2012 Plymouth City Council election

2012 Plymouth City Council election^[1]

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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 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.

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]

2012 Plymouth City Council Election

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	12	6	0	6	63.2	43.6	25,261	16.5
	Conservative	7	0	5	5	36.8	31.0	17,968	16.3
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	3.0	1,741	10.7
	UKIP	0	0	1	1	0.0	20.6	11,935	16.1
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	1.6	921	3.0
	TUSC	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	85	New
	Vivamus	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	25	New
Total		19						57,936

Note: All changes in vote share are in comparison to the corresponding 2008 election.

The Conservatives lost their overall majority on the council to the Labour Party.

After the previous election, the composition of the council was:

Before this election, the composition of the council was:

After this election, the composition of the council was:

Plymouth City Council maintains records of past election results.^[7]

Note: Peter Berrow won this seat for the Conservative Party the previous time it was contested in 2008, but defected to UKIP in January 2012.^[8]

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]