Mid Devon District Council elections

Mid Devon District Council elections are held every four years to elect Mid Devon District Council in Devon, England. Since the last boundary changes in 2023 the council has comprised 42 councillors, representing 22 wards, with each ward electing one, two or three councillors.^[1]

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Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Labour	Green^[b]	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year						Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (40 seats)
1973	0	5	3	–	32		Independent
1976	0	5	0	0	35		Independent
New ward boundaries (40 seats)
1979	1	1	1	0	37		Independent
1983	0	10	0	0	30		Independent
1987	0	13	0	0	27		Independent
1991	0	9	1	0	30		Independent
1995	0	21	1	0	18		Liberal Democrats
1999	2	18	1	0	19		No overall control
New ward boundaries (42 seats)
2003	11	8	1	0	22		No overall control
2007	17	10	0	0	15		No overall control
2011	24	6	0	0	12		Conservative
2015	28	5	0	0	9^[c]		Conservative
2019	18	12	0	2	10		No overall control
New ward boundaries (42 seats)
2023	5	33	0	3	1		Liberal Democrats

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	249	37.5
	Independent	182	27.4
	Independent	132	20.0
	Labour	100	15.1
Majority		67	10.1
Turnout		663
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	351	48.5	+3.3
	Conservative	343	47.4	+47.4
	Independent	29	4.0	+4.0
Majority		8	1.1
Turnout		723
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	400	55.2	−10.2
	Conservative	306	42.2	+20.3
	Labour	19	2.6	−10.2
Majority		94	13.0
Turnout		725	52.6
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	471	48.5	+48.5
	Liberal Democrats	376	38.7	−40.4
	Labour	124	12.8	−8.1
Majority		95	9.8
Turnout		971	33.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Mid Devon District Council elections

Election results

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By-election results

1995–1999

1999–2003

2003–2007

2007–2011

2011–2015

2015–2019

2019–2023

2023–2027

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Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Clive Francis	255	38.8	+38.8
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Wilson	219	33.3	−5.2
	Independent	Raymond Weinstein	101	15.4
	Independent	Christopher Sanderson	82	12.5
Majority			36	5.5
Turnout			657	24.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Maximilian Cook	565	59.7	−4.1
	Conservative	Peter Hare-Scott	382	40.3	+4.1
Majority			183	19.4
Turnout			947	38.8
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	422	43.7	+43.7
	Liberal Democrats	287	29.7	+8.0
	Independent	181	18.8	−35.4
	UKIP	75	7.8	+7.8
Majority		135	14.0
Turnout		965	22.1
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Derek Coren	714	59.4	+26.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Heal	489	40.6	−26.4
Majority			225	18.8
Turnout			1,203	45.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Polly Colthorpe	385	63.6	+4.1
	Independent	Terry Knagg	166	27.4	−13.1
	UKIP	Tony McIntyre	54	8.9	+8.9
Majority			219	36.2
Turnout			605
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Cathryn Heal	189	48.0	−25.9
	Liberal Democrats	Judi Binks	130	33.0	+33.0
	UKIP	Bob Edwards	60	15.2	+15.2
	Independent	John Jordan	15	3.8	+3.8
Majority			59	15.0
Turnout			394
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anthony Bush	279	36.4	+6.6
	Independent	Gerald Luxton	179	23.4	+4.7
	Labour	Alison Mitchell	164	21.4	+9.6
	Liberal Democrats	David Whiteway	144	18.8	+18.8
Majority			100	13.1
Turnout			766
	Conservative gain from UKIP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Lance Kennedy	479	45.1	−1.5
	Liberal Democrats	Les Cruwys	346	32.5	+32.5
	Labour	Steve Bush	238	22.4	−0.1
Majority			133	12.5
Turnout			1,063
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Elizabeth Slade	513	40.8	+14.4
	Liberal Democrats	David Wulff	319	25.4	−7.6
	Labour	Richard Cornley	213	16.9	−7.3
	Independent	Jason Lejeune	213	16.9	+16.9
Majority			194	15.4
Turnout			1,258
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Heal	418	64.1	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Wooding	234	35.9	N/A
Majority			184	28.2
Turnout			652
	Conservative hold		Swing

Westexe By-Election 6 May 2021^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Pugh	567	37.4	+20.0
	Labour	Samuel James	274	18.1	+3.9
	Green	Rosie Wibberley	263	17.3	+0.6
	Independent	Adrian Howell	179	11.8	+11.8
	Independent	Claire Hole	126	8.3	+8.3
	Independent	Stephen Bush	108	7.1	+7.1
Majority			293	19.3
Turnout			1,517
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Upper Culm By-Election 17 June 2021^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Bartlett	361	44.5	+8.1
	Liberal Democrats	Sean Ritchie	346	42.6	−7.2
	Green	Adam Rich	74	9.1	+9.1
	Labour	Fiona Hutton	31	3.8	−10.0
Majority			15	1.8
Turnout			812
	Conservative hold		Swing

Crediton Lawrence By-Election 26 June 2025^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Tim Stanford	540	64.9
	Reform	Andy Hankins	226	27.2
	Labour	Terence Edwards	66	7.9
Majority			314	37.7
Turnout			832
	Liberal Democrats hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	James Buczkowski	318	47.9	+26.2
	Conservative	Rosemary Berry	279	42.0	+9.2
	Labour	Jason Chamberlain	67	10.1	+10.1
Majority			39	5.9
Turnout			664
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Alex White	405	52.2
	Conservative	Peter Heal	226	29.1
	Labour	Hayden Sharp	91	11.7
	Green	Mark Scotland	54	7.0
Majority			179	23.1
Turnout			776
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Stirling	431	45.4
	Conservative	Paul Osman	248	26.1
	Independent	Jason Lejeune	182	19.2
	Green	Laura Buchanan	88	9.3
Majority			183	19.3
Turnout			949
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Martyn Stratton	664	50.0
	Conservative	Toby William Gray	615	46.3
	Labour	Terry Edwards	48	3.6
Majority			49	36.9
Turnout			1,373	44.5
	Liberal Democrats hold