19 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council 29 seats needed for a majority
First party
Second party
Third party
Leader
Tudor Evans
Vivien Pengelly
None
Party
Labour
Conservative
UKIP
Last election
25
32
0
Seats before
25
31
1
Seats won
12
7
0
Seats after
31
26
0
Seat change
6
5
1
Popular vote
25,261
17,968
11,935
Percentage
43.6%
31.0%
20.6%
Map showing the results of contested positions in the 2012 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election
Conservative
Council control after election
Labour
The 2012 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 2012 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election was won by the Labour Party, who gained control of the council from the Conservative Party.
Background
Plymouth City Council held local elections on 7 May 2012 as part of the 2012 local elections.[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 2008. In that election, fourteen Conservative candidates and five Labour candidates were elected.[5]
Ahead of the election, the council was split between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party, with the Conservatives having held a majority for five years.[6]
Following the election, the Labour Party had an overall majority on the council, meaning their group leader Tudor Evans returned as council leader.[6] Labour's newly elected councillor in Devonport, Kate Taylor, was one of the youngest councillors in the country at eighteen years old.[6][9] Despite significantly increasing it's overall vote count, the UK Independence Party lost its only seat on the council.[10]
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^"Plymouth Conservative councillor defects to UKIP". BBC News. 11 January 2012.
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