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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.
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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. 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.
Results
The party standings following the election:
Current political situation
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.
Seats up for election in 2010
Gains are shown by highlighting in the winning party's colours, comparing them to when these coundillors were last up for election in 2006.