2021 Devon County Council election

2021 Devon County Council election
← 2017 6 May 2021 2025 →
All 60 seats to Devon County Council; 31 seats needed for a majority
Registered	630,144
Turnout	256,335; 40.7% (0.5 pp)
	2021 Devon County Council Election Results Map.
Council control before election; Conservative;	Council control after election ; Conservative;

Registered630,144

Turnout256,335
40.7% (

0.5 pp)

The 2021 Devon County Council election took place alongside the other local elections. All 60 councillors to Devon County Council were elected.^[1] A total of 256,974 votes were cast including spoiled ballots.^[2]

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2021 Devon County Council election^[3]
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	60	39	2	4	2	65.0	42.8	108,702	–1.6
	Liberal Democrats	55	9	4	2	2	15.0	17.9	45,395	–3.8
	Labour	60	7	0	0		11.7	16.0	40,640	+0.8
	Independent	27	3	1	0		9.6	8.6	21,962	–1.0
	Green	45	2	1	0	1	5.4	11.1	28,285	+4.6
	East Devon Alliance	3	0	0	1	1	0.0	2.4	6,046
	Freedom Alliance (UK)	20	0	0	0		0.0	0.6	1,472	N/A
	TUSC	6	0	0	0		0.0	0.3	671	N/A
	Reform	5	0	0	0		0.0	0.2	424	N/A
	For Britain	2	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	242	N/A
	Women's Equality	1	0	0	0		0.0	0.1	139	N/A
	The Democratic Network	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	95	N/A
	UKIP	1	0	0	0		0.0	<0.1	68	–4.4

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	9		25,382	45.8	+2.0
	Independent	1		6,592	11.9	–1.7
	Green	1	1	4,436	8.0	+3.4
	Labour	0		7,643	13.8	+5.2
	East Devon Alliance	0	1	6,046	10.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	0		4,947	8.9	–8.1
	Democratic Network	0		95	0.2	N/A
	Freedom Alliance	0		84	0.2	N/A
	Reform UK	0		78	0.1	N/A
	UKIP	1		68	0.1	–2.5
Total		11		55,371

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ian Hall	1,672	43.6	−3.5
	East Devon Alliance	Paul Hayward	1,439	37.6	+1.8
	Labour Co-op	Oliver Tucker	498	13.0	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jules Hoyles	209	5.5	−3.2
Majority			233	6.1	−5.2
Turnout			3,832	38.7	−0.8
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Henry Gent	1,992	45.4	+25.7
	Conservative	Sara Randall Johnson	1,671	38.1	−6.0
	Conservative	Tom Hobson	1,488	33.9	−14.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Kemp	896	20.4	−4.0
	Labour	Mathieu Holladay	599	13.7	+1.7
	Labour	Ellis Davies	571	13.0	+1.2
	Independent	Peter Faithfull	535	12.2	N/A
Majority
Turnout			4,413	32.0	−13.7
	Green gain from Conservative
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeff Trail	3,727	44.1	+10.1
	Conservative	Richard Scott	3,685	43.6	+8.0
	Independent	Joe Whibley	2,373	28.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Dumper	1,844	21.8	+0.3
	Labour Co-op	Josie Parkhouse	1,509	17.9	+9.2
	Labour Co-op	Daniel Wilson	1,224	14.5	+6.5
	Green	Michael Rosser	1,214	14.4	+5.0
Majority
Turnout			8,566	32.9	+1.5
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

2021 Devon County Council election

Election result

Division results

East Devon

District summary

Division results

Exeter

District summary

Division results

Mid Devon

District summary

Division results

North Devon

District summary

Division results

South Hams

District summary

Division results

Teignbridge

District summary

Division results

Torridge

District summary

Division results

West Devon

District summary

Division results

Changes 2021–2025

References

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Christine Channon	2,307	49.2	−5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Lewis	747	15.9	−5.5
	Green	David Ireson	503	10.7	+5.2
	Labour	Keith Edwards	478	10.2	+0.2
	Independent	Brian Bailey	460	9.8	N/A
	Reform	David Hayward	78	1.7	N/A
	UKIP	Brigitte Graham	68	1.5	−4.7
Majority			1,560	33.3	0
Turnout			4,685	38.7	+0.2
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Phil Twiss	2,094	53.3	−7.8
	Labour	Jake Bonetta	1,491	37.9	+20.2
	Liberal Democrats	Cathy Connor	321	8.2	−3.9
Majority			603	15.3	−28.2
Turnout			3,930	34.1	+7
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jess Bailey	3,224	65.2	*N/A*
	Conservative	Charlie Hobson	1,281	25.9	−3.3
	Green	Luke Gray	204	4.1	N/A
	Labour	Steve Bloomfield	134	2.7	+0.2
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Slee	80	1.6	N/A
Majority			1,943	39.3	−12.7
Turnout			4,948	43.5	−2.6
	Independent gain from Independent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Marcus Hartnell	2,321	44.7	+7.6
	East Devon Alliance	Martin Shaw	2,176	41.9	+3.9
	Labour	George Tomkins	306	5.9	+1.3
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Wilson	160	3.1	−7.8
	The Democratic Network	Angela Marynicz	95	1.8	N/A
	Freedom Alliance	Paul Blackmore	84	1.6	N/A
Majority			145	2.8	+1.9
Turnout			5,190	42.5	+1.5
	Conservative gain from East Devon Alliance

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stuart Hughes	2,601	49.4	+2.1
	East Devon Alliance	Louise MacAllister	2,431	46.2	+8.5
	Labour Co-op	Colin Mills	209	4.0	−0.6
Majority			170	3.2	−6.4
Turnout			5,265	42.8	+1.8
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Iain Chubb	2,535	57.4	−8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Karen Hoyles	690	15.6	−7.8
	Labour Co-op	Liz Pole	624	14.1	+3.8
	Green	Wes Healey	523	11.8	N/A
Majority			1,845	41.8	−0.2
Turnout			4,419	39.9	+1.5
	Conservative hold

Party		Seats	Votes	%	+/-
	Labour	7	15,465	42.6	–3.4
	Conservative	2	11,617	32.0	–2.8
	Green	0	5,964	16.4	+8.9
	Liberal Democrats	0	2,585	7.1	–1.6
	Independent	0	273	0.8	N/A
	For Britain	0	242	0.7	N/A
	Women's Equality	0	136	0.4	N/A
Total		9	36,282

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Yvonne Atkinson	1,955	41.8	−1.5
	Conservative	Katherine New	1,700	36.3	+2.3
	Green	Julyan Levy	507	10.8	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ruffle	483	10.3	−2.2
Majority			255	5.5	−3.7
Turnout			4,677	42.22	+0.82
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Percy Prowse	1,370	37.2	−9.6
	Labour	Martyn Snow	1,201	32.6	+0.9
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mitchell	549	14.9	+1.2
	Green	Rich Parker	425	11.5	+5.8
	Women's Equality	Bea Gare	136	3.7	N/A
Majority			169	4.6	−10.5
Turnout			3,699	44.46	−3.04
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rob Hannaford	1,828	51.3	−6.0
	Conservative	Lee Gillett	916	25.7	+4.4
	Green	Jamie Lynde	464	13.0	+4.5
	For Britain	Frankie Rufolo	197	5.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Maya Skelton	160	4.5	−2.1
Majority			912	25.6	−10.4
Turnout			3,565	35.35	−0.75
	Labour hold

Heavitree and Whipton Barton
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Danny Barnes	1,937	44.2	+12.3
	Conservative	Alfie Carlisle	1,273	29.1	−1.6
	Green	Lizzie Woodman	954	21.8	+4.4
	Liberal Democrats	Lily James	157	3.6	−14.2
	For Britain	Debbie Frayne	45	1.0	−1.2
Majority			664	15.2	−4.7
Turnout			4,378	40.48	−0.52
	Labour hold

Pinhoe and Mincinglake
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tracy Adams	1,935	48.3	+2.1
	Conservative	John Harvey	1,333	33.2	−5.2
	Green	Paula Fernley	283	7.1	+2.8
	Independent	Kate Jago	273	6.8	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Henry Mayall	151	3.8	−1.8
Majority			602	15.0	+7.2
Turnout			4,010	38.72	−0.48
	Labour hold

St David's and Haven Banks
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Carol Whitton	1,671	41.2	−2.9
	Green	Andrew Bell	1,495	36.8	+19.2
	Conservative	Arden Foster-Spink	720	17.7	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Joel Hambly	172	4.2	−5.5
Majority			176	4.3
Turnout			4,058	4.3	−14.1
	Labour hold

St Sidwell's and St James
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Su Aves	1,967	52.1	−8.6
	Green	Johanna Korndorfer	844	22.3	+12.3
	Conservative	David Moore	516	13.7	−7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mitchell	447	11.8	+3.7
Majority			1,123	29.8	−10.0
Turnout			3,774	32.05	−4.55
	Labour hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrew Leadbetter	2,332	48.3	−6.5
	Labour	Helen Dallimore	1,494	30.9	+1.9
	Green	Jon Mills	675	14.0	+8.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Campion	330	6.8	+0.1
Majority			838	17.3	−4.6
Turnout			4,831
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Marina Asvachin	1,477	43.6	−3.5
	Conservative	Peter Holland	1,457	43.0	+5.6
	Green	Jack Eade	317	9.4	+5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Kris Mears	136	4.0	−2.8
Majority			20	0.6	−9.1
Turnout			3,387	35.11	+1.41
	Labour hold

Party		Seats	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5	11,985	49.4	+2.9
	Liberal Democrats	1	5,027	20.7	–6.5
	Labour	0	3,395	14.0	+3.2
	Green	0	3,087	12.7	+10.1
	Independent	0	636	2.6	–1.3
	Freedom Alliance	0	154	0.6	N/A
Total		6	24,284

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Frank Letch	1,811	44.0	−4.8
	Conservative	Martin Binks	1,645	39.9	+0.8
	Labour	Elin Bold	543	13.2	+6.9
	Freedom Alliance	Christopher Hurley	95	2.3	N/A
Majority			166	4.0
Turnout			4,118	39.4
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Margaret Squires	2,798	54.4	+1.0
	Green	Paul Edwards	946	18.4	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Wilson	784	15.2	−9.1
	Labour	Thomas Stephenson	477	9.3	+1.1
	Freedom Alliance	Ann Conway	103	2.0	N/A
Majority			1,852	36.0
Turnout			5,147	46.5
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Berry	1,861	53.0	+8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Andrea Glover	765	21.8	−2.2
	Green	Hannah Watson	449	12.8	+10.7
	Labour	Edward Southerden	411	11.7	+1.9
Majority			1,096	31.2
Turnout			3,509	33.8
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Colin Slade	1,598	47.0	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Farrell	792	23.3	−6.9
	Labour	Jason Chamberlain	663	19.5	+1.3
	Independent	Andrew Perris	335	9.8	N/A
Majority			806	23.7
Turnout			3,403	33.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Chesterton	1,990	45.6	+2.0
	Green	Trevor Cope	1,140	26.1	N/A
	Labour	Peter Hill	878	20.1	+3.5
		Ana Hendy	301	6.9	N/A
Majority			850	19.5
Turnout			4,360	38.1
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ray Radford	2,093	51.7	−0.8
	Liberal Democrats	Simon Clist	875	21.6	−0.3
	Green	Adam Rich	552	13.6	+7.5
	Labour	Fiona Hutton	423	10.5	+2.4
	Freedom Alliance	Charles Kay	59	1.5	N/A
Majority			1,218	30.1
Turnout			4,045	37.9
	Conservative hold

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	5	1	11,893	41.7	–2.7
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	6,460	22.6	–2.8
	Independent	1		3,891	13.6	+3.2
	Green	0		3,719	13.0	+6.0
	Labour	0		2,134	7.5	–1.3
	Freedom Alliance	0		433	1.5	N/A
Total		8		28,530

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Roome	1,499	44.1	−8.6
	Green	Robbie Mack	837	24.6	+17.5
	Conservative	Natasha Vukic	742	21.8	−1.6
	Labour	Nicholas Agnew	227	6.7	−2.4
	Freedom Alliance	Rob Pet	62	1.8	N/A
Majority			662	19.5
Turnout			3,396	32.4
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Caroline Leaver	1,436	41.1	+6.9
	Conservative	David Hoare	1,217	34.8	−9.8
	Independent	David Luggar	328	9.4	N/A
	Green	Lou Goodger	250	7.2	+2.2
	Labour	Philip Hawkins	202	5.8	−3.9
	Freedom Alliance	Josie Knight	41	1.2	N/A
Majority			219	6.3
Turnout			3,496	34.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Pru Maskell	1,514	42.4	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Spear	1,024	28.7	−4.8
	Labour	Mark Cann	495	13.9	−4.5
	Green	David Relph	454	12.7	N/A
	Freedom Alliance	Stewart Johnstone	44	1.2	N/A
Majority			490	13.7
Turnout			3,568	37.5
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Henderson	1,523	45.0	−14.0
	Independent	Glyn Lane	620	18.3	N/A
	Green	Nick Withers	447	13.2	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Victoria Nel	431	12.7	−15.5
	Labour	Valerie Cann	208	6.1	−0.1
	Independent	Philip Mason	83	2.4	N/A
	Freedom Alliance	Turtle Knight	55	1.6	N/A
Majority			903	26.7
Turnout			3,388	41.5
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Andrea Davis	2,476	62.8	−0.3
	Liberal Democrats	Julie Hunt	556	14.1	−1.5
	Green	Steven White	456	11.6	+3.6
	Labour	Oliver Bell	333	8.4	−0.1
	Freedom Alliance	Katherine Armitage	79	2.0	N/A
Majority			1,920	48.7
Turnout			3,945	40.2
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank Biederman	2,627	64.6	+8.8
	Conservative	Scott Paddon	789	19.4	−8.7
	Liberal Democrats	Helen Walker	310	7.6	−0.7
	Labour	Finola O'Neill	151	3.7	+0.6
	Green	Stephen Jarvis	146	3.6	+1.7
	Freedom Alliance	Paddy Sullivan	30	0.7	N/A
Majority			1,838	45.2
Turnout			4,068	40.3
	Independent hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Paul Crabb	1,493	51.1	+13.0
	Green	Netti Pearson	857	29.3	+2.6
	Liberal Democrats	Syed Jusef	286	9.8	N/A
	Labour	Cecily Blyther	215	7.4	−0.9
	Freedom Alliance	Lesley Mason	45	1.5	N/A
Majority			636	21.8
Turnout			2,924	33.2
	Conservative hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jeremy Yabsley	2,139	54.1	−3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Alex White	918	23.2	−6.9
	Labour	Steven Hinchliffe	303	7.7	+0.5
	Green	Gill Saunders	272	6.9	+2.4
	Independent	Steve Cotten	233	5.9	N/A
	Freedom Alliance	Val Schenn	77	1.9	N/A
Majority			1,221	30.9
Turnout			3,955	37.5
	Conservative hold

Party		Seats	+/-	Votes	%	+/-
	Conservative	4	1	14,287	46.7	+0.6
	Liberal Democrats	2	1	7,332	24.0	–1.5
	Green	1		4,180	13.7	+2.8
	Labour	0		3,942	12.9	+0.5
	Freedom Alliance	0		648	2.1	N/A
	Reform UK	0		92	0.3	N/A
	TUSC	0		82	0.3	N/A
Total		7		30,563

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Hart	2,470	63.9	−7.5
	Labour	Edward Parsons	534	13.8	+2.5
	Green	Win Scutt	416	10.8	+3.4
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Oram	353	9.1	−0.4
	Freedom Alliance	Emma Relph	59	1.5	N/A
Majority			1,936
Turnout				38.6
	Conservative hold