Exeter council election, 2018

03/05/2018 · 13 wards · 13 seats contested

Most seats
10
Labour Party
Seats contested
13
across 13 wards
Turnout
30.2%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Labour Party 10 -20 15,325 47.3% -0.3
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 -6 10,557 32.6% +3.5
Liberal Democrats 1 +0 3,005 9.3% -0.1
Green Party 0 +0 3,423 10.6% +0.9
Women's Equality Party 0 +0 75 0.2% —
British National Party 0 +0 34 0.1% —
Independents for Direct Democracy 0 +0 10 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 05/05/2016. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 13
Conservative and Unionist Party 13
Green Party 13
Labour Party 13
Liberal Democrats 13
British National Party 1
Independents for Direct Democracy 1
Women's Equality Party 1

A party standing a full slate could field 13 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Alphington

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Bob Foale Elected 1,029 42.8% +1.7
Conservative and Unionist Party Katherine Helen Judy New 933 38.8% +2.0
Green Party Andrew Wallace Bell 256 10.6% +0.9
Liberal Democrats Rod Ruffle 188 7.8% -3.9
Majority96
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,406

Labour Party hold

Duryard & St James

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Kevin Mitchell Elected 783 34.6% +3.0
Labour Party Charlie Davies 722 31.9% -3.1
Conservative and Unionist Party John Harvey 541 23.9% -7.9
Green Party Bethany Payne 132 5.8% -6.6
Women's Equality Party Bea Gare 75 3.3% —
Independents for Direct Democracy Sallie Cherie Waters 10 0.4% —
Majority61
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,263

Liberal Democrats hold

Exwick

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Rachel Helen Sutton Elected 1,278 57.8% +0.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Elliott Malik 593 26.8% +7.2
Green Party Mark Shorto 200 9.0% -4.1
Liberal Democrats Andrew Matthew Soper 140 6.3% -5.0
Majority685
Turnout30.2%
Registered electors7,335
Ballots cast2,211

Labour Party hold

Heavitree

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Greg Sheldon Elected 1,554 53.8% -1.8
Conservative and Unionist Party Guy Steven Frank Richards 786 27.2% +6.6
Green Party Gill Baker 345 11.9% -8.2
Liberal Democrats Stephen Michael Gates 206 7.1% -3.0
Majority768
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,891

Labour Party hold

Mincinglake & Whipton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Judy Pattison Elected 1,203 58.5% +2.5
Conservative and Unionist Party George Thomas Livesey 603 29.3% +12.7
Green Party Kayleigh Powell 129 6.3% -2.9
Liberal Democrats Matt Smith 123 6.0% -1.0
Majority600
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,058

Labour Party hold

Newtown & St Leonard's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Matthew James Vizard Elected 1,447 56.1% +1.5
Conservative and Unionist Party Ian Alexander Watt 628 24.4% -2.4
Green Party Tom Milburn 267 10.4% +3.2
Liberal Democrats Vanessa Newcombe 236 9.2% -0.2
Majority819
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,578

Labour Party hold

Pennsylvania

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Jane Begley Elected 1,435 47.9% +6.4
Conservative and Unionist Party Dave Smith 1,062 35.5% -2.5
Green Party Lizzie Woodman 324 10.8% -6.3
Liberal Democrats Michael Norman Mitchell 172 5.7% -4.1
Majority373
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,993

Labour Party hold

Pinhoe

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Duncan Wood Elected 1,128 47.1% +1.2
Conservative and Unionist Party Keith Andrew Sparkes 1,057 44.1% +1.1
Green Party Diana Patricia Jones 114 4.8% -5.1
Liberal Democrats Charles Cole 97 4.0% -3.1
Majority71
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,396

Labour Party hold

Priory

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Tony Wardle Elected 1,177 52.9% -4.0
Conservative and Unionist Party Jago Barnabas York Brockway 651 29.3% +4.4
Green Party Lynn Susan Wetenhall 220 9.9% -2.6
Liberal Democrats Christine Anne Campion 177 8.0% -1.0
Majority526
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,225

Labour Party hold

St David's

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Luke Sean Sills Elected 1,119 43.4% +3.0
Green Party Diana Moore 826 32.0% +7.1
Conservative and Unionist Party Aric Gilinsky 471 18.3% +0.3
Liberal Democrats James Joseph Dart 162 6.3% -22.9
Majority293
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,578

Labour Party hold

St Loyes

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter Holland Elected 1,299 52.2% +7.3
Labour Party Christine Anne Buswell 901 36.2% +2.5
Liberal Democrats Tom Deakin 167 6.7% -8.1
Green Party Andrew Cheesewright 120 4.8% -10.1
Majority398
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,487

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

St Thomas

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Laura Charis Adelaide Wright Elected 1,343 49.3% +6.9
Conservative and Unionist Party Mason Clayton Bell 679 24.9% +5.5
Liberal Democrats Sandy Chenore 376 13.8% -12.9
Green Party Joe Levy 292 10.7% +4.6
British National Party Chris Stone 34 1.2% —
Majority664
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,724

Labour Party hold

Topsham

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Catherine Pierce Elected 1,254 47.9% -4.5
Labour Party Eliot Paul Wright 989 37.8% +1.6
Green Party Jonathan Dawson 198 7.6% -9.7
Liberal Democrats David John Pugh 178 6.8% -3.3
Majority265
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast2,619

Conservative and Unionist Party hold

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