North Devon Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 43 councillors have been elected from 27 wards.
The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority before coming into its powers on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1973 has been held by the following parties:[1]
Party in control | Years | |
---|---|---|
Independent | 1973–1987 | |
No overall control | 1987–1991 | |
Liberal Democrats | 1991–2007 | |
Conservative | 2007–2011 | |
No overall control | 2011–2019 | |
Liberal Democrats | 2019–present |
The leaders of the council since 2011 have been:[2]
Councillor | Party | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Malcolm Prowse[3] | Liberal Democrats | 1991 | 2007 | |
2007 | 2009 | |||
Des Brailey | Conservative | 2009 | 2011 | |
Brian Greenslade[4] | Liberal Democrats | 2011 | 2015 | |
Des Brailey | Conservative | 2015 | 5 May 2019 | |
David Worden | Liberal Democrats | 16 May 2019 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | 591 | 73.8 | |||
Conservative | 131 | 16.4 | |||
Labour | 78 | 9.8 | |||
Majority | 460 | 57.4 | |||
Turnout | 800 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | 280 | 32.2 | -6.6 | ||
Independent | 220 | 25.3 | +2.2 | ||
Labour | 189 | 21.7 | +21.7 | ||
Conservative | 180 | 20.7 | +20.7 | ||
Majority | 60 | 6.9 | |||
Turnout | 869 | 32.0 | |||
Independent hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Christopher Haywood | 255 | 57.3 | +1.7 | |
Independent | Alfred Dibble | 123 | 27.6 | -3.4 | |
Conservative | John Knill | 67 | 15.1 | +1.7 | |
Majority | 132 | 29.7 | |||
Turnout | 445 | 18.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Derrick Spear | 384 | 43.5 | -7.1 | |
Conservative | Douglas Green | 378 | 42.8 | -6.6 | |
Green | Michael Harrison | 121 | 13.7 | +13.7 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 883 | 28.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Janet Carter | 307 | 62.5 | +27.0 | |
Conservative | Simon Harvey | 120 | 24.4 | +4.5 | |
Green | Earl Bramley-Howard | 35 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Independent | Charles Piper | 29 | 5.9 | -38.7 | |
Majority | 187 | 38.1 | |||
Turnout | 491 | 15.0 | |||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Jeremy Yabsley | 448 | 58.5 | -0.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Kate Palmer | 318 | 41.5 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 130 | 17.0 | |||
Turnout | 766 | 42.0 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Christopher Turner | 501 | 46.9 | ||
Conservative | John Gill | 308 | 28.8 | +16.2 | |
Independent | Anthony Wood | 196 | 18.3 | ||
Green | Neil Basil | 64 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
Majority | 193 | 18.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,069 | 30.0 | -24.0 | ||
Independent hold | Swing |