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2019 East Devon District Council election

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All 60 seats to East Devon District Council 31 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Conservative Independent East Devon Alliance Last election 37 seats, 47.2% 6 seats, 9.2% 10 seats, 20.0% Seats won 20 19 11 Seat change 17 13 1 Popular vote 28,388 18,542 10,991 Percentage 36.2% 23.6% 14.0% Swing 11.0% 14.4% 6.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Liberal Democrats Green Last election 6 seats, 12.8% 0 seats, 3.1% Seats won 8 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 12,042 2,667 Percentage 15.3% 3.4% Swing 2.5% 0.3%
Winner of each seat at the 2019 East Devon District Council election
Council control before election Conservative Council control after election No overall control

The 2019 East Devon District Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of East Devon District Council in England. This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was elected on new ward boundaries that increased the number of seats from 59 to 60.

Summary

Election result

2019 East Devon District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Conservative	55	20	N/A	N/A	17	33.3	36.2	28,388	–11.0
	Independent	21	19	N/A	N/A	13	31.7	23.6	18,542	+14.4
	East Devon Alliance	11	11	N/A	N/A	1	18.3	14.0	10,991	–6.0
	Liberal Democrats	30	8	N/A	N/A	2	13.3	15.3	12,042	+2.5
	Green	4	2	N/A	N/A	2	3.3	3.4	2,667	+0.3
	Labour	21	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	6.3	4,974	+3.3
	UKIP	2	0	N/A	N/A		0.0	1.1	887	–3.6

Ward Results

Axminster

Beer & Branscombe

Broadclyst

Budleigh & Raleigh

Clyst Valley

Coly Valley

Cranbrook

Dunkeswell & Otterhead

Exe Valley

Exmouth Brixington

Exmouth Halsdon

Exmouth Littleham

Exmouth Town

Exmouth Withycombe Raleigh

Feniton

Honiton St Michael's

Honiton St Paul's

Newbridges

Newton Poppleford & Harpford

Ottery St Mary

Seaton

Sidmouth Rural

Sidmouth Sidford

Sidmouth Town

Tale Vale

Trinity

West Hill & Aylesbeare

Whimple & Rockbeare

Woodbury & Lympstone

Yarty

By-elections

Whimple and Rockbeare

Whimple and Rockbeare: 6 May 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Richard Lawrence	502	56.2	+31.2
	Liberal Democrats	Todd Olive	392	43.8	N/A
Majority			110	12.4
Turnout			894
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing	6.3

The Whimple and Rockbeare by-election was triggered by the resignation of independent councillor Kathy McLauchlan.

Feniton

The Feniton by-election was triggered by the resignation of independent councillor Sue Bond.

Honiton St Michael's

Honiton St Michael's: 8 July 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jake Bonetta	807	58.0	New
	Conservative	Jenny Brown	522	37.5	−0.7
	Liberal Democrats	Jules Hoyles	63	4.5	−46.0
Majority			285	20.5	N/A
Turnout			1392	24.4
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	58.0

The Honiton St Michael's by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Luke Jeffery.

Exe Valley

Exe Valley: 23 September 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Jamie Kemp	190	36.9	−19.8
	Conservative	Kevin Wraight	164	31.8	−11.5
	Labour	Michael Daniell	161	31.3	N/A
Majority			26	5.1
Turnout			517	26.2
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	4.2

The Exe Valley by-election was triggered by the resignation of Liberal Democrat councillor Fabian King.

Newton Poppleford

The Newton Poppleford by-election was triggered by the death of East Devon Alliance councillor Val Ranger.

References

1. East Devon District Council election results 2019, Accessed 6 May 2019
2. Teale, Andrew. "Whimple and Rockbeare Ward - East Devon". Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
3. ^ Ives, Joe (9 July 2021). "Teenager takes East Devon council seat for Labour". Radio Exe. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
4. "Teen is first Labour candidate elected in 20 years". BBC News. 9 July 2021.
5. Ives, Joe (1 August 2021). "East Devon councillor resigns to focus on his business interests". Midweek Herald. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
6. Goddard, Will (11 November 2022). "Sidmouth: Independent candidate wins Newton Poppleford and Harpford by-election". Sidmouth Nub News. Retrieved 22 June 2023.

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See also: Wards Boundary changes

• 2019 English local elections
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• East Devon District Council elections
• 2010s in Devon