2018 Exeter City Council election

Exeter City Council election, 2016

5 May 2016
All 39 seats to Exeter City Council 20 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Party Labour Conservative Last election 28 8
Council control before election Labour Council control after election Labour

The 2018 Exeter City Council election took place on 3 May 2018 to elect a third (13/39) of the members of Exeter City Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The election result left the council with the same political make up as it had at the previous 2016 election, with Labour in control with 28 seats and the Conservative's as the main opposition party, returning with 8.

Results by ward

(*) Asterisk denotes the sitting councillor.

Alphington

Alphington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bob Foale*	1,029
	Conservative	Katherine New	933
	Green	Andrew Bell	256
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ruffle	188
Majority			96
Turnout			2,406	36.77
	Labour hold		Swing

Duryard & St.James

Duryard & St.James

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Mitchell*	783
	Labour	Charlie Davies	722
	Conservative	John Harvey	541
	Green	Bethany Payne	132
	Women's Equality	Bea Gare	75
	Democrats and Veterans	Sallie Waters	10
Majority			61
Turnout			2,263	33.49
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)

Exwick

Exwick

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Rachel Sutton*	1,278
	Conservative	Elliott Malik	593
	Green	Mark Shorto	200
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Soper	140
Majority			685
Turnout			2,211	30.18
	Labour hold		Swing

Heavitree

Heavitree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Greg Sheldon*	1,554
	Conservative	Guy Richards	786
	Green	Gill Baker	345
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Gates	206
Majority			768
Turnout			2,891	42.21
	Labour hold		Swing

Mincinglake & Whipton

Mincinglake & Whipton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Judy Pattison	1,203
	Conservative	George Livesey	603
	Green	Kayleigh Powell	129
	Liberal Democrats	Matt Smith	123
Majority			600
Turnout			2,058	30.98
	Labour win (new seat)

Newtown & St.Leonards

Newtown & St.Leonards

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Matthew Vizard*	1,447
	Conservative	Ian Watt	628
	Green	Tom Milburn	267
	Liberal Democrats	Alexandra Newcombe	236
Majority			819
Turnout			2,578	36.08
	Labour win (new seat)

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jane Begley	1,435
	Conservative	David Smith	1,062
	Green	Lizzie Woodman	324
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Mitchell	172
Majority			373
Turnout			2,993	39.42
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Pinhoe

Pinhoe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Duncan Wood*	1,128
	Conservative	Keith Sparkes	1,057
	Green	Diana Jones	114
	Liberal Democrats	Charles Cole	97
Majority			71
Turnout			2,396	41.04
	Labour hold		Swing

Priory

Priory

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tony Wardle*	1,177
	Conservative	Jago Brockway	651
	Green	Lynn Wetenhall	220
	Liberal Democrats	Christine Campion	177
Majority			526
Turnout			2,225	34.25
	Labour hold		Swing

St Davids

St Davids

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Luke Sills*	1,119
	Green	Diana Moore	826
	Conservative	Aric Gilinsky	471
	Liberal Democrats	James Dart	162
Majority			293
Turnout			2,578	35.09
	Labour hold		Swing

St Loyes

St Loyes

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Holland*	1,299
	Labour	Christine Buswell	901
	Liberal Democrats	Thomas Deakin	167
	Green	Andrew Cheesewright	120
Majority			398
Turnout			2,487	36.03
	Conservative win (new seat)

St Thomas

St Thomas

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Laura Wright	1,343
	Conservative	Mason Bell	679
	Liberal Democrats	Sandy Chenore	376
	Green	Joe Levy	292
	BNP	Chris Stone	34
Majority			664
Turnout			2,724	36.75
	Labour win (new seat)

Topsham

Topsham

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Catherine Pierce	1,254
	Labour	Eliot Wright	989
	Green	Jonathan Dawson	198
	Liberal Democrats	David Pugh	178
Majority			265
Turnout			2,619	37.77
	Conservative win (new seat)

External links

• Exeter City Council