2019 Mid Devon District Council election

The 2019 Mid Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Mid Devon District Council in England.

2019 Mid Devon District Council election

2 May 2019 (2019-05-02)
All 42 seats to Mid Devon District Council 22 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Last election 28 seats, 48.8% 5 seats, 10.9% Seats won 18 12 Seat change 10 7 Popular vote 7,921 6,887 Percentage 34.1% 29.6% Swing 14.7% 18.7%   Third party Fourth party   Party Independent Green Last election 6 seats, 17.5% 0 seats, 5.9% Seats won 10 2 Seat change 4 2 Popular vote 3,229 2,003 Percentage 13.9% 8.6% Swing 3.6% 2.7%
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No overall control

It was held on the same day as other local elections. At the elections the Conservatives lost control of the council, with no party winning an overall majority.

Summary

Election result

2019 Mid Devon District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	42	18	1	11	10	42.9	34.1	7,921	–14.7
	Liberal Democrats	33	12	7	0	7	28.6	29.6	6,887	+18.7
	Independent	14	10	6	2	4	23.8	13.9	3,229	–3.6
	Green	9	2	2	0	2	4.8	8.6	2,003	+2.7
	Labour	14	0	0	0		0.0	7.1	1,651	–3.2
	UKIP	7	0	0	2	2	0.0	5.8	1,338	+0.1
	Liberal	2	0	0	1	1	0.0	0.9	210	±0.0

Ward Results

Boniface

Boniface

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jim Cairney	541	57.9	+9.9
	Liberal Democrats	John Downes	534	57.1	+18.0
	UKIP	Bob Edwards	161	17.2	-2.8
	Conservative	Gina Ford	159	17.0	-6.2
	Conservative	Roddy Jaques	154	16.5	-8.3
	Labour	Louise Lampard	115	12.3	N/A
Turnout			938	32
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Bradninch

Bradninch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Luke Taylor	696	90.7	+30.0
	Conservative	Paul Trimming	71	9.3	-30.0
Turnout			772	50
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Cadbury

Cadbury

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bob Deed	398	61.1	+23.2
	Conservative	Gavin Donovan	253	38.9	+5.6
Turnout			672	51
	Independent hold		Swing

Canonsleigh

Canonsleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Collis	412	47.2	-8.4
	Green	Jo Norton	348	39.9	+2.9
	Conservative	Martin Trevor	301	34.5	-16.1
	Liberal Democrats	Vera Hale	227	26.0	N/A
	Labour	Mary Chesney	225	25.8	N/A
Turnout			887	34
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Castle

Castle

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Irene Hill	371	36.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Ben Holdman	329	32.0	+4.1
	Conservative	Brenda Hull	297	28.9	-12.7
	Conservative	Elizabeth Slade	284	27.6	-13.4
	Labour	Anne Kilshaw	272	26.4	-3.3
	UKIP	Mike Turner	185	18.0	N/A
Turnout			1,035	31
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Clare & Shuttern

Clare & Shuttern

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Stanley	549	46.5	-8.0
	Conservative	Andrew Moore	464	39.3	-14.7
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Adcock	410	34.7	N/A
	Independent	Peter Wood	346	29.3	-13.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Browne-Wilkinson	303	25.7	N/A
Turnout			1,198	42
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cranmore

Cranmore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Sue Griggs	505	43.5	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Les Cruwys	494	42.6	+12.2
	Conservative	Christina Daw	461	39.7	+4.5
	Conservative	Lance Kennedy	416	35.9	+4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Philip Hill	347	29.9	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Bruce Milton	307	26.5	N/A
	Labour	Stephen Bush	265	22.8	+2.8
	Labour	Lynne Dean	206	17.8	-4.4
	Labour	Ana Hendy	190	16.4	-4.5
Turnout			1,180	30
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cullompton North

Cullompton North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nikki Woollatt	486	55.4	+2.1
	Independent	Ashley Wilce	343	39.1	N/A
	Conservative	Iain Emmett	268	30.6	-24.5
	Conservative	Martin Smith	216	24.6	-11.5
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Hope	160	18.2	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Steve Hayman	113	12.9	N/A
	Independent	Robert Dietrich	57	6.5	N/A
Turnout			882	27
	Independent hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Cullompton Outer

Cullompton Outer

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David Pugsley	303	40.0	-7.5
	Conservative	Rosemary Berry	278	36.7	-15.8
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Connor	177	23.4	N/A
Turnout			762	41
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Cullompton South

Cullompton South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Berry	339	40.0	+9.2
	Independent	Eileen Andrews	310	36.6	-5.5
	Conservative	Will Jones	256	30.2	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Mary Ryan	225	26.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Timperley	195	23.0	N/A
	Liberal	Lloyd Knight	161	19.0	N/A
Turnout			859	25
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Halberton

Halberton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Radford	305	51.6	-17.9
	Green	Gillian Westcott	117	19.8	-10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Iain Campbell	88	14.9	N/A
	Labour	Septimus Waugh	81	13.7	N/A
Turnout			597	38
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lawrence

Lawrence

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Letch	682	62.3	+20.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andi Wyer	570	52.1	+15.1
	Conservative	Judi Binks	256	23.4	-7.4
	UKIP	Mike Szabo	233	21.3	+12.8
	Conservative	Dan Webb	223	20.4	-5.9
Turnout			1,104	38
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Lower Culm

Lower Culm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Chesterton	524	36.3	+36.3
	Independent	Barry Warren	478	33.1	N/A
	Conservative	Bob Evans	424	29.4	+29.4
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Glover	408	28.3	N/A
	Conservative	George Birch	354	24.5	+24.5
	UKIP	Margaret Dennis	328	22.7	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	John Poynton	323	22.4	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Foord	312	21.6	N/A
	Labour	Edward Southerden	190	13.2	N/A
	Independent	Roger Norton	95	6.6	N/A
Turnout			1,453	31
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Lowman

Lowman

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dennis Knowles	437	36.8	+0.6
	Conservative	Neal Davey	380	32.0	-14.7
	Conservative	Colin Slade	374	31.5	-4.3
	Green	Timothy Gorringe	308	25.9	+3.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephanie Rakobane	283	23.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Garcia	273	23.0	N/A
	Labour	Andy Perris	259	21.8	-1.1
	Conservative	James Ruttledge	248	20.9	-9.5
	UKIP	Richard Wright	219	18.4	N/A
Turnout			1,194	25
	Independent hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Newbrooke

Newbrooke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Graeme Barnell	274	49.1	N/A
	Conservative	Martin Binks	223	40.0	-13.1
	UKIP	Allan Jones	61	10.9	N/A
Turnout			560	44
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Sandford & Creedy

Sandford & Creedy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Squires	632	55.7	+3.6
	Green	Elizabeth Wainwright	565	49.8	+23.4
	Conservative	Peter Heal	482	42.5	-5.6
Turnout			1,157	43
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Green gain from Conservative		Swing

Silverton

Silverton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Josh Wright	277	41.8	N/A
	Conservative	Deborah Custance Baker	197	29.8	-3.9
	Independent	Patricia Jones	139	21.0	N/A
	Liberal	Janet Rice	49	7.4	-41.1
Turnout			674	44
	Liberal Democrats gain from Liberal		Swing

Taw

Taw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Daw	Unopposed	N/A	-62.7
Turnout			N/A	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing

Taw Vale

Taw Vale

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Eginton	388	63.5	-0.4
	Green	Penny King	140	22.9	+9.2
	Labour	Connor Bowdler	83	13.6	N/A
Turnout			620	45
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upper Culm

Upper Culm

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Clist	666	53.2	N/A
	Conservative	Glanmor Hughes	486	38.8	-19.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Ritchie	464	37.1	N/A
	Conservative	Henry Carew	452	36.1	N/A
	Labour	Terry Edwards	185	14.8	N/A
Turnout			1,279	39
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

Upper Yeo

Upper Yeo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex White	295	56.5	N/A
	Conservative	Jill Doe	227	43.5	+43.5
Turnout			529	38
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Way

Way

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Polly Colthorpe	302	57.9	-17.6
	Green	Dave Wood	225	42.1	N/A
Turnout			535	42
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westexe

Westexe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ron Dolley	542	43.1	+3.1
	Independent	Wally Burke	332	26.4	N/A
	Independent	Gerald Luxton	332	26.4	-0.2
	Conservative	Steve Flaws	281	22.3	-20.2
	Conservative	Anthony Bush	270	21.4	N/A
	Green	Rosie Wibberley	270	21.4	+4.8
	Conservative	Claudette Harrower	245	19.5	N/A
	Labour	Alison Mitchell	229	18.2	+1.4
	Labour	Tim Bridger	227	18.0	+1.0
	Labour	Tony Wheeler	172	13.7	-2.6
	UKIP	Tony McIntyre	151	12.0	-15.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Whitlock	139	11.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Whiteway	107	8.5	N/A
Turnout			1,273	30
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing
	Independent gain from UKIP		Swing
	Independent gain from UKIP		Swing

Yeo

Yeo

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Coren	589	54.2	-7.2
	Conservative	Stuart Penny	514	47.3	+0.7
	Liberal Democrats	John Hyson	474	43.6	+18.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Barnes	471	43.3	+23.2
Turnout			1,107	40
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Conservative hold		Swing

By-elections

Castle

Castle: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Slade	513	40.8	+13.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Wulff	319	25.4	-10.7
	Labour	Richard Cornley	213	16.9	-9.5
	Independent	Jason LeJeune	213	16.9	N/A
Turnout			1,258	37.47	+6
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Taw

Taw: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Heal	418	64.1	+64.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wooding	234	35.9	N/A
Turnout			652	47.59	+47.59
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westexe

Westexe: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Pugh	567	37.4	+15.1
	Labour	Samuel James	274	18.1	-0.1
	Green	Rosemary Wibberley	263	17.3	-4.1
	Independent	Adrian Howell	179	11.8	N/A
	Independent	Claire Hole	126	8.3	N/A
	Independent	Stephen Bush	108	7.1	N/A
Turnout			1,517	34.27	+4
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Upper Culm

Upper Culm: 17 June 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bartlett	361	44.5	+5.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Ritchie	346	42.6	+5.5
	Green	Adam Rich	74	9.1	N/A
	Labour	Fiona Hutton	31	3.8	-11.0
Turnout			812	23.94	-15
	Conservative hold		Swing

Cullompton South

Cullompton South: 7 April 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Buczkowski	318	47.9	+21.4
	Conservative	Annie Berry	279	42.0	+11.8
	Labour	Jason Chamberlain	67	10.1	N/A
Majority			39	5.9
Turnout			668	20.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing