2014 Exeter City Council election[1][2]
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13 of the 40 seats to Exeter City Council
20 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Labour Conservative Liberal Democrats
Seats won 10 2 1
Seats after 27 10 3
Seat change Increase3 Decrease1 Decrease2
Popular vote 9,859 6,492 3,769
Percentage 37.8% 24.9% 14.5%
Map showing the results of the 2014 Exeter City Council elections by ward. Red shows Labour seats, blue shows the Conservatives and yellow shows the Liberal Democrats. Wards in grey had no election.
Council control before election

Labour

 Council control after election

Labour

The 2014 Exeter City Council election took place on 22 May 2014, to elect members of Exeter City Council in Exeter, Devon, England.[3] This was on the same day as other local elections.

Results summary

2014 Exeter City Council election
Party This election Full council This election
Seats Net Seats % Other Total Total % Votes Votes % +/−
  Labour 9 Increase 2 69.2 18 27 67.5 10,657 37.8 -6.3
  Conservative 3 Steady 23.1 7 10 25.0 7,260 25.7 -0.8
  Liberal Democrats 1 Decrease 2 7.7 1 2 5.0 2,762 9.8 -4.2
  Liberal 0 Steady 0.0 1 1 2.5 0 0.0 ±0.0
  UKIP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 4,152 14.7 +8.7
  Green 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 2,865 10.2 +2.3
  TUSC 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 256 0.9 N/A
  Independence from Europe 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 172 0.6 N/A
  Left Unity 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 39 0.1 N/A
  BNP 0 Steady 0.0 0 0 0.0 38 0.1 N/A

Results by ward

Alphington

Alphington
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Suaad George 808 31.5%
Labour Peter Cox 583 22.7%
UKIP Andrew Dudgeon 529 20.6%
Liberal Democrats Rodney Ruffle 384 15.0%
Green Diana Moore 261 10.2%
Majority 225 8.8%
Turnout 2,576 38.48%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Cowick

Cowick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Heather Morris 813 44.0%
UKIP Peter Boardman 406 22.0%
Conservative Louis Ten-Holter 400 21.7%
Liberal Democrats Philip Brock 121 6.6%
Green Therese Canning 94 5.1%
TUSC Lily Cooper 12 0.7%
Majority 407 22.0%
Turnout 1,849 41.71%
Labour hold Swing

Duryard

Duryard & St.James
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Lee Mottram 796 47.8%
Labour John Chilvers 338 20.3%
Green David Barker-Hahlo 330 19.8%
Liberal Democrats Nigel Williams 173 10.4%
TUSC James Golten 28 1.7%
Majority 458 27.5%
Turnout 1,677 30.93%
Conservative hold Swing

Exwick

Exwick
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Rachel Sutton 1,893 43.8%
UKIP Rick Timmis 1,201 27.8%
Conservative Ruth Smith 646 15.0%
Green Mark Shorto 339 7.9%
Liberal Democrats Stephen Barnes 211 4.9%
TUSC Andrew Duncan 27 0.6%
Majority 692 16.0%
Turnout 2,177 33.78%
Labour hold Swing

Heavitree

Heavitree
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Olwen Foggin 897 44.3%
Conservative Aric Gilinsky 483 23.9%
Green Deborah Frayne 284 14.0%
Liberal Democrats Christopher Townsend 219 10.8%
Independence from Europe David Smith 121 6.0%
TUSC Samuel Taylor-Wickenden 20 1.0%
Majority 414 20.5%
Turnout 2,038 46.12%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Mincinglake

Mincinglake & Whipton
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Stephen Brimble 753 52.2%
Conservative Harry Chamberlain 369 25.6%
Green Isaac Price-Sosner 228 15.8%
Liberal Democrats Kevin Chun 92 6.4%
Majority 384 26.6%
Turnout 1,476 36.02%
Labour hold Swing

Newtown

Newtown
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roger Spackman 735 46.6%
Green Thomas Milburn 260 16.5%
Conservative Caroline Elsom 244 15.5%
UKIP Jacqueline Holdstock 185 11.7%
Liberal Democrats Patrick Richmond 114 7.2%
Left Unity David Parks 39 2.5%
Majority 475 30.1%
Turnout 1,587 44.19%
Labour hold Swing

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Peter Holland 772 40.2%
Liberal Democrats Timothy Payne 567 29.5%
Labour Daniel Richards 484 25.2%
TUSC Alfred Lethbridge 97 5.1%
Majority 205 10.7%
Turnout 1,949 48.87%
Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats Swing

Pinhoe

Pinhoe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Megan Williams 862 36.5%
Conservative Cynthia Thompson 828 35.1%
UKIP Keith Crawford 460 19.5%
Green Elizabeth Woodman 116 4.9%
Liberal Democrats Sally Wilcox 71 3.0%
Independence from Europe Helen Webster 23 1.0%
Majority 34 1.4%
Turnout 2,367 46.89%
Labour hold Swing

Polsloe

Polsloe
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Christine Raybould 709 37.8%
Conservative Yolonda Henson 574 30.6%
Green Rouben Freeman 303 16.2%
UKIP Ralph Gay 150 8.0%
Liberal Democrats John Bosworth 109 5.8%
TUSC Edmund Potts 30 1.6%
Majority 135 7.2%
Turnout 1,887 44.82%
Labour gain from Conservative Swing

Priory

Priory
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Lesley Robson 1,110 41.5%
Conservative Nicola Guagliardo 721 27.0%
UKIP Paul Kenny 504 18.8%
Green Alexis Taylor 189 7.1%
Liberal Democrats Caroline Nottle 97 3.6%
BNP Christopher Stone 38 1.4%
TUSC Jesse Dodkins 16 0.6%
Majority 389 14.5%
Turnout 2,693 40.23%
Labour hold Swing

St Davids

St Davids
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Democrats Stella Brock 500 30.5%
Labour Natalie Vizard 451 27.5%
Green Andrew Bell 320 19.5%
Conservative Elizabeth Roberts 182 11.1%
UKIP Colin Stewart 160 9.8%
TUSC Luke Pilling 26 1.6%
Majority 49 3.0%
Turnout 1,651 38.09%
Liberal Democrats hold Swing

Whipton and Barton

St Thomas
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Peter Edwards 1,029 44.8%
UKIP Adrian Rogers 557 24.3%
Conservative Christopher Carter 437 19.0%
Green Mark Cox 141 6.1%
Liberal Democrats Pamela Thickett 104 4.5%
Independence from Europe Mike Camp 28 1.2%
Majority 472 20.5%
Turnout 2,307 40.16%
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. ^ Andrew Teale. "Local Election Results 2014". Local Elections Archive Project.
  2. ^ "Local election results". www.itv.com. 23 May 2014.
  3. ^ "Upcoming elections & referendums" (PDF). Exeter City Council. Retrieved 25 February 2019.
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