2019 Mid Devon District Council election
2019 UK local government election
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The 2019 Mid Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of the Mid Devon District Council in England.[1][2]
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2 May 2019
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It was held on the same day as other local elections. At the elections the Conservatives lost control of the council, with no party winning an overall majority.
Summary
Election result
| 2019 Mid Devon District Council election | ||||||||||
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Conservative | 42 | 18 | 1 | 11 |  10 |
42.9 | 34.1 | 7,921 | –14.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 33 | 12 | 7 | 0 |  7 |
28.6 | 29.6 | 6,887 | +18.7 | |
| Independent | 14 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
23.8 | 13.9 | 3,229 | –3.6 | |
| Green | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
4.8 | 8.6 | 2,003 | +2.7 | |
| Labour | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0.0 | 7.1 | 1,651 | –3.2 | |
| UKIP | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
0.0 | 5.8 | 1,338 | +0.1 | |
| Liberal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
0.0 | 0.9 | 210 | ±0.0 | |
Ward results
Boniface
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Jim Cairney | 541 | 57.9 | +9.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Downes | 534 | 57.1 | +18.0 | |
| UKIP | Bob Edwards | 161 | 17.2 | −2.8 | |
| Conservative | Gina Ford | 159 | 17.0 | −6.2 | |
| Conservative | Roddy Jaques | 154 | 16.5 | −8.3 | |
| Labour | Louise Lampard | 115 | 12.3 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 3 | 0.32 | |||
| Turnout | 938 | 32 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,964 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Bradninch
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Luke Taylor | 696 | 90.7 | +30.0 | |
| Conservative | Paul Trimming | 71 | 9.3 | −30.0 | |
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.65 | |||
| Turnout | 772 | 50 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,536 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Cadbury
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Bob Deed | 398 | 61.1 | +23.2 | |
| Conservative | Gavin Donovan | 253 | 38.9 | +5.6 | |
| Rejected ballots | 21 | 3.12 | |||
| Turnout | 672 | 51 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,326 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Canonsleigh
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Christine Collis | 412 | 47.2 | −8.4 | |
| Green | Jo Norton | 348 | 39.9 | +2.9 | |
| Conservative | Martin Trevor | 301 | 34.5 | −16.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vera Hale | 227 | 26.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Mary Chesney | 225 | 25.8 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 1.58 | |||
| Turnout | 887 | 34 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,616 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Castle
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Irene Hill | 371 | 36.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ben Holdman | 329 | 32.0 | +4.1 | |
| Conservative | Brenda Hull | 297 | 28.9 | −12.7 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Slade | 284 | 27.6 | −13.4 | |
| Labour | Anne Kilshaw | 272 | 26.4 | −3.3 | |
| UKIP | Mike Turner | 185 | 18.0 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 0.58 | |||
| Turnout | 1,035 | 31 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,323 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Clare & Shuttern
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ray Stanley | 549 | 46.5 | −8.0 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Moore | 464 | 39.3 | −14.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Chris Adcock | 410 | 34.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | Peter Wood | 346 | 29.3 | −13.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Browne-Wilkinson | 303 | 25.7 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 17 | 1.42 | |||
| Turnout | 1,198 | 42 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,874 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Cranmore
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Sue Griggs | 505 | 43.5 | −2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Les Cruwys | 494 | 42.6 | +12.2 | |
| Conservative | Christina Daw | 461 | 39.7 | +4.5 | |
| Conservative | Lance Kennedy | 416 | 35.9 | +4.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Philip Hill | 347 | 29.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Bruce Milton | 307 | 26.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Stephen Bush | 265 | 22.8 | +2.8 | |
| Labour | Lynne Dean | 206 | 17.8 | −4.4 | |
| Labour | Ana Hendy | 190 | 16.4 | −4.5 | |
| Rejected ballots | 20 | 1.69 | |||
| Turnout | 1,180 | 30 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,938 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Cullompton North
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Nikki Woollatt | 486 | 55.4 | +2.1 | |
| Independent | Ashley Wilce | 343 | 39.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Iain Emmett | 268 | 30.6 | −24.5 | |
| Conservative | Martin Smith | 216 | 24.6 | −11.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Karen Hope | 160 | 18.2 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Steve Hayman | 113 | 12.9 | N/A | |
| Independent | Robert Dietrich | 57 | 6.5 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.57 | |||
| Turnout | 882 | 27 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,229 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Cullompton Outer
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | David Pugsley | 303 | 40.0 | −7.5 | |
| Conservative | Rosemary Berry | 278 | 36.7 | −15.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cathy Connor | 177 | 23.4 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.52 | |||
| Turnout | 762 | 41 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,857 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Cullompton South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Berry | 339 | 40.0 | +9.2 | |
| Independent | Eileen Andrews | 310 | 36.6 | −5.5 | |
| Conservative | Will Jones | 256 | 30.2 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mary Ryan | 225 | 26.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Timperley | 195 | 23.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Lloyd Knight | 161 | 19.0 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 1.28 | |||
| Turnout | 859 | 25 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,433 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
Halberton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Ray Radford | 305 | 51.6 | −17.9 | |
| Green | Gillian Westcott | 117 | 19.8 | −10.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Iain Campbell | 88 | 14.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Septimus Waugh | 81 | 13.7 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 6 | 1.01 | |||
| Turnout | 597 | 38 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,577 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Lawrence
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Frank Letch | 682 | 62.3 | +20.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andi Wyer | 570 | 52.1 | +15.1 | |
| Conservative | Judi Binks | 256 | 23.4 | −7.4 | |
| UKIP | Mike Szabo | 233 | 21.3 | +12.8 | |
| Conservative | Dan Webb | 223 | 20.4 | −5.9 | |
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 0.91 | |||
| Turnout | 1,104 | 38 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,920 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
Lower Culm
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Richard Chesterton | 524 | 36.3 | +36.3 | |
| Independent | Barry Warren | 478 | 33.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Bob Evans | 424 | 29.4 | +29.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andrea Glover | 408 | 28.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | George Birch | 354 | 24.5 | +24.5 | |
| UKIP | Margaret Dennis | 328 | 22.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Poynton | 323 | 22.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Richard Foord | 312 | 21.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Edward Southerden | 190 | 13.2 | N/A | |
| Independent | Roger Norton | 95 | 6.6 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 11 | 0.76 | |||
| Turnout | 1,453 | 31 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,634 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Lowman
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Dennis Knowles | 437 | 36.8 | +0.6 | |
| Conservative | Neal Davey | 380 | 32.0 | −14.7 | |
| Conservative | Colin Slade | 374 | 31.5 | −4.3 | |
| Green | Timothy Gorringe | 308 | 25.9 | +3.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephanie Rakobane | 283 | 23.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Garcia | 273 | 23.0 | N/A | |
| Labour | Andy Perris | 259 | 21.8 | −1.1 | |
| Conservative | James Ruttledge | 248 | 20.9 | −9.5 | |
| UKIP | Richard Wright | 219 | 18.4 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 5 | 0.42 | |||
| Turnout | 1,194 | 25 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,806 | ||||
| Independent hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Newbrooke
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Graeme Barnell | 274 | 49.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Martin Binks | 223 | 40.0 | −13.1 | |
| UKIP | Allan Jones | 61 | 10.9 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.36 | |||
| Turnout | 560 | 44 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,272 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Sandford & Creedy
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Margaret Squires | 632 | 55.7 | +3.6 | |
| Green | Elizabeth Wainwright | 565 | 49.8 | +23.4 | |
| Conservative | Peter Heal | 482 | 42.5 | −5.6 | |
| Rejected ballots | 22 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,157 | 43 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,714 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Green gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Silverton
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Josh Wright | 277 | 41.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Deborah Custance Baker | 197 | 29.8 | −3.9 | |
| Independent | Patricia Jones | 139 | 21.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal | Janet Rice | 49 | 7.4 | −41.1 | |
| Rejected ballots | 12 | 1.78 | |||
| Turnout | 674 | 44 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,545 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
Taw
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | John Daw | Unopposed | N/A | −62.7 | |
| Turnout | N/A | N/A | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Taw Vale
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Clive Eginton | 388 | 63.5 | −0.4 | |
| Green | Penny King | 140 | 22.9 | +9.2 | |
| Labour | Connor Bowdler | 83 | 13.6 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 9 | 1.45 | |||
| Turnout | 620 | 45 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,380 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Upper Culm
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Clist | 666 | 53.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Glanmor Hughes | 486 | 38.8 | −19.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Ritchie | 464 | 37.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Henry Carew | 452 | 36.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | Terry Edwards | 185 | 14.8 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 28 | 2.19 | |||
| Turnout | 1,279 | 39 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,289 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Upper Yeo
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | Alex White | 295 | 56.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Jill Doe | 227 | 43.5 | +43.5 | |
| Rejected ballots | 7 | 1.32 | |||
| Turnout | 529 | 38 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,400 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
Way
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Polly Colthorpe | 302 | 57.9 | −17.6 | |
| Green | Dave Wood | 225 | 42.1 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 8 | 1.5 | |||
| Turnout | 535 | 42 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,283 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Westexe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ron Dolley | 542 | 43.1 | +3.1 | |
| Independent | Wally Burke | 332 | 26.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | Gerald Luxton | 332 | 26.4 | −0.2 | |
| Conservative | Steve Flaws | 281 | 22.3 | −20.2 | |
| Conservative | Anthony Bush | 270 | 21.4 | N/A | |
| Green | Rosie Wibberley | 270 | 21.4 | +4.8 | |
| Conservative | Claudette Harrower | 245 | 19.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Alison Mitchell | 229 | 18.2 | +1.4 | |
| Labour | Tim Bridger | 227 | 18.0 | +1.0 | |
| Labour | Tony Wheeler | 172 | 13.7 | −2.6 | |
| UKIP | Tony McIntyre | 151 | 12.0 | −15.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sheila Whitlock | 139 | 11.0 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Whiteway | 107 | 8.5 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 14 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,273 | 30 | |||
| Registered electors | 4,267 | ||||
| Independent gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
| Independent gain from UKIP | Swing | ||||
Yeo
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Derek Coren | 589 | 54.2 | −7.2 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Penny | 514 | 47.3 | +0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Hyson | 474 | 43.6 | +18.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stephen Barnes | 471 | 43.3 | +23.2 | |
| Rejected ballots | 20 | 1.81 | |||
| Turnout | 1,107 | 40 | |||
| Registered electors | 2,783 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
Changes 2019–2023
- Graeme Barnell, elected for Newbrooke as a Liberal Democrat, left the party in March 2022 to join the council's non-aligned group.[4]
- Bob Evans, elected for Lower Culm as a Conservative, was replaced as leader of the Conservative group and sacked as deputy leader of the council following the Cullompton South by-election in April 2022, after which he resigned from the Conservative group to sit as an ungrouped member.[5]
- Andrew Moore, elected for Clare & Shuttern as a Conservative, left the Conservative group on 4 October 2022 to sit as a "wholly unaligned independent member".[6]
- Chris Daw, elected for Cranmore as a Conservative, subsequently left the party to sit as a member of the council's non-aligned group.[citation needed]
By-elections
Castle
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Elizabeth Slade | 513 | 40.8 | +13.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Wulff | 319 | 25.4 | −10.7 | |
| Labour | Richard Cornley | 213 | 16.9 | −9.5 | |
| Independent | Jason LeJeune | 213 | 16.9 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 19 | 1.49 | |||
| Turnout | 1,279 | 37.47 | +6 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,413 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Liberal Democrat councillor, Irene Hill.[8]
Taw
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Peter Heal | 418 | 64.1 | +64.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Wooding | 234 | 35.9 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 10 | 1.51 | |||
| Turnout | 662 | 47.59 | +47.59 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,391 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting Conservative councillor, John Daw, on 9 January 2020.[10]
Westexe
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | Stephen Pugh | 567 | 37.4 | +15.1 | |
| Labour | Samuel James | 274 | 18.1 | −0.1 | |
| Green | Rosemary Wibberley | 263 | 17.3 | −4.1 | |
| Independent | Adrian Howell | 179 | 11.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Claire Hole | 126 | 8.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Stephen Bush | 108 | 7.1 | N/A | |
| Rejected ballots | 18 | 1.17 | |||
| Turnout | 1,534 | 34.27 | +4 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,476 | ||||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting Independent councillor, Gerald Luxton.[12]
Upper Culm
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | James Bartlett | 361 | 44.5 | +5.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sean Ritchie | 346 | 42.6 | +5.5 | |
| Green | Adam Rich | 74 | 9.1 | N/A | |
| Labour | Fiona Hutton | 31 | 3.8 | −11.0 | |
| Rejected ballots | 2 | 0.25 | |||
| Turnout | 814 | 23.94 | −15 | ||
| Registered electors | 3,400 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
The by-election was triggered by the death of the sitting Conservative councillor, Glanmor Hughes, on 10 April 2021.[14]
Cullompton South
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Democrats | James Buczkowski | 318 | 47.9 | +21.4 | |
| Conservative | Annie Berry | 279 | 42.0 | +11.8 | |
| Labour | Jason Chamberlain | 67 | 10.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 39 | 5.9 | |||
| Rejected ballots | 4 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 668 | 20.7 | |||
| Registered electors | 3,230 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the sitting Independent councillor, Eileen Andrews, aged 94, due to ill health.[16]