The 2019 Torridge Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Torridge District Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries.[2]
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All 36 seats to Torridge District Council 19 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Summary
editElection result
edit2019 Torridge District Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Independent | 29 | 18 | N/A | N/A | 12 | 50.0 | 35.2 | 12,431 | +18.4 | |
Conservative | 28 | 11 | N/A | N/A | 8 | 30.6 | 29.2 | 10,310 | –8.8 | |
Labour | 19 | 3 | N/A | N/A | 2 | 8.3 | 12.0 | 4,238 | +1.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | 11 | 2 | N/A | N/A | 1 | 5.6 | 10.9 | 3,848 | +6.0 | |
Green | 7 | 2 | N/A | N/A | 5.6 | 8.9 | 3,151 | –5.5 | ||
UKIP | 6 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 7 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 1,369 | –10.9 |
Ward Results
editIncumbents are denoted by an asterisk (*)
Appledore
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Leonard Ford | 410 | 34.1 | ||
Green | Peter Hames | 391 | 32.5 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Eastman* | 379 | 31.5 | ||
UKIP | Kenneth Davis* | 285 | 23.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Chalmers | 254 | 21.1 | ||
Independent | Barry Edwards | 207 | 17.2 | ||
Conservative | James Jackson | 128 | 10.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.37 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Green win (new seat) |
Bideford East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Judith Gubb | 407 | 36.2 | ||
Labour | Ruth Craigie | 330 | 29.3 | ||
Independent | Jamie McKenzie | 266 | 23.6 | ||
Conservative | James Hellyer* | 255 | 22.7 | ||
Conservative | Linda Hellyer | 249 | 22.1 | ||
Labour | Ethne Brenton | 234 | 20.8 | ||
UKIP | Gaston Dezart* | 215 | 19.1 | ||
Conservative | Oliver Sherborne | 187 | 16.6 | ||
Green | Gregory De Frayne-Martin | 183 | 16.3 | ||
Independent | Pauline Davies | 174 | 15.5 | ||
Labour | Theodoros Plowman | 167 | 14.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Nicola Kennelly | 136 | 12.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 27.23 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Bideford North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Green | Peter Christie* | 861 | 50.5 | ||
Independent | Douglas Bushby | 641 | 37.6 | ||
Conservative | Dermot McGeough* | 615 | 36.1 | ||
Independent | Joel Herron | 320 | 18.8 | ||
Labour | Rosemary Arno | 304 | 17.8 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Trevor Johns* | 301 | 17.7 | ||
Independent | Ashley Cole | 300 | 17.6 | ||
Labour | Michael James | 265 | 15.6 | ||
Conservative | Morgan Fletcher | 242 | 14.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Potts | 182 | 10.7 | ||
Labour | Jason Noble | 167 | 9.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 37.65 | ||||
Green win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Bideford South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Brenton* | 206 | 32.1 | ||
Labour | Shirley Langford | 206 | 32.1 | ||
Conservative | Simon Inch* | 198 | 30.9 | ||
Independent | Peter Lawrence | 176 | 27.5 | ||
Independent | Robert Wootton | 153 | 23.9 | ||
UKIP | Adam Conabere | 111 | 17.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Claire Davey-Potts | 78 | 12.2 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 26.97 | ||||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Labour win (new seat) |
Bideford West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Carl Hawkins | 215 | 36.1 | ||
Conservative | Anthony Inch* | 197 | 33.1 | ||
Independent | Alan Rayner | 192 | 32.3 | ||
Labour | Jake McLean | 166 | 27.9 | ||
Labour | Andrew Tithecott | 129 | 21.7 | ||
UKIP | Nigel Johnson | 127 | 21.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 28.09 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Broadheath
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Peter Watson* | 667 | 60.0 | ||
Independent | Philip Hackett* | 666 | 59.9 | ||
Conservative | Zygmunt Gregorek* | 350 | 31.5 | ||
Conservative | Graeme Barriball | 330 | 29.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 34.77 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Great Torrington
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Cheryl Cottle-Hunkin* | 908 | 64.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Bright | 552 | 39.4 | ||
Independent | Margaret Brown* | 526 | 37.6 | ||
Green | Keith Funnell | 332 | 23.7 | ||
Labour | Diana Davey | 328 | 23.4 | ||
Independent | Jonathan Rose | 258 | 18.4 | ||
Labour | Siobhan Strode | 225 | 16.1 | ||
Independent | Douglas Smith | 219 | 15.6 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 32.27 | ||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Hartland
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stephen Harding | 656 | 37.2 | ||
Conservative | Richard Boughton | 650 | 36.9 | ||
Independent | Anna Dart* | 630 | 35.7 | ||
Green | Mireille Thornton | 571 | 32.4 | ||
Independent | Robin Julian* | 470 | 26.7 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Martin Hill | 463 | 26.3 | ||
Conservative | Brian Redwood | 460 | 26.1 | ||
Labour | Dylan Billson | 340 | 19.3 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.14 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Holsworthy
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Jonathan Hutchings* | 607 | 74.0 | ||
Conservative | David Jones | 398 | 48.5 | ||
Independent | Valentina Kassam | 203 | 24.8 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 33.91 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Milton & Tamarside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Kit Hepple | Unopposed | N/A | ||
Independent | Ken James* | Unopposed | N/A | ||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
Monkleigh & Putford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Philip Pennington* | 737 | 60.3 | ||
Independent | Robert Hicks* | 659 | 53.9 | ||
Green | William Douglas-Mann | 319 | 26.1 | ||
Conservative | Kenton Baker | 237 | 19.4 | ||
Conservative | Peter Haselhurst | 182 | 14.9 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.93 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Northam
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Christopher Leather | 783 | 47.9 | ||
Independent | Joanne Manley | 602 | 36.8 | ||
Independent | Giuseppe Rossi | 539 | 33.0 | ||
Conservative | John Himan* | 381 | 23.3 | ||
Conservative | Keith Lane | 372 | 22.8 | ||
UKIP | Richard Hancock* | 305 | 18.7 | ||
Conservative | William Gewanter | 296 | 18.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | David Berryman | 255 | 15.6 | ||
Labour | John Coats | 214 | 13.1 | ||
Labour | Geoffrey Allen | 209 | 12.8 | ||
Labour | Brendan Montague | 175 | 10.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 40.20 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Shebbear & Langtree
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | David Hurley* | 599 | 45.9 | ||
Independent | Richard Wiseman* | 486 | 37.2 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Styles-Power | 470 | 36.0 | ||
Conservative | Rhys Matthews | 420 | 32.2 | ||
Labour | Gillian Tesh | 210 | 16.1 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 43.82 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Two Rivers & Three Moors
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Rosemary Lock* | 732 | 59.0 | ||
Conservative | Michael Clarke | 640 | 51.6 | ||
Green | Colin Jones | 494 | 39.8 | ||
Labour | Anthony Goldstone | 265 | 21.4 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 38.85 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Westward Ho!
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Nicholas Laws* | 953 | 77.1 | ||
Independent | Claire Hodson | 572 | 46.3 | ||
UKIP | Derek Sargent | 326 | 26.4 | ||
Conservative | Carrie Woodhouse | 231 | 18.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 41.87 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Independent win (new seat) |
Winkleigh
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Simon Newton | 319 | 47.9 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Stephen Middlton | 249 | 37.4 | ||
Labour | Angela Findlay | 98 | 14.7 | ||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 40.52 | ||||
Conservative win (new seat) |
By-elections
editNortham
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Carrie Woodhouse | 386 | 38.7 | +15.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Sam Newman-McKie | 230 | 23.1 | +7.5 | |
Green | Wendy Lo-Vel | 224 | 22.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Jennifer Radford | 103 | 10.3 | −2.8 | |
Independent | Timothy Tennant | 54 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 156 | 15.6 | |||
Turnout | 997 | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "BBC". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Torridge". The Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 7 June 2019.