East Devon District Council elections

East Devon District Council in England is elected every four years. 59 councillors are elected from 32 wards since the last boundary changes in 2003.^[1]

Political control

Since the first election to the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1976
Conservative	1976 - 1995
No overall control	1995 - 1999
Conservative	1999–present

Council elections

East Devon District Council election, 1973
East Devon District Council election, 1976
East Devon District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]^[4]
East Devon District Council election, 1980
East Devon District Council election, 1982
East Devon District Council election, 1983
East Devon District Council election, 1984
East Devon District Council election, 1986
East Devon District Council election, 1987
East Devon District Council election, 1991 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
East Devon District Council election, 1995
East Devon District Council election, 1999
East Devon District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 1)^[6]^[7]
East Devon District Council election, 2007
East Devon District Council election, 2011
East Devon District Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Exe Valley By-Election 24 July 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		405	53.4	+53.4
	Conservative		316	41.7	-13.4
	Labour		37	4.9	-21.4
Majority			89	11.7
Turnout			758	51.5
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Trinity By-Election 30 October 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		373	51.1	+2.8
	Liberal Democrat		357	48.9	-10.3
Majority			16	2.2
Turnout			730
	Conservative hold		Swing

Clystbeare By-Election 2 April 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		445	57.5	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat		329	42.5	+18.1
Majority			116	15.0
Turnout			774
	Conservative hold		Swing

Exmouth Littleham Rural By-Election 7 May 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		654	38.6	-1.6
	Conservative		617	36.4	+3.4
	Independent		296	17.5	+8.8
	Labour		128	7.6	-10.5
Majority			37	2.2
Turnout			1,695	40.4
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

1999-2003

Patteson By-Election 18 April 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		503	50.1	+50.1
	Conservative		470	46.8	-14.0
	Labour		31	3.1	-36.1
Majority			33	3.3
Turnout			1,004	40.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Exmouth Withycombe Urban By-Election 26 October 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		400	51.2	+25.3
	Conservative		171	21.9	-2.7
	Liberal		126	16.1	-15.1
	Independent		84	10.8	+10.8
Majority			229	29.3
Turnout			781	24.1
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Honiton St. Pauls By-Election 8 February 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		614	49.5	+15.0
	Liberal Democrat		502	40.5	+20.9
	Labour		124	10.0	-0.8
Majority			112	9.0
Turnout			1,240	33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Sidmouth Rural By-Election 9 May 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,020	44.3	+4.2
	Liberal Democrat		663	28.8	+11.5
	Independent		312	13.5	+0.0
	Independent		309	13.4	+13.4
Majority			357	15.5
Turnout			2,304	49.3
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

2003-2007

Sidmouth Town By-Election 27 January 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,147	57.6	-5.4
	Liberal Democrat		702	35.3	+35.3
	Labour		141	7.1	-29.9
Majority			445	22.3
Turnout			1,990
	Conservative hold		Swing

Seaton By-Election 22 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jim Knight	1,055	53.3	+21.7
	Liberal Democrat		925	46.7	-2.1
Majority			130	6.6
Turnout			1,980	33.6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

Sidmouth Town By-Election 22 September 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Chris Gibbings	894	70.0	+12.4
	Liberal Democrat		184	14.4	-20.9
	Independent		136	10.6	+10.6
	Labour		64	5.0	-2.1
Majority			709	55.6
Turnout			1,279	29.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Honiton St Pauls By-Election 2 March 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Roger Boote	522	55.3	+24.9
	Liberal Democrat	Vera Howard	208	22.0	-0.2
	Labour	Vernon Whitlock	137	14.5	+7.7
	Independent	Ronald Farnham	76	8.1	-28.4
Majority			314	33.3
Turnout			943	26.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Dunkeswell By-Election 3 April 2008
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Robert Buxton	349	68.3	+5.2
	Liberal Democrat	Michael Gleed	162	31.7	-5.2
Majority			187	36.6
Turnout			511	31.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Honiton St Michaels By-Election 26 February 2009
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Marion Olive	636	51.1	+51.1
	Conservative	Phillip Twiss	609	48.9	-20.9
Majority			27	2.2
Turnout			1,245	23.7
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Trinity By-Election 12 November 2009^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Thomas	unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Seaton By-Election 6 May 2010^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Burrows	2,414	57.4	+16.6
	Conservative	John Meakin	1,795	42.6	+0.3
Majority			619	14.7
Turnout			4,209	70.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

References

↑ "Your Council". East Devon District Council. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
↑ "East Devon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of East Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1978. Retrieved on 19 November 2015.
↑ The District of East Devon (Electoral Arrangements) (Amendment) Order 1979
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1987. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
↑ "East Devon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-08-17.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of East Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Statement of persons nominated" (PDF). East Devon District Council. Retrieved 2009-11-20.
↑ "Peter Burrows is Seaton's new District Councillor". Midweek Herald. 2010-05-09. Retrieved 2010-05-20.

By-election results

External links

East Devon District 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

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