Devon County Council elections
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Devon County Council elections are held every four years in order to elect the members of Devon County Council. Since the last boundary changes in 2017 the council has comprised 60 councillors, representing 58 electoral divisions.[1] Since 1998, Plymouth and Torbay have been unitary authorities, making them independent of Devon County Council.[2]
Council elections
[edit]- 1973 Devon County Council election
- 1977 Devon County Council election
- 1981 Devon County Council election
- 1985 Devon County Council election
- 1989 Devon County Council election
- 1993 Devon County Council election
- 1997 Devon County Council election
- 2001 Devon County Council election
- 2005 Devon County Council election
- 2009 Devon County Council election
- 2013 Devon County Council election
- 2017 Devon County Council election New division boundaries[1]
- 2021 Devon County Council election
County result maps
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2009 results map
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2013 results map
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2017 results map
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2021 results map
By-election results
[edit]1993-1997
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 796 | 37.9 | |||
Labour | 659 | 32.5 | |||
Liberal Democrats | 599 | 29.5 | |||
Majority | 110 | 5.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,054 | 24.3 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
1997-2001
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | 1,339 | 61.7 | −16.5 | ||
Conservative | 414 | 19.1 | −2.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 345 | 15.9 | +15.9 | ||
72 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |||
Majority | 925 | 42.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,170 | 23.0 | |||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | 1,036 | 59.4 | +10.3 | ||
Conservative | 336 | 19.3 | −7.0 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 282 | 16.2 | −2.7 | ||
Liberal | 90 | 5.2 | −0.5 | ||
Majority | 700 | 40.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,744 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,163 | 45.5 | +27.5 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 700 | 27.4 | −3.9 | ||
Labour | 695 | 27.3 | +15.9 | ||
Majority | 463 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,558 | 32.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | 1,811 | 51.0 | +7.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,505 | 42.4 | +4.6 | ||
Labour | 150 | 4.2 | −5.4 | ||
Liberal | 82 | 2.3 | −6.9 | ||
Majority | 306 | 8.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,548 | 40.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 1,344 | 46.2 | +7.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 1,291 | 44.3 | +1.4 | ||
Labour | 277 | 9.5 | −9.3 | ||
Majority | 53 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,912 | 29.0 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
2001-2005
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | 756 | 39.0 | +7.9 | ||
Conservative | 686 | 35.4 | −2.6 | ||
Independent | 318 | 16.4 | +8.9 | ||
Independent | 178 | 9.2 | +4.2 | ||
Majority | 70 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,938 | 23.6 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Sheila Hobden | 1,330 | 41.3 | +7.3 | |
Conservative | Jeffrey Coates | 1,090 | 33.8 | +3.0 | |
Labour | Lesley Robson | 452 | 14.0 | −13.0 | |
Independent | Sylvia Hardy | 351 | 10.9 | +10.9 | |
Majority | 240 | 7.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,223 | 26.3 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2005-2009
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Mumford | 1,530 | 49.5 | +3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Keith Baldry | 1,421 | 46.0 | +3.1 | |
Labour | David Trigger | 140 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Majority | 109 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 3,091 | 35.9 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Vanessa Newcombe | 1,265 | 39.3 | −4.5 | |
Conservative | Margaret Baldwin | 1,211 | 37.6 | +17.8 | |
Labour | Allan Hart | 568 | 17.7 | −8.7 | |
Green | Andrew Bell | 174 | 5.4 | +0.8 | |
Majority | 54 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,218 | 30.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Democrats | Alan Connett | 1,969 | 62.5 | +12.1 | |
Conservative | Francine Tullis | 1,182 | 37.5 | +0.4 | |
Majority | 787 | 25.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,151 | 42.9 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
2013-2017
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Richard Hosking | 2,493 | 57.9 | +6.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian Blake | 1,028 | 23.9 | +6.2 | |
Labour | David Trigger | 706 | 16.4 | +16.4 | |
Majority | 1,465 | 34.0 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 4,307 | 47.6 | +11.8 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
2017-2021
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Greg Sheldon | 1032 | 31.9 | −19% | |
Conservative | John Harvey | 992 | 30.7 | −1% | |
Liberal Democrats | Rowena Squires | 576 | 17.8 | +11% | |
Green | Lizzie Woodman | 563 | 17.4 | +11% | |
For Britain | Frankie Rufolo | 70 | 2.2 | +2.2% | |
Majority | 40 | 1.2% | −18.7% | ||
Turnout | 3,248 | 30.6 | −10.4% | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2016", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 2016/657, retrieved 29 July 2023
- ^ "The Devon (City of Plymouth and Borough of Torbay)(Structural Change) Order 1996", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, SI 1996/1865, retrieved 29 July 2023
- ^ "Local Elections Archive Project — Exminster and Kenton Division". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
- ^ "Devon County Council Elections 2005" (PDF). devon.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 2 October 2011. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Yealmpton by-election 22 May 2014". Devon County Council. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Heavitree and Whipton Barton by-election 24 October 2019". Exeter City Council.