East Devon local elections
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East Devon Council is elected every four years.
Contents |
[edit] Political control
Independent 1973 - 1976
Conservative 1976 - 1995
No overall control 1995 - 1999
Conservative 1999 -
[edit] Council elections
East Devon Council election 1999
East Devon Council election 2003
[edit] By-election results
| Exe Valley By-Election 24 July 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 405 | 53.4 | +53.4 | ||
| Conservative | 316 | 41.7 | -13.4 | ||
| Labour | 37 | 4.9 | -21.4 | ||
| Majority | 89 | 11.7 | |||
| Turnout | 758 | 51.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Trinity By-Election 30 October 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 373 | 51.1 | +2.8 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 357 | 48.9 | -10.3 | ||
| Majority | 16 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 730 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Clystbeare By-Election 2 April 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 445 | 57.5 | +4.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 329 | 42.5 | +18.1 | ||
| Majority | 116 | 15.0 | |||
| Turnout | 774 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Exmouth Littleham Rural By-Election 7 May 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 654 | 38.6 | -1.6 | ||
| Conservative | 617 | 36.4 | +3.4 | ||
| Independent | 296 | 17.5 | +8.8 | ||
| Labour | 128 | 7.6 | -10.5 | ||
| Majority | 37 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,695 | 40.4 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Patteson By-Election 18 April 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 503 | 50.1 | +50.1 | ||
| Conservative | 470 | 46.8 | -14.0 | ||
| Labour | 31 | 3.1 | -36.1 | ||
| Majority | 33 | 3.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,004 | 40.0 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | ||||
| Exmouth Withycombe Urban By-Election 26 October 2000 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrats | 400 | 51.2 | +25.3 | ||
| Conservative | 171 | 21.9 | -2.7 | ||
| Liberal | 126 | 16.1 | -15.1 | ||
| Independent | 84 | 10.8 | +10.8 | ||
| Majority | 229 | 29.3 | |||
| Turnout | 781 | 24.1 | |||
| Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | ||||
| Honiton St. Pauls By-Election 8 February 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 614 | 49.5 | +15.0 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 502 | 40.5 | +20.9 | ||
| Labour | 124 | 10.0 | -0.8 | ||
| Majority | 112 | 9.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,240 | 33.4 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Sidmouth Rural By-Election 9 May 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 1,020 | 44.3 | +4.2 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 663 | 28.8 | +11.5 | ||
| Independent | 312 | 13.5 | +0.0 | ||
| Independent | 309 | 13.4 | +13.4 | ||
| Majority | 357 | 15.5 | |||
| Turnout | 2,304 | 49.3 | |||
| Conservative gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Sidmouth Town By-Election 27 January 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | 1,147 | 57.6 | -5.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | 702 | 35.3 | +35.3 | ||
| Labour | 141 | 7.1 | -29.9 | ||
| Majority | 445 | 22.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,990 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Seaton By-Election 22 September 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Jim Knight | 1,055 | 53.3 | +21.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 925 | 46.7 | -2.1 | ||
| Majority | 130 | 6.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,980 | 33.6 | |||
| Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats | Swing | ||||
| Sidmouth Town By-Election 22 September 2005 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Chris Gibbings | 894 | 70.0 | +12.4 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 184 | 14.4 | -20.9 | ||
| Independent | 136 | 10.6 | +10.6 | ||
| Labour | 64 | 5.0 | -2.1 | ||
| Majority | 709 | 55.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,279 | 29.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Honiton St Pauls By-Election 2 March 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Roger Boote | 522 | 55.3 | +24.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vera Howard | 208 | 22.0 | -0.2 | |
| Labour | Vernon Whitlock | 137 | 14.5 | +7.7 | |
| Independent | Ronald Farnham | 76 | 8.1 | -28.4 | |
| Majority | 314 | 33.3 | |||
| Turnout | 943 | 26.0 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
