West Devon Borough Council elections

West Devon Borough Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 31 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.^[1]

Political control

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

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1987
No overall control	1987 - 1991
Independent	1991 - 1995
Liberal Democrats	1995 - 1999
No overall control	1999 - present

Council elections

• West Devon District Council election, 1973
• West Devon District Council election, 1976
• West Devon District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• West Devon Borough Council election, 1983
• West Devon Borough Council election, 1987
• West Devon Borough Council election, 1991
• West Devon Borough Council election, 1995 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
• West Devon Borough Council election, 1999
• West Devon Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)^[5][6][7]
• West Devon Borough Council election, 2007
• West Devon Borough Council election, 2011
• West Devon Borough Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[8]

By-election results

1999-2003

Okehampton By-Election 24 February 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Milton Ford By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		248	52.3	+52.3
	Liberal Democrat		226	47.7	+47.7
Majority			22	4.6
Turnout			474	41.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Buckland Monachorum By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,075	51.7	+10.6
	Liberal Democrat		1,006	48.3	+25.2
Majority			69	3.4
Turnout			2,081
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lydford By-Election 11 July 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat		228	56.3	+11.6
	Conservative		177	43.7	-11.6
Majority			51	12.6
Turnout			405	36.0
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

2003-2007

Chagford By-Election 14 September 2006[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Robert Sampson	310	58.1
	Conservative	Thomas Wells	224	41.9
Majority			86	16.2
Turnout			534	46.0
	Independent hold		Swing

2007-2011

Tavistock North By-Election 7 February 2008[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Adam Bridgewater	812	59.3	+33.7
	Conservative	David Whitcomb	425	31.0	+4.2
	Green	Vanni Cook	133	9.7	-5.0
Majority			387	28.3
Turnout			1,370	33.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

Tavistock South By-Election 10 December 2009[11][12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrat	Kirstie Clish-Green	523	45.8	+33.5
	Conservative	Susan Bailey	450	39.4	+13.6
	Independent	Brian Trew	170	14.9	-47.1
Majority			73	6.4
Turnout			1,143	33.9
	Liberal Democrat gain from Conservative		Swing

References

1. "Local Government in West Devon". West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
2. "West Devon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
3. The District of West Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
4. legislation.gov.uk - The Mid Devon, Torridge and West Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
5. "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
6. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
7. legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
8. legislation.gov.uk - The West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
9. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
10. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
11. "Huge boost for Labour in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
12. "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24.

• By-election results

External links

• West Devon Borough Council