Comments on: Plymouth Sutton and Devonport

By: Paul D

Paul D — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 11:40:29 +0000

If 2011 was repeated I think Labour would gain 4 seats from the Tories so the new composition would be 29/28 Lab or 29/27/1 depending on whether the defector is up for re-election this year. Either way, JJB is correct that the council would turn red.

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:51:54 +0000

I think Plymouth will go Labour this year.
Even if the Tories do about as well as in 2011, there surely has to be a swing since 2008.

By: Lancs Observer

Lancs Observer — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 01:38:31 +0000

Conservative Cllr Berrow has defected to UKIP here.

By: David

David — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:04:39 +0000

According to Plymouth council’s website it is -

Con 32
Lab 25

By: BT SAYS...

BT SAYS... — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:18:24 +0000

Thanks David, that’s interesting.

So what’s the compostion of the council now?

By: David

David — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:56:38 +0000

Local election results in both plymouth seats in 2011 with changes on 2010

Plymouth Sutton and Devonport
Lab 42.5% (+12.5%)
Con 35.9% (+2.7%)
LD 6.9% (-17.0%)
Oth 14.7% (+1.7%)

Plymouth Moorview
Lab 50.0% (+13.1%)
Con 38.1% (+6.5%)
Oth 11.9% (-2.3%)
LD 0.0% (-17.4%)

LDs didnt stand in any Moorview wards in 2011 and didnt stand in a couple of Sutton/Devonport wards in 2011.

All wards were Labour in 2011 except Budshead and Eggbuckland in Moorview and Compton and Peverell in Sutton & Devonport

By: Pete Whitehead

Pete Whitehead — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 22:56:06 +0000

I’m pretty sure that Sutton was in Sutton from 1974 to 1983

By: Harry Porter

Harry Porter — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 21:49:26 +0000

To my knowledge, the present-day wards of St Peter and the Waterfront, Sutton and Mount Gould, and Drake, (the three Plymouth city centre wards) were in:

Plymouth Drake from 1918 to 1950
Plymouth Sutton from 1950 to 1974
Plymouth Drake (re-created) from 1974 to 1997
Plymouth Sutton (re-drawn boundary) from 1997 to 2010

Before 1918 all three were in the two-seat Plymouth constituency.

By: H.Hemmelig

H.Hemmelig — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 15:35:59 +0000

Agreed.

Also the defence cuts won’t go down well here.

By: Joe James B

Joe James B — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:58:02 +0000

Labour recovered lots of votes in Plymouth in 1991 and 1992
(although the Tories still did well).

Agree it’s more to the right of the demographics,

I think Labour are not far off controlling the council again though.