 8 The election was the first in which the Liberal Democrats fielded a candidate in every ward in Plymouth since 2010 9 4 Overall results edit2018 Plymouth City Council Election Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain loss Seats Votes Votes Labour 11 4 0 nbsp 4 57 9 44 0 28 554 nbsp 13 2 Conservative 8 0 4 nbsp 4 42 1 44 7 29 005 nbsp 13 9 Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 5 3 3 418 nbsp 4 4 UKIP 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 2 1 1 359 nbsp 29 0 Green 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 1 8 1 178 nbsp 2 1 Independent 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 1 6 1 016 nbsp 0 6 TUSC 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 5 319 nbsp 1 3 Vivamus 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 24 nbsp 0 0 For Britain Movement 0 0 0 nbsp 0 0 0 0 24 NewNote All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2014 election The Labour Party won an overall majority on the council with 31 of the council s 57 councillors The party had last had a majority on the council in 2015 10 Plymouth was the only council Labour gained control of from the Conservatives in the 2018 local elections 11 After the previous election the composition of the council was 12 27 27 3Labour Conservative UKIPBefore this election the composition of the council was 27 30Labour ConservativeAfter this election the composition of the council was 31 26Labour ConservativeWard results editAsterisks denote sitting councillors seeking re election Budshead edit nbsp Location of Budshead wardBudshead 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Dave Downie 1 731 51 7 nbsp 16 6Labour Jill Narin 1 307 39 0 nbsp 7 6UKIP John Smith 188 5 6 nbsp 26 5Liberal Democrats Matthew Radmore 122 3 6 N AMajority 424 12 7 nbsp 9 7Turnout 3 348 34 6 nbsp 3 4Conservative hold Swing nbsp 4 5Compton edit nbsp Location of Compton wardCompton 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Andrea Johnson 1 935 50 4 nbsp 10 8Labour Co op Paul McNamara 1 507 39 3 nbsp 15 1Liberal Democrats Guy Steven 202 5 3 N AGreen Graham Epstein 193 5 0 nbsp 7 1Majority 428 11 2 nbsp 4 2Turnout 3 837 41 3 nbsp 1 4Conservative hold Swing nbsp 2 2Devonport edit nbsp Location of Devonport wardDevonport 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Bill Stevens 1 893 57 2 nbsp 20 9Conservative Sandy Borthwick 934 28 2 nbsp 10 7UKIP Richard Ellison 159 4 8 nbsp 28 8Liberal Democrats Fleur Ball 116 3 5 nbsp 1 0Green Andrew Pratt 99 3 0 nbsp 3 5Independent Scott Wardle 84 2 5 N ATUSC Roxy Castell 22 0 7 nbsp 0 9Majority 959 29 0 nbsp 26 3Turnout 3 307 30 0 nbsp 3 5Labour hold Swing nbsp 5 1Drake edit nbsp Location of Drake wardDrake 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Margaret Corvid 954 51 8 nbsp 25 5Conservative Steve Ricketts 789 42 8 nbsp 1 4Liberal Democrats Charlotte Radmore 76 4 1 nbsp 0 4For Britain Iuliu Popescu 24 1 3 N AMajority 165 9 0 N ATurnout 1 843 29 4 nbsp 4 2Labour gain from Conservative Swing nbsp 13 5Efford and Lipson edit nbsp Location of Efford and Lipson wardEfford and Lipson 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Neil Hendy 1 940 60 0 nbsp 20 4Conservative Jake Donovan 996 30 8 nbsp 14 0Green Benjamin Smith 158 4 9 nbsp 3 9Liberal Democrats Alex Primmer 97 3 0 N ATUSC Sam Taylor Wickenden 40 1 2 nbsp 1 0Majority 944 29 2 nbsp 22 1Turnout 3 231 32 3 nbsp 2 5Labour hold Swing nbsp 3 2Eggbuckland edit nbsp Location of Eggbuckland wardEggbuckland 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Ian Bowyer 2 313 60 8 nbsp 18 0Labour Co op Andrew Wade 1 094 28 8 nbsp 2 1UKIP Wendy Noble 220 5 8 nbsp 23 3Liberal Democrats Richard Simpson 176 4 6 N AMajority 1 219 32 1 nbsp 18 4Turnout 3 803 37 4 nbsp 4 1Conservative hold Swing nbsp 8 0Ham edit nbsp Location of Ham wardHam 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Gareth Derrick 1 914 56 6 nbsp 17 5Conservative Chris Storer 1 129 33 4 nbsp 14 6UKIP Alan Skuse 198 5 9 nbsp 33 2Liberal Democrats Richard Lawrie 140 4 1 N AMajority 785 23 2 N ATurnout 3 381 32 9 nbsp 0 8Labour gain from Conservative Swing nbsp 1 5Honicknowle edit nbsp Location of Honicknowle wardHonicknowle 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Pamela Buchan 1 724 52 3 nbsp 16 0Conservative John Riley 1 280 38 9 nbsp 25 2UKIP Ivor Lucas 209 6 3 nbsp 41 0Liberal Democrats Mike Gillbard 81 2 5 N AMajority 444 13 5 N ATurnout 3 294 32 2 nbsp 1 7Labour gain from Conservative Swing nbsp 4 6Moor View edit nbsp Location of Moor View wardMoor View 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Maddi Bridgeman 1 832 49 5 nbsp 14 0Labour Jemima Laing 1 474 39 8 nbsp 15 4UKIP John Baddeley 242 6 5 nbsp 32 5Liberal Democrats Jim Spencer 156 4 2 N AMajority 358 9 7 nbsp 6 2Turnout 3 704 37 4 nbsp 2 2Conservative hold Swing nbsp 0 7Peverell edit nbsp Location of Peverell wardPeverell 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jeremy Goslin 2 324 47 6 nbsp 19 1Conservative Martin Leaves 2 081 42 6 nbsp 3 4Liberal Democrats George Maunder 284 5 8 nbsp 1 0Green Nicholas Casley 173 3 5 nbsp 4 7Vivamus Bernard Toolan 24 0 5 nbsp 0 0Majority 243 5 0 N ATurnout 4 886 46 9 nbsp 2 5Labour gain from Conservative Swing nbsp 7 9Plympton Chaddlewood edit nbsp Location of Plympton Chaddlewood wardPlympton Chaddlewood 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Glenn Jordan 1 051 61 3 nbsp 21 9Labour Janet Wise 532 31 0 nbsp 10 3Liberal Democrats Louise Ayres 132 7 7 N AMajority 519 30 3 nbsp 27 3Turnout 1 715 28 4 nbsp 3 2Conservative hold Swing nbsp 5 8Plympton St Mary edit nbsp Location of Plympton St Mary wardPlympton St Mary 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative David James 2 649 70 8 nbsp 22 4Labour Rob de Jong 850 22 7 nbsp 4 0Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Hall 241 6 4 N AMajority 1 799 48 1 nbsp 27 1Turnout 3 740 37 0 nbsp 2 6Conservative hold Swing nbsp 9 2Plymstock Dunstone edit nbsp Location of Plymstock Dunstone wardPlymstock Dunstone 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Vivien Pengelly 2 411 64 5 nbsp 20 6Labour David Owen 905 24 2 nbsp 3 2Liberal Democrats Sima Davarian Dehsorkhe 424 11 3 N AMajority 1 506 40 3 nbsp 33 2Turnout 3 740 38 6 nbsp 3 3Conservative hold Swing nbsp 8 7Plymstock Radford edit nbsp Location of Plymstock Radford wardPlymstock Radford 2018 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Rebecca Smith 1 964 48 7 nbsp 9 6Labour Co op Vince Barry 842 20 9 nbsp 0 1Independent John Wheeler 453 11 2 N AIndependent Gordon Miller 314 7 8 N ALiberal Democrats Roy Plumley 247 6 1 N AGreen Matthew Faith 212 5 3 N AMajority 1 122 27 8 nbsp 26 6Turnout 4 032 37 5 nbsp 3 0Conservative hold Swing nbsp 4 9Southway edit nbsp Location of Southway wardSouthway 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Jonny Morris 1 838 52 6 nbsp 18 0Conservative Tim Velkavrh Blazevic 1 359 38 9 nbsp 15 5Liberal Democrats Jacqui Spencer 217 6 2 N ATUSC Nik Brookson 79 2 3 nbsp 1 4Majority 479 13 7 nbsp 11 3Turnout 3 493 30 2 nbsp 9 3Labour hold Swing nbsp 1 3St Budeaux edit nbsp Location of St Budeaux wardSt Budeaux 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Sally Bowie 1 458 49 2 nbsp 10 3Conservative Pat Patel 1 189 40 1 nbsp 20 4Independent Margaret Bennett Jones 165 5 6 N ALiberal Democrats Stuart Spicer 93 3 1 N ATUSC Andrew White 57 1 9 nbsp 1 1Majority 269 9 1 nbsp 8 7Turnout 2 962 30 2 nbsp 2 8Labour hold Swing nbsp 5 1St Peter and the Waterfront edit nbsp Location of St Peter and the Waterfront wardSt Peter and the Waterfront 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Sue McDonald 1 981 54 5 nbsp 18 7Conservative Mark Thompson 1 232 33 9 nbsp 11 4Liberal Democrats Hugh Janes 221 6 1 nbsp 1 0Green Brian Banks 157 4 3 nbsp 3 8TUSC Ian Groeber 41 1 1 nbsp 1 3Majority 749 20 6 nbsp 9 6Turnout 3 632 31 8 nbsp 2 6Labour hold Swing nbsp 3 7Stoke edit nbsp Location of Stoke wardStoke 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Kevin Neil 1 915 52 5 nbsp 15 6Conservative Kathy Watkin 1 219 33 4 nbsp 10 9Green Daniel Sheaff 186 5 1 nbsp 4 1Liberal Democrats Helen Guy 184 5 0 N AUKIP Michael Arthur 143 3 9 nbsp 18 3Majority 696 19 1 nbsp 4 7Turnout 3 647 36 0 nbsp 4 0Labour hold Swing nbsp 2 4Sutton and Mount Gould edit nbsp Location of Sutton and Mount Gould wardSutton and Mount Gould 2018 Party Candidate Votes Labour Co op Mary Aspinall 2 102 63 7 nbsp 22 4Conservative Chip Tofan 910 27 6 nbsp 8 0Liberal Democrats Peter York 209 6 3 N ATUSC Ryan Aldred 80 2 4 nbsp 0 4Majority 1 192 36 1 nbsp 20 5Turnout 3 301 33 5 nbsp 2 6Labour hold Swing nbsp 7 2Aftermath editFollowing this election the Labour group had a majority of councillors This meant that Labour group leader Tudor Evans became the new leader of Plymouth City Council Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn visited Plymouth to celebrate the result 10 Outgoing council leader Ian Bowyer remained leader of the Conservative group 13 Conservative MP for Plymouth Moor View Johnny Mercer said that the result was due to Plymouth voters believing that defence funding was reducing under the Conservatives 14 Defeated Drake councillor Steve Ricketts wrote that his defeat was due to students voting Labour 15 The Herald described the election as voters deserting UKIP with Plymouth returning to a two party political system The newspaper also emphasised Sima Davarian Dehsorkhe as the best performing Liberal Democrat candidate winning more than 10 of the vote in Plymstock Dunstone 16 Labour held its seat in a subsequent by election in Stoke ward which took place in July 2018 17 References edit Election timetable 2018 PLYMOUTH GOV UK www plymouth gov uk Archived from the original on 28 April 2018 Retrieved 27 April 2018 Local government structure and elections GOV UK Retrieved 27 April 2018 Election Timetable in England PDF a b Past election results PLYMOUTH GOV UK www plymouth gov uk Archived from the original on 28 April 2018 Retrieved 27 April 2018 O Leary Miles 10 September 2017 All three of Plymouth s Ukip councillors have just quit the party Sam Blackledge 16 May 2016 Conservatives and UKIP form coalition to run Plymouth City Council Plymouth Herald Archived from the original on 20 May 2016 Retrieved 25 March 2018 Local elections 2018 The race is on to pick up formerly Ukip seats Local Government Chronicle Retrieved 3 April 2018 Ford Robert 28 April 2018 Local election battles where Brexit could hurt the Tories The Guardian Retrieved 28 April 2018 Rossiter Keith 10 April 2018 How the Liberal Democrats are making a comeback in Plymouth a b Corbyn delighted with Plymouth win BBC News 4 May 2018 via www bbc co uk Rallings amp Thrasher Labour gains too low to boost Corbyn PM hopes 8 May 2018 Local 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