2026 Plymouth City Council election

2026 Plymouth City Council election

The 2026 Plymouth City Council election will be held on 7 May 2026, alongside the other local elections across the United Kingdom being held on the same day, to elect 19 of 57 members of Plymouth City Council.

Council composition

2026 Plymouth City Council election

After 2024 election	Before 2026 election
Party	Seats	Party	Seats
	Labour	42		Labour	39
	Conservative	7		Conservative	7
	Green	2		Green	2
	Liberal Democrats	0		Liberal Democrats	1
	Independent	6		Independent	7

• May 2025: Three Labour Councillors left the Labour Party. Carol Ney (Labour) and Zoe Reilly (Labour) leave party to sit as independents; Dylan Tippetts (Labour) joins Liberal Democrats • March 2026: One Independent Councillor joined Reform UK

Summary

Background

In (/wiki/2024PlymouthCityCouncilelection), the Labour Party retained control of the council. In 2025, it was reported that the elections were potentially being cancelled.

Election result

2026 Plymouth City Council election
Party	This election	Full council	This election
Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour				29
	Independent				6
	Conservative				2
	Green				1
	Liberal Democrats				0
	Reform UK				0

Incumbents

2026 Plymouth City Council election

<table><thead><tr><th>Ward</th><th>Incumbent councillor</th><th>Party</th><th>Re-standing</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Budshead</td><td>Lee Finn</td><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Compton</td><td>Dylan Tippetts</td><td></td><td>Liberal Democrats</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Devonport</td><td>Bill Stevens</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Drake</td><td>Charlotte Holloway</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Efford & Lipson</td><td>Neil Hendy</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Eggbuckland</td><td>Chip Tofan</td><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Ham</td><td>Tina Tuohy</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Honicknowle</td><td>Zoe Reilly</td><td></td><td>Independent</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Moor View</td><td>Maddi Bridgeman</td><td></td><td>Independent</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Peverell</td><td>Jeremy Goslin</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Plympton Chaddlewood</td><td>Ian Poyser</td><td></td><td>Green</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Plympton St Mary</td><td>Ian Darcy</td><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Plymsotck Dunstone</td><td>Stefan Krizanac</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Plymstock Radford</td><td>Rebecca Smith</td><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Southway</td><td>Andy Lugger</td><td></td><td>Conservative</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>St Budeaux</td><td>Sally Haydon</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>St Peter & The Waterfront</td><td>Alison Raynsford</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Stoke</td><td>Tom Briars-Delve</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sutton & Mount Gould</td><td>Mary Aspinall</td><td></td><td>Labour</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>