1995 Plymouth City Council election

1995 Plymouth City Council election^[1]
All 60 seats in the Plymouth City Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 1995 Plymouth City Council elections.
Council control before election; Labour;	Council control after election ; Labour;

The 1995 Plymouth City Council election took place on 4 May 1995 to elect members of Plymouth City Council in Devon, England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The Labour Party retained control of the council, which it had gained from the Conservative Party at the previous election in 1991.^[1]

Overall results

1995 Plymouth City Council Election
Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	54	15	1	14	90.0	60.7	45,291	16.9
	Conservative	6	1	15	14	10.0	26.2	19,533	7.3
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0		0.0	8.1	6,016	8.6
	SDP	0	0	0		0.0	1.4	1,041	4.7
	Ind. Conservative	0	0	0		0.0	1.7	1,267	New
	UKIP	0	0	0		0.0	0.8	599	New
	Independent	0	0	0		0.0	0.5	380	New
	Green	0	0	0		0.0	0.4	335	New
	NLP	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	155	New
Total		60						74,617

Ward results

Budshead (3 seats)

Location of Budshead ward

Budshead (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ronald Sydney Simmonds^[2]	2,606
	Labour	Thomas Barry Coleman^[2]	2,490
	Labour	A. Lemin	2,393
	SDP	S. Kimpton	350
	Conservative	L. Butler	341
	SDP	A. Morrison	322
	SDP	P. Stanner	248
Turnout				36.3%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Compton (3 seats)

Location of Compton ward

Compton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Edward James Savery^[2]	1,546
	Conservative	P. Wood	1,530
	Conservative	Albert Fry^[2]	1,527
	Labour	P. Ingham	1,184
	Labour	L. Finn	1,149
	Labour	R. Wilson	1,073
	Liberal Democrats	G. Airey	789
	Liberal Democrats	R. Bray	753
	Liberal Democrats	J. Rushton	703
Turnout				42.3%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Drake (3 seats)

Location of Drake ward

Drake (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Christopher Peter Burgess^[2]	1,874
	Labour	Ernest Alexander Colley^[2]	1,858
	Labour	Pauline Mary Purnell^[2]	1,848
	Conservative	M. White	974
	Conservative	E. Dawson	963
	Conservative	J. Paton	917
	Liberal Democrats	B. Yardley	620
	Liberal Democrats	D. Van Eetvelt	566
Turnout				36.0%
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Efford (3 seats)

Location of Efford ward

Efford (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	I. Tuffin	2,640
	Labour	Bernard Claude Alexander Miller^[2]	2,390
	Labour	J. Bannerman-Jones	2,089
	Conservative	M. Orchard	726
	Conservative	K. Banks	656
	Conservative	K. Banks	648
Turnout				39.8%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Eggbuckland (3 seats)

Location of Eggbuckland ward

Eggbuckland (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Derick Brian Bray^[2]	3,080
	Labour	Michael George Wright^[2]	2,976
	Labour	Robert Anthony Gachagan^[2]	2,818
	Conservative	B. Robbins	916
	Conservative	L. Bowyer	894
	Conservative	G. Horler	881
Turnout				41.5%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Estover (3 seats)

Location of Estover ward

Estover (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Michael Robert Fox^[2]	2,985
	Labour	Charles Joseph William Demuth^[2]	2,945
	Labour	B. Brotherton	2,830
	Conservative	T. Jones	1,623
	Conservative	J. Plymsol	1,573
	Conservative	V. Williams	1,526
	Ind. Conservative	G. Thomas	672
Turnout				42.8%
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Ham (3 seats)

Location of Ham ward

Ham (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	B. Rider	2,316
	Labour	Tudor Evans^[2]	2,142
	Labour	D. Knott	2,037
	Conservative	D. Mitchell	424
	SDP	M. Bromley	405
	SDP	P. Stanner	377
Turnout				38.2%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Honicknowle (3 seats)

Location of Honicknowle ward

Honicknowle (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Joseph Ingham^[2]	3,131
	Labour	A. Bennett	2,847
	Labour	Alan George Ford^[2]	2,819
	Conservative	R. Braddon	639
Turnout				40.5%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Keyham (3 seats)

Location of Keyham ward

Keyham (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	D. Connelly	2,081
	Labour	Michael John Sheaff^[2]	2,047
	Labour	Alan Stephens^[2]	1,978
	Conservative	J. Johnson	493
	SDP	M. Mound	286
	SDP	S. Mound	286
	SDP	D. Mound	282
Turnout				36.0%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Mount Gould (3 seats)

Location of Mount Gould ward

Mount Gould (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	C. Roche	1,845
	Labour	Patrica Nora Coyle^[2]	1,827
	Labour	John Gerard Williams^[2]	1,744
	Conservative	M. Campbell	718
	Conservative	J. Hendley	658
	Conservative	R. Jillard	650
Turnout				34.2%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Location of Plympton Erle ward

Plympton Erle (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	R. Burns	1,808
	Labour	V. Burns	1,786
	Labour	R. Rogers	1,699
	Liberal Democrats	K. Hill	1,551
	Liberal Democrats	M. Fletcher	1,301
	Liberal Democrats	M. Neale	1,292
	Conservative	J. Fox	1,267
	Conservative	D. James	1,241
	Conservative	S. Burgon	1,211
Turnout				37.0%
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Location of Plympton St Mary ward

Plympton St Mary (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	P. Smith	1,666
	Labour	G. Shears	1,568
	Conservative	Joan Iris Stopporton^[2]	1,558
	Conservative	P. Nicholson	1,502
	Labour	B. Vincent	1,482
	Conservative	J. Preece	1,316
	Liberal Democrats	C. Rendle	1,073
	Liberal Democrats	R. Mitchell	1,037
	Liberal Democrats	D. Tyrie	963
Turnout				45.6%
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Location of Plymstock Dunstone ward

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	D. Dicker	2,011
	Labour	J. Kirk	1,932
	Labour	R. Evans	1,912
	Conservative	D. Viney	1,905
	Labour	G. Priest-Jones	1,791
	Conservative	K. Wigens	1,688
	Liberal Democrats	M. Coker	914
	Liberal Democrats	J. Byatt	773
	UKIP	W. Wonnacott	367
Turnout				45.9%
	Conservative hold
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

Location of Plymstock Radford ward

Plymstock Radford (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Ruth Earl^[2]	1,887
	Labour	Peter Francis Allan^[2]	1,838
	Labour	S. Polkinghorne	1,748
	Conservative	I. Bowyer	1,207
	Conservative	V. Pengelly	1,011
	Conservative	M. Leaves	862
	Liberal Democrats	C. Burrows	629
	Ind. Conservative	F. Brimacombe	595
	Ind. Conservative	G. Horwell	427
	UKIP	R. Bullock	232
Turnout				45.9%
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative
	Labour gain from Conservative

Southway (3 seats)

Location of Southway ward

Southway (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	W. Ainsworth	2,801
	Labour	Dennis John Camp^[2]	2,491
	Labour	John George Jones^[2]	2,397
	Conservative	S. Jones	700
Turnout				36.9%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Budeax (3 seats)

Location of St Budeax ward

St Budeax (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	J. Payne	2,576
	Labour	John Ambrose Coyle^[2]	2,369
	Labour	Debre Ann Roche^[2]	2,196
	Conservative	E. Price	781
	Conservative	E. Slaughter	566
Turnout				37.5%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

St Peter (3 seats)

Location of St Peter ward

St Peter (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Sylvia Yvonne Bellamy^[2]	2,051
	Labour	E. Cohen	1,893
	Labour	B. Gilroy	1,527
	Liberal Democrats	J. Dean	440
	Independent	J. King	380
	Conservative	J. Mahony	341
	Conservative	D. Gamble	328
	Conservative	M. Turner	313
Turnout				35.0%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Stoke (3 seats)

Location of Stoke ward

Stoke (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	David Alexander Millar^[2]	2,350
	Labour	Janet Millar^[2]	2,303
	Labour	T. Martin	2,247
	Conservative	J. Parry	1,008
	Conservative	J. Mahony	962
	Conservative	A. Romilly	850
	Green	D. Nolan	335
	NLP	F. Lyons	155
Turnout				39.4%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Sutton (3 seats)

Location of Sutton ward

Sutton (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Jean Nelder^[2]	2,190
	Labour	George Wheeler^[2]	2,123
	Labour	Christopher Mavin^[2]	2,085
	Conservative	F. Brimacombe	746
	Conservative	P. Higgs	654
	Conservative	A. Coombes	620
Turnout				37.4%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Labour hold

Trelawny (3 seats)

Location of Trelawny ward

Trelawny (3 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Howard Leslie Davey^[2]	2,288
	Labour	Thelma Hilda Irene Rider^[2]	2,224
	Conservative	P. Nicholson	1,514
	Conservative	D. Kaye	1,394
	Conservative	R. Lloyd	1,371
Turnout				52.1%
	Labour hold
	Labour hold
	Conservative gain from Labour

References

^ ^a ^b Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1995 (PDF). Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 9.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai "Plymouth City Council - Member Profiles". Archived from the original on 29 January 1997. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

[handbook-1] Rallings, Colin; Thrasher, Michael. Local Elections Handbook 1995 (PDF). Plymouth University, Plymouth, UK: The Elections Centre. p. 9.

[profiles-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai "Plymouth City Council - Member Profiles". Archived from the original on 29 January 1997. Retrieved 19 November 2019.

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