2023_Mid_Devon_District_Council_election
2023 Mid Devon District Council election
2023 English local election
The 2023 Mid Devon District Council election took place on 4 May 2023 to elect members of Mid Devon District Council in Devon, England.[2][3] It was held on the same day as other local elections in the United Kingdom.
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The Liberal Democrats took control of the council for the first time since 1999.[4][5]
Prior to the election the council was under no overall control, being run by a minority administration of some of the independent councillors, with independent Barry Warren serving as leader of the council.[6]
New ward boundaries took effect for this election, following a review by the Local Government Boundary Commission for England. The number of seats stayed the same at 42, but the configuration of wards was changed to comprise five 3-member wards, ten 2-member wards and seven single member wards.[7][8]
The election saw the Liberal Democrats win a majority of the seats on the council. The independents and Conservatives both lost significant numbers of seats: leader of the council Barry Warren lost his seat, as did the Conservative group leader Clive Eginton.[9] Liberal Democrat group leader Luke Taylor was appointed leader of the council at the subsequent annual council meeting on 24 May 2023.[10]
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| Party | Candidates | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
| Liberal Democrats | 36[12][13] | 33 | 21 | 0 |  21 |
78.5 | 46.8 | 19,451 | +17.2 | |
| Conservative | 40 | 5 | 0 | 13 |  13 |
11.9 | 33.2 | 13,811 | –0.9 | |
| Green | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
7.1 | 6.7 | 2,793 | –1.9 | |
| Independent | 12 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
2.4 | 7.9 | 3,286 | –6.0 | |
| Labour | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |  |
0.0 | 5.3 | 2,212 | –1.8 | |
| Reform UK | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.0 | <0.1 | 19 | N/A | |
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Mid Devon District Council election results.[14]
Bradninch
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Luke Taylor* | 650 | 82.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Piers Martin | 92 | 11.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | James Rutledge | 49 | 6.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 558 | 70.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 793 | 48.5 | N/A | ||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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Cadbury
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Rhys Roberts | 277 | 41.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Georgina Stone | 163 | 24.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | Bob Deed* | 137 | 20.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Linda Luckhaus | 71 | 10.6 | N/A | |
| Reform UK | Jennifer Riddle | 19 | 2.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 114 | 17.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 667 | 45.1 | N/A | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Canonsleigh
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Jane Lock | 736 | 63.6 | N/A | |
| Green | Gill Westcott | 521 | 45.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Christine Collis* | 375 | 32.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Paul Osman | 333 | 28.8 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,166 | 40.3 | N/A | ||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
| Green win (new seat) | |||||
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Clare & Shuttern
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Chris Adcock | 787 | 58.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rachel Gilmour | 732 | 54.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Isobel Grant | 549 | 40.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Isla Farrington | 493 | 36.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,367 | 44.9 | N/A | ||
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Crediton (Boniface)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Jim Cairney* | 497 | 57.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Downes* | 494 | 57.0 | N/A | |
| Independent | Steve Huxtable | 215 | 24.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Gina Ford | 194 | 22.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | John Humphreys | 138 | 15.9 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 870 | 27.5 | N/A | ||
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Crediton (Lawrence)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Frank Letch* | 611 | 58.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Guy Cochran | 556 | 53.6 | N/A | |
| Labour | Laurie Laybourn | 307 | 29.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Sam Scougall-Scott | 254 | 24.5 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,058 | 34.3 | N/A | ||
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Cullompton (Padbrook)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Lloyd Knight | 457 | 55.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Sue Robinson | 370 | 44.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | John Berry* | 345 | 41.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Susan Lane-Smith | 263 | 31.9 | N/A | |
| Green | Anthony Humble-Smith | 123 | 14.9 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 828 | 27.6 | N/A | ||
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Cullompton (St Andrews)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Emma Buczkowski | 636 | 59.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Buczkowski* | 634 | 59.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Nikki Woollatt* | 479 | 45.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Jane Attwood | 322 | 30.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Edward Southerden | 226 | 21.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Martin Whatley | 217 | 20.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Melvyn Hanks | 205 | 19.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,070 | 27.0 | N/A | ||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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Cullompton (Vale)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Matt Fletcher | 166 | 65.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Rosemary Berry | 87 | 34.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 79 | 31.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 253 | 31.8 | N/A | ||
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Halberton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Gwen DuChesne | 360 | 60.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Ray Radford* | 236 | 39.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 124 | 20.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 596 | 38.1 | N/A | ||
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Lower Culm
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Andrea Glover | 814 | 45.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Cathy Connor | 702 | 39.1 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Poynton | 673 | 37.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Richard Chesterton* | 649 | 36.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Brian Lane-Smith | 461 | 25.7 | N/A | |
| Independent | Bob Evans* | 434 | 24.2 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Lewis Worrow | 419 | 23.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Barry Warren* | 403 | 22.4 | N/A | |
| Labour | John Bell | 236 | 13.1 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,799 | 33.3 | N/A | ||
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Sandford & Creedy
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Green | Helen Tuffin | 632 | 51.6 | N/A | |
| Green | Mark Jenkins | 576 | 47.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Margaret Squires* | 575 | 47.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Alex Monro | 517 | 42.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,238 | 43.6 | N/A | ||
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Silverton
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Josh Wright* | 500 | 85.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Jerry Brook | 86 | 14.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 414 | 70.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 586 | 37.9 | N/A | ||
| Liberal Democrats win (new seat) | |||||
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Taw Vale
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Steve Keable | 444 | 53.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Clive Eginton* | 383 | 46.3 | N/A | |
| Majority | 61 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 827 | 48.5 | N/A | ||
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Tiverton (Castle)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Ben Holdman | 553 | 55.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Wulff | 532 | 53.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth Slade* | 273 | 27.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Luis Gordon | 265 | 26.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Chris Berry | 198 | 19.9 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1 009 | 30.1 | N/A | ||
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Tiverton (Cranmore)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Les Cruwys* | 606 | 54.5 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Beckett Fish | 463 | 41.6 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lance Kennedy | 445 | 40.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Sue Griggs* | 346 | 31.1 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Guy Edwards | 271 | 24.4 | N/A | |
| Independent | Chris Daw* | 262 | 23.6 | N/A | |
| Independent | Steve Bush | 229 | 20.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Nina Lindsay | 202 | 18.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Tom Ewings | 109 | 9.8 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,121 | 28.8 | N/A | ||
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Tiverton (Lowman)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Andy Cuddy | 574 | 50.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Gordon Czapiewski | 455 | 40.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Matt Farrell | 405 | 35.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Rebecca Clarke | 360 | 31.9 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Neal Davey* | 355 | 31.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Colin Slade* | 313 | 27.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Tim Bridger | 250 | 22.2 | N/A | |
| Labour | Jason Chamberlain | 245 | 21.7 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,132 | 23.0 | N/A | ||
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Tiverton (Westexe)
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Dave Broom | 494 | 40.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jamie Frost | 444 | 36.6 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Claudette Harrower | 334 | 27.5 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Stephen Pugh* | 287 | 23.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Richard Watson | 277 | 22.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Wally Burke* | 273 | 22.5 | N/A | |
| Independent | Jason Lejeune | 236 | 19.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Alex Bingham | 221 | 18.2 | N/A | |
| Green | Martin Atkinson | 208 | 17.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Steve Flaws | 170 | 14.0 | N/A | |
| Green | Chris Musgrave | 156 | 12.9 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,225 | 25.3 | N/A | ||
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| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Upper Culm
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Simon Clist * | 814 | 60.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Natasha Bradshaw | 807 | 60.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | James Bartlett* | 428 | 32.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Michael Cooper | 366 | 27.3 | N/A | |
| Labour | Terence Edwards | 127 | 9.5 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,346 | 39.6 | N/A | ||
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Upper Yeo & Taw
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Stuart Penny* | 591 | 47.8 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Natalia Letch | 561 | 45.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Peter Heal* | 524 | 42.4 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Andi Wyer* | 382 | 30.9 | N/A | |
| Labour | Hayden Sharp | 208 | 16.8 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,246 | 38.3 | N/A | ||
| Conservative win (new seat) | |||||
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Way
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | Polly Colthorpe* | 351 | 50.5 | N/A | |
| Green | Rosie Wibberley | 344 | 49.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 7 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 695 | 40.6 | N/A | ||
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Yeo
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Sandy Chenore | 553 | 43.3 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Martin Binks | 490 | 38.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Angus Howie | 489 | 38.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Paul Perriman | 381 | 29.8 | N/A | |
| Labour | John Dean | 233 | 18.2 | N/A | |
| Green | Danuta Karpinska | 233 | 18.2 | N/A | |
| Turnout | 1,281 | 43.4 | N/A | ||
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Upper Yeo & Taw
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Democrats | Alex White | 405 | 52.2 | +21.3 | |
| Conservative | Peter Heal | 226 | 29.1 | -13.3 | |
| Labour | Hayden Sharp | 91 | 11.7 | -5.1 | |
| Green | Mark Scotland | 54 | 7.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 179 | 23.1 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 776 | 24.2 | -14.1 | ||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | 17.3 | |||
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