An election to Devon County Council took place on 2 May 2013 as part of the 2013 United Kingdom local elections. 62 councillors were elected from electoral divisions which returned one county councillor each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. The electoral divisions were the same as those used at the previous election in 2009. No elections were held in Plymouth and Torbay, which are unitary authorities outside the area covered by the County Council.

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2013 Devon County Council election

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All 62 seats to Devon County Council 32 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Labour Last election 41 seats, 41.9% 14 seats, 29.9% 4 seats, 6.1% Seats won 38 9 7 Seat change 3 4 1 Popular vote 69,825 31,683 26,044 Percentage 35.3% 16.0% 13.2% Swing 6.6% 13.9% 7.1%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Party UKIP Independent Green Last election 0 seats, 9.0% 2 seats, 4.6% 1 seats, 6.8% Seats won 4 3 1 Seat change 4 Popular vote 45,550 11,148 12,785 Percentage 23.0% 5.6% 6.5% Swing 9.0% 1.0% 0.3%
Map showing the results of the 2013 Devon County Council elections.
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election Conservative

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All locally registered electors (British, Irish, Commonwealth and European Union citizens) who were aged 18 or over on Thursday 2 May 2013 were entitled to vote in the local elections. Those who were temporarily away from their ordinary address (for example, away working, on holiday, in student accommodation or in hospital) were also entitled to vote in the local elections,^[1] although those who had moved abroad and registered as overseas electors cannot vote in the local elections. It is possible to register to vote at more than one address (such as a university student who had a term-time address and lives at home during holidays) at the discretion of the local Electoral Register Office, but it remains an offence to vote more than once in the same local government election.^[2]

The election saw the Conservative Party maintain overall control with a reduced majority of fourteen seats. The Liberal Democrats remained the council's largest single opposition party, while the Labour Party made a net gain of one seat. UKIP took its first seats on the council, winning four. The Green Party regained its seat (Totnes Rural) following an interim defection to the Labour Party. The election also saw three independent councillors elected.

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Devon County Council election, 2013^[3][4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	38	2	5	-3	61.3	35.3	69,825	6.6
	Liberal Democrats	9	2	6	-4	14.5	16.0	31,683	13.9
	Labour	7	2	1	+1	11.3	13.2	26,044	7.1
	UKIP	4	4	0	+4	6.5	23.0	45,550	9.0
	Independent	3	1	0	+1	4.8	5.6	11,148	1.0
	Green	1	1	0	+1	1.6	6.5	12,785	0.3
	Other parties	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	447
	Liberal	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	422	0.8
	BNP	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	28	0.5

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Note: seat changes reflect the council composition immediately before the election, taking into account the defection of the Liberal Democrat councillor for Exwick & St Thomas to the Labour Party, and the June 2012 defection of the Green Party councillor for Totnes Rural to the Labour Party.