2016 Plymouth City Council election

2016 Plymouth City Council election
5 May 2016
19 of the 57 seats to Plymouth City Council
29 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Tudor Evans Ian Bowyer None
Party Labour Conservative UKIP
Seats before 28 26 3
Seats won 11 8 0
Seats after 27 27 3
Seat change 1 1
Popular vote 21,394 20,797 9,577
Percentage 36.5% 35.5% 16.3%
Map showing the results of contested wards in the 2016 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election

No overall control

 Council control after election

No overall control

The 2016 Plymouth City Council election took place on 5 May 2016 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. The Conservatives gained one seat from Labour, resulting in both parties having twenty-seven members of the council. A coalition of Conservative and UKIP members took overall control of the Council, having thirty members in total and a working majority.

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