# 1995 Plymouth City Council election

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.

## Overall results

1995 Plymouth City Council Election :
| Party | 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 | Total | 60 | | | | | | 74,617 | |

## Ward results
### Budshead (3 seats)

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

### Compton (3 seats)

Compton (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Edward James Savery | 1,546 | |
| | Conservative | P. Wood | 1,530 | |
| | Conservative | Albert Fry | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.3% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Drake (3 seats)

Drake (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Christopher Peter Burgess | 1,874 | |
| | Labour | Ernest Alexander Colley | 1,858 | |
| | Labour | Pauline Mary Purnell | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 36.0% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Efford (3 seats)

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

### Eggbuckland (3 seats)

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

### Estover (3 seats)

Estover (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Michael Robert Fox | 2,985 | |
| | Labour | Charles Joseph William Demuth | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 42.8% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### Ham (3 seats)

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

### Honicknowle (3 seats)

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

### Keyham (3 seats)

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

### Mount Gould (3 seats)

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

### Plympton Erle (3 seats)

Plympton Erle (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 37.0% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### Plympton St Mary (3 seats)

Plympton St Mary (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | P. Smith | 1,666 | |
| | Labour | G. Shears | 1,568 | |
| | Conservative | Joan Iris Stopporton | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.6% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats)

Plymstock Dunstone (3 seats) :
| Party | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.9% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### Plymstock Radford (3 seats)

Plymstock Radford (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Ruth Earl | 1,887 | |
| | Labour | Peter Francis Allan | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 45.9% |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |
| | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative | Labour gain from Conservative |

### Southway (3 seats)

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

### St Budeax (3 seats)

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

### St Peter (3 seats)

St Peter (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Sylvia Yvonne Bellamy | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 35.0% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Stoke (3 seats)

Stoke (3 seats) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | David Alexander Millar | 2,350 | |
| | Labour | Janet Millar | 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 | Turnout | Turnout | | 39.4% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold | Labour hold |

### Sutton (3 seats)

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

### Trelawny (3 seats)

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