Mid Devon District Council elections

Mid Devon District Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 42 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.^[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 - 1995
Liberal Democrats	1995 - 1999
No overall control	1999–present

Council elections

• Tiverton District Council election, 1973
• Tiverton District Council election, 1976
• Mid Devon District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• Mid Devon District Council election, 1983
• Mid Devon District Council election, 1987 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• Mid Devon District Council election, 1991
• Mid Devon District Council election, 1995 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
• Mid Devon District Council election, 1999
• Mid Devon District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[6][7]
• Mid Devon District Council election, 2007
• Mid Devon District Council election, 2011
• Mid Devon District Council election, 2015

By-election results

1995-1999

Canonsley By-Election 11 July 1996
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		249	37.5
	Independent		182	27.4
	Independent		132	20.0
	Labour		100	15.1
Majority			67	10.1
Turnout			663
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Shuttern By-Election 25 September 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		351	48.5	+3.3
	Conservative		343	47.4	+47.4
	Independent		29	4.0	+4.0
Majority			8	1.1
Turnout			723
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Bradninch By-Election 22 January 1998
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		400	55.2	-10.2
	Conservative		306	42.2	+20.3
	Labour		19	2.6	-10.2
Majority			94	13.0
Turnout			725	52.6
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

1999-2003

Castle Tiverton By-Election 26 July 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		471	48.5	+48.5
	Liberal Democrat		376	38.7	-40.4
	Labour		124	12.8	-8.1
Majority			95	9.8
Turnout			971	33.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

2003-2007

Cullompton South By-Election 1 July 2004[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Francis	255	38.8	+38.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Wilson	219	33.3	-5.2
	Independent	Raymond Weinstein	101	15.4
	Independent	Christopher Sanderson	82	12.5
Majority			36	5.5
Turnout			657	24.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Yeo By-Election 22 June 2006[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Maximilian Cook	565	59.7	-4.1
	Conservative	Peter Hare-Scott	382	40.3	+4.1
Majority			183	19.4
Turnout			947	38.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

2007-2011

Lower Culm By-Election 21 June 2007
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		422	43.7	+43.7
	Liberal Democrat		287	29.7	+8.0
	Independent		181	18.8	-35.4
	UKIP		75	7.8	+7.8
Majority			135	14.0
Turnout			965	22.1
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Yeo By-Election 25 February 2010[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Coren	714	59.4	+26.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Heal	489	40.6	-26.4
Majority			225	18.8
Turnout			1,203	45.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

References

1. "Democracy and Councillors". Mid Devon District Council. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
2. "Mid Devon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
3. The District of Tiverton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
4. The Mid Devon, South Hams and Teignbridge (Areas) Order 1985
5. legislation.gov.uk - The Mid Devon, Torridge and West Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
6. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The District of Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
8. "Tories gain in first poll since June 10". guardian.co.uk. 2004-07-02. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
9. "Labour regains control of Plymouth city council". guardian.co.uk. 2006-06-23. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
10. "Lib Dems and Tories gain as Labour vote slips". The Independent. 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-02-26.

• By-election results

External links

• Mid Devon District Council