2021 Plymouth City Council election

2021 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 Third party
 
Leader Nick Kelly Tudor Evans None
Party Conservative Labour Independent
Leader's seat Compton Ham
Last election 25 31 1
Seats before 17 30 10
Seats won 14 5 0
Seats after 26 24 7
Seat change Increase9 Decrease6 Decrease3
Popular vote 34,311 22,998 2,256
Percentage 50.6 33.9 3.3

Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2021 Plymouth City Council elections.

Council control before election

Labour

Council control after election

No overall control

The 2021 Plymouth City Council election was held on 6 May 2021 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England.

The Labour Party took control of the council after the 2018 election, with thirty-one members and a working majority that they held in the 2019 election. Labour defended eleven seats and the Conservatives defended eight seats. The election was originally due to take place in May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] The Conservatives won the most seats and the popular vote, but was not able to take over the council, resulting in no overall control.

  1. ^ "Local elections postponed for a year over coronavirus". BBC News. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.