Devon County Council elections

Local elections in Devon are held every four years in order to vote for councillors on Devon County Council. Politically Devon is a shire county, thus the unitary authority areas of Plymouth and Torbay are not affected by the governance of Devon County Council. There are a total of 62 councillors on the council, the majority of whom are currently Conservative.

Political control

Conservative 1973 - 1985

No overall control 1985 - 1989

Conservative 1989 - 1993

No overall control 1993 - 1997

Liberal Democrat 1997 - 2001

No overall control 2001 - 2005

Liberal Democrat 2005 - 2009

Conservative 2009 -

Council elections

Devon County Council election, 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

County result maps

2013 results map

By-election results

Plymstock Radford By-Election 7 November 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		796	37.9
	Labour		659	32.5
	Liberal Democrat		599	29.5
Majority			110	5.4
Turnout			2,054	24.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Honickeknowle By-Election 7 August 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,339	61.7	-16.5
	Conservative		414	19.1	-2.8
	Liberal Democrat		345	15.9	+15.9
			72	3.3	+3.3
Majority			925	42.6
Turnout			2,170	23.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Exwick and Cowick By-Election 10 December 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,036	59.4	+10.3
	Conservative		336	19.3	-7.0
	Liberal Democrat		282	16.2	-2.7
	Liberal		90	5.2	-0.5
Majority			700	40.1
Turnout			1,744
	Labour hold		Swing

Ilfracombe By-Election 19 February 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,163	45.5	+27.5
	Liberal Democrat		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

Bradnich and Creedy By-Election 31 March 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,811	51.0	+7.7
	Liberal Democrat		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

Dawlish By-Election 28 October 1999
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,344	46.2	+7.8
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat		Swing

Ilfracombe By-Election 27 November 2003
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		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 Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Exeter St Davids and Pennsylvania By-Election 26 February 2004
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Yealmpton By-Election 2 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Mumford	1,530	49.5	+3.8
	Liberal Democrat	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

Alphington and Cowick By-Election 13 July 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	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 Democrat hold		Swing

Yealmpton by-election 22 May 2014^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hosking	2,493	57.9	+6.8
	Liberal Democrat	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

References

↑ "Yealmpton by-election 22 May 2014". Devon County Council. Retrieved 28 October 2015.

External links

Devon Council

Council elections in Devon

Devon County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013

East Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Exeter City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

Mid Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Plymouth City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1998 2000 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Hams District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Teignbridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Torbay Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Torridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Devon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

English County Council Elections

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