The 2019 West Devon Borough Council election took place on 2 May 2019, to elect members of West Devon Borough Council in England.[1] This was on the same day as other local elections across England.
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Result
editElection result
edit2019 West Devon Borough Council election | ||||||||||
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Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
Conservative | 27 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 51.6 | 37.9 | 9,340 | –6.7 | |
Independent | 12 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 35.5 | 30.7 | 7,566 | –0.9 | |
Green | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 2,912 | –1.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6.5 | 6.9 | 1,691 | +4.8 | |
Labour | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10.5 | 2,587 | +4.5 | ||
UKIP | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 530 | +0.2 |
Results by Ward
editBere Ferrers
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Charles Robin Musgrave* | 491 | 41.1 | ||
Conservative | Peter Edward Crozier | 473 | 39.6 | ||
Labour | Katherine Rose Medhurst | 320 | 26.8 | ||
UKIP | David Pengelly | 291 | 24.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Graham Richard Reed | 258 | 21.6 | ||
Labour | David John Whitworth | 149 | 12.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,206 | 40.61 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Robin Musgrave was the winning Independent candidate in 2015.
Bridestowe
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Caroline Mott* | 600 | 62.8 | ||
Conservative | Terence John Southcott | 538 | 56.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Pamela Gail Bones | 301 | 31.5 | ||
Labour | Malcolm David John Light | 194 | 20.3 | ||
Turnout | 990 | 39.60 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Buckland Monachorum
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Frank Cheadle* | 789 | 59.4 | ||
Green | Lucy Jane Wood | 587 | 44.2 | ||
Conservative | Philip Richard Sanders* | 457 | 34.4 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Patricia Anne Reid | 229 | 17.2 | ||
Labour | Anthony Parker Marchese | 151 | 11.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,344 | 45.51 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Green gain from Conservative | Swing |
Burrator
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Tim Bolton | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | Diana Elizabeth Moyse* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | N/A | N/A | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Chagford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Nicola Mary Heyworth | 299 | 51.5 | +19.0 | |
Green | David John Osbiston | 282 | 48.5 | +26.6 | |
Turnout | 593 | 50.43 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Dartmoor
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mark Christian Renders | 484 | 79.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Stephen Earp | 128 | 20.9 | −40.4 | |
Turnout | 615 | 44.09 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Drewsteignton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul James Ridgers* | 315 | 51.4 | −14.2 | |
Green | Lisa Anne Rowe | 236 | 38.5 | +4.1 | |
Labour | Paula Louise Frisby | 62 | 10.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 620 | 44.99 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Exbourne
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Lois Esther Samuel* | 579 | 54.2 | ||
Conservative | Barry Ian Ratcliffe | 537 | 50.2 | ||
Green | Hugh Jonathan Norman | 433 | 40.5 | ||
Labour | Peter Frank Brickley | 280 | 26.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,102 | 35.00 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Hatherleigh
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Clare Mary Gerardine Kemp | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Conservative | Patrick John Derek Kimber* | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
Turnout | N/A | N/A | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Mary Tavy
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Terence George Pearce* | 399 | 57.0 | −12.5 | |
Conservative | Annabel Roberts | 249 | 35.6 | N/A | |
Independent | Michael Arthur Fife Cook | 52 | 7.4 | −23.1 | |
Turnout | 703 | 54.29 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Milton Ford
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Neil Jory* | 339 | 66.9 | +5.6 | |
Labour | David Munnelly | 168 | 33.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 535 | 37.05 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Neil Jory was an incumbent councillor for Tavistock North ward.
Okehampton North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Antony Frank Leech* | 902 | 62.7 | ||
Conservative | Michael Bryn Davies* | 615 | 42.8 | ||
Conservative | Kevin Ball* | 593 | 41.2 | ||
Independent | Michael John Ireland | 582 | 40.5 | ||
Labour | Elaine Marie Whitefoot | 463 | 32.2 | ||
Conservative | Teresa Dawn Edwards | 430 | 29.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,448 | 35.68 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Okehampton South
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Paul Richard Vachon | 424 | 47.9 | ||
Conservative | Julie Veronica Yelland* | 335 | 37.8 | ||
Green | Malcolm William Calder | 320 | 36.1 | ||
UKIP | Robert Michael Rush | 239 | 27.0 | ||
Conservative | Simon Christopher Thomas | 232 | 26.2 | ||
Turnout | 893 | 31.14 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
South Tawton
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Lynn Christine Daniel | 434 | 61.2 | +40.6 | |
Conservative | Louise Sacha Watts* | 275 | 38.8 | +12.3 | |
Turnout | 720 | 46.07 | |||
Green gain from Independent | Swing |
Louise Watts was an incumbent councillor for the Exbourne ward.
Tamarside
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Christopher Neville Edmonds* | 403 | 73.4 | +11.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Christopher John Bones | 74 | 13.5 | N/A | |
Labour | Zoe Lorraine Waite | 72 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Turnout | 559 | 39.84 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
Chris Edmonds was the winning Independent candidate in 2015. The change in his share of the vote is shown from his result in 2015, rather than the Conservative candidate's.
Tavistock North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Jeffrey Boyd-Moody* | 870 | 60.8 | ||
Independent | Andrew John Coulson | 717 | 50.1 | ||
Independent | Stephen Jon Hipsey | 695 | 48.6 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Peter Cyril Squire | 338 | 23.6 | ||
Labour | Lesley Ann Crawford | 326 | 22.8 | ||
Conservative | John Sheldon* | 269 | 18.8 | ||
Conservative | Jack Daniel Kevin Morewood | 263 | 18.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,435 | 38.86 | |||
Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Tavistock South East
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | James Spettigue | 665 | 50.0 | ||
Conservative | Deborah Katherine Anne Sellis* | 663 | 49.8 | ||
Conservative | Robert John Oxborough* | 415 | 31.2 | ||
Green | Sara Alison Palmer | 386 | 29.0 | ||
Labour | Stephen James Cox | 223 | 16.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,339 | 45.76 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Tavistock South West
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Mandy Victoria Louise Ewings | 504 | 52.1 | ||
Independent | Adam Duncan Bridgewater | 483 | 49.9 | ||
Green | Wendy Margaret Miller | 234 | 24.2 | ||
Labour | Helen Louise Stone | 179 | 18.5 | ||
Conservative | Jonathan Gilpin | 170 | 17.6 | ||
Conservative | Christian Jenkins | 163 | 16.8 | ||
Turnout | 982 | 34.06 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Independent gain from Conservative | Swing |
Changes 2019–2023
editIn 2020, Cllr Mike Davies left the Conservatives to sit as an independent over the Conservative Government's handling of the Dominic Cummings breaking of lockdown rules during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then a separate independent, Cllr Robin Musgrave has joined the Liberal Democrats. The net result was to leave the number of independents unchanged, the number of Conservatives down one and Liberal Democrats up one, thus denying the Conservatives an overall majority.[3] The Conservatives regained a majority on the council in November 2021 following a by-election in the Bere Ferrers ward.[4]
Bere Ferrers
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Angela Blackman | 362 | 32.5 | −7.1 | |
Labour | Isabel Saxby | 361 | 32.4 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graham Reed | 216 | 19.4 | −2.2 | |
Green | Judy Maciejowska | 176 | 15.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 1 | 0.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,119 | 37.5 | |||
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing |
Tavistock North
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | David Turnbull | 379 | 39.3 | +20.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Peter Squire | 337 | 35.0 | +11.4 | |
Green | Susan Bamford | 163 | 16.9 | N/A | |
Labour | Doug Smith | 85 | 8.8 | −14.0 | |
Majority | 42 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 970 | 24.56 | |||
Conservative gain from Independent | Swing |
References
edit- ^ "West Devon District Council". Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "BBC". BBC News. 3 May 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ^ "Devon councillor leaves Tories in the lurch after resigning over Cummings furore". Devon Live. 26 May 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Churm, Philip (12 December 2021). "West Devon's newest councillor". Plymouth Live. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
- ^ "Declaration of Result of Poll". West Devon Borough Council. 19 February 2022. Archived from the original on 10 May 2022.