Plymouth City Council elections

Plymouth City Council is the local authority for the a unitary authority of Plymouth in Devon, England. Until 1 April 1998 it was a non-metropolitan district.

Political control
Since the first election to the council in 1973 following the reforms of the Local Government Act 1972, political control of the council has been held by the following parties:

Election summary
After 2003, the council was elected in thirds. The number of councillors for each party following each election is listed in the table.

Non-metropolitan district elections

 * 1973 Plymouth City Council election
 * 1976 Plymouth City Council election
 * 1979 Plymouth City Council election (New ward boundaries)
 * 1983 Plymouth City Council election
 * 1987 Plymouth City Council election (City boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)
 * 1991 Plymouth City Council election
 * 1995 Plymouth City Council election

Unitary authority elections

 * 1997 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2000 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2003 Plymouth City Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 3)
 * 2004 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2006 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2007 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2008 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2010 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2011 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2012 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2014 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2015 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2016 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2018 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2019 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2021 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2022 Plymouth City Council election
 * 2023 Plymouth City Council election