Torridge council election, 2023
Most seats
16
Independent
Seats contested
36
across 16 wards
Turnout
33.6%
average of reporting wards
Summary
| Party | Seats | +/− | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 16 | -1 | 11,236 | 33.3% | -1.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | +6 | 7,885 | 23.3% | +12.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 6 | -4 | 8,429 | 25.0% | -4.2 |
| Green Party | 4 | +2 | 3,515 | 10.4% | +1.5 |
| Labour Party | 2 | -1 | 2,273 | 6.7% | -5.3 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 0 | +0 | 231 | 0.7% | -3.2 |
| Britain First | 0 | +0 | 204 | 0.6% | — |
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 36 |
|---|---|---|
| Independent | 28 | |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | 25 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 15 | |
| Labour Party | 9 | |
| Green Party | 8 | |
| Britain First | 2 | |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | 2 |
A party standing a full slate could field 36 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.
Appledore 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Leonard Spencer Ford Elected | 599 | 64.5% | +24.6 |
| Green Party | Peter Graham Hames Elected | 588 | 63.4% | +25.3 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Nigel Andrew Johnson | 134 | 14.4% | -13.3 |
| Majority | 454 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,925 | |||
| Ballots cast | 928 | |||
Independent hold · Green Party hold
Bideford East 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Jude Gubb Elected | 459 | 43.3% | -0.3 |
| Independent | James Andrew Craigie Elected | 392 | 36.9% | — |
| Green Party | Huw Thomas Elected | 387 | 36.5% | +16.9 |
| Labour Party | Jen Radford | 316 | 29.8% | -5.5 |
| Independent | Jamie McKenzie | 309 | 29.1% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Linda Joan Hellyer | 299 | 28.2% | +0.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | James Hellyer | 257 | 24.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Oliver Clement Sherborne | 198 | 18.7% | — |
| Majority | 71 | |||
| Turnout | 26.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,072 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,061 | |||
Independent hold · Green Party gain from Labour Party
Bideford North 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Party | Peter Stuart Christie Elected | 871 | 65.4% | +3.9 |
| Liberal Democrats | Trevor Johns Elected | 517 | 38.8% | +17.3 |
| Independent | Doug Bushby Elected | 505 | 37.9% | -7.9 |
| Labour Party | Nick Radford | 432 | 32.5% | +10.7 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Dermot McGeough | 431 | 32.4% | -11.6 |
| UK Independence Party (UKIP) | Gaston Amedee Dezart | 97 | 7.3% | — |
| Majority | 73 | |||
| Turnout | 30.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,407 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,331 | |||
Green Party hold · Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent hold
Bideford South 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Party | David George Brenton Elected | 247 | 39.2% | +2.7 |
| Independent | Simon George Inch Elected | 200 | 31.7% | +0.5 |
| Labour Party | Jake McLean | 199 | 31.6% | — |
| Green Party | Simon Mathers | 166 | 26.3% | — |
| Independent | Peter James Lawrence | 162 | 25.7% | — |
| Britain First | Philip Richard George Green | 108 | 17.1% | — |
| Britain First | Anne Maria Townsend | 96 | 15.2% | — |
| Majority | 1 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,522 | |||
| Ballots cast | 630 | |||
Labour Party hold · Independent gain from Labour Party
Bideford West 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Carl Jason Hawkins Elected | 187 | 34.1% | -7.8 |
| Labour Party | Anne Brenton Elected | 186 | 33.9% | +1.5 |
| Independent | Shirley Langford | 178 | 32.4% | — |
| Independent | Tony Inch | 161 | 29.3% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jason Murdoch | 128 | 23.3% | -15.1 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Morgan Daniel Taylor | 108 | 19.7% | — |
| Majority | 8 | |||
| Turnout | 25.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,189 | |||
| Ballots cast | 549 | |||
Independent hold · Labour Party gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Broadheath 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Philip John Warden Hackett Elected | 547 | 50.3% | -16.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stephen Ralph Gibson Elected | 449 | 41.3% | +6.5 |
| Liberal Democrats | Sherrie Green | 412 | 37.9% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Graeme John Barriball | 380 | 34.9% | — |
| Majority | 37 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,308 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,088 | |||
Independent hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent
Great Torrington 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Bright Elected | 751 | 59.9% | -21.4 |
| Liberal Democrats | Lauren Mary Bright Elected | 588 | 46.9% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Doug Smith Elected | 553 | 44.1% | — |
| Independent | Margaret Brown | 327 | 26.1% | -21.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Roger Darch | 318 | 25.4% | — |
| Green Party | Keith Funnell | 261 | 20.8% | -8.9 |
| Labour Party | Penelope Aine Hewitt | 230 | 18.4% | -11.0 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Helen Wilton-Love | 214 | 17.1% | — |
| Majority | 226 | |||
| Turnout | 29.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,350 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,253 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Independent · Liberal Democrats hold
Hartland 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Shirleyann Andrews Elected | 763 | 49.5% | +16.7 |
| Independent | Anna Dart Elected | 755 | 49.0% | +4.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Stephen John Harding Elected | 640 | 41.5% | -4.9 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Richard Boughton | 567 | 36.8% | — |
| Independent | Robin Julian | 439 | 28.5% | — |
| Majority | 73 | |||
| Turnout | 33.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,757 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,542 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent hold · Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Holsworthy 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Lyndon James Piper Elected | 541 | 61.5% | — |
| Independent | Pete Shepherd Elected | 460 | 52.3% | +18.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Emma Hosie | 255 | 29.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Diana Michelle Stevens | 166 | 18.9% | -81.6 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Melanie Jayne Dymond | 142 | 16.2% | — |
| Majority | 205 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,438 | |||
| Ballots cast | 879 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Independent gain from Conservative and Unionist Party
Milton & Tamarside 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ken James Elected | 659 | 61.0% | — |
| Independent | Kit Hepple Elected | 524 | 48.5% | — |
| Green Party | Tracey Elizabeth Beresford | 374 | 34.6% | — |
| Labour Party | Tony Ronald Barrett | 225 | 20.8% | — |
| Majority | 150 | |||
| Turnout | 32.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,381 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,080 | |||
Monkleigh & Putford 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Phil Pennington Elected | 567 | 44.1% | -25.0 |
| Independent | Robert Henry Hicks Elected | 537 | 41.7% | — |
| Green Party | Rosemary Gent | 355 | 27.6% | -2.3 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Susan Collins | 339 | 26.3% | +4.1 |
| Labour Party | Jim Lowe | 312 | 24.2% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jeff Wilton-Love | 218 | 16.9% | — |
| Majority | 182 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,185 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,287 | |||
Independent hold
Northam 3 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Chris Leather Elected | 674 | 45.0% | +39.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Jane Whittaker Elected | 530 | 35.4% | -3.4 |
| Green Party | Wendy Lo-Vel Elected | 513 | 34.2% | +11.8 |
| Independent | Joanne Louise Manley | 485 | 32.4% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Sam Newman-McKie | 471 | 31.4% | +8.4 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Carrie Woodhouse | 334 | 22.3% | — |
| Independent | John Himan | 310 | 20.7% | — |
| Independent | Hugh Richard Brading | 268 | 17.9% | — |
| Majority | 28 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 4,104 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,499 | |||
Independent hold · Conservative and Unionist Party gain from Independent · Green Party gain from Independent
Shebbear & Langtree 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Cheryl Cottle-Hunkin Elected | 892 | 66.2% | +23.2 |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Charles Wheatley Elected | 700 | 52.0% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Hurley | 540 | 40.1% | -14.8 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | David Christopher Jupp | 348 | 25.8% | — |
| Majority | 160 | |||
| Turnout | 44.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,094 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,347 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative and Unionist Party · Liberal Democrats gain from Independent
Two Rivers & Three Moors 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Rosemary Lock Elected | 609 | 50.2% | -18.5 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Thomas John Elliott Elected | 513 | 42.3% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Roger Carl Allen | 476 | 39.2% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Claire Louise Davey-Potts | 452 | 37.3% | — |
| Independent | Rachel Anne Clarke | 220 | 18.1% | — |
| Majority | 37 | |||
| Turnout | 37.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,301 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,213 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold
Westward Ho! 2 seats
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Claire Charmian Hodson Elected | 494 | 46.0% | -45.6 |
| Independent | Louis Bach Elected | 334 | 31.1% | — |
| Liberal Democrats | Bert Bruins | 277 | 25.8% | — |
| Independent | Derek Sargent | 243 | 22.6% | — |
| Independent | Anmol Singh | 241 | 22.4% | — |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Ken Hind | 183 | 17.0% | -5.2 |
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Pat Ferguson | 175 | 16.3% | — |
| Majority | 57 | |||
| Turnout | 36.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 3,004 | |||
| Ballots cast | 1,074 | |||
Independent hold
Winkleigh
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Share | +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative and Unionist Party | Simon Newton Elected | 343 | 48.6% | +0.7 |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Thomas Middleton | 237 | 33.6% | -3.8 |
| Labour Party | Angela Findlay | 126 | 17.8% | +3.1 |
| Majority | 106 | |||
| Turnout | 41.0% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,751 | |||
| Ballots cast | 706 | |||
Conservative and Unionist Party hold