West Devon Borough Council elections

West Devon Borough Council in Devon, England is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2003, 31 councillors have been elected from 22 wards.^[1]

Political control[]

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

(New ward boundaries)^[3]
(Borough boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4]
1999 West Devon Borough Council election
(New ward boundaries increased the number of seats by 1)^[5]^[6]^[7]
2015 West Devon Borough Council election (New ward boundaries)^[8]
2019 West Devon Borough Council election

Okehampton By-Election 24 February 2000
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		unopposed
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

Milton Ford By-Election 4 May 2000
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	248	52.3	+52.3
	Liberal Democrats	226	47.7	+47.7
Majority		22	4.6
Turnout		474	41.0
	Conservative gain from Independent	Swing

Buckland Monachorum By-Election 7 June 2001
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	1,075	51.7	+10.6
	Liberal Democrats	1,006	48.3	+25.2
Majority		69	3.4
Turnout		2,081
	Conservative hold	Swing

Lydford By-Election 11 July 2002
Party		Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	228	56.3	+11.6
	Conservative	177	43.7	-11.6
Majority		51	12.6
Turnout		405	36.0
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative	Swing

Chagford By-Election 14 September 2006^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Sampson	310	58.1
	Conservative	Thomas Wells	224	41.9
Majority			86	16.2
Turnout			534	46.0
	Independent hold		Swing

Tavistock North By-Election 7 February 2008^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Adam Bridgewater	812	59.3	+33.7
	Conservative	David Whitcomb	425	31.0	+4.2
	Green	Vanni Cook	133	9.7	-5.0
Majority			387	28.3
Turnout			1,370	33.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

Tavistock South By-Election 10 December 2009^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Kirstie Clish-Green	523	45.8	+33.5
	Conservative	Susan Bailey	450	39.4	+13.6
	Independent	Brian Trew	170	14.9	-47.1
Majority			73	6.4
Turnout			1,143	33.9
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

^ "Local Government in West Devon". West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24.
^ "West Devon". BBC News Online. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
^ The District of West Devon (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1977
^ 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 2009-09-09.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 1999. Retrieved on 4 October 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The Borough of West Devon (Electoral Changes) (Amendment) Order 2004. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ legislation.gov.uk - The West Devon (Electoral Changes) Order 2015. Retrieved on 3 November 2015.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
^ "Huge boost for Labour in latest council by-elections". 24dash.com. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
^ "Declaration of result of poll" (PDF). West Devon Borough Council. Retrieved 2010-03-24.

v t Council elections in Devon
Devon County Council	1977 1997 2005 2009 2013 2017 2021
East Devon District Council	2015 2019
Exeter City Council	2000 2002 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022
Mid Devon District Council	2015 2019
North Devon District Council	1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Plymouth City Council	1973 1976 1979 1983 1987 1991 1995 1997 2000 2003 2004 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2021
South Hams District Council	1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
Teignbridge District Council	2015 2019
Torbay Council	2000 2011 2015 2019
Torridge District Council	1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019
West Devon Borough Council	1999 2015 2019
See also: Wards Boundary changes