After May 7
Labour majority
Council size: 57 seats · 19 up on May 7
Council · Unitary authority
Plymouth
Labour majority after May 7 2026. (Majority held)
What happened on May 7
Seats won and overall control
Reform UK
14 of 57 seats
Won 14 on May 7 · had 0 before
Next election
May 2030
Whole council every 4 years.
Post-May 7 composition
Every party's seat count on the new council
Pre-May-7 composition is the latest OCD snapshot of who held each seat; post is pre minus seats up plus actual winners.
How accurate was the model here?
Our 7 May 2026 forecast for Plymouth
Locked, sha256-witnessed forecast scored against the actual count. See the full national accuracy audit →
Our locked May 7 forecast
The pre-election prediction
This is the seats-on-the-ballot projection we published before polls opened, used here for accuracy comparison only.
All wards
Per-ward forecast vs actual
| Ward | Our top pick | Actual winner | Predicted share | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budshead | Reform UK | Reform UK | 35.3% | high |
| Compton | Reform UK | Reform UK | 35.4% | high |
| Devonport | Reform UK | Reform UK | 36.2% | high |
| Drake | Reform UK | Green Party | 35.2% | high |
| Efford and Lipson | Reform UK | Reform UK | 36.0% | high |
| Eggbuckland | Reform UK | Reform UK | 35.0% | high |
| Ham | Reform UK | Reform UK | 36.0% | high |
| Honicknowle | Reform UK | Reform UK | 36.2% | high |
| Moor View | Reform UK | Reform UK | 35.6% | high |
| Peverell | Reform UK | Labour | 35.6% | high |
| Plympton Chaddlewood | Green Party | Reform UK | 39.0% | high |
| Plympton St Mary | Reform UK | Reform UK | 34.4% | high |
| Plymstock Dunstone | Reform UK | Reform UK | 35.3% | high |
| Plymstock Radford | Reform UK | Conservative | 35.1% | high |
| Southway | Reform UK | Reform UK | 35.5% | high |
| St Budeaux | Reform UK | Reform UK | 34.6% | high |
| St Peter and the Waterfront | Reform UK | Reform UK | 35.6% | high |
| Stoke | Reform UK | Labour | 35.9% | high |
| Sutton and Mount Gould | Reform UK | Green Party | 36.0% | high |