In the 2011 election Labour regained control of the council following the collapse of the Liberal Democrat vote.
The 2019 election saw just 2 seats change hands leaving the composition of the council unchanged.
[9] The Liberal Democrats won overall control of the City Council in the 2022 local elections to end ten years of Labour rule.
[12] Sarah Harper was suspended as a councillor on 7 August 2023 after failing to attend a council meeting in 6 months due to health issues and the birth of her first daughter, triggering a by-election in her Bricknell ward.
[14] On 8 January 2024, Cllr Marjorie Brabazon for the Avenues Ward resigned as a councillor, triggering a by-election,[15] with University councillor and former Lord Mayor Steve Wilson resigning the Labour whip the next day citing: "It became a toxic environment, but I'm free of it now".