Mid Devon District Council elections

Mid Devon District Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 42 councillors have been elected from 24 wards.^[1]

Political control

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

Tiverton District Council election, 1973
Tiverton District Council election, 1976
Mid Devon District Council election, 1979 (New ward boundaries)^[3]
Mid Devon District Council election, 1983
Mid Devon District Council election, 1987 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
Mid Devon District Council election, 1991
Mid Devon District Council election, 1995 (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[5]
Mid Devon District Council election, 1999
Mid Devon District Council election, 2003 (New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 2)^[6]^[7]
Mid Devon District Council election, 2007
Mid Devon District Council election, 2011
Mid Devon District Council election, 2015

Shuttern By-Election 25 September 1997
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	351	48.5	+3.3
	Conservative	343	47.4	+47.4
	Independent	29	4.0	+4.0
Majority		8	1.1
Turnout		723
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Bradninch By-Election 22 January 1998
Party		Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	400	55.2	-10.2
	Conservative	306	42.2	+20.3
	Labour	19	2.6	-10.2
Majority		94	13.0
Turnout		725	52.6
	Liberal Democrat hold	Swing

Castle Tiverton By-Election 26 July 2001
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	471	48.5	+48.5
	Liberal Democrat	376	38.7	-40.4
	Labour	124	12.8	-8.1
Majority		95	9.8
Turnout		971	33.1
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat	Swing

Cullompton South By-Election 1 July 2004^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Clive Francis	255	38.8	+38.8
	Liberal Democrat	Kevin Wilson	219	33.3	-5.2
	Independent	Raymond Weinstein	101	15.4
	Independent	Christopher Sanderson	82	12.5
Majority			36	5.5
Turnout			657	24.2
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Yeo By-Election 22 June 2006^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Democrat	Maximilian Cook	565	59.7	-4.1
	Conservative	Peter Hare-Scott	382	40.3	+4.1
Majority			183	19.4
Turnout			947	38.8
	Liberal Democrat hold		Swing

Lower Culm By-Election 21 June 2007
Party		Votes	%	±
	Conservative	422	43.7	+43.7
	Liberal Democrat	287	29.7	+8.0
	Independent	181	18.8	-35.4
	UKIP	75	7.8	+7.8
Majority		135	14.0
Turnout		965	22.1
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Yeo By-Election 25 February 2010^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Conservative	Derek Coren	714	59.4	+26.4
	Liberal Democrat	Peter Heal	489	40.6	-26.4
Majority			225	18.8
Turnout			1,203	45.0
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrat		Swing

↑ "Democracy and Councillors". Mid Devon District Council. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ "Mid Devon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ The District of Tiverton (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
↑ The Mid Devon, South Hams and Teignbridge (Areas) Order 1985
↑ 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 2010-02-17.
↑ legislation.gov.uk - The District of Mid Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
↑ "Tories gain in first poll since June 10". guardian.co.uk. 2004-07-02. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ "Labour regains control of Plymouth city council". guardian.co.uk. 2006-06-23. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
↑ "Lib Dems and Tories gain as Labour vote slips". The Independent. 2010-02-26. Retrieved 2010-02-26.

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

East Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1986 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

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

Mid Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

North Devon District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Plymouth City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 1998 2000 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016

South Hams District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Teignbridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

Torbay Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1984 1986 1987 1988 1990 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2007 2011 2015

Torridge District Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

West Devon Borough Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015

See also: Wards Boundary changes

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