Devon County Council elections

Local elections in Devon are held every four years in order to vote for councillors on Devon County Council. Politically Devon is a shire county, thus the unitary authority areas of Plymouth and Torbay are not affected by the governance of Devon County Council. There are a total of 62 councillors on the council, the majority of whom are currently Conservative.

Political control

Party in control	Years
Conservative	1973 - 1985
No overall control	1985 - 1989
Conservative	1989 - 1993
Liberal Democrats	1993 - 2001
No overall control	2001 - 2005
Liberal Democrats	2005 - 2009
Conservative	2009 - present

Council elections

• 1973 Devon County Council election
• 1977 Devon County Council election
• 1981 Devon County Council election
• 1985 Devon County Council election
• 1989 Devon County Council election
• 1993 Devon County Council election
• 1997 Devon County Council election
• 2001 Devon County Council election
• 2005 Devon County Council election
• 2009 Devon County Council election
• 2013 Devon County Council election
• 2017 Devon County Council election

County result maps

• 
  2009 results map
• 
  2013 results map

By-election results

Plymstock Radford By-Election 7 November 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		796	37.9
	Labour		659	32.5
	Liberal Democrats		599	29.5
Majority			110	5.4
Turnout			2,054	24.3
	Conservative hold		Swing

Honickeknowle By-Election 7 August 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,339	61.7	−16.5
	Conservative		414	19.1	−2.8
	Liberal Democrats		345	15.9	+15.9
			72	3.3	+3.3
Majority			925	42.6
Turnout			2,170	23.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Exwick and Cowick By-Election 10 December 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		1,036	59.4	+10.3
	Conservative		336	19.3	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats		282	16.2	−2.7
	Liberal		90	5.2	−0.5
Majority			700	40.1
Turnout			1,744
	Labour hold		Swing

Ilfracombe By-Election 19 February 1998

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,163	45.5	+27.5
	Liberal Democrats		700	27.4	−3.9
	Labour		695	27.3	+15.9
Majority			463	18.1
Turnout			2,558	32.0
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Bradnich and Creedy By-Election 31 March 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,811	51.0	+7.7
	Liberal Democrats		1,505	42.4	+4.6
	Labour		150	4.2	−5.4
	Liberal		82	2.3	−6.9
Majority			306	8.6
Turnout			3,548	40.0
	Conservative hold		Swing

Dawlish By-Election 28 October 1999

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		1,344	46.2	+7.8
	Liberal Democrats		1,291	44.3	+1.4
	Labour		277	9.5	−9.3
Majority			53	1.9
Turnout			2,912	29.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

Ilfracombe By-Election 27 November 2003

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		756	39.0	+7.9
	Conservative		686	35.4	−2.6
	Independent		318	16.4	+8.9
	Independent		178	9.2	+4.2
Majority			70	3.6
Turnout			1,938	23.6
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Exeter St Davids and Pennsylvania By-Election 26 February 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Sheila Hobden	1,330	41.3	+7.3
	Conservative	Jeffrey Coates	1,090	33.8	+3.0
	Labour	Lesley Robson	452	14.0	−13.0
	Independent	Sylvia Hardy	351	10.9	+10.9
Majority			240	7.5
Turnout			3,223	26.3
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yealmpton By-Election 2 March 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Mumford	1,530	49.5	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Baldry	1,421	46.0	+3.1
	Labour	David Trigger	140	4.5	+4.5
Majority			109	3.5
Turnout			3,091	35.9
	Conservative hold		Swing

Alphington and Cowick By-Election 13 July 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Vanessa Newcombe	1,265	39.3	−4.5
	Conservative	Margaret Baldwin	1,211	37.6	+17.8
	Labour	Allan Hart	568	17.7	−8.7
	Green	Andrew Bell	174	5.4	+0.8
Majority			54	1.7
Turnout			3,218	30.0
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Yealmpton by-election 22 May 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Hosking	2,493	57.9	+6.8
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blake	1,028	23.9	+6.2
	Labour	David Trigger	706	16.4	+16.4
Majority			1,465	34.0	+1.8
Turnout			4,307	47.6	+11.8
	Conservative hold		Swing

Heavitree and Whipton Barton by-election 24 October 2019

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greg Sheldon	1032	31.9	−19%
	Conservative	John Harvey	992	30.7	−1%
	Liberal Democrats	Rowena Squires	576	17.8	+11%
	Green	Lizzie Woodman	563	17.4	+11%	− class="vcard"		For Britain	Frankie Rufolo	70	2.2	+2.2%	−
Majority			40	1.2%	−18.7%
Turnout			10,614	30.6	−10.4%
	Labour hold		Swing

External links

• Devon Council