Plymouth City Council elections, 2010

The 2010 Plymouth City Council elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2010, for 19 seats, that being one third of the total number of councillors. The Conservatives

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

, who were the incumbent administration in 2008, decreased their majority to seven seats, as Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

gained two.

Plymouth City Council hold elections for a third of their councillors every year, except on the fourth year, when prior to local government reforms in the 1990s that created a unitary authority

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

, elections to Devon County Council

Devon County Council

Devon County Council is the county council administering the English county of Devon. Based in the city of Exeter, the council covers the non-metropolitan county area of Devon...

occurred. This means the last election to Plymouth City Council was in 2008, although a by-election

By-election

A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....

occurred in 2009 for Ham

Ham, Plymouth

Ham is a post-war suburb of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England.It is named after the 17th century Ham House, home of the Trelawney family. It is about 4 miles north of the present city centre and has suffered from its proximity to the once notoriously rough area called North Prospect...

, which resulted in a Labour hold.

Results

The party standings following the election:
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Party		2008/09 Cllrs	Net Gain/Loss	2010 Cllrs
37	-1	36
2	-1	1
18	+2	20
Total		57	-	57

Current political situation

The Conservatives

Conservative Party (UK)

were defending 12 seats, the Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

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.

Seats up for election in 2010

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

| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Budshead

| style="border:1px solid gray;"| Grant Monahan

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"| Grant Monahan

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Compton
Compton, Plymouth
Compton is a suburb of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.Once a small village, it was developed in the 1930s and now lies between the suburbs of Mannamead and Efford...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Ted Fry

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Ted Fry

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Devonport
Devonport, Devon
Devonport, formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement. It became a county borough in 1889...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|William Stevens

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour Co-operative

Labour Co-operative

Labour and Co-operative describes those candidates in British elections standing on behalf of both the Labour Party and the Co-operative Party, based on a national agreement between the two parties....

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|William Stevens

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour Co-operative

Labour Co-operative

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Drake
Drake (ward)
Drake is an election ward within Plymouth, Devon, England. One of the main roads from the city to Tavistock and Dartmoor runs through the ward. In the past it played an important role in the supply of water to Plymouth, and it was the location of both a fatal bomb explosion and a large unexploded...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Steven Ricketts

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Steven Ricketts

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Efford
Efford
Efford is a large mostly post-war suburb of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England.It stands on high ground above the Laira estuary of the River Plym and variously offers views over long distances: to the north across Dartmoor the east across the South Hams of Devon and also to the south...

and Lipson
Lipson
Lipson is a ward in the city of Plymouth, England. It is an affluent area with a substantial park called 'Freedom Fields', a Civil War battle site where the towns folk of nearby Plymouth resisted substantial Cavalier raiding parties and enabled the town to sustain the royalist siege...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Andy Kerswell

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour Co-operative

Labour Co-operative

(later independent)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|David Haydon and Pauline Murphy

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Eggbuckland
Eggbuckland
Eggbuckland is a predominantly 1970s suburban residential area within the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England. It was once a small village, a mile away.Bocheland is of Saxon origin and means "Royal land held by charter"...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Ian Bowyer

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Ian Bowyer

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Ham
Ham, Plymouth
Ham is a post-war suburb of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England.It is named after the 17th century Ham House, home of the Trelawney family. It is about 4 miles north of the present city centre and has suffered from its proximity to the once notoriously rough area called North Prospect...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Ian Gordon

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour

Labour Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Ian Gordon

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Honicknowle
Honicknowle
Honicknowle is an area and ward of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. It borders with West Park, Crownhill, Ham, Whitleigh and Pennycross areas of Plymouth. It was previously part of Knackersknowle.- General :...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Pauline Purnell

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour

Labour Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Nicky Williams

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour

Labour Party (UK)

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Mike Wright

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Peverell
Peverell
Peverell is a neighbourhood of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. The 2001 Census estimated the population as 6,455.The area was originally part of the manor of Weston Peverell, and is named in the Domesday Book. Two of the main roads are named Peverell Park Road and Weston Park Road...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Martin Leaves

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Martin Leaves

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Glenn Jordan

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|David James

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|VivienPengelly

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Wendy Foster

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|St Budeaux
St Budeaux
St Budeaux is an area and ward in the north west of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.-Original settlement:The name St Budeaux comes from Saint Budoc, the Bishop of Dol . Around 480, Budoc is said to have founded a settlement and built a small church...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Sally Letcher

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour

Labour Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Sally Bowie (née Letcher)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour

Labour Party (UK)

Labour Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Sue McDonald

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour

Labour Party (UK)

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Southway
Southway
Southway is a large suburban housing estate in north-west Plymouth in the English county of Devon. The name is believed to have derived from the route into Plymouth often used by Buckland Abbey monks, which was known as the "South Way".-Geography:...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|James Kirk

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour Co-operative

Labour Co-operative

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Tom Browne

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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| style="border:1px solid gray; background:white; color:black"|Stoke
Stoke, Plymouth
Stoke, also referred to by its earlier name of Stoke Damerel, is a parish, once part of the historical Devonport, England. Prior to 1914, it was a suburb of Devonport. In 1914, Devonport and Plymouth amalgamated with Stonehouse: the new town took the name of Plymouth...

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Jill Dolan

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Jill Dolan

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

Labour Co-operative

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Mary Aspinall

| style="border:1px solid gray;"|Labour Co-operative

Labour Co-operative

Ward	Previous Councillor (2006)	Previous Party (2006)	Winning Councillor	Winning Party

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