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2018 Plymouth City Council Election
The 2018 Plymouth City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in England. The election was won by the Labour Party (UK), Labour Party, who gained enough seats to achieve an overall majority and took control of the council. A coalition of Conservative Party (UK), Conservative and UK Independence Party (UKIP) councillors had taken control of the council after the 2016 Plymouth City Council election, 2016 election, with thirty members in total and a working majority. The three UKIP councillors defected to the Conservative Party in September 2017, giving the Conservatives overall control of the council. The Conservative Party defended twelve seats and Labour defended seven. Background Plymouth City Council held local elections on 3 May 2018 along with councils across England as part of the 2018 United Kingdom local elections, 2018 local elections. The council elects its councillors in thirds, with a third being up for election every ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Plymouth City Council
Plymouth City Council is the local authority for the city of Plymouth, in the ceremonial county of Devon, England. Plymouth has had a council since 1439, which has been reformed on numerous occasions. Since 1998 the council has been a unitary authority, being a district council which also performs the functions of a county council; it is independent from Devon County Council. The council has been under Labour majority control since 2023. It meets at the Council House in the city centre and has its main offices at Ballard House in the Millbay area of the city. History Plymouth was an ancient borough, having been incorporated in 1439. It was reformed to become a municipal borough in 1836, governed by a corporate body officially called the "mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the borough of Plymouth", but generally known as the corporation or town council. When elected county councils were established in 1889, Plymouth was considered large enough for its existing corporation to prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
