2019 Torridge District Council election

The 2019 Torridge Council election took place on 2 May 2019 to elect members of Torridge District Council in England.^[1] This was on the same day as other local elections. The whole council was up for election on new boundaries.^[2]

2019 Torridge District Council election

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All 36 seats to Torridge District Council 19 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Party Independent Conservative Labour Seats won 18 11 3 Seat change 12 8 2 Percentage 35.2% 29.2% 12.0%   Fourth party Fifth party   Party Liberal Democrats Green Seats won 2 2 Seat change 1 Percentage 10.9% 8.9%
Results map by ward
Council control before election Conservative Council control after the election No overall control

Summary

Election result

2019 Torridge District Council election
Party		Candidates	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Independent	29	18	N/A	N/A	12	50.0	35.2	12,431	+18.4
	Conservative	28	11	N/A	N/A	8	30.6	29.2	10,310	–8.8
	Labour	19	3	N/A	N/A	2	8.3	12.0	4,238	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	11	2	N/A	N/A	1	5.6	10.9	3,848	+6.0
	Green	7	2	N/A	N/A		5.6	8.9	3,151	–5.5
	UKIP	6	0	N/A	N/A	7	0.0	3.9	1,369	–10.9

Ward results

Incumbents are denoted by an asterisk (*)

Appledore

Appledore

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Leonard Ford	410	34.1
	Green	Peter Hames	391	32.5
	Conservative	Andrew Eastman*	379	31.5
	UKIP	Kenneth Davis*	285	23.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Chalmers	254	21.1
	Independent	Barry Edwards	207	17.2
	Conservative	James Jackson	128	10.6
Majority
Turnout				41.37
	Independent win (new seat)
	Green win (new seat)

Bideford East

Bideford East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Judith Gubb	407	36.2
	Labour	Ruth Craigie	330	29.3
	Independent	Jamie McKenzie	266	23.6
	Conservative	James Hellyer*	255	22.7
	Conservative	Linda Hellyer	249	22.1
	Labour	Ethne Brenton	234	20.8
	UKIP	Gaston Dezart*	215	19.1
	Conservative	Oliver Sherborne	187	16.6
	Green	Gregory De Frayne-Martin	183	16.3
	Independent	Pauline Davies	174	15.5
	Labour	Theodoros Plowman	167	14.8
	Liberal Democrats	Nicola Kennelly	136	12.1
Majority
Turnout				27.23
	Independent win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Bideford North

Bideford North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	Peter Christie*	861	50.5
	Independent	Douglas Bushby	641	37.6
	Conservative	Dermot McGeough*	615	36.1
	Independent	Joel Herron	320	18.8
	Labour	Rosemary Arno	304	17.8
	Liberal Democrats	Trevor Johns*	301	17.7
	Independent	Ashley Cole	300	17.6
	Labour	Michael James	265	15.6
	Conservative	Morgan Fletcher	242	14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Potts	182	10.7
	Labour	Jason Noble	167	9.8
Majority
Turnout				37.65
	Green win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Bideford South

Bideford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Brenton*	206	32.1
	Labour	Shirley Langford	206	32.1
	Conservative	Simon Inch*	198	30.9
	Independent	Peter Lawrence	176	27.5
	Independent	Robert Wootton	153	23.9
	UKIP	Adam Conabere	111	17.3
	Liberal Democrats	Claire Davey-Potts	78	12.2
Majority
Turnout				26.97
	Labour win (new seat)
	Labour win (new seat)

Bideford West

Bideford West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Carl Hawkins	215	36.1
	Conservative	Anthony Inch*	197	33.1
	Independent	Alan Rayner	192	32.3
	Labour	Jake McLean	166	27.9
	Labour	Andrew Tithecott	129	21.7
	UKIP	Nigel Johnson	127	21.3
Majority
Turnout				28.09
	Independent win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Broadheath

Broadheath

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Peter Watson*	667	60.0
	Independent	Philip Hackett*	666	59.9
	Conservative	Zygmunt Gregorek*	350	31.5
	Conservative	Graeme Barriball	330	29.7
Majority
Turnout				34.77
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Great Torrington

Great Torrington

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Cheryl Cottle-Hunkin*	908	64.9
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Bright	552	39.4
	Independent	Margaret Brown*	526	37.6
	Green	Keith Funnell	332	23.7
	Labour	Diana Davey	328	23.4
	Independent	Jonathan Rose	258	18.4
	Labour	Siobhan Strode	225	16.1
	Independent	Douglas Smith	219	15.6
Majority
Turnout				32.27
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Liberal Democrats win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Hartland

Hartland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stephen Harding	656	37.2
	Conservative	Richard Boughton	650	36.9
	Independent	Anna Dart*	630	35.7
	Green	Mireille Thornton	571	32.4
	Independent	Robin Julian*	470	26.7
	Liberal Democrats	Martin Hill	463	26.3
	Conservative	Brian Redwood	460	26.1
	Labour	Dylan Billson	340	19.3
Majority
Turnout				38.14
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Holsworthy

Holsworthy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jonathan Hutchings*	607	74.0
	Conservative	David Jones	398	48.5
	Independent	Valentina Kassam	203	24.8
Majority
Turnout				33.91
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Milton & Tamarside

Milton & Tamarside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Kit Hepple	Unopposed	N/A
	Independent	Ken James*	Unopposed	N/A
Turnout				N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing
	Independent hold		Swing

Monkleigh & Putford

Monkleigh & Putford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Philip Pennington*	737	60.3
	Independent	Robert Hicks*	659	53.9
	Green	William Douglas-Mann	319	26.1
	Conservative	Kenton Baker	237	19.4
	Conservative	Peter Haselhurst	182	14.9
Majority
Turnout				38.93
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Northam

Northam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Christopher Leather	783	47.9
	Independent	Joanne Manley	602	36.8
	Independent	Giuseppe Rossi	539	33.0
	Conservative	John Himan*	381	23.3
	Conservative	Keith Lane	372	22.8
	UKIP	Richard Hancock*	305	18.7
	Conservative	William Gewanter	296	18.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Berryman	255	15.6
	Labour	John Coats	214	13.1
	Labour	Geoffrey Allen	209	12.8
	Labour	Brendan Montague	175	10.7
Majority
Turnout				40.20
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Shebbear & Langtree

Shebbear & Langtree

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	David Hurley*	599	45.9
	Independent	Richard Wiseman*	486	37.2
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Styles-Power	470	36.0
	Conservative	Rhys Matthews	420	32.2
	Labour	Gillian Tesh	210	16.1
Majority
Turnout				43.82
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Two Rivers & Three Moors

Two Rivers & Three Moors

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Rosemary Lock*	732	59.0
	Conservative	Michael Clarke	640	51.6
	Green	Colin Jones	494	39.8
	Labour	Anthony Goldstone	265	21.4
Majority
Turnout				38.85
	Conservative win (new seat)
	Conservative win (new seat)

Westward Ho!

Westward Ho!

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nicholas Laws*	953	77.1
	Independent	Claire Hodson	572	46.3
	UKIP	Derek Sargent	326	26.4
	Conservative	Carrie Woodhouse	231	18.7
Majority
Turnout				41.87
	Independent win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

Winkleigh

Winkleigh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Simon Newton	319	47.9
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Middlton	249	37.4
	Labour	Angela Findlay	98	14.7
Majority
Turnout				40.52
	Conservative win (new seat)

By-elections

Northam

Northam: 9 December 2021

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Carrie Woodhouse	386	38.7	+15.4
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Newman-McKie	230	23.1	+7.5
	Green	Wendy Lo-Vel	224	22.5	N/A
	Labour	Jennifer Radford	103	10.3	−2.8
	Independent	Timothy Tennant	54	5.4	N/A
Majority			156	15.6
Turnout			997
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing