2019 South Hams District Council election

2019 South Hams District Council election
All 31 seats in the South Hams District Council; 16 seats needed for a majority
	Map showing the results of the 2019 South Hams District Council elections.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

Elections to the South Hams District Council took place on 2 May 2019, the same day as other United Kingdom local elections. All 20 wards were up for election, each with either 1, 2, or 3 councillors to be elected. The Conservative Party retained overall control of the council, but with its majority reduced to just 1 seat.

Summary

Election result

2019 South Hams District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	29	16	0	9	9	51.6	38.1	17,546	–15.1
	Liberal Democrats	22	10	8	0	8	32.3	30.6	14,085	+20.6
	Green	9	3	0	0		9.7	12.3	5,646	–7.0
	Independent	4	2	2	0	2	6.5	5.1	2,329	+2.3
	Labour	22	0	0	1	1	0.0	13.9	6,387	+1.5

Ward elections

Allington & Strete

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Allington & Strete Ward^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Richard John Foss	443	42.8
	Liberal Democrats	Laurel Maria Jasmine Lawford	395	38.2
	Green	Suzanne Ellis	155	15.0
	Labour	Peter Ernest McIlven	42	4.1
Rejected ballots
Turnout			1,043	44.12%
	Conservative hold

Bickleigh & Cornwood

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Bickleigh & Cornwood Ward^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Barrie Michael Spencer	515	76.1
	Labour	Michael Arthur Vincent Cade	162	23.9
Rejected ballots			33
Turnout			710	31.67%
	Conservative hold

Blackawton & Stoke Fleming Ward

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Blackawton & Stoke Fleming Ward^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Helen Emily May Reeve	402	47.4
	Liberal Democrats	Simon John Rake	391	46.1
	Labour	David John Matthews	55	6.5
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			857	44.99%
	Conservative hold

Charterlands

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Charterlands Ward^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Bernard James Taylor	537	52.3
	Liberal Democrats	George Henry William Rosevear	332	32.4
	Labour	David James Trigger	157	15.3
Rejected ballots			21
Turnout			1,047	44.92%
	Conservative hold

Dartington & Staverton

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Dartington & Staverton Ward^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Jacqueline Mary Hodgson	853	81.5
	Conservative	Jennifer Louise McGeever	193	18.5
Rejected ballots			10
Turnout			1,056	48.2%
	Green hold

Dartmouth & East Dart (3)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Dartmouth & East Dart Ward^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Jonathan Denis Hawkins	1,383	50.9
	Conservative	Hilary Douglas Bastone	1,317	48.4
	Conservative	Rosemary Rowe	965	35.5
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Mark Horsley Heseltine	865	31.8
	Labour	Nathan Luke Bodinnar	779	28.7
	Labour	Graham Reid Campbell	614	22.6
	Independent	John Edward Renwick Robinson	475	17.5
Rejected ballots			58
Turnout			2,777	44.9%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Ermington & Ugborough

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Ermington & Ugborough Ward^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Thomas Richard Holway	491	58.9
	Labour	Louise Rea	182	21.8
	Liberal Democrats	Anthony David Power	161	19.3
Rejected ballots			28
Turnout			862	38.95%
	Conservative hold

Ivybridge East (2)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Ivybridge East Ward^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Victor James Abbott	574	45.3
	Conservative	Karen Ann Pringle	565	44.6
	Conservative	Richard Alistair Martyn Peachey	483	38.2
	Labour	Tessa Soma Lannin	468	37.0
Rejected ballots			28
Turnout			1,294	30.33%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Ivybridge West (2)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Ivybridge West Ward^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	David William May*	703	52.5
	Conservative	Lance Peter Austen	662	49.5
	Labour	Anthony Thomas Rea	520	38.9
	Liberal Democrats	David Allan Robinson	424	31.7
Rejected ballots			66
Turnout			1,404	29.6%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Cllr. David William May died in December 2020, a by-election will be held in May 2021.^[10]

Kingsbridge

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Kingsbridge Ward^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Denise Maria O'Callaghan	809	49.3
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Jackson	737	44.9
	Conservative	Keith Robert Henry Wingate	560	34.1
	Conservative	Samantha Dennis	539	32.8
	Labour	Gerrie Lee Messer	327	19.9
Rejected ballots			46
Turnout			1648	36.9%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford Ward^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Katharine Georgina Kemp	362	47.0
	Conservative	Ian Bramble	305	39.6
	Labour	John Harvey	104	13.5
Rejected ballots			24
Turnout			795	36.5%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Marldon & Littlehempston

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Marldon & Littlehempston Ward^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	James Trevor Pennington	380	42.4
	Conservative	Stephen Maurice Veasey	205	22.9
	Green	Margaret Gillian Coombs	126	14.0
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Anthony Smith	126	14.0
	Labour	Evelyn Ruth Burges	60	6.7
Rejected ballots			6
Turnout			903	38.67%
	Independent gain from Conservative

Newton & Yealmpton

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Newton & Yealmpton Ward^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Keith John Baldry	1,236	62.6
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel James Thomas	1,141	57.8
	Conservative	Basil Fernley Cane	614	31.1
	Conservative	Michael David Blake	509	25.8
	Labour	Edward Denis Parsons	155	7.9
Rejected ballots			34
Turnout			2,007	41.41%
	Liberal Democrats hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Salcombe and Thurlestone

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Salcombe and Thurlestone Ward^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Mark Leonard Christopher Long	1,191	61.2
	Conservative	Judith Anne Pearce	739	38.0
	Conservative	Simon Anthony Edward Wright	706	36.3
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Christopher Kerr	336	17.3
	Labour	Helen Anne Beetham	159	8.2
Rejected ballots			9
Turnout			1,956	48.78%
	Independent gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

South Brent (2)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: South Brent Ward^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Peter Courtenay Smerdon	744	36.1
	Liberal Democrats	Guy Alexander Pannell	729	35.4
	Conservative	Robert Cyril Steer	715	34.7
	Liberal Democrats	Charlotte Victoria Power	663	32.2
	Green	Gavin Shaun Fennell	417	20.2
	Green	Colin Raymond Moore	371	18.0
	Labour	Lynn Alderson	203	9.8
	Labour	Paul David Bishop	169	8.2
Rejected ballots			23
Turnout			2,085	49.96%
	Conservative hold
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Stokenham

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Stokenham Ward^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Julian Brazil	690	67.4
	Conservative	Joshua John Alexander Gardiner	298	29.1
	Labour	Richard Michael Gaehl	35	3.4
Rejected ballots			11
Turnout			1,034	47.47%
	Liberal Democrats hold

Totnes (3)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Totnes Ward^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Percy Birch	1,424	44.9
	Green	Joanna Marie Sweett	1,350	42.5
	Green	Joseph Deal Rose	1,062	33.5
	Liberal Democrats	Emily Harriet Price	924	29.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Malcolm Anderson	899	28.3
	Green	Christopher Maguire	892	28.1
	Labour	Laurel Ellis	654	20.6
	Labour	Louise Michelle Webberley	630	19.9
	Labour	Colin Stuart Luker	601	18.9
	Conservative	Philip Charles Paine	376	11.8
Rejected ballots			17
Turnout			3,190	46.32%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour
	Green hold
	Green hold

Wembury and Brixton (2)

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Wembury and Brixton Ward^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Daniel James Brown	825	53.4
	Conservative	Matthew John Chown	753	48.7
	Green	Katy Ward-Edwards	420	27.2
	Independent	Ian Stuart Martin	283	18.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Samuel Blake	265	17.2
	Labour	Alastair William Henderson	202	13.1
Rejected ballots				22
Turnout			1,567	40.22%
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

West Dart

2019 South Hams District Council elections: West Dart Ward^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	John Peter McKay	602	64.2
	Conservative	Leigh Ann Munro	336	35.8
Rejected ballots			14
Turnout			952	46.2%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Woolwell

2019 South Hams District Council elections: Woolwell Ward^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Nicola Ann Hopwood	663	85.9
	Labour	Paul Francis Furlong	109	14.1
Rejected ballots			18
Turnout			790	34.8%
	Conservative hold

Changes 2019–2023

Jo Sweett, elected for the Greens in Totnes ward, left the party to sit as an independent councillor in February 2021.^[22]

Ivybridge West

Ivybridge West by-election 6 May 2021
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Jones	933	50.4	−2.1
	Green	Katie Reville	768	41.5	N/A
	TUSC	Tony Rea	149	8.1	−30.8
Majority			165	8.9
Turnout			1,850
	Conservative hold		Swing	16.9

References

^ "Allington & Strete". South Hams District Council.
^ "Bickleigh & Cornwood". South Hams District Council.
^ "Blackawton & Stoke Fleming". South Hams District Council.
^ "Charterlands". South Hams District Council.
^ "Dartington & Staverton". South Hams District Council.
^ "Dartmouth & East Dart". South Hams District Council.
^ "Ermington & Ugborough". South Hams District Council.
^ "Ivybridge East". South Hams District Council.
^ "Ivybridge West". South Hams District Council.
^ "'Larger than life councillor' dies after cancer battle". 3 December 2020.
^ "Kingsbridge". South Hams District Council.
^ "Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford". South Hams District Council.
^ "Marldon and Littlehempston". South Hams District Council.
^ "Newton and Yealmpton". South Hams District Council.
^ "Salcombe and Thurlestone". South Hams District Council.
^ "South Brent". South Hams District Council.
^ "Stokenham". South Hams District Council.
^ "Totnes". South Hams District Council.
^ "Wembury and Brixton". South Hams District Council.
^ "West Dart". South Hams District Council.
^ "Woolwell". South Hams District Council.
^ Boothroyd, David (19 February 2021). "Brent petition finally decided". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

[1] "Allington & Strete". South Hams District Council.

[2] "Bickleigh & Cornwood". South Hams District Council.

[3] "Blackawton & Stoke Fleming". South Hams District Council.

[4] "Charterlands". South Hams District Council.

[5] "Dartington & Staverton". South Hams District Council.

[6] "Dartmouth & East Dart". South Hams District Council.

[7] "Ermington & Ugborough". South Hams District Council.

[8] "Ivybridge East". South Hams District Council.

[9] "Ivybridge West". South Hams District Council.

[10] "'Larger than life councillor' dies after cancer battle". 3 December 2020.

[11] "Kingsbridge". South Hams District Council.

[12] "Loddiswell & Aveton Gifford". South Hams District Council.

[13] "Marldon and Littlehempston". South Hams District Council.

[14] "Newton and Yealmpton". South Hams District Council.

[15] "Salcombe and Thurlestone". South Hams District Council.

[16] "South Brent". South Hams District Council.

[17] "Stokenham". South Hams District Council.

[18] "Totnes". South Hams District Council.

[19] "Wembury and Brixton". South Hams District Council.

[20] "West Dart". South Hams District Council.

[21] "Woolwell". South Hams District Council.

[22] Boothroyd, David (19 February 2021). "Brent petition finally decided". Local Councils. Thorncliffe. Retrieved 31 July 2023.

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