The city and unitary authority

Unitary authority

A unitary authority is a type of local authority that has a single tier and is responsible for all local government functions within its area or performs additional functions which elsewhere in the relevant country are usually performed by national government or a higher level of sub-national...

 of Plymouth

Plymouth

Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...

has 20 electoral wards

Wards of the United Kingdom

A ward in the United Kingdom is an electoral district at sub-national level represented by one or more councillors. It is the primary unit of British administrative and electoral geography .-England:...

. Of which seven are Labour

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

, nine are Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 and the remaining four are mixed. Each ward has three member representatives except Drake

Drake (ward)

Drake is an election ward within Plymouth, Devon, England. One of the main roads from the city to Tavistock and Dartmoor runs through the ward. In the past it played an important role in the supply of water to Plymouth, and it was the location of both a fatal bomb explosion and a large unexploded...

, Plympton

Plympton

Plympton, or Plympton Maurice or Plympton St Maurice or Plympton St Mary or Plympton Erle, in south-western Devon, England is an ancient stannary town: an important trading centre in the past for locally mined tin, and a former seaport...

 Chaddlewood and Plympton Erle, which have two. 27 members represent the Labour Party

Labour Party (UK)

The Labour Party is a centre-left democratic socialist party in the United Kingdom. It surpassed the Liberal Party in general elections during the early 1920s, forming minority governments under Ramsay MacDonald in 1924 and 1929-1931. The party was in a wartime coalition from 1940 to 1945, after...

 and 30 represent the Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 making a combined total of 57 member representatives. The wards fall into one of three constituencies that make up Plymouth

Plymouth

Plymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...

: Devonport, Sutton and South West Devon. The constituency of South West Devon extends beyond Plymouth with wards in Ivybridge

Ivybridge

Ivybridge is a small town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National Park of England and Wales and lies along the A38 "Devon Expressway" road...

 outside of Plymouth unitary authority's boundaries. As of the 2010 General Election, there will be changes to the constituencies of which the wards fall under. The constituencies of Devonport and Sutton will merge to become Plymouth Sutton and Devonport, whilst a new constituency, Plymouth Moor View, will be formed to the north of the city. The wards of Budshead, Eggbuckland, Ham, Honicknowle, Moor View, St Budeaux and Southway will change from being in Devonport to the newly created Plymouth Moor View.

Wards

	Name	Labour	Conservative	Political party	Electorate	Constituency
	Budshead	2	1	No overall	9,697	Devonport
	Compton Compton, Plymouth Compton is a suburb of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.Once a small village, it was developed in the 1930s and now lies between the suburbs of Mannamead and Efford...	0	3	Conservative	9,270	Sutton
	Devonport Devonport, Devon Devonport, formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement. It became a county borough in 1889...	3	0	Labour	9,880	Devonport
	Drake Drake (ward) Drake is an election ward within Plymouth, Devon, England. One of the main roads from the city to Tavistock and Dartmoor runs through the ward. In the past it played an important role in the supply of water to Plymouth, and it was the location of both a fatal bomb explosion and a large unexploded...	0	2	Conservative	6,362	Sutton
	Efford Efford Efford is a large mostly post-war suburb of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England.It stands on high ground above the Laira estuary of the River Plym and variously offers views over long distances: to the north across Dartmoor the east across the South Hams of Devon and also to the south...  and Lipson Lipson Lipson is a ward in the city of Plymouth, England. It is an affluent area with a substantial park called 'Freedom Fields', a Civil War battle site where the towns folk of nearby Plymouth resisted substantial Cavalier raiding parties and enabled the town to sustain the royalist siege...	3	0	Labour	9,716	Sutton
	Eggbuckland Eggbuckland Eggbuckland is a predominantly 1970s suburban residential area within the city of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England. It was once a small village, a mile away.Bocheland is of Saxon origin and means "Royal land held by charter"...	0	3	Conservative	10,050	Devonport
	Ham Ham, Plymouth Ham is a post-war suburb of Plymouth in the county of Devon, England.It is named after the 17th century Ham House, home of the Trelawney family. It is about 4 miles north of the present city centre and has suffered from its proximity to the once notoriously rough area called North Prospect...	3	0	Labour	9,870	Devonport
	Honicknowle Honicknowle Honicknowle is an area and ward of the city of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. It borders with West Park, Crownhill, Ham, Whitleigh and Pennycross areas of Plymouth. It was previously part of Knackersknowle.- General :...	3	0	Labour	10,306	Devonport
	Moor View	3	0	Labour	9,592	Devonport
	Peverell Peverell Peverell is a neighbourhood of Plymouth in the English county of Devon. The 2001 Census estimated the population as 6,455.The area was originally part of the manor of Weston Peverell, and is named in the Domesday Book. Two of the main roads are named Peverell Park Road and Weston Park Road...	0	3	Conservative	9,853	Sutton
	Plympton Plympton Plympton, or Plympton Maurice or Plympton St Maurice or Plympton St Mary or Plympton Erle, in south-western Devon, England is an ancient stannary town: an important trading centre in the past for locally mined tin, and a former seaport...  Chaddlewood	0	2	Conservative	6,156	South West Devon
	Plympton Plympton Plympton, or Plympton Maurice or Plympton St Maurice or Plympton St Mary or Plympton Erle, in south-western Devon, England is an ancient stannary town: an important trading centre in the past for locally mined tin, and a former seaport...  Erle	0	2	Conservative	6,989	South West Devon
	Plympton St Mary	0	3	Conservative	9,740	South West Devon
	Plymstock Plymstock Plymstock is a civil parish and commuter suburb of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.The earliest surviving documentary reference to the place is as Plemestocha in the Domesday Book and its name is derived from Old English meaning either "outlying farm with a plum-tree" or, if it is short for...  Dunstone	0	3	Conservative	9,973	South West Devon
	Plymstock Plymstock Plymstock is a civil parish and commuter suburb of Plymouth in the English county of Devon.The earliest surviving documentary reference to the place is as Plemestocha in the Domesday Book and its name is derived from Old English meaning either "outlying farm with a plum-tree" or, if it is short for...  Radford	0	3	Conservative	9,335	South West Devon
	St Budeaux	3	0	Labour	9,673	Devonport
	St Peter and the Waterfront	3	0	Labour	9,715	Sutton
	Southway Southway Southway is a large suburban housing estate in north-west Plymouth in the English county of Devon. The name is believed to have derived from the route into Plymouth often used by Buckland Abbey monks, which was known as the "South Way".-Geography:...	0	3	Conservative	9,493	Devonport
	Stoke Stoke, Plymouth Stoke, also referred to by its earlier name of Stoke Damerel, is a parish, once part of the historical Devonport, England. Prior to 1914, it was a suburb of Devonport. In 1914, Devonport and Plymouth amalgamated with Stonehouse: the new town took the name of Plymouth...	1	2	No overall	9,691	Sutton
	Sutton and Mount Gould	3	0	Labour	9,595	Sutton