West Devon Borough Council elections

West Devon Borough Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 31 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.^[1]

Political control

Since the foundation of the council in 1973 political control of the council has been held by the following parties:^[2]

Party in control	Years
Independent	1973 - 1987
No overall control	1987 - 1991
Independent	1991 - 1995
Liberal Democrats	1995 - 1999
No overall control	1999 - present

Council elections

West Devon District Council election, 1973
West Devon District Council election, 1976
West Devon District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
West Devon Borough Council election, 1983
West Devon Borough Council election, 1987
West Devon Borough Council election, 1991
West Devon Borough Council election, 1995 (Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
West Devon Borough Council election, 1999
West Devon Borough Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)^[5]^[6]^[7]
West Devon Borough Council election, 2007
West Devon Borough Council election, 2011
West Devon Borough Council election, 2015 (New ward boundaries)^[8]

By-election results

1999-2003

Okehampton By-Election 24 February 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Milton Ford By-Election 4 May 2000
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

Buckland Monachorum By-Election 7 June 2001
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

Lydford By-Election 11 July 2002
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

2003-2007

Chagford By-Election 14 September 2006^[9]
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

2007-2011

Tavistock North By-Election 7 February 2008^[10]
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

Tavistock South By-Election 10 December 2009^[11]^[12]
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

References

^ "Local Government in West Devon". West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "West Devon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ The District of West Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Mid Devon, Torridge and West Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.
^ "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Huge boost for Labour in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

By-election results

External links

West Devon Borough Council

[local-1] "Local Government in West Devon". West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[hold-2] "West Devon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] The District of West Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977

[4] slation.gov.uk - The Mid Devon, Torridge and West Devon (District Boundaries) Order 1991. Retrieved on 6 November 2015.

[change-5] "Local elections". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[6] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.

[7] slation.gov.uk - The Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[8] slation.gov.uk - The West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.

[chagford-9] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[tavistock-10] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[huge-11] "Huge boost for Labour in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-11. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[south-12] "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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v t e Council elections in Devon
Devon County Council	1889 1892 1895 1898 1901 1904 1907 1910 1913 1919 1922 1925 1928 1931 1934 1937 1946 1949 1952 1955 1958 1961 1964 1967 1970 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
East Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Exeter City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999 2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
Mid Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
North Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Plymouth City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 2023 2024
South Hams District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Teignbridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Torbay Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
Torridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
West Devon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023
See also: Wards Boundary changes