Plymouth council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 19 wards · 19 seats contested

Most seats
15
Labour Party
Seats contested
19
across 19 wards
Turnout
32.4%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 15 +4 27,616 45.3% +1.8
Independent 3 +3 7,647 12.6% +7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party 1 -6 15,242 25.0% -12.8
Green Party 0 -1 5,195 8.5% +1.3
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 3,349 5.5% +1.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 0 +0 882 1.4% +0.4
Change for Plymouth 0 +0 584 1.0% +0.3
Reform UK 0 +0 269 0.4% —
Heritage Party 0 +0 139 0.2% +0.1

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2022. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 19
Conservative and Unionist Party 19
Green Party 19
Labour Party 19
Liberal Democrats 19
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 19
Independent 18
Change for Plymouth 2
Heritage Party 2
Reform UK 2

A party standing a full slate could field 19 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Budshead

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Kevin J Sproston Elected 1,328 44.6% +16.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Jonathan Drean 1,177 39.5% +3.8
Liberal Democrats Jacqui Spencer 234 7.9% +3.0
Green Party Caroline Anne Bennett 183 6.1% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Nik Brookson 54 1.8% —
Majority151
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,976

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Compton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Angela Penrose Elected 1,627 43.1% +2.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Chris Wood 1,207 32.0% -5.7
Independent Nick Kelly 445 11.8% +7.4
Green Party Ewan Roy Melling Flavell 269 7.1% -0.6
Liberal Democrats Richard Veysey Bray 185 4.9% -3.8
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Samuel Luke Hey 44 1.2% +0.4
Majority420
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,777

Labour Party hold

Devonport

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Mark Antony Coker Elected 1,693 62.1% +6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Jon Gatward 544 19.9% -8.0
Green Party James Overton Ellwood 224 8.2% +3.1
Liberal Democrats Jim Spencer 187 6.9% +3.2
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Lesley Faith Duncan 80 2.9% +1.4
Majority1,149
Turnout24.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,728

Labour Party hold

Drake

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Steve Ricketts Elected 1,024 48.8% +3.6
Labour and Co-operative Party Paul Charles McNamara 794 37.8% -10.6
Green Party Byran John Driver 159 7.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andy Evans 45 2.1% -1.3
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Christopher Bligh 33 1.6% +0.3
Liberal Democrats Jeffrey Hall 31 1.5% -0.2
Independent Joe Vosper 14 0.7% —
Majority230
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,100

Independent gain from Labour and Co-operative Party

Efford and Lipson

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Pauline Pearl Murphy Elected 1,701 58.9% -1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Will Jones 623 21.6% -3.7
Green Party Pat Bushell 338 11.7% +4.5
Liberal Democrats Alex Primmer 155 5.4% +0.7
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Matthew Scott Whitear 69 2.4% +0.2
Majority1,078
Turnout29.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,886

Labour Party hold

Eggbuckland

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Tess Blight Elected 1,520 44.9% +11.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Nigel Churchill 1,125 33.2% -17.0
Liberal Democrats Dennis Sidney Draper 383 11.3% -4.5
Green Party Clint Jon Jones 208 6.1% —
Heritage Party Wayne Crow 120 3.5% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Neil Lewis Prentice 29 0.9% —
Majority395
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,385

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Ham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Tudor Evans Elected 1,390 47.3% -7.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Charlie Carson 569 19.4% -15.3
Independent Chaz Singh 509 17.3% —
Green Party Leesa Alderton 167 5.7% -2.5
Liberal Democrats Stuart Andrew Bonar 164 5.6% —
Independent Alison Marie Casey 59 2.0% —
Independent Andy Kerswell 58 2.0% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Katie Holden 20 0.7% -1.2
Majority821
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,936

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Honicknowle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Keith Michael Moore Elected 1,426 58.6% +1.3
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Francis Dorothy Boadella 554 22.8% -12.9
Green Party Mickey Jakes 222 9.1% +2.0
Liberal Democrats Richard John Simpson 179 7.4% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Louise Caroline Alldridge 54 2.2% —
Majority872
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,435

Labour Party hold

Moor View

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Lindsay Gilmour Elected 1,545 45.9% -7.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrea Irene Johnson 1,138 33.8% +0.8
Independent Danny Bamping 254 7.5% +0.6
Green Party Frank Hartkopf 151 4.5% +1.2
Liberal Democrats Colin Alexander MacKenzie 149 4.4% +1.5
Independent Arthur Nicoll Watson 109 3.2% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Andy White 22 0.7% -0.0
Majority407
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,368

Labour Party hold

Peverell

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Sarah Allen Elected 2,203 52.5% -3.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Tim Lever 1,029 24.5% -8.8
Independent Dave Cann 374 8.9% —
Green Party Nicholas John Casley 371 8.8% +3.4
Liberal Democrats William Preen 169 4.0% +0.9
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Duncan Alex Moore 48 1.1% —
Majority1,174
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,194

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Plympton Erle

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Terri Beer Elected 1,236 51.1% +36.6
Labour Party Roger David Williams 498 20.6% +5.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Ashley Ward 442 18.3% -41.0
Green Party Lucy MacKay 147 6.1% +0.4
Liberal Democrats loana-Cristina Draper 71 2.9% +0.1
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Helen Elizabeth Yeo 25 1.0% —
Majority738
Turnout36.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,419

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Plympton St Mary

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Independent Patrick Nicholson Elected 1,965 50.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Matthew Booté 827 21.3% -41.6
Labour Party Pete Smith 649 16.7% -6.5
Green Party Richard Spencer Weston Worrall 266 6.9% -4.2
Liberal Democrats Sara Elizabeth Jennett 139 3.6% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Alan Peter Frost 29 0.7% -1.9
Majority1,138
Turnout39.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,875

Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Plymstock Dunstone

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party John Marker Stephens Elected 2,210 50.7% +11.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Julie Ann Hunt 1,315 30.1% -19.0
Independent Grace Stickland 309 7.1% —
Liberal Democrats Peter Edwards 211 4.8% -1.4
Green Party Piers Driver 160 3.7% -1.2
Reform UK Peter Endean 117 2.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Jackie Hilton 21 0.5% —
Heritage Party Darryl Christian Ingram 19 0.4% —
Majority895
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast4,362

Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

Plymstock Radford

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Kathy Watkin Elected 1,381 35.5% -16.8
Labour Party Roger Victor Dodd 1,150 29.6% +3.6
Independent John Edwin Wheeler 486 12.5% +3.9
Green Party James Dyson 379 9.7% +2.3
Independent Neal William Stoneman 247 6.3% —
Liberal Democrats Roy John Minden Plumley 234 6.0% +0.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Martin Compton Wright 13 0.3% —
Majority231
Turnout35.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,890

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

Southway

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Mark Lowry Elected 1,361 45.0% +8.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Mark Kevin Deacon 884 29.2% -7.6
Change for Plymouth Emily Rose Quick 427 14.1% —
Green Party Clara Louise Southby 171 5.7% +0.7
Liberal Democrats Katie McManus 142 4.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Anthony Richard Bligh 40 1.3% -0.6
Majority477
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,025

Labour and Co-operative Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party

St Budeaux

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jon Dingle Elected 1,006 37.2% -9.9
Green Party George William Wheeler 714 26.4% +20.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Kyle Lewis 614 22.7% -17.0
Independent Gavin John Marshall 147 5.4% -1.6
Independent Terry Deans 127 4.7% —
Liberal Democrats Stephen John Goldthorp 72 2.7% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Laurie Joe Moore 21 0.8% —
Majority292
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,701

Labour Party hold

St Peter and the Waterfront

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Chris Penberthy Elected 1,689 48.0% -8.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Thomas Fleming 641 18.2% -11.4
Green Party Shayna Newham-Joynes 373 10.6% —
Liberal Democrats Hugh Janes 244 6.9% +1.0
Independent Darren Denslow 160 4.5% —
Change for Plymouth Dean Paul Bowles 157 4.5% -0.9
Reform UK Andy Gibbons 152 4.3% —
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Ryan John Aldred 104 3.0% -0.0
Majority1,048
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,520

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Stoke

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour and Co-operative Party Jemima Mary Laing Elected 2,041 61.8% +3.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Ehren John Duke 615 18.6% -8.4
Green Party Nicholas Richard Ireland 330 10.0% +2.9
Liberal Democrats Michael Roy Gillbard 224 6.8% +1.4
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Alex Moore 92 2.8% +1.1
Majority1,426
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,302

Labour and Co-operative Party hold

Sutton and Mount Gould

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sue Dann Elected 1,785 58.6% +1.6
Conservative and Unionist Party Edmund Harold Shillabeer 512 16.8% -7.8
Green Party Michael Peter Kewish 363 11.9% +4.5
Liberal Democrats Fleur Olivia Stoner Ball 176 5.8% +1.6
Independent Tinny Sivasothy 124 4.1% -0.9
Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition Alexandra Sampson 84 2.8% +1.0
Majority1,273
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors—
Ballots cast3,044

Labour Party hold

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