2024 Plymouth City Council election

2024 Plymouth City Council election

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19 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Tudor Evans None Party Labour Independent Last election 31 5 Seats before 33 7 Seats won 15 2 Seats after 42 6 Seat change 9 1 Popular vote 26,719 3,428 Percentage 43.6% 5.6%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Andy Lugger Lauren McLay Party Conservative Green Last election 18 2 Seats before 15 2 Seats won 1 1 Seats after 7 2 Seat change 8 Popular vote 14,617 5,620 Percentage 23.9% 9.2%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2024 Plymouth City Council elections.
Leader before election Tudor Evans Labour Leader after election Tudor Evans Labour

The 2024 Plymouth City Council election took place on 2 May 2024 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. It was held alongside other local elections across the United Kingdom.

Labour gained seats at the expense of the Conservatives, increasing Labour's overall majority on the council. ^[1]

Background

History

Result of the council election when these seats were last contested in 2021

Result of the most recent council election in 2023

The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third of seats being up for election every year for three years, with no election each fourth year to correspond with councillors' four-year terms. ^{[2] [3]} Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2021, which had been delayed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In that election, fourteen Conservative candidates and five Labour candidates were elected.

Elections in Plymouth are usually competitive between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party. ^[4] The council was controlled by the Labour Party from the 2018 council election until the 2021 council election, when the council entered no overall control, with no party holding a majority of seats. Several Conservative councillors were suspended or resigned from their party, and the Conservative council leader Nick Kelly was replaced by Richard Bingley after Kelly lost a confidence vote in February 2022. Some former Conservative councillors rejoined their former group after the 2022 council election, giving the party an overall majority on 17 May 2022. ^[5] Kelly resigned from the Conservative group on 15 October 2022 after being suspended, returning the council to no overall control. Several other councillors resigned from the Conservative group with some forming a group called the Independent Alliance, led by Kelly and also including the former Labour councillor Chaz Singh.

The Conservative council leader Richard Bingley signed an executive decision to approve the felling of 110 mature trees in Plymouth City Centre in March 2023, as part of longstanding plans to regenerate the city centre. The decision was legally challenged and criticised. He resigned as council leader the following week. ^[6]

Labour won fifteen seats in the subsequent 2023 council election, winning overall control of the council. The Conservatives won only one seat, while independent candidates who had been members of the Independent Alliance group won in Plympton and the former Conservative councillor Steve Ricketts was elected as an independent candidate in Drake ward. ^[7]

Developments since 2023

Defections and suspensions

The Conservative councillor Philip Partridge left the Conservative group to form a new "Free Independents" group led by Ricketts. The independent Plympton councillors formed an "Independent Group". Andrea Loveridge left the Conservative group in December 2023 to sit as an independent councillor. ^[8]

Efford and Lipson by-election

The Labour councillor Brian Vincent died in April 2023, having first being elected in 1997 and having served continuously as a councillor since 2006.

The Labour candidate Paul McNamara won the ensuing by-election on 15 June. ^[9]

Efford and Lipson by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Paul McNamara	1,204	58.8	6.7
	Conservative	Will Jones	423	20.6	15.6
	Green	Pat Bushell	196	9.6	2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Primmer	80	3.9	0.8
	Independent	Chaz Singh	69	3.4	N/A
	Heritage	Darryl Ingram	54	2.6	N/A
	TUSC	Neil Prentice	23	1.1	0.3
Turnout			2,049	20.2	12.5
	Labour hold		Swing	11.2

July 2023 by-elections

In June 2023, the Conservative councillor and former council leader Vivien Pengelly died and the Labour councillor Sue McDonald resigned due to family health reasons. Both ensuing by-elections took place on 27 July 2023. The Labour candidate Stefan Kirzanac won Pengelly's Plymstock Dunstone seat and the former MP Alison Raynsford retained McDonald's St Peter and the Waterfront seat for the Labour Party. ^[10]

Plymstock Dunstone by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stefan Krizanac	1,072	33.2	6.5
	Conservative	Julie Hunt	919	28.4	20.7
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Edwards	596	18.4	12.4
	Independent	Grace Stickland	480	14.9	N/A
	Green	Bruce Robinson	97	3.0	1.9
	Heritage	Darryl Ingram	55	1.7	N/A
	TUSC	Jackie Hilton	12	0.4	N/A
Turnout			3,231	32.0	6.6
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	7.1

St Peter and the Waterfront by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Raynsford	1,126	48.0	8.1
	Conservative	Ian Fleming	488	20.8	9.0
	Green	Shayna Newham-Joynes	206	8.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Janes	175	7.5	1.5
	Reform UK	Andy Gibbons	174	7.4	N/A
	Independent candidate	Chaz Singh	126	5.4	N/A
	TUSC	Ryan Aldred	52	2.2	0.8
Turnout			2,347	18.6	9.9
	Labour hold		Swing	0.5

Council composition

• 
  Council composition after the 2023 council election
• 
  Council composition ahead of the 2024 council election

After 2023 election			Before 2024 election			After 2024 election
Party		Seats	Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Labour	31		Labour	33		Labour	42
	Conservative	18		Conservative	15		Conservative	7
	Independent	5		Independent	7		Independent	6
	Green	2		Green	2		Green	2
	Vacant	1

Results

Overall

2024 Plymouth City Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	15	9	78.9	27	42	73.7	26,719	43.6	9.7
	Independent	2	1	10.5	4	6	10.5	3,428	5.6	2.3
	Conservative	1	8	5.3	6	7	12.3	14,617	23.9	26.7
	Green	1		5.3	1	2	3.5	5,620	9.2	1.7
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	6,200	10.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	3,364	5.5	2.4
	TUSC	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,276	2.1	1.3
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	15	0.0	0.1

Results for individual wards are listed below.

Budshead

Budshead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Alison Simpson	1,448	45.7	17.6
	Conservative	Jonathan Drean	1,065	33.6	16.5
	Reform UK	Sue Smale	313	9.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Spencer	169	5.3	2.8
	Green	Caroline Bennett	148	4.7	0.1
	TUSC	Nik Brookson	25	0.8	0.2
Majority			383	12.1	N/A
Turnout			3,168
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	17.1

Compton

Compton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Matt Smith	1,708	46.4	9.8
	Conservative	Charlote Carlyle*	1,249	33.9	17.2
	Green	Ewan Melling Flavell	243	6.6	0.1
	Reform UK	Charlie Robinson-Hodge	240	6.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Bray	210	5.7	0.8
	TUSC	Matthew Whitear	34	0.9	0.1
Majority			459	12.5	N/A
Turnout			3,684
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing	13.5

Devonport

Devonport

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anne Freeman	1,573	47.1	6.2
	Conservative	Jon Gatward	429	12.8	25.6
	Reform UK	Lee Bunker	425	12.7	N/A
	Green	James Dyson	218	6.5	1.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jeffrey Hall	139	4.2	0.9
	TUSC	Alex Moore	56	1.7	1.0
Majority			1,017	34.3	9.5
Turnout			3,340	30.4
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	4.9

Efford and Lipson

Efford and Lipson

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Paul McNamara*	1,593	57.7	5.6
	Conservative	Ian Fleming	380	13.8	22.4
	Reform UK	Bill Bertram	361	13.1	N/A
	Green	Pat Bushell	263	9.5	2.2
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Primmer	140	5.1	2.0
	TUSC	Neil Prentice	24	0.9	0.5
Majority			1,213	44.0	28.0
Turnout			2,761
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	14.0

Eggbuckland

Eggbuckland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Wood	1,478	43.3	21.9
	Labour Co-op	Virginia Pike	1,461	42.8	19.5
	Liberal Democrats	Dennis Draper	233	6.8	0.9
	Green	Clint Jones	190	5.6	0.1
	TUSC	Bethany Lowe	51	1.5	N/A
Majority			17	0.5	41.4
Turnout			3,716
	Conservative hold		Swing	20.7

Ham

Ham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Kate Taylor	1,404	48.6	9.4
	Independent	Stephen Hulme*	484	16.7	N/A
	Conservative	Charlie Carson	409	14.2	34.1
	Reform UK	Chris Hudson	303	10.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Bonar	134	4.6	N/A
	Green	Leesa Alderton	131	4.5	0.6
	TUSC	Edward Evans	25	0.9	0.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Honicknowle

Honicknowle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Ray Morton	1,440	55.2	12.8
	Reform UK	Shaun Hooper	519	19.9	N/A
	Conservative	Margaret Boadella	447	17.1	33.4
	Green	Verity Thong	153	5.9	0.3
	TUSC	Louise Alldridge	49	1.9	0.5
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Moor View

Moor View

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Will Noble*	1,622	48.1	18.7
	Conservative	Andrea Johnson	929	27.6	35.9
	Reform UK	Nicky Cooke	460	13.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Simpson	135	4.0	1.7
	Green	Frank Hartkopf	128	3.8	0.5
	Independent	Arthur Watson	74	2.2	N/A
	TUSC	Andrew White	21	0.6	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Peverell

Peverell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Jamie Bannerman	2,196	51.3	8.6
	Conservative	John Mahony*	1,295	30.3	14.6
	Green	Nicholas Casley	365	8.5	1.8
	Reform UK	Peter Hughes	218	5.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Steven Guy	158	3.7	N/A
	TUSC	Duncan Moore	45	1.1	0.5
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Plympton Chaddlewood

Plympton Chaddlewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Lauren McLay*	1,063	53.2	10.0
	Conservative	Ashley Ward	437	21.9	25.7
	Labour	Chris Mavin	219	11.0	1.8
	Reform UK	Vanessa Tyler	217	10.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Jacquelie Spencer	46	2.3	N/A
	TUSC	Benjamin Davy	17	0.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Plympton Erle

Plympton Erle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Andrea Loveridge*	896	38.9	20.3
	Labour Co-op	Seb Soper	483	20.9	5.4
	Conservative	Suzanne Glenie	336	14.6	44.6
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Oram	235	10.2	7.3
	Reform UK	Peter Endean	221	9.6	N/A
	Green	Mickey James	114	4.9	0.8
	TUSC	Helen Yeo	21	0.9	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Plympton St Mary

Plympton St Mary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Sally Nicholson	1,287	35.2	N/A
	Conservative	Natalie Harrison*	1,002	27.4	46.3
	Labour	Pete Smith	690	18.9	3.9
	Reform UK	Marc Archer	372	10.2	N/A
	Green	Byran Driver	172	4.7	2.1
	Liberal Democrats	Cristina Draper	105	2.9	0.7
	TUSC	Alan Frost	26	0.7	0.1
Majority
Turnout
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Plymstock Dunstone

Plymstock Dunstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Maria Lawson	1,410	36.0	5.0
	Conservative	David Salmon*	1,226	31.3	25.6
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Edwards	684	17.5	6.7
	Reform UK	Richie Teft	317	8.1	N/A
	Independent	Grace Stickland	120	3.1	N/A
	Green	Piers Driver	117	3.0	N/A
	TUSC	Jackie Hilton	27	0.7	0.6
	Heritage	Darryl Ingram	15	0.4	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Plymstock Radford

Plymstock Radford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Daniel Steel	1,452	35.6	9.0
	Conservative	Bill Wakeham*	1,214	29.8	28.9
	Independent	Chaz Singh	463	11.4	N/A
	Reform UK	Glenn Linsay	420	10.3	N/A
	Green	Bruce Robinson	333	8.2	0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Sara Jennett	166	4.1	1.6
	TUSC	Mathew Bligh	27	0.7	N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

Southway

Southway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Carol Ney	1,515	48.8	21.2
	Conservative	Will Jones	641	20.6	28.4
	Reform UK	Jacqueline Sansom	556	17.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Katie McManus	179	5.8	2.9
	Green	Helen McCall	163	5.2	1.5
	TUSC	Tony Bligh	53	1.7	1.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

St Budeaux

St Budeaux

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Josh McCarty	1,064	38.7	3.3
	Green	George Wheeler	787	28.6	22.8
	Conservative	Kyle Lewis	465	16.9	36.1
	Reform UK	Rich Bennett	246	8.9	N/A
	Independent	Terry Deans	104	3.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Goldthorp	69	2.5	N/A
	TUSC	Laurie Moore	15	0.5	0.8
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op gain from Conservative		Swing

St Peter and the Waterfront

St Peter and the Waterfront

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Lewis Allison	1,777	51.6	9.9
	Conservative	Kevin Kelway	558	16.2	21.9
	Reform UK	Andy Gibbons	457	13.3	N/A
	Green	Richard Worrall	345	10.0	0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Janes	212	6.2	1.4
	TUSC	Ryan Aldred	96	2.8	0.9
Majority
Turnout
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing

Stoke

Stoke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sally Cresswell*	1,963	62.3	12.5
	Conservative	Ehren Duke	608	19.3	17.3
	Green	Lucy Mackay	342	10.9	3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Gillbard	143	4.5	1.3
	TUSC	Lesley Duncan	94	3.0	2.1
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Sutton and Mount Gould

Sutton and Mount Gould

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Cuddihee	1,701	56.4	4.9
	Conservative	Edmund Shillabeer	449	14.9	18.3
	Green	Michael Kewish	345	11.4	1.5
	Reform UK	Jamie Beale	252	8.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Fleur Ball	197	6.5	N/A
	TUSC	Sita Dhanipersad	70	2.3
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

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