2016 Plymouth City Council election
The 2016 Plymouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. The Conservatives gained one seat from Labour, resulting in both parties having twenty-seven members of the council. A coalition of Conservative and UKIP members took overall control of the Council, having thirty members in total and a working majority.
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Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2016 Plymouth City Council elections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Background
Plymouth City Council held local elections on 5 May 2016 along with councils across the United Kingdom as part of the 2016 local elections.[1][2] 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.[3][4] Councillors defending their seats in this election were previously elected in 2012. In that election, twelve Labour candidates and seven Conservative candidates were elected.[5]
Ahead of this election, the council was under no overall control with Labour running a minority administration. The party had the largest number of seats, but was one seat short of a majority.
The election was also contested by the Plymouth Independents, a new political party formed by former UKIP members.[6] The party won no seats, and has subsequently been dissolved having contested no further elections.[7]
Overall results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 57.9 | 36.5 | 21,394 | 7.1 | |
Conservative | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 42.1 | 35.5 | 20,797 | 5.3 | |
UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16.3 | 9,577 | 4.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 2,553 | 1.4 | ||
Plymouth Independents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3.1 | 1,790 | New | ||
Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 1,454 | 0.9 | ||
Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1,033 | 1.7 |
Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2012 election.
At the previous election the composition of the council was:[2]
28 | 26 | 3 |
Labour | Conservative | UKIP |
After the election the composition of the council was:[2]
27 | 27 | 3 |
Labour | Conservative | UKIP |
Ward results
Asterisks denote sitting councillors seeking re-election.
Budshead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jon Taylor* | 1,373 | 39.9 | 6.0 | |
Conservative | Charlotte Bladen | 1,283 | 37.3 | 1.6 | |
UKIP | Gordon Miller | 585 | 17.0 | 1.7 | |
Green | Joshua Pope | 99 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Roger Mitchell | 75 | 2.2 | N/A | |
TUSC | Andrew White | 29 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 90 | 2.6 | 4.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.2 |
Compton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Richard Ball* | 1,536 | 49.0 | 8.6 | |
Labour | John Petrie | 894 | 28.5 | 1.0 | |
Green | Colin Trier | 261 | 8.3 | 1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Steven Guy | 217 | 6.9 | 4.4 | |
Plymouth Independents | Grace Stickland | 161 | 5.1 | N/A | |
TUSC | Nigel Buckley | 65 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 642 | 20.5 | 7.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.8 |
Devonport
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Kate Taylor* | 1,315 | 46.2 | 5.8 | |
Conservative | Sandy Borthwick | 630 | 22.1 | 4.5 | |
UKIP | Michael Ellison | 615 | 21.6 | 2.9 | |
Green | Andrew Pratt | 101 | 3.6 | 1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Fleur Ball | 92 | 3.2 | 3.8 | |
Plymouth Independents | Scott Wardle | 55 | 1.9 | N/A | |
TUSC | Simon Gomery | 37 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 685 | 24.1 | 10.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.1 |
Efford and Lipson
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Vincent* | 1,757 | 60.7 | 4.4 | |
Conservative | George Davis | 561 | 19.4 | 3.1 | |
Plymouth Independents | Terry Luscombe | 336 | 11.6 | N/A | |
TUSC | Hannah Marie Lewis | 130 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Rafiqul Mazed | 109 | 3.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1196 | 41.3 | 7.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.8 |
Eggbuckland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Heath Cook | 1,523 | 41.0 | 3.2 | |
Labour | Paul McNamara | 1,023 | 27.5 | 12.0 | |
UKIP | Hugh Davies | 833 | 22.4 | 0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Simpson | 123 | 3.3 | N/A | |
Plymouth Independents | Chris Treise | 107 | 2.9 | N/A | |
Green | Sam Down | 84 | 2.3 | N/A | |
TUSC | Lesley Duncan | 22 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 500 | 13.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 7.6 | |||
Ham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tina Tuohy* | 1,271 | 45.0 | 13.6 | |
UKIP | Stuart Charles | 687 | 24.3 | 1.1 | |
Conservative | Dean Seddon | 592 | 20.9 | 2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Radmore | 127 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Plymouth Independents | Jason Shopland | 87 | 3.1 | N/A | |
TUSC | Ryan Aldred | 63 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 584 | 20.7 | 14.7 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.4 |
Honicknowle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pete Smith* | 1,261 | 42.3 | 13.8 | |
UKIP | Nikki Bale | 966 | 32.4 | 6.7 | |
Conservative | Sally Walker | 582 | 19.5 | 6.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Dylan Morris | 88 | 3.0 | N/A | |
Plymouth Independents | Carl Evans | 56 | 1.9 | N/A | |
TUSC | Joshua Gray | 28 | 0.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 295 | 9.9 | 20.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.2 |
Moor View
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Chris Mavin | 1,220 | 37.3 | 14.1 | |
Conservative | Bethan Roberts | 1134 | 34.7 | 6.9 | |
UKIP | Philip Partridge | 654 | 20.0 | 2.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Richard Bray | 126 | 3.9 | 0.3 | |
Plymouth Independents | Arthur Watson | 111 | 3.4 | N/A | |
TUSC | Keith Low | 27 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 86 | 2.6 | 21.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.5 |
Peverell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Tony Carson | 1,582 | 42.2 | 4.8 | |
Labour | Jeremy Goslin | 1,314 | 35.0 | 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charlotte Radmore | 337 | 9.0 | 3.6 | |
Plymouth Independents | Peter Brooksbank | 253 | 6.7 | N/A | |
Green | Wendy Miller | 223 | 5.9 | 2.2 | |
TUSC | Justin Pollard | 42 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 268 | 7.1 | 4.1 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.0 |
Plympton Chaddlewood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Samantha Leaves | 786 | 50.2 | 6.0 | |
UKIP | Jonathan Frost | 376 | 24.0 | 1.8 | |
Labour | Connor Smart | 373 | 23.8 | 6.2 | |
TUSC | Teresa Stuart | 33 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 410 | 26.1 | 12.0 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.9 |
Plympton Erle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Ian Darcy* | 1,105 | 48.6 | 10.6 | |
Labour | Janet Denise Wise | 731 | 32.1 | 0.9 | |
Plymouth Independents | Peter Endean | 205 | 9.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Christianne Pollock | 130 | 5.7 | 4.8 | |
TUSC | Louise Alldridge | 103 | 4.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 374 | 16.4 | 9.6 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 4.8 |
Plympton St Mary
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Andrea Loveridge | 2,318 | 68.0 | 23.3 | |
Labour | Roger Williams | 883 | 25.9 | 4.1 | |
TUSC | Tom Nally | 209 | 6.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 1435 | 42.1 | 27.4 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 13.7 |
Plymstock Dunstone
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Kevin Wigens* | 1,594 | 45.1 | +1.2 | |
UKIP | David Salmon | 1,037 | 29.4 | 3.1 | |
Labour | Dena Rafati | 585 | 16.6 | 7.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sima Davarian-Dehsorkhe | 253 | 7.2 | N/A | |
TUSC | Roxy Castell | 63 | 1.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 557 | 15.8 | +4.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.1 |
Plymstock Radford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Michael Leaves* | 1,441 | 41.0 | +3.1 | |
UKIP | John Wheeler | 1,077 | 30.6 | +0.8 | |
Labour | Vince Barry | 664 | 18.9 | 8.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Jeffrey Hall | 158 | 4.5 | 0.5 | |
Green | Connor Clarke | 154 | 4.4 | N/A | |
TUSC | Thomas Sloman | 22 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 364 | 10.4 | +2.3 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing | 1.2 |
Southway
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Lorraine Parker* | 1,223 | 36.1 | 15.2 | |
Conservative | Rebecca Smith | 1,135 | 33.5 | +6.6 | |
UKIP | Bill Wakeham | 645 | 19.0 | 2.8 | |
Plymouth Independents | Natasha Squires | 224 | 6.6 | N/A | |
Green | Daniel Sheaff | 76 | 2.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Storm Norman | 56 | 1.7 | N/A | |
TUSC | Nik Brookson | 30 | 0.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 88 | 2.6 | 21.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.9 |
St Budeaux
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Darren Winter | 1,186 | 42.8 | 18.2 | |
UKIP | Margaret Storer | 659 | 23.8 | +3.9 | |
Conservative | Dan Bothwick | 598 | 21.6 | +5.8 | |
Plymouth Independents | Adam Duffield | 115 | 4.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Luscombe | 102 | 3.7 | +0.4 | |
Green | Stan Beal | 81 | 2.9 | N/A | |
TUSC | Aaron Smith | 28 | 1.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 527 | 19.0 | 22.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 11.1 |
St Peter and the Waterfront
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Ian Tuffin* | 1,263 | 41.3 | 8.4 | |
Conservative | Karen Thurston | 844 | 27.6 | 0.1 | |
UKIP | John Smith | 503 | 16.4 | +1.2 | |
Green | Jessica Horner | 209 | 6.8 | N/A | |
Liberal Democrats | Hugh Janes | 174 | 5.7 | 1.7 | |
TUSC | Bob Brice | 66 | 2.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 419 | 13.7 | 8.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.2 |
Stoke
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Sam Davey* | 1,645 | 49.5 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew Ford | 964 | 29.0 | 6.0 | |
UKIP | Ramon Fereday | 506 | 15.2 | +2.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Helen Guy | 209 | 6.3 | +0.6 | |
Majority | 681 | 20.5 | +9.0 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.5 |
Sutton and Mount Gould
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eddie Rennie* | 1,413 | 48.8 | 2.6 | |
Conservative | Edmund Shillabeer | 589 | 20.3 | 0.2 | |
UKIP | Jonquil Webber | 434 | 15.0 | +0.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter York | 177 | 6.1 | +1.6 | |
Green | Daniel van Cleak | 166 | 5.7 | 0.1 | |
Plymouth Independents | Andy Kerswell | 80 | 2.8 | N/A | |
TUSC | Louise Parker | 36 | 1.2 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 824 | 28.5 | 2.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.2 |
Aftermath
After the election, the Conservatives and Labour held twenty-seven seats on the council each, with the other three held by UKIP councillors.[8] Labour group leader Tudor Evans had led the council before the election, but the result cast control of the council into doubt.[9] A coalition between the Conservatives and UKIP took control, with Conservative group leader Ian Bowyer becoming the new leader of the council.[10][11]
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