West Devon Borough Council elections

West Devon Borough Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 31 councillors have been elected from 18 wards.^[1]

Year	Conservative	Labour	Liberal Democrats^[a]	Green^[b]	UKIP	Independents & Others	Council control after election
Year							Council control after election
Local government reorganisation; council established (30 seats)
1973	0	0	0	–	–	30		Independent
1976	6	0	0	0	–	24		Independent
New ward boundaries (30 seats)
1979	10	0	0	0	–	20		Independent
1983	12	0	1	0	–	17		Independent
1987	13	1	1	0	–	15		No overall control
1991	5	1	6	0	–	18		Independent
1995	0	1	15	0	0	14		No overall control
1999	8	0	8	0	0	14		No overall control
New ward boundaries (31 seats)
2003	12	0	8	0	1	10		No overall control
2007	14	0	7	0	0	10		No overall control
2011	19	0	3	0	0	9		Conservative
New ward boundaries (31 seats)
2015	21	0	0	0	0	10		Conservative
2019	16	0	1	2	0	12		Conservative
2023	11	1	4	5	0	10		No overall control

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	248	52.3	+52.3
	Liberal Democrats	226	47.7	+47.7
Majority		22	4.6
Turnout		474	41.0
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,075	51.7	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	1,006	48.3	+25.2
Majority		69	3.4
Turnout		2,081
	Conservative hold	Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	228	56.3	+11.6
	Conservative	177	43.7	−11.6
Majority		51	12.6
Turnout		405	36.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Summary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Sampson	310	58.1
	Conservative	Thomas Wells	224	41.9
Majority			86	16.2
Turnout			534	46.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Bridgewater	812	59.3	+33.7
	Conservative	David Whitcomb	425	31.0	+4.2
	Green	Vanni Cook	133	9.7	−5.0
Majority			387	28.3
Turnout			1,370	33.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirstie Clish-Green	523	45.8	+33.5
	Conservative	Susan Bailey	450	39.4	+13.6
	Independent	Brian Trew	170	14.9	−47.1
Majority			73	6.4
Turnout			1,143	33.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Jeff Moody	407	35.5	+35.5
	Conservative	Colin Rogers	256	22.3	−10.6
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Bridgewater	225	19.6	−3.2
	Labour	Moira Brown	125	10.9	−6.2
	UKIP	Daniel Worth	78	6.8	+6.8
	Independent	Daniel Worth	57	5.0	+5.0
Majority			151	13.2
Turnout			1,148
	Independent gain from Conservative		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Sheldon	349	37.2	+4.3
	Independent	Caroline Keane	206	22.0	+22.0
	Labour	Moira Brown	196	20.9	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Joyce Hillson	187	19.9	−2.9
Majority			143	15.2
Turnout			938
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Brian Lamb	639	52.2	+27.9
	Labour	Katherine Medhurst	421	34.4	+19.0
	UKIP	David Pengelly	164	13.4	−4.6
Majority			218	17.8
Turnout			1,224
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Angela Blackman	362	32.5	+2.5
	Labour	Isabel Saxby	361	32.4	+12.1
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Reed	216	19.4	−11.8
	Green	Judy Maciejowska	176	15.8	+15.8
Majority			1	0.1
Turnout			1,115
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Turnbull	379	39.3	+24.4
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Squire	337	35.0	+16.3
	Green	Susan Bamford	163	16.9	+16.9
	Labour	Doug Smith	85	8.8	−9.3
Majority			42	4.4
Turnout			964
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Ursula Mann	233	25.5
	Liberal Democrats	Holly Greenbury-Pullen	233	25.5
	Green	Annabel Martin	215	23.5
	Conservative	Judy Hughes	176	19.3
	Labour	Uwem Udo	57	6.2
Majority			0	0.0
Turnout			914
	Independent gain from Green		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Holly Greenbury-Pullen	387	28.1
	Conservative	Judy Hughes	348	25.2
	Green	Sara Wood	289	21.0
	Labour	Uwem Udo	195	14.1
	Independent	Michael Fife Cook	160	11.6
Majority			39	2.8
Turnout			1,379
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Reed	485	31.5
	Conservative	Judy Hughes	402	26.1
	Reform	Brian Trew	355	23.0
	Green	Sara Louise Wood	165	10.7
	Labour	Uwem Udo	155	10.1
Majority			83	5.4
Turnout			1,562	38.43
	Liberal Democrats gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Democrats	Jan Goffey	356	57.1
	Conservative	Lois Samuel	152	24.4
	Independent	Julie Yelland	116	18.6
Majority			204	32.7
Turnout			624
	Liberal Democrats gain from Green		Swing