2010 Plymouth City Council election

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2010 Plymouth City Council election [1]
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20 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
LeaderVivien Pengelly Tudor Evans None
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Last election37200
Seats before37182
Seats won1190
Seats after36201
Seat changeDecrease2.svg1Increase2.svg2Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote38,97232,7672,024
Percentage35.4%29.8%1.8%
Plymouth City Council election 2010 map.svg
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2010 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election

Conservative

Council control after election

Conservative

The 2010 Plymouth City Council election was held on 6 May 2010 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England.

Contents

The Conservative Party remained in control of the council with a reduced majority.

Background

Plymouth City Council held local elections on 6 May 2010 along with councils across the United Kingdom as part of the 2010 local elections. The council elects its councillors in thirds, with nineteen being up for election every year for three years, with no election in the fourth year. [2] [3]

Councillors defending their seats were previously elected in 2006. In that election, twelve Conservative candidates and seven Labour candidates were elected. [4] This election followed a by-election in Ham, which resulted in a Labour hold. [5]

The Conservative Party had control of the council ahead of this election, with 37 councillors and a majority of eight seats.

The Conservatives were defending 12 seats, the Labour Party 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.

Overall results

2010 Plymouth City Council Election
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  Conservative 1101Decrease2.svg155.035.438,972Decrease2.svg4.2
  Labour 910Increase2.svg145.029.832,767Decrease2.svg0.1
  Liberal Democrats 000Steady2.svg0.020.923,031Increase2.svg1.4
  UKIP 000Steady2.svg0.09.810,792Increase2.svg3.5
  Green 000Steady2.svg0.02.02,170Decrease2.svg2.0
  Independent 000Steady2.svg0.01.82,024Decrease2.svg0.7
  BNP 000Steady2.svg0.00.3312New
 Vivamus000Steady2.svg0.00.023New
Total20110,091

Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2006 election.

Seats up for election in 2010

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

WardPrevious Councillor (2006) [6] Previous Party (2006) [6] Winning Councillor [7] Winning Party [7]
Budshead Grant Monahan Conservative Grant Monahan Conservative
Compton Ted Fry Conservative Ted Fry Conservative
Devonport William Stevens Labour Co-operative William Stevens Labour Co-operative
Drake Steven Ricketts Conservative Steven Ricketts Conservative
Efford and Lipson Andy Kerswell Labour Co-operative (later independent) David Haydon and Pauline Murphy Labour
Eggbuckland Ian Bowyer Conservative Ian Bowyer Conservative
Ham Ian Gordon Labour Ian Gordon Labour
Honicknowle Pauline Purnell Labour Nicky Williams Labour
Moor View Michael Foster Conservative Mike Wright Labour
Peverell Martin Leaves Conservative Martin Leaves Conservative
Plympton Chaddlewood Glenn Jordan Conservative Glenn Jordan Conservative
Plympton St Mary David James Conservative David James Conservative
Plymstock Dunstone VivienPengelly Conservative VivienPengelly Conservative
Plymstock Radford Wendy Foster Conservative Wendy Foster Conservative
St Budeaux Sally Letcher Labour Sally Bowie (née Letcher) Labour
St Peter and The Waterfront Sue McDonald Labour Sue McDonald Labour
Southway James Kirk Labour Co-operative Tom Browne Conservative
Stoke Jill Dolan Conservative Jill Dolan Conservative
Sutton and Mount Gould Mary Aspinall Labour Co-operative Mary Aspinall Labour Co-operative

Ward results

Budshead

Location of Budshead ward Budshead ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Budshead ward
Budshead 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Grant Monahan 2,077 36.2%
Labour Mike Fox2,01235.1%
Liberal Democrats Mathew Beynon1,02417.9%
UKIP Thelma Dinham62310.9%
Majority651.1%
Turnout 5,73660.1%
Conservative hold

Compton

Location of Compton ward Compton ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Compton ward
Compton 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ted Fry 2,698 41.9%
Liberal Democrats Steven Smith1,56024.2%
Labour Chaz Singh1,35821.1%
UKIP Michael Cooke5458.5%
Green Josie Bannon2784.3%
Majority1,13817.7%
Turnout 6,43968.2%
Conservative hold

Devonport

Location of Devonport ward Devonport ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Devonport ward
Devonport 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour William Stevens 1,820 36.0%
Conservative Betty Gray1,46128.9%
Liberal Democrats John Brooks1,07421.2%
UKIP Syd Brooks57311.3%
Green Andrew Pratt1272.5%
Majority3597.1%
Turnout 5,05554.0%
Labour hold

Drake

Location of Drake ward Plympton Erle ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Drake ward
Drake 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Steven Ricketts 984 34.6%
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Trimnell83229.2%
Labour John Smith61321.5%
Green Colin Trier1706.0%
UKIP Michael Ellison1595.6%
Independent Sam Remmer893.1%
Majority1525.3%
Turnout 2,84755.2%
Conservative hold

Efford and Lipson

Location of Efford and Lipson ward Efford and Lipson ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Efford and Lipson ward
Efford and Lipson 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour David Haydon 1,950
Labour Pauline Murphy 1,903
Conservative Andy Ford1,387
Conservative Mary Orchard1,219
Liberal Democrats Elsie Clark1,201
Liberal Democrats Rebecca Tidy1,072
UKIP David Salmon641
Independent Andy Kerswell357
Green Alison Green333
Independent Margaret Storer110
Turnout 10,17357.8%
Labour hold

Eggbuckland

Location of Eggbuckland ward Eggbuckland ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Eggbuckland ward
Eggbuckland 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Ian Bowyer 2,691 38.7%
Labour Ken Morrish1,96928.3%
Liberal Democrats Emma Pedlar1,25618.1%
UKIP Roger Thomas6259.0%
Independent Lee Finn4055.8%
Majority72210.4%
Turnout 6,94667.6%
Conservative hold

Ham

Location of Ham ward Ham ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Ham ward
Ham 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Ian Gordon 2,252 40.3%
Conservative Bethan Roberts1,43425.7%
Liberal Democrats Stewart Campbell92016.5%
UKIP John Read71712.8%
Independent Mark West1642.9%
Green Colin Bannon961.7%
Majority81814.7%
Turnout 5,58357.8%
Labour hold

Honicknowle

Location of Honicknowle ward Honicknowle ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Honicknowle ward
Honicknowle 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Nicky Williams 2,407 43.2%
Conservative Paul Rielly1,26522.7%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Goldthorp92016.5%
UKIP Stephen Hoffman66311.9%
BNP Roy Cook3125.6%
Majority1,14220.5%
Turnout 5,56755.4%
Labour hold

Moor View

Location of Moor View ward Moor View ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Moor View ward
Moor View 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mike Wright 2,206 36.8%
Conservative Michael Foster1,96632.8%
Liberal Democrats Andrew Campbell1,12318.7%
UKIP Herbert Sandford5919.9%
Green Nicola Bannon1091.8%
Majority2404.0%
Turnout 5,99564.7%
Labour gain from Conservative

Peverell

Location of Peverell ward Peverell ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Peverell ward
Peverell 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Martin Leaves 2,871 40.0%
Labour Jon Taylor1,78224.8%
Liberal Democrats Emma Swann1,76924.6%
UKIP Christopher Vitali4656.5%
Green Gavin Fennell2703.8%
VivamusBernard Toolan230.3%
Majority1,08915.2%
Turnout 7,18071.2%
Labour hold

Plympton Chaddlewood

Location of Plympton Chaddlewood ward Plympton Chaddlewood ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Plympton Chaddlewood ward
Plympton Chaddlewood 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Glenn Jordan 1,816 45.9%
Liberal Democrats Michael Symons97024.5%
Labour Val Burns78119.7%
UKIP Jonathan Frost3939.9%
Majority84621.4%
Turnout 3,96064.1%
Conservative hold

Plympton St Mary

Location of Plympton St Mary ward Plympton St Mary ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Plympton St Mary ward
Plympton St Mary 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative David James 3,597 50.8%
Liberal Democrats Catherine Symons1,42720.1%
Labour Ross Burns1,42420.1%
UKIP Bill Baser6399.0%
Majority2,17030.6%
Turnout 7,08770.3%
Conservative hold

Plymstock Dunstone

Location of Plymstock Dunstone ward Plympton Dunstone ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Plymstock Dunstone ward
Plymstock Dunstone 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Vivien Pengelly 3,363 48.5%
Liberal Democrats Richard Smith1,57822.7%
Labour Roger Williams1,23517.8%
UKIP Alan Skuse76311.0%
Majority1,78525.7%
Turnout 6,93970.6%
Conservative hold

Plymstock Radford

Location of Plymstock Radford ward Plympton Radford ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Plymstock Radford ward
Plymstock Radford 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Wendy Foster 2,681 40.2%
Liberal Democrats Ian Veater1,46321.9%
Labour Steven Lemin1,09216.4%
Independent Roger Dodd82812.4%
UKIP Roger Bullock6139.2%
Majority1,21818.2%
Turnout 6,67768.3%
Conservative hold

St Budeax

Location of St Budeaux ward St Budeaux ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of St Budeaux ward
St Budeaux 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sally Bowie 2,226 40.8%
Conservative Frederick Brimacombe1,45026.6%
Liberal Democrats Bailey Sam90516.6%
UKIP Paul Bedson69612.7%
Green Nick Byrne1051.9%
Independent Paul Colwill791.4%
Majority77614.2%
Turnout 5,46163.9%
Labour hold

St Peter and the Waterfront

Location of St Peter and the Waterfront ward St Peter and the Waterfront ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of St Peter and the Waterfront ward
St Peter and the Waterfront 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Sue McDonald 1,689 33.8%
Conservative Carol Ellmers1,52530.5%
Liberal Democrats Hugh Janes1,09621.9%
UKIP Sean O'Kane3988.0%
Green Matt Slaughter1903.8%
Independent Ray Rees1022.0%
Majority1643.3%
Turnout 5,00056.9%
Labour hold

Southway

Location of Southway ward Southway ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Southway ward
Southway 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Thomas Browne 2,183 36.1%
Labour David Weekes2,16035.7%
Liberal Democrats Marion Roch1,02917.0%
UKIP Fern Burgess67811.2%
Majority230.4%
Turnout 6,05052.8%
Conservative hold

Stoke

Location of Stoke ward Stoke ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Stoke ward
Stoke 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Conservative Jill Dolan 2,030 33.9%
Labour Philippa Davey1,88031.4%
Liberal Democrats Paul Brown-Church1,33522.3%
UKIP John Elliott5429.0%
Green Wendy Miller2093.5%
Majority1502.5%
Turnout 5,99664.6%
Conservative hold

Sutton and Mount Gould

Location of Sutton and Mount Gould ward Sutton and Mount Gould ward in Plymouth 2003.svg
Location of Sutton and Mount Gould ward
Sutton and Mount Gould 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
Labour Mary Aspinall 1,911 33.5%
Liberal Democrats Peter York1,54927.2%
Conservative Edmund Shillabeer1,49326.2%
UKIP Jonquil Webber4688.2%
Green Tean Mitchell2835.0%
Majority3626.3%
Turnout 5,70457.6%
Labour hold

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