2005 Devon County Council election

Registered563,668

Turnout379,920
67.4% (1.7 pp)

2005 Devon County Council election

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All 62 seats to Devon County Council[1] 32 seats needed for a majority
Registered	563,668
Turnout	379,920 67.4% (1.7 pp)
First party Second party Third party   LD Con Lab Party Liberal Democrats Conservative Labour Last election 22 seats, 35.8% 22 seats, 37.4% 4 seats, 16.7% Seats won 33 23 4 Seat change 12[note 1] 1[note 1] 1 Popular vote 142,414 142,732 44,813 Percentage 38.0% 38.0% 11.9% Swing 2.1% 0.6% 4.6% Reference [2][3] [2][3] [2][3]   Fourth party Fifth party   Ind Lib Party Independent Liberal Last election 3 seats, 6.1% 3 seats, 2.0% Seats won 2 0 Seat change 1 3 Popular vote 16,692 4,300 Percentage 4.4% 1.1% Swing 1.7% 0.9% Reference [2][3] [2][3]
Council control before election No overall control Council control after election Liberal Democrat

The 2005 Devon County Council election was an election to Devon County Council which took place on 5 May 2005 as part of the 2005 United Kingdom local elections. 62 councillors were elected from various electoral divisions, which returned either one or two county councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions had been redrawn since the last election in 2001. No elections were held in Plymouth and Torbay, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council.

All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote in the local elections.