The 2010 Plymouth City Council elections were held on Thursday 6 May 2010, for 19 seats, that being one third of the total number of councillors. The Conservatives, who were the incumbent administration in 2008, decreased their majority to seven seats, as Labour gained two.
Plymouth City Council hold elections for a third of their councillors every year, except on the fourth year, when prior to local government reforms in the 1990s that created a unitary authority, elections to Devon County Council occurred.[1] This means the last election to Plymouth City Council was in 2008, although a by-election occurred in 2009 for Ham, which resulted in a Labour hold.[2]
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The party standings following the election:
| Party | 2008/09 Cllrs | Net Gain/Loss | 2010 Cllrs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 37 | -1 | 36 | |
| Independent | 2 | -1 | 1 | |
| Labour | 18 | +2 | 20 | |
| Total | 57 | - | 57 | |
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.
Gains are shown by highlighting in the winning party's colours, comparing them to when these coundillors were last up for election in 2006.
| Ward | Previous Councillor (2006)[3] | Previous Party (2006)[3] | Winning Councillor[4] | Winning Party[4] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Preceded by Plymouth City Council elections, 2008 |
Plymouth City Council elections | Succeeded by Plymouth City Council elections, 2011 |
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