South Hams District Council elections

South Hams District Council is the local authority for the South Hams District in Devon, England. The council is elected every four years. Since the last boundary changes in 2015, 31 councillors have been elected from 20 wards: eleven of which elect one councillor, seven elect two councillors and two elect three councillors.^[1] Between 1999 and 2014, 40 councillors were elected from 30 wards.^[2]

Political composition of the council by ward as of 2023

Council elections

• 1973 South Hams District Council election
• 1976 South Hams District Council election
• 1979 South Hams District Council election (New ward boundaries)^[3]
• 1983 South Hams District Council election
• 1987 South Hams District Council election (District boundary changes took place but the number of seats remained the same)^[4][5]
• 1991 South Hams District Council election
• 1995 South Hams District Council election
• 1999 South Hams District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 4)^[6][7]
• 2003 South Hams District Council election
• 2007 South Hams District Council election
• 2011 South Hams District Council election
• 2015 South Hams District Council election (New ward boundaries reduced the number of seats by 9)^[1][8]
• 2019 South Hams District Council election
• 2023 South Hams District Council election

Date		Conservative	+/-		Liberal Democrat	+/-		Greens	+/-		Labour	+/-		Independent	+/-	Control
2011	30			5			3			1			1			Conservative
2015[note 1][10]	25		-5	2		-3	3		=	1		=	0		-1	Conservative
2017	24		-1	3		+1	3		=	1		=	0		=	Conservative
2019	16		-8	10		+7	3		=	0		-1	2		+2	Conservative
2023	7		-9	19		+9	3		=	1		+1	1		-1	Liberal Democrats

District result maps

• 
  1999 results map
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  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2011 results map
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  2015 results map
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  2019 results map
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  2023 results map

By-election results

1995-1999

Avon & Harbourne By-Election 10 October 1996

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		348	57.6
	Liberal Democrats		256	42.4
Majority			92	15.2
Turnout			604
	Conservative gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing

West Dart By-Election 13 March 1997

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative		398	69.6
	Liberal Democrats		174	30.4
Majority			224	39.2
Turnout			572	43.6
	Conservative gain from Independent		Swing

1999-2003

Dartmouth Townstal By-Election 1 November 2001

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats		174	33.9	+20.0
	Labour		130	25.3	−48.7
	Independent		112	21.8	+21.8
	Independent		76	14.8	+14.8
	Independent		22	4.3	+4.3
Majority			44	8.6
Turnout			514	30.7
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

2003-2007

Ivy Bridge Woodlands By-Election 8 December 2005

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Linda Facy	211	41.9
	Independent	Brian Scown	164	32.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Robinson	129	25.6
Majority			47	16.3
Turnout			504	15.4
	Conservative hold		Swing

Erme Valley By-Election 2 March 2006^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	George Rosevear	643	52.7	−4.7
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Blake	471	38.6	−4.0
	Labour	David Trigger	106	8.7	+8.7
Majority			172	14.1
Turnout			1,220
	Conservative hold		Swing

2007-2011

Totnes Bridgetown By-Election 12 November 2009^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Hannaford	522	52.4	+27.4
	Green	Jacqi Hodgson	265	26.6	+26.6
	Conservative	Bob Greig	162	16.2	+5.5
	Labour	Chris Robillard	48	4.8	−4.1
Majority			257	25.8
Turnout			997	33.9
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing

Ivybridge Filham By-Election 18 February 2010^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Tony Barber	379	44.3	+11.9
	Conservative	Alan Wright	356	41.6	−26.0
	Labour	Helen Eassom	121	14.1	+14.1
Majority			23	2.7
Turnout			856	21.8
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2015-2019

This by-election was called following the resignation of Green Party councillor Barrie Wood.^[14]

Totnes By-Election 8 October 2015^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Green	John Green	570	30.1
	Liberal Democrats	John Birch	558	29.5
	Labour	Eleanor Cohen	432	22.8
	Conservative	Ralph Clark	268	14.2
	Independent	Peter Pirnie	63	3.3
Majority			12	0.6
Turnout			1891	28.37
	Green hold		Swing

This by-election was called following the resignation of Conservative councillor Lindsay Ward ^[16]

Charterlands By-Election 23 February 2017^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth Huntley	473	46.1	+46.1
	Conservative	Jonathan Bell	404	39.3	−25.0
	Labour	David Trigger	110	10.7	10.7
	Green	Janet Champman	40	3.9	−15.6
Majority			69	0.6
Turnout			1027
	Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative		Swing

2019-2023

This by-election was called following the death of Conservative councillor David May.^[18]

Ivybridge West By-Election 6 May 2021^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Louise Jones	933	50.4	+7.7
	Green	Katie Reville	768	41.5	+41.5
	TUSC	Tony Rea	149	8.1	+8.1
Majority			165	0.6
Turnout			1,850	8.9
	Conservative hold		Swing