North Devon council election, 2023
Most seats
21
Liberal Democrats
Seats contested
41
across 24 wards
Turnout
34.0%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 21 | +0 | 16,928 | 39.2% | +1.5 |
| Independent | 10 | +3 | 8,731 | 20.2% | +7.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 7 | -4 | 8,041 | 18.6% | -7.1 |
| Green Party | 3 | +1 | 6,508 | 15.1% | -0.3 |
| Labour Party | 0 | +0 | 3,003 | 6.9% | +0.4 |
| Communist Party of Britain | 0 | +0 | 15 | 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 41 |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | 32 | |
| Green Party | 25 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 24 | |
| Independent | 23 | |
| Labour Party | 18 | |
| Communist Party of Britain | 1 |
A party standing a full slate could field 41 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.
Barnstaple Central
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Syed Jusef Elected | 273 | 53.5% | +22.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Reginald George Howe | 92 | 18.0% | +2.2 |
| Green Party | Howard Porter | 86 | 16.9% | -28.0 |
| Labour Party | Roy Ernest Tomlinson | 28 | 5.5% | -3.0 |
| Independent | Bobby Burden-Brewer | 16 | 3.1% | — |
| Communist Party of Britain | Gerrard Anthony Sables | 15 | 2.9% | — |
| Majority | 181 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 510 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Green Party
Barnstaple with Pilton 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Ian Roome Elected | 1,037 | 74.8% | +5.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | Mel Lovering Elected | 845 | 61.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Jo Orange Elected | 766 | 55.3% | — |
| Green Party | Robbie Mack | 344 | 24.8% | -1.8 |
| Green Party | Lou Goodger | 333 | 24.0% | — |
| Green Party | L'Anne Knight | 328 | 23.7% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Francesca Lucia McKever | 300 | 21.6% | -1.7 |
| Labour Party | Finola O'Neill | 206 | 14.9% | -4.8 |
| Majority | 422 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,386 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Barnstaple with Westacott 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Peter Richard Leaver Elected | 712 | 63.2% | +5.1 |
| Liberal Democrats | David John Clayton Elected | 705 | 62.6% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Katrina Jean Mary Stevenson Elected | 690 | 61.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lisa Jayne Mackenzie | 401 | 35.6% | +1.9 |
| Green Party | Steven White | 263 | 23.4% | -3.2 |
| Independent | John Anthony Carter | 206 | 18.3% | — |
| Independent | Val Monk | 205 | 18.2% | — |
| Labour Party | Helen Mary Marini | 196 | 17.4% | -0.2 |
| Majority | 289 | |||
| Turnout | 24.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,126 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Bickington 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Joy Mary Cann Elected | 810 | 67.7% | +17.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Will Topps Elected | 778 | 65.0% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Helen Frances Walker Elected | 741 | 61.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Gary Lionel Beglin | 460 | 38.4% | -0.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Christopher David Hopkins | 441 | 36.8% | — |
| Green Party | Christine Basil | 361 | 30.2% | +13.1 |
| Majority | 281 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,197 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Bishop's Nympton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robin John Milton Elected | 495 | 68.7% | -3.4 |
| Green Party | Nick Withers | 131 | 18.2% | +6.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Ashraf Shah | 95 | 13.2% | -2.8 |
| Majority | 364 | |||
| Turnout | 38.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 721 | |||
Independent hold
Bratton Fleming
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Malcolm Stephen Prowse Elected | 485 | 62.2% | -9.5 |
| Green Party | Ian Godfrey | 112 | 14.4% | -4.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dominic Yarred Chugg | 102 | 13.1% | — |
| Labour Party | Marion Elizabeth Mason | 81 | 10.4% | +1.1 |
| Majority | 373 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 780 | |||
Independent hold
Braunton East 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Spear Elected | 664 | 50.6% | +15.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Graham Matthew Bell Elected | 642 | 48.9% | — |
| Green Party | David Charles John Relph | 483 | 36.8% | +5.0 |
| Green Party | Cas Lay | 390 | 29.7% | — |
| Independent | Adrian Justin Bryant | 272 | 20.7% | — |
| Labour Party | Nick Agnew | 174 | 13.3% | +3.1 |
| Majority | 159 | |||
| Turnout | 40.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,312 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Braunton West & Georgeham 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Simon George Maddocks Elected | 659 | 48.8% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pru Maskell Elected | 534 | 39.6% | +6.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Tristan Clarkson | 371 | 27.5% | -5.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Julian Robert Cox | 342 | 25.3% | — |
| Labour Party | Mark Cann | 290 | 21.5% | +5.0 |
| Independent | Jasmine Bessie Chesters | 260 | 19.3% | — |
| Green Party | Brett Parker | 244 | 18.1% | -6.8 |
| Majority | 163 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,350 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Chittlehampton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Susan Mavis Whitehead Elected | 371 | 47.1% | +7.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Burn | 255 | 32.4% | +5.1 |
| Green Party | Neil Basil | 109 | 13.9% | -16.8 |
| Labour Party | Cecily Blyther | 52 | 6.6% | +4.6 |
| Majority | 116 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 787 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Chulmleigh
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Kevin Miles Davies Elected | 498 | 63.5% | +11.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Judith Lee | 232 | 29.6% | -11.0 |
| Labour Party | Harry Ellis | 54 | 6.9% | -0.6 |
| Majority | 266 | |||
| Turnout | 43.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 784 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Combe Martin
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Brian Lee Lethaby Elected | 382 | 52.0% | -33.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Laurence William Irving | 239 | 32.6% | — |
| Green Party | Robert Cornish | 113 | 15.4% | +6.0 |
| Majority | 143 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 734 | |||
Independent hold
Fremington 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Frank Lindsay Biederman Elected | 1,223 | 78.5% | +4.4 |
| Independent | Neil Alan Denton Elected | 705 | 45.3% | — |
| Independent | Jim Bell | 473 | 30.4% | — |
| Independent | Bowser Harris | 233 | 15.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jack Austin Juby | 207 | 13.3% | -2.9 |
| Labour Party | Douglas James McLynn | 147 | 9.4% | +4.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Keith James York | 128 | 8.2% | -3.7 |
| Majority | 232 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,558 | |||
Independent hold
Heanton Punchardon
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Ricky Knight Elected | 275 | 59.4% | +43.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dennis Jenkins | 113 | 24.4% | +12.6 |
| Labour Party | Valerie Jean Cann | 75 | 16.2% | +7.7 |
| Majority | 162 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 463 | |||
Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Ilfracombe East 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | June Williams Elected | 718 | 65.6% | +33.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Paul Edward Crabb Elected | 674 | 61.6% | +17.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Daniel Carl Michael Turton Elected | 673 | 61.5% | — |
| Labour Party | Teresa Elliott | 645 | 59.0% | +44.6 |
| Green Party | Linda Mack | 572 | 52.3% | +30.3 |
| Majority | 28 | |||
| Turnout | 27.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,094 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold · Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Ilfracombe West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Sara Jane Wilson Elected | 524 | 53.1% | +11.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jonathan Mark Quinn Elected | 432 | 43.8% | +14.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Mark Gerrard Fay | 365 | 37.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Toby Ebert | 337 | 34.2% | +20.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Dave Baxter | 315 | 31.9% | -14.1 |
| Majority | 67 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 986 | |||
Green Party hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Liberal Democrats
Instow
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Lucinda Clemency Renshaw Elected | 217 | 30.3% | -12.8 |
| Independent | Becky Coombs | 188 | 26.2% | — |
| Independent | Joanne Bell | 114 | 15.9% | — |
| Green Party | Emily Herbert | 103 | 14.4% | -1.8 |
| Labour Party | Brendan Michael O'Brien | 66 | 9.2% | +5.3 |
| Independent | Nicholas John Arthur | 29 | 4.0% | — |
| Majority | 29 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 717 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Landkey 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Glyn Lane Elected | 498 | 52.3% | — |
| Green Party | Mark Haworth-Booth Elected | 454 | 47.7% | +21.6 |
| Liberal Democrats | Victoria Clare Nel | 443 | 46.5% | +3.8 |
| Liberal Democrats | Robert Patrick Janeiro | 238 | 25.0% | — |
| Green Party | Lucie Redwood | 196 | 20.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Tamsin Higgs | 75 | 7.9% | +3.8 |
| Majority | 11 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 952 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Green Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Lynton & Lynmouth
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | John Michael Patrinos Elected | 363 | 56.3% | -3.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | John Richard Atherton | 201 | 31.2% | +12.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Damian Owen | 81 | 12.6% | — |
| Majority | 162 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 645 | |||
Independent hold
Mortehoe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Malcolm Andrew Wilkinson Elected | 309 | 56.5% | -8.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Susan Christine Kingdom | 130 | 23.8% | -0.5 |
| Green Party | Shona Davis | 58 | 10.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Oliver John Leslie Bell | 50 | 9.1% | -1.2 |
| Majority | 179 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 547 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
Newport 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Caroline Frances Herringham Leaver Elected | 798 | 68.2% | +6.3 |
| Liberal Democrats | Louisa Catherine Emma York Elected | 654 | 55.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David William Hoare | 352 | 30.1% | -4.9 |
| Green Party | Matt Chamings | 245 | 20.9% | +3.5 |
| Green Party | Rosie Haworth-Booth | 150 | 12.8% | — |
| Labour Party | Alison Elizabeth Stringer | 140 | 12.0% | +1.5 |
| Majority | 302 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,170 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
North Molton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Liz Bulled Elected | 407 | 59.3% | -12.0 |
| Liberal Democrats | Gabi Marchewka | 145 | 21.1% | -7.5 |
| Green Party | Chris Barraclough | 134 | 19.5% | — |
| Majority | 262 | |||
| Turnout | 39.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 686 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Roundswell 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David Knight Elected | 656 | 60.3% | +4.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher James Norman Elected | 590 | 54.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stephen Robert Burridge | 323 | 29.7% | -7.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon Niall Randall | 270 | 24.8% | — |
| Independent | Alan Richard Rennles | 239 | 22.0% | — |
| Labour Party | Alexander Ian Crawford | 98 | 9.0% | -0.9 |
| Majority | 267 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,088 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold
South Molton 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | David John Worden Elected | 916 | 69.8% | +15.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Peter John Bishop Elected | 600 | 45.7% | — |
| Independent | Matt Bushell Elected | 573 | 43.7% | +16.6 |
| Independent | Paul John Henderson | 438 | 33.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Vanessa Katherine Burnham | 337 | 25.7% | -17.2 |
| Labour Party | Steven Hinchcliffe | 289 | 22.0% | +6.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Natasha Vukic | 281 | 21.4% | — |
| Green Party | Gill Saunders | 257 | 19.6% | +6.0 |
| Independent | Marc Peter Cornelius | 245 | 18.7% | — |
| Majority | 135 | |||
| Turnout | 31.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast (estimated) | 1,312 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Witheridge
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Peter George Jones Elected | 430 | 63.9% | — |
| Green Party | Woody Fox | 243 | 36.1% | +19.2 |
| Majority | 187 | |||
| Turnout | 35.0% | |||
| Registered electors | — | |||
| Ballots cast | 673 | |||
Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party