Mid Devon council election, 2023

04/05/2023 · 22 wards · 42 seats contested

Most seats
33
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
42
across 22 wards
Turnout
36.4%
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats 33 +21 19,521 46.9% +15.2
Conservative and Unionist Party 5 -12 13,811 33.2% -5.4
Green Party 3 +1 2,793 6.7% +1.3
Independent 1 -9 3,286 7.9% -4.7
Labour and Co-operative Party 0 +0 2,213 5.3% -2.1
Reform UK 0 +0 19 0.0% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2019. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 42
Conservative and Unionist Party 40
Liberal Democrats 36
Independent 12
Labour Party 12
Green Party 8
Reform UK 1

A party standing a full slate could field 42 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.

Bradninch

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Luke Taylor Elected 650 82.2% —
Labour Party Piers Martin Kotting 92 11.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Ruttledge 49 6.2% —
Majority558
Turnout48.0%
Registered electors1,636
Ballots cast791

Cadbury

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Rhys Roberts Elected 277 41.5% —
Liberal Democrats Georgina Stone 163 24.4% —
Independent Bob Deed 137 20.5% —
Labour Party Linda Luckhaus 71 10.6% —
Reform UK Jennifer Jane Riddle 19 2.8% —
Majority114
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors1,485
Ballots cast667

Canonsleigh 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jane Lock Elected 786 67.9% —
Green Party Gill Westcott Elected 521 45.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Christine Ann Collis 375 32.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Paul Andrew Osman 333 28.8% —
Majority146
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors2,893
Ballots cast1,158

Clare & Shuttern 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Chris Adcock Elected 787 58.5% —
Liberal Democrats Rachel Gilmour Elected 732 54.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Isobel Grant 549 40.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Isla Farrington 493 36.7% —
Majority183
Turnout45.0%
Registered electors3,046
Ballots cast1,345

Crediton Boniface 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Jim Cairney Elected 497 57.4% —
Liberal Democrats John Morris Downes Elected 494 57.0% —
Independent Steve Huxtable 215 24.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gina Ford 194 22.4% —
Labour Party John Humphreys 138 15.9% —
Majority279
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors3,162
Ballots cast866

Crediton Lawrence 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Frank William Letch Elected 611 58.9% —
Liberal Democrats Guy Cochran Elected 556 53.6% —
Labour and Co-operative Party Laurie Laybourn 307 29.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Scougall-Knight 254 24.5% —
Majority249
Turnout34.0%
Registered electors3,088
Ballots cast1,037

Cullompton Padbrook 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Lloyd Knight Elected 457 55.4% —
Liberal Democrats Sue Robinson Elected 370 44.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party John Berry 345 41.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Susan Ann Nancy Lane-Smith 263 31.9% —
Green Party Anthony Henry Humble-Smith 123 14.9% —
Majority25
Turnout28.0%
Registered electors3,001
Ballots cast825

Cullompton St Andrews 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Emma Buczkowski Elected 636 59.7% —
Liberal Democrats James Timothy Buczkowski Elected 634 59.5% —
Independent Nikki Woollatt Elected 479 45.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jane Attwood 322 30.2% —
Labour Party Edd Southerden 226 21.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin Richard Whatley 217 20.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Melvyn Kim Hanks 205 19.2% —
Majority157
Turnout27.0%
Registered electors3,959
Ballots cast1,065

Cullompton Vale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Matt Fletcher Elected 166 65.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rosemary Berry 87 34.4% —
Majority79
Turnout32.0%
Registered electors796
Ballots cast253

Halberton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Gwen DuChesne Elected 360 60.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ray Radford 236 39.5% —
Majority124
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors1,574
Ballots cast597

Lower Culm 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Andrea Glover Elected 814 45.3% —
Liberal Democrats Cathy Connor Elected 722 40.2% —
Liberal Democrats John Lloyd Poynton Elected 673 37.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard James Chesterton 649 36.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Brian Kenneth Lane-Smith 461 25.7% —
Independent Bob Evans 434 24.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lewis Alexander Worrow 419 23.3% —
Independent Barry Gordon John Warren 403 22.4% —
Labour Party John Edward Bell 236 13.1% —
Majority24
Turnout33.0%
Registered electors5,397
Ballots cast1,796

Sandford & Creedy 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Green Party Helen Marie Tuffin Elected 632 51.6% —
Green Party Mark Jenkins Elected 576 47.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Margaret Squires 575 47.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Monro 517 42.2% —
Majority1
Turnout44.0%
Registered electors2,840
Ballots cast1,224

Silverton

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Josh Wright Elected 500 85.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jerry Brook 86 14.8% —
Majority414
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors1,551
Ballots cast583

Taw Vale

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Steve Keable Elected 444 53.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Clive Eginton 383 46.3% —
Majority61
Turnout49.0%
Registered electors1,720
Ballots cast827

Tiverton Castle 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Ben Holdman Elected 553 55.6% —
Liberal Democrats David James Wulff Elected 532 53.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Jane Slade 273 27.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Luis Gordon 265 26.6% —
Independent Chris Berry 198 19.9% —
Majority259
Turnout30.0%
Registered electors3,347
Ballots cast995

Tiverton Cranmore 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Les Cruwys Elected 606 54.5% —
Liberal Democrats Beckett Fish Elected 463 41.6% —
Liberal Democrats Lance Kennedy Elected 445 40.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Griggs 346 31.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Guy Edwards 271 24.4% —
Independent Christina Park Daw 262 23.6% —
Independent Stephen Bush 229 20.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Nina Zuleika Lindsay 202 18.2% —
Labour Party Tom Ewings 109 9.8% —
Majority99
Turnout31.0%
Registered electors3,571
Ballots cast1,112

Tiverton Lowman 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Andy Cuddy Elected 574 50.9% —
Liberal Democrats Gordon Dugald Thomson Czapiewski Elected 455 40.4% —
Liberal Democrats Matt Farrell Elected 405 35.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rebecca Lousie Clarke 360 31.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Neal Vincent Davey 355 31.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Slade 313 27.8% —
Independent Tim Bridger 250 22.2% —
Labour Party Jason Chamberlain 245 21.7% —
Majority45
Turnout23.0%
Registered electors4,912
Ballots cast1,127

Tiverton Westexe 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Dave Broom Elected 494 40.7% —
Liberal Democrats Jamie Frost Elected 444 36.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Claudette Audrey Louise Harrower Elected 334 27.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Stephen Edward Pugh 287 23.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Richard Anthony Hunter Watson 277 22.8% —
Independent Wally Burke 273 22.5% —
Independent Jason Sonny Albert Lejeune 236 19.5% —
Labour Party Alex Bingham 221 18.2% —
Green Party Martin Eamonn Atkinson 208 17.1% —
Independent Steve Flaws 170 14.0% —
Green Party Chris Musgrave 156 12.9% —
Majority47
Turnout25.0%
Registered electors4,849
Ballots cast1,213

Upper Culm 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Simon John Clist Elected 814 60.8% —
Liberal Democrats Natasha Bradshaw Elected 807 60.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party James Bartlett 428 32.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Royston Cooper 366 27.3% —
Labour Party Terence Joseph Edwards 127 9.5% —
Majority379
Turnout40.0%
Registered electors3,397
Ballots cast1,339

Upper Yeo & Taw 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Stuart James Penny Elected 591 47.8% —
Liberal Democrats Natalia Letch Elected 561 45.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter John Heal 524 42.4% —
Liberal Democrats Andi Wyer 382 30.9% —
Labour Party Hayden Sharp 208 16.8% —
Majority37
Turnout38.0%
Registered electors3,250
Ballots cast1,237

Way

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Polly Colthorpe Elected 351 50.5% —
Green Party Rosie Wibberley 344 49.5% —
Majority7
Turnout41.0%
Registered electors1,730
Ballots cast695

Yeo 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Liberal Democrats Sandy Chenore Elected 553 43.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Martin David Binks Elected 490 38.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Angus Howie 489 38.3% —
Liberal Democrats Paul Perriman 381 29.8% —
Green Party Danuta Karpinska 233 18.2% —
Labour Party John William Dean 233 18.2% —
Majority1
Turnout43.0%
Registered electors2,954
Ballots cast1,277

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