Teignbridge District Council elections

Teignbridge District Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2019, 47 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.^[1]

Year	Conservative	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Labour	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year					Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (57 seats)
1973	0	1	7	49		Independent
1976	8	3	1	45		Independent
New ward boundaries (58 seats)
1979	22	4	1	31		Independent
1983	22	5	3	28		No overall control
1987	27	4	2	25		No overall control
1991	19	11	4	24		No overall control
1995	5	25	7	21		No overall control
1999	19	16	2	21		No overall control
New ward boundaries (46 seats)
2003	14	16	0	16		No overall control
2007	19	21	0	6		No overall control
2011	26	13	0	7		Conservative
2015	29	11	0	6		Conservative
New ward boundaries (47 seats)
2019	12	26	0	9		Liberal Democrats
2023	9	26	0	12^[b]		Liberal Democrats

Party		Votes	%
	Independent	480	54.5
	Liberal Democrats	230	26.1
	Labour	171	19.4
Majority		250	29.4
Turnout		881
	Independent gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Conservative	338	44.4
	Liberal Democrats	219	28.7
	Labour	205	26.9
Majority		199	15.7
Turnout		762
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Election results

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	391	44.0
	Conservative	269	30.3
	Independent	229	25.8
Majority		122	13.7
Turnout		889	22.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	584	55.6	+12.8
	Liberal Democrats	262	24.9	−32.4
	Labour	205	19.5	+19.5
Majority		322	30.7
Turnout		1,051	32.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	447	52.5	+27.8
	Conservative	315	37.0	+14.7
	Labour	89	10.5	−5.6
Majority		132	15.5
Turnout		851	22.0
	Liberal Democrats hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	759	52.6
	Conservative	550	38.1
	Labour	134	9.3
Majority		209	14.5
Turnout		1,443	28.4
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	332	40.7	+18.7
	Liberal Democrats	294	36.1	+11.4
	Labour	189	23.2	+7.1
Majority		38	4.6
Turnout		815	20.7
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Kevin Lake	924	45.2
	Liberal Democrats	Susan Berman	832	40.8
	Independent	Derek Madge	160	7.8
	Independent	Dudley Swain	128	6.3
Majority			92	4.4
Turnout			2,044	42.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alistair Dewhirst	756	62.3	+34.5
	Conservative	Phil Coombes	458	37.7	−34.5
Majority			298	24.5
Turnout			1,214
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Avril Kerswell	933	50.3	+10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Charlie West	472	25.5	−1.0
	UKIP	Bruce Meechan	253	13.6	+6.6
	Labour	Lisa Robillard Webb	196	10.6	+2.9
Majority			461	24.9
Turnout			1,854
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Alison Eden	491	51.1	+28.3
	Conservative	Nick Maylem	286	29.8	−12.6
	UKIP	Steven Harvey	111	11.6	N/A
	Labour	Malcolm Tipper	72	7.5	−8.7
Majority			205	21.3
Turnout			969	25.08
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sally Morgan	838	43.9	+20.3
	Conservative	Taff Evans	631	33.1	−4.2
	Independent	Eoghan Kelly	169	8.9	−1.5
	Labour	Christopher Robillard	103	5.4	−7.4
	UKIP	Anne Bracher	98	5.1	N/A
	Independent	Charlie West	68	3.6	N/A
Majority			207	10.8
Turnout			1,911	29.30
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Kingsteignton East by-election 4 May 2017^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ron Peart	778	52.4	+19.3
	Liberal Democrats	Sue Rollason	437	29.4	+14.2
	Independent	Tony Dempster	270	18.2	−1.6
Majority			341	23.0
Turnout			1,485
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ashburton and Buckfastleigh by-election 2 May 2024^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jack Major	715	30.6
	Alliance	Sue Clarke	523	22.4
	Conservative	Richard Edlmann	325	13.9
	Labour	Lisa Robillard Webb	303	13.0
	Green	Pauline Wynter	295	12.6
	Independent	Michael Hext	136	5.8
	Heritage	Madeleine Hunt	36	1.5
Majority			192	8.2
Turnout			2,333
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Teignmouth West by-election 1 May 2025^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Reform	Steve Horner	400	35.2
	Liberal Democrats	Penny Lloyd	372	32.7
	Conservative	Joe Dagger	142	12.5
	Green	Ollie Hind	128	11.3
	Labour	Colin Baigent	80	7.0
	Heritage	Madeleine Hunt	14	1.2
Majority			28	2.5
Turnout			1,142	29.3
	Reform gain from Liberal Democrats

Kenn Valley by-election 9 October 2025^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Smith	1,116	50.4
	Reform	Terry Tume	512	23.1
	Conservative	Lucille Baker	212	9.6
	Independent	Kevin Lake	181	8.2
	Green	Scott Williams	122	5.5
	Labour	Niall Duffy	59	2.7
	Independent	Dudley Swain	12	0.5
Majority			604	27.3
Turnout			2,214
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Keeling	680	51.5	+38.8
	Conservative	Chris Webb	470	35.6	+2.8
	UKIP	Steven Harvey	89	6.7	N/A
	Labour	Janette Parker	81	6.1	−8.8
Majority			210	15.9
Turnout			1,324	26.49%
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Hayes	751	48.9	+5.2
	Conservative	Liz Roberts	627	40.8	+5.8
	UKIP	Steven Harvey	158	10.3	+10.3
Majority			124	8.1
Turnout			1,536
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Lorraine Evans	575	41.0	+28.2
	Conservative	Pam Elliott	564	40.3	+7.5
	Labour	Janette Parker	262	18.7	+3.7
Majority			11	0.8
Turnout			1,401
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Wrigley	1,287	70.6	+47.5
	Conservative	Angela Fenne	535	29.4	−0.7
Majority			752	41.3
Turnout			1,822
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing